Manchester International Festival (MIF) is the world’s first festival of original, new work and special events, staged every two years. From 2021, as well as producing a biennial festival, we will also run The Factory, a new state of the art building and producing organisation in the heart of Manchester.

The Director of Finance and Resources will be a member of the MIF Executive Team, working with the Executive Director on the development of the Five Year Strategic Business Plan and be the Executive Lead for the Finance and Administration teams, identifying potential operating efficiencies and improvements in reporting, systems and controls.

Responsibilities

− Executive Finance Lead at Board Meetings and Finance & Audit Committee Meetings, preparing relevant papers for these meetings.

− Work with the Director of Organisational Change and Transition to lead/contribute on the finance, legal and regulatory strand for transition into the Factory and identify other change needs.

− Be a significant contributor to the strategic development of the new organisation as it grows to a much larger company, responsible for The Factory, including the staffing model, resourcing and a viable business plan.

− Fulfil the role of Company Secretary and ensure that all relevant reporting and filing obligations are met.

− Represent MIF as Finance Lead at key Factory-related meetings as required.

− Lead the six-monthly reporting on the Five Year Business Plan to Government (in particular Arts Council England) working closely with the Executive Team.

− Work with the Executive Director and the Head of Finance to ensure accurate, timely, relevant and appropriate management reporting and forecasting to help manage the business. 

− Review and ensure effective management of cash balances and cash flow forecasts on a regular basis, recommending investment of cash on long term deposits to maximise income.

− Ensure effective management of cash and foreign exchange risk, in accordance with MIF’s Investment Policy and Foreign Exchange Policy.

− Support the Head of Finance with the ongoing management of key relationships including (but not limited to) audit services, tax advisors and Arts Council England.

− Broader leadership responsibility for the Admin (including IT & HR) ensuring the teams are delivering to the strategic aims of the organisation.

General

− Actively engage with the organisation’s vision and policies regarding equal opportunities and diversity, artistic ambition, participation and engagement, health and safety, evaluation and monitoring

− Training and talent development will be central to the organisation as we approach The Factory. All job roles are expected to engage with our training and development activity, be willing to support our training programmes

− Any other duties that are commensurate with the post

Closing date: 24 January 2020

Interview date: February 2020 (tbc)

Application process:

To apply please send a CV and covering letter using the 'Apply Online' button.

If you have any specific accessibility requirements (such as printed forms/Job Packs) please contact the MIF Office. MIF are always happy to make reasonal adjustments where possible for candidates. 

Job Title:  Chief Executive Officer

Salary:  Circa £42,000

Hours of work:  Full Time/Permanent

Location:  Sale, Trafford, Greater Manchester

We are working in partnership with Trafford Carers Centre, a charity which supports an estimated 24,000 unpaid carers looking after someone who lives in the Trafford area.  The Centre supports both young and adult carers to recognise their own needs, have their voices heard, help with their physical and mental wellbeing and ensure they are fully understood, valued and supported in their caring role.

The charity is now seeking to appoint a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to provide dynamic and inspirational leadership to the organisation and to assist the Board of Trustees in fulfilling its responsibilities in the governance and strategy of the Charity.  The CEO will drive the continued development of diversified income sources and maximise unrestricted income. 

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate:

• Three years’ senior experience in a people focused/social/health care charity
• Proven ability to motivate, develop, delegate and lead a team
• Demonstrable track record in fundraising in a competitive environment
• Proven experience of overseeing successful tenders and fundraising bids
• Ability to establish good working partnerships with Trustees, staff, volunteers, external agencies and funders
• Experience of business and financial management
• Demonstrable success of attracting and developing new business opportunities
• Understanding and knowledge of the legal duties of charities and the Care Act.

The post holder will have strong negotiation skills and excellent communication skills and have the ability to make confident decisions and manage change.You will be a forward thinking, committed and passionate individual who is able to work with a range of internal and external individuals and have a true belief in the ethos of the charity and the services they offer.

To apply for this role, please e-mail your CV and Supporting Statement to Jenny Warner, Managing Director, Charisma Charity Recruitment, quoting our reference JO1733.

Closing date for applications: 16 February 2020

Interview date: week commencing 2 or 9 March 2019

We are looking for a passionate, driven and hardworking Recruitment Manager to join our People team. You will be an experienced resourcing professional with knowledge, ability and experience of attracting, sourcing and selecting talent. Operationally, the HR Recruitment Manager will be responsible for all recruitment activities across the organisation and will manage processes to ensure they support the organisation to attract and retain the best talent. A key part of this role will be to launch and implement a new applicant tracking system.

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualities:

• Able to hit the ground running and get stuck into the role at pace and with minimal supervision.
• You will be adaptive, flexible and comfortable working at pace. 
• You will be versatile, flexible and collaborative, understanding the need for effective business partnering.
• You will have experience of leading a recruitment team or the recruitment process.
• You will have experience of working within a complex fast paced organisation and one that has gone through significant change.
• You will have experience of dealing with external candidates with a customer centric approach. 
• You will have experience of working with a wide variety of job boards and professional social sites such as TotalJobs, LinkedIn, Glassdoor etc.
• You will have proven experience of influencing hiring managers.
• Outstanding people skills, with the ability to influence others and establish effective working relationships with people of all working styles, backgrounds, experience, etc. 
• A team player, but with the ability to work under own initiative to deliver to deadline.
• Able to apply corporate style within a social enterprise.
• Attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• A strong commitment to education, the non-profit sector and raising the aspirations, achievement and life chances of all children.

Desirable

• CIPD qualified or working towards a qualification relevant to HR and recruitment / resourcing and or employee retention

• Experienced HR Generalist knowledge with strong recruitment background

Our offer

We are happy to 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
• 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

Career Connect is a large vibrant and innovative Charity deliverying Advice and guidance services across the Northwest. We help adults and young peple make informed choices to succeed in work, education and training.

We have successfully delivered a wide range of contracts and have expanded our reach well beyond the Liverpool City Region, with significatn delivery across Manchester and the North West.

Achieve North West Connect are a wholly owned subsidiary of Career Connect and specialise in targeted support for offenders in custody and community (including 'through the gate').

If you have experience of working with offenders and you want to make a difference, we would love to hear from you.We’ll give you all the training you need to do the Case Manager job and provide you with support to get established in the new role. 

We employ a team of 45 Case Managers across the NW, who are very proud to work on this highly successful ESF programme. We currently have vacancies within Barrow-In-Furness, Blackpool, Stockport and Tameside.

We are especially looking for applicants who can connect with people to help move them forward, embrace the quality and compliance requirements and work towards targets. 

The job will involve working with people in custody or subject to supervision in the community, to engage them in learning, training and employment opportunities, either through one to one interviews or group work.  You’ll need to be a good communicator and effective at working with partners to ensure the best results for our participants. Recording of accurate information on participant plans and progress is an important part of the job, so you’ll need to be comfortable working on systems and have a strong attention to detail. 

Our full-time staff enjoy a reasonable 35h working week and we also offer flexi-time, so when we ask our staff to do extra, we always make sure they’ve got those hours to take back another time. It’s a great benefit of working for Career Connect. 

How to apply: Please send your CV and covering letter illustrating how your experience and skills meet the requirements of the job, to by 24th January 2020. The interviews will take place on Thursday 30th and 3rd February 2020 at either Recyling Lives or Alberton House.

Please visit the Career Connect website for further details

We’re searching for someone to lead a team of events staff to deliver a series of events across different programmes. To be a business partner to some programmes to ensure high quality event delivery.

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualities: 

•  A strong commitment to education, the non-profit sector and raising the aspirations, achievements and life chances of all children

• Experience of event delivery across a range of different events, from small to large, multifaceted events

• A commitment to very high-quality delivery, spotting things that others do not

• Exemplary organisational skills to manage a complex workload to a high standard

• Ability to liaise successfully across departments, working in a matrix style

• Excellent communication skills, tailoring and using different approaches relevant to different stakeholders 

•  Line Management experience and experience of managing medium-sized teams

• Good budget management understanding and creativity to find innovative ways to drive value for money >

• Ability to use own initiative to respond positively to change and/ or to challenging situations with a desire to seek solutions and make improvements

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 

• 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 

To apply for any of our 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. 

Unfortunately, due to the number of applications we receive at this stage we will not be able to contact unsuccessful applicants.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and the most vulnerable in our society and, as such, we are unable to employ individuals with relevant convictions, including the following: a conviction for an offence involving violence or dishonesty, of a sexual nature or against minors, or for any other offence that is relevant to the nature of the services provided by our organisation. 

As an employer, we have a responsibility to prevent illegal working in the UK by ensuring that our employees have the right to work in the UK. Therefore, as part of the recruitment process to verify your eligibility you will be required to produce relevant documentation.  

Resonance, Senior Investment Analyst,  Birmingham (Permanent) &  Manchester (12-month FTC, part time option considered)

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in the ambition of Resonance to strengthen social enterprises and develop the eco-system which enables social investment to thrive. Resonance is a leading Social Impact Investment company and the Senior Investment Analysts, based in Birmingham and Manchester, will contribute to its growing prominence in the sector.

The Role of Senior Investment Analyst within the West Midlands SITR Fund or the North West SITR Fund

Purpose: To support Resonance’s Investment team with a focus on the West Midlands SITR (social investment tax relief) Fund or the North West SITR Fund . The ultimate goal of these Funds is to dismantle poverty and disadvantage in the West Midlands and the North West by providing affordable investments to social enterprises so they can grow their business and scale up their impact. 

Key Function: 

Support the deployment and operation of the Fund. 

Responsible for coordinating and contracting with new business opportunities and ensuring projects are delivered to a high standard. 

Core responsibilities:

• Sourcing social enterprise investment opportunities 

• Assisting social enterprises with understanding SITR, the loans we can offer and how we work 

• Supporting social enterprises who are considering social impact investment to fund their growth 

• Managing ongoing relationships with both current and potential investees 

• Carrying out due diligence and financial analysis to assess investment opportunities
• Preparing investment papers and presenting recommendations to the Investment Committees 

• Supporting investees to meet their loan conditions 
• Executing deals from the Funds 
• Monitoring investments made 

• Helping to build the Resonance network in the West Midlands and the North West.
• Actively sharing the learning from projects across the Resonance team 


Secondary responsibilities: 

• Representing Resonance at events and other profile-raising activities 

• Developing relationships with investors and other partners 

• Assisting with reporting to Resonance’s leadership team and board of directors 

• Deputising for other team members 


Person specification 


The ideal candidate will have relevant experience to be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience: 


Key Strengths 


This person will be: 


• A team player; working with people in and outside of the organisation to get the job done 

• Resilient; capable of maintaining motivation and focus despite setbacks 

• Strong on execution; able to bring together and orchestrate numerous moving pieces and drive things forward in order to get the project delivered 

• Financially literate but socially motivated; not “in it for themselves” but still highly skilled in shaping commercial solutions to best fit the social goals of client enterprises 

• Empathetic in seeing the other side of the story and yet also holding people to account 


Essential experience and skills: 


• Desire to help address social issues through impact investment 

• Fully subscribes to Resonance’s vision, mission and values 

• Ability to understand, interpret and advise on business and impact strategy within the context of a values-led enterprise 

• Commercial acumen and ability to creatively identify and execute business opportunities 

• Strong financial modelling skills 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills 

• Strong networking, interpersonal, and influencing skills 

• Able to prioritise work towards clear goals and performance targets 

• Able to work independently and demonstrate initiative and tenacity in seeing tasks or projects through to conclusion.
• Thorough and detailed approach to organising work and maintaining accurate records 

• Highly professional and ethical approach in representing the company and marketing its products 

• Willing to travel within the UK and work with colleagues in multiple locations using appropriate communications technology 

• Enthusiasm to work in an entrepreneurial and innovative environment 


Desirable:

• Educated to degree standard 

• Other relevant professional qualification 

• Knowledge of social enterprise sector 

• Knowledge of social investment sector 

• Knowledge of 1) the West Midlands region 
or 2) the North West region
• Experience in social investment either from the social enterprise perspective or from the investor side (if very hands on experience) including deal structuring, executing and ongoing management 

• Experience of the development and implementation of social impact management frameworks 

• Experience in the implementation of systems and performance measurement processes 

• Strong project management skills 


Important functional relationships - internal:

• Funds Team; Central Team (finance, people, compliance); Communications Team 

Important functional relationships – external:

• Social Enterprise clients; Social Enterprise networks and support organizations; Investors; Financial Advisors and Wealth Managers, Resonance West Midlands SITR Investment Committee or Resonance North West Investment Committee

Mandatory Questions for Candidates:

1. Are you based in the West Midlands or North West?

2. Do you have FCA approval or other Professional qualifications (please specify?

3. What has led you to apply for a social investment role specifically rather than a mainstream investment role?

4. Have you worked with social enterprises or third sector organisations before? If so, please give a brief summary.

5. Are you willing to travel across the UK?

6. How would you rate your experience in using Microsoft Excel 1 – 4 (1 being basic and 4 advanced).

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity please send your CV, Cover Letter and answers to the Mandatory Questions to Sheena Pentin at Careers4Change.

Resonance:

Our Vision 

A world where... 

• capital serves people and communities 

• all are empowered to invest in enterprise for positive social impact 

• resources are stewarded for future generations 


Our Mission 

• To connect capital to social enterprises
• To find creative solutions matching transformational enterprises with investors who share their values 
• To shift market motivations, aligning commercial returns with social impact

Our Values 

• We are a bridge, not an institution 

• We believe there is always a solution 

• We build trusting and transparent relationships, one investment at a time 

• When we strive for mutual profit, all of society benefits 
​

Pharmacist Support – the pharmacy profession’s independent charity - is looking to recruit an experienced Operations Manager to play a pivotal role in the next phase of our development.

The role

The charity is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Operations Manager to join its Senior Management team as we embark on delivery of our exciting new five-year strategy.

As Operations Manager, you will oversee the service delivery team and work directly with volunteers and partner organisations to deliver support to our beneficiaries. In line with our strategy, you will help shape our future service offering and lead the development of a new volunteer strategy. You will ensure that we continue our communications with service users and partners, enabling the charity to continue to meet the changing needs of those in the profession.

As a member of the Senior Management team, you will be responsible for contributing to the strategic direction of the charity, ensuring it continues to deliver quality, impactful services. Your role will involve the management of supplier relationships and contracts, budgeting, the development and monitoring of relevant policies and procedures and line management of four members of staff, as well as volunteers.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for a passionate, positive and dynamic individual who enjoys a challenging and varied role. Capable of balancing fast-paced operational requirements with a strategic approach, we are looking for someone who can empower and support their team to operate effectively. The successful applicant will have the ability to develop new initiatives focused on putting people first. They will be compassionate and fair and able to communicate effectively with a variety of people using a range of communications channels, initiate and manage a range of collaborative working relationships and meet challenging milestones.

About us

As a national charity Pharmacist Support provides free and confidential services to pharmacists and their families, former pharmacists and pharmacy students across GB. Support includes an information and enquiry service, stress helpline, wellbeing service, financial assistance, specialist advice in the areas of debt, benefits and employment law and addiction support. As a charity we listen, without judgement and encourage and empower people to create positive change. Each year we provide thousands of acts of support – we make good things happen.

How to apply

To apply for the above position, you must submit a completed application form (NB CVs will not be accepted).

We would be grateful if you could also complete the diversity monitoring form in order to ensure that our equal opportunities policy is adhered to.

Interviews will be held in Manchester on Tuesday 11th February 2020. Shortlisted candidates will be notified by Tuesday 4th February 2020.  

To download an application form and job description click on the links below. 

Applications can be sent via email or by post to:

Recruitment
Pharmacist Support
5th Floor
196 Deansgate
Manchester  M3 3WF

This is a great entry level role in our Programmes Division. We’re recruiting for a self-starter who is passionate about customer service to support participants on our programmes to have the best experience.

Working with participants across numerous programmes, you will be supporting educators in schools to keep getting better, ensuring every child can thrive, no matter what their background. 

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualities:

• A strong commitment to helping educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better.
• A good understanding of customer service delivery and best practice
• Good organisation, planning and prioritisation skills with attention to detail
• Good communication skills (written and oral)
• Ability to use own initiative to respond positively to change and/ or to challenging situations with a desire to seek solutions and make improvements
• Strong team player with the ability to work independently and seek advice where required

Our offer

We are happy to be able to offer you:

• Agile working - a dynamic and flexible internal culture that gives employees control over the way they work and supports wellbeing
• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays
• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate)
• Competitive salaries rates and life assurance
• 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

To apply for any of our 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. 

Unfortunately, due to the number of applications we receive at this stage we will not be able to contact unsuccessful applicants.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and the most vulnerable in our society and, as such, we are unable to employ individuals with relevant convictions, including the following: a conviction for an offence involving violence or dishonesty, of a sexual nature or against minors, or for any other offence that is relevant to the nature of the services provided by our organisation. 

As an employer, we have a responsibility to prevent illegal working in the UK by ensuring that our employees have the right to work in the UK. Therefore, as part of the recruitment process to verify your eligibility you will be required to produce relevant documentation.

Permanent – Senior UX and UI Designer

Full time- 35 hours a week

The Prince's Trust is a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome.

This is an amazing opportunity for an experienced UX and UI Designer to make a difference by joining the Service Design team at The Prince’s Trust. Helping to support the creation of streamlined, blended and tailored experiences for young people.

We’re looking for someone who is both creative and logical. Someone that combines a user centric approach with technical understanding to design great experiences which are also elegant and practical to implement. You will need to be a strong communicator and comfortable liaising with stakeholders across the organisation, as well as young people (our service users), and technical implementation teams.

You’ll be joining a growing multidisciplinary team so this is also an exciting opportunity to shape our foundations with input into design strategy, standards and toolkits.

To learn more about the role please visit our website

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Permanent – Senior UX Designer

Full time- 35 hours a week

The Prince's Trust is a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome.

This is an amazing opportunity for an experienced Senior UX Designer to make a difference by joining the Service Design team at The Prince’s Trust. Helping to support the creation of streamlined, blended and tailored experiences for young people.

You will also be closely involved in vital foundational work to develop our standards and design toolkits and mentor other members of the team. We’re looking for someone with a passion for user-centric design, co-creation and design thinking, as well as experience of great practice in a complex multi-stakeholder organisation.

To learn more about the role, please visit our website to download the job description. 

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please visit our website.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to visit our website to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Please note: previous applicants need not apply.

• Are you experienced in delivering workshops to young people in schools?
• Do you want to make a genuine difference to disadvantaged young people?
• Are you motivational and inspiring?

If so then you might be the person we are looking for…

We are looking for motivated and inspiring individuals to deliver dynamic, exciting, and innovative workshops to large groups of young people in schools up and down the country (largely focused in England).  

We are looking primarily to recruit facilitators from the following regions:

• East Midlands;
• West Midlands; 
• North West;
• Yorkshire;
• however, we will also consider applicants based in other locations.

This position requires you to have evidenceable experience delivering workshops to large groups of young people (11-18) in a schools-based context.

Your application form and supporting statement should detail your experience of this clearly and succinctly. Applicants without experience of delivering workshops to large groups of young people will not be considered.

The Transformation Trust is an independent education charity dedicated to opening the doors of opportunity to young people. We seek to level the playing field by ensuring that every child has access to the same opportunities as their peers. We deliver a range of workshops to students in schools across the country, covering a variety of themes including employability, technology, engineering and media. 

The rate will be £200/day, classed as over 3 hours.

Specific Responsibilities relating to the role of Freelance Facilitator:

• Deliver dynamic, professional and informative workshops to a variety of young people in schools and other education-based contexts
• Act as ambassador for the Trust and our corporate partners
• Motivate, inspire and support the young people that take part in our workshops
• Deliver the workshop content as directed by the relevant Programme Manager
• Act as a key point of contact for teachers and corporate volunteers for each workshop

Other General Responsibilities:

• Operate as a flexible team player and provide a high level of customer service to schools and anyone connected with the Trust.
• To be aware of, and comply with, all policies and procedures at the Trust including health and safety, reporting any concerns to an appropriate person.
• To be aware of, and support, diversity and equal opportunities for all, appreciating and supporting the role of other professionals.
• To contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of the Trust.
• To attend and participate in meetings and events as required.
• To participate in training and other learning activities as required.

The job holder’s responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young person’s for whom s/he is responsible, or with whom s/he comes into contact will be to adhere to and ensure compliance with the relevant Trust Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and Procedures at all times.  If in the course of carrying out the duties of the role, the job holder identifies any instance that a child is suffering or likely to suffer significant harm either at school or at home, s/he must report this in line with the Safeguarding policy. 

The Transformation Trust (England) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment.  Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.