The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families supports distressed children and their families through innovative therapeutic practice and research, training and promoting awareness of mental health issues.

We are keen to support applicants with diverse characteristics and life experience, including applicants with protected characteristics, from a range of socio-economic backgrounds. We welcome applicants with experience of therapeutic services and experience of being in care.

Overview of Apprenticeship

We are looking for an enthusiastic Business Administration Apprentice to join the Clinical Division at the Centre. The successful applicant will gain an accredited Business Administrator Level 3 qualification through partnership with Key Training.  

This is a varied role that will provide a great learning environment and will support the successful applicant to develop skills, knowledge, and competencies across a variety of business functions in clinical services.  

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Providing administrative support and diary management to the Clinical Division Director, the Medical Director and the Head of Family Trauma Service;
• Providing support to clinical projects within the Clinical Division;
• Welcoming children and families who visit our Centre for treatment and support;
• Helping us to reach out to our local community, to increase the help we can offer.

Supervision and workplace support will be provided in weekly individual line-management meetings and through regular online progress reviews with an allocated Apprentice and Learning Coach from Key Training. One day per week will be allocated for the successful applicant to work towards their qualification.

Please get in touch with any job enquiries, or if you require assistance or experience difficulties when applying. Please note all our posts require candidates to have the right to Work in the UK at the time of applying and we do not hold a sponsorship licence.

Location

Hybrid working (a mixture of onsite and remote/home working): the successful applicant will work onsite for up to 40% of their working hours at the Anna Freud Centre in King’s Cross (4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH). Remote working (working from home) will be possible for the remaining 60% of their working hours.

Contract duration

Fixed-term – 18 months.

Closing date for applications

Midday (12pm), Friday 17 June 2022.

Notification of interview

Shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Friday 24 June 2022. Please note: due to volume of applications expected, we will be unable to notify unsuccessful candidates.

Interviews

Interviews will be held on Friday 1 July 2022.

How to apply

Please visit the Anna Freud vacancies website to register and apply.

We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.

Role Overview

The Finance Manager will be responsible for managing the finance function, developing, implementing, and maintaining an appropriate internal control framework, and applying the terms and conditions of contracts and grants.

You will facilitate the maintenance of accurate and up to date financial and accounting records to ensure the effective running of the charity.

You will manage the Finance Assistant and work closely with the Fundraising team and external accountants.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the securing of income opportunities by providing financial information for bids, grants, and applications.

• Create and implement templates to enable the team to provide accurate financial information for submitting bids, quotes and applications and high-level security within the systems to uphold client confidentiality.

• Work with project leads and the senior team to ensure the effective management of funds, including the tracking and reporting expenditures in line with statutory requirements of WIT's filing system. 

• Develop and deliver financial performance information to assist the Senior Team and Trustees in the running of the charity providing valuable financial insights to help make better decisions about formulating and executing the charity's strategy.

• Assist the CEO and Senior Leads in the business planning and budgeting/forecasting processes

• Manage the year-end audit by liaising and engaging with the external auditor and accountant to process payroll and pensions monthly.

• Work with the Senior Team and Finance Sub Committee to provide adequate procedures, measures, and systems of internal control appropriate for the nature and size of the charity and meeting statutory obligations.

• Manage the financial and accounting operations using Xero financial management software and Microsoft Excel

• Produce accurate monthly Management Accounts for the CEO and Senior Management Team, including commentary on significant areas and variances from budgets and Update monthly the cash flow forecast 

• Produce accurate quarterly Management Accounts for review to the Finance Sub Committee, including commentary on significant areas and variances from budgets

• Work alongside the Senior Management Team to prepare detailed annual budgets for approval by the CEO and Finance Sub Committee

• Monitor Gift Aid and submit claims when required.

• Undertaking administrative tasks as and when required, be hands-on and self-sufficient

• Work with the external accountant to complete monthly return payments to Inland Revenue, and year-end returns in a timely, proactive and accurate manner 

• Report safeguarding concerns to the WIT Designated Safeguarding Manager and follow company procedure.

Essential Skills / Experience

• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of financial accounting 

• Qualified (CIMA, ACCA or ACA ) or QBE for the right candidate. Part qualified acceptable, with the right experience

• At least three years of experience in the review and production of accounts

• Excellent IT skills with extensive experience in working with online accounting systems, Excel and MS Office

• High proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs etc.)

• Experience in using Xero online accounting system

• Experience in dealing with auditors and a clear understanding of their requirements 

• Experience Overseeing SORPs and Charity Accounting 

• Thrives in a socially motivated environment and can work at speed in a constantly changing environment

• Experience in people management and a team player

Timeline

• To apply, send your CV and covering letter by 5 pm on 17th June 2022

• Applicants shortlisted for an interview be interviewed within one week

• The official role start will be in end-June 2022

Khulisa (meaning ‘to nurture’ in Zulu) is an award-winning national charity with South African roots. Since 2007, Khulisa have developed a reputation as experts in supporting young people at risk of exclusion through therapeutic, safe exploration of behaviour which is deemed as ‘disruptive’ or ‘challenging’, and in many cases is symptomatic of the impact of trauma, abuse and neglect.

We have worked in prisons since 2007 and in schools and pupil referral units (PRUs) since 2011, delivering SEL (social and emotional learning) programmes. It is now widely accepted that children’s social skills are more accurate predictors of their health, wealth and criminal history in later life than IQ or social background. Khulisa’s team of therapists and programme managers work with young people to provide a range of interventions, designed to build social and emotional skills. Over time we have also realised the importance of young people being in an environment which responds effectively to their emotional needs. As a result, we now take a whole-school approach, delivering our interventions in tandem with professionals, providing  training and resources for teachers and parents/carers.

Khulisa is a charity funded predominantly by grants from Trusts and Foundations and sales. With a team of 18 staff and 11 freelance facilitators, we support over 1,000 young people and train over 3,000 professionals each year. Our key partners include schools, and local authorities. We are members of London Youth, Clinks, the SCYJ and other community groups which promote the wellbeing of vulnerable young people. 

Why Now?

Khulisa is responding to rapidly increasing demand for services, caused in part by the impact of Covid-19 and subsequent lockdowns which left many vulnerable children isolating in harmful or disrupted environments. We’ve worked tirelessly to meet this heightened demand and our team is growing quickly. This year we’re looking at 50% growth, with an aim to provide 350 young people with intensive support, and thousands more through light touch interventions and systemic change.

In order to make this happen, and to continue expanding our delivery across both London, the North West and Midlands, we are looking for an exceptionally talented fundraiser to support our income generation, and growth. You’ll be joining us at an exciting time as we launch a series of innovative new services across new schools, and drive new strategies to on-board values-aligned funders. As a result you’ll have the opportunity to develop your skills in different areas of fundraising make as well as make a sustainable difference to young people as part of a team delivering long-term direct and systemic change.

We invest and nurture our team, providing regular opportunities for connection, learning and development. With rapid growth underway, there is also plenty of opportunity to also develop your career and skill set. 

We can’t wait to meet you!

Our Values

To Nurture: Supporting growth and capacity to enable greater emotional intelligence individually and as a team (self-awareness)

To Restore: Working effectively and restoratively as part of a team – a strengths-based approach to problem-solving and conflict resolution (Relational)

To Empower: Enabling others to thrive and make healthy choices for self, others and the organisation (Community)
To Guide: Leading projects, teams or people in pursuit of our purpose (Moments of Truth)

Role: Fundraising Manager (Trusts and Major Donors)

Contract: Permanent / Full time (we'll consider part time on a pro rata basis for experienced candidates)

Reports to:  Head of Fundraising and Communications

Location: Mix of WFH and 2 days per week working from our Westminster Office (London). We will consider applications from candidates outside of London if they are able to travel in regularly.

Benefits: 

Flexible working options (including compressed working)

Enhanced parental leave

25 days holiday per year + 8 public holidays, a discretionary 5 days off over Christmas and 1 day off for your birthday

£150 cash wellbeing allowance

Preferred Experience

• Solid experience of building and managing a portfolio of major trust and grant funders 

• Demonstrable experience of closing successful multi-year bids on values over £30,000, and meeting ambitious fundraising targets

• Experience of pipeline research, build and management, ideally using a CRM 

Skills

• Demonstrable ability to produce professionally written fundraising proposals that articulate the charity’s cause, demand for services and the organisation's impact and effectiveness

• Awareness of the key major trust and grant fundraising prospects, relevant to Khulisa’s work

• Ability to quickly assess funder’s priorities and fit to Khulisa’s values and cause

• Keen and confident sense of initiative, able to hit the ground running and bring new ideas and opportunities to the fore

• Strong research and opportunity pipeline building capabilities

• Excellent reporting skills

• Strong collaborator, able to work with colleagues in the delivery, operations and evidence teams to ensure bids and reports are accurate and within scope of the charity’s strategy

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and an excellent eye for detail. 

• Excellent time management and organisational skills

• High level of numeracy

• Good coordination/multi-tasking skills and an ability to liaise with people on all levels

• Resourcefulness and being a self-starter who can manage their own workload whilst supporting the activities of others

• Able to learn quickly, comfortable working under pressure to meet demanding deadlines.

Your day to day

Income Generation 

• Conducting comprehensive fundraising research amongst Charitable Trust and Grant Foundations, Corporate Foundations, and identifying strategically aligned partners and sourcing meetings where appropriate

• Producing high quality funding bid applications in line with guidance, including templates for warm reporting, cold acquisition and bespoke written applications. 

• Liaising with the Head of Fundraising and Communications, COO and CEO  to submit major, multi-year funding proposals

• With the Head of Fundraising and Communications and COO, build and maintain relationships with trust and foundations through the production of detailed regular impact reports, sustaining potential for repeat donations

• Managing relationships/stewardship with funders, including the timely submission of high quality impact reports and financial reports. 

• Creating budgets for new bids, in partnership with the Head of Finance  and Head of Fundraising and Communications

• Work with the Head of Fundraising and Communications to research and establish a pipeline of major donors

• Support Head of Fundraising and Communications to develop new opportunities to engage major donors

Pipeline management

• Researching and collating new funding opportunities. 

• Updating Salesforce regularly, to reflect opportunities and workflow. 

• Ensuring the income pipeline is kept updated with correct bid status, ensuring all new bids are entered correctly.

Reporting

• Manage upcoming reporting deadlines, writing high quality reports in line with funder needs, and submitting them on time. 

• Liaising with Finance, and Impact and Evaluation colleagues to ensure that reporting reflects activity across the organisation and that targets are met. 

• Collating case studies and narratives to add flavor to reports.

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum (dependant on skills & experience)

Start Date: As soon as possible

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Fauna & Flora International, Cambridge, UK. Current policy offers partial remote working within the UK

Founded in 1903, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s longest established international conservation organisation. Our vision is to create a sustainable future for the planet where biodiversity is conserved by the people living closest to it. We aim to do this through the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take account of human needs. We have become a trusted entity in the world of conservation. Today FFI is active in over 40 countries.

FFI’s Finance Business Partners enable and champion best practice financial management across the organisation and build strong integration between finance and conservation teams. This is an exciting opportunity to strengthen FFI’s ability to manage complex statutory grants.

You will work closely with the UK and overseas-based Finance and Programme teams to ensure the efficient and effective management of statutory funding, contributing to the delivery of FFI’s mission and strategy. This role will also take the lead on the annual single entity audit for foreign recipients of US federal funding.

You will have experience of working with statutory funding from donors such as USAID, EU and DfID, and will have a solid understanding of the terms and conditions attached. You will have experience developing resources and training to help non-finance managers comply with the requirements of their statutory donors. You will also have experience of working with local implementing partner organisations, helping with due diligence reviews and organisational assessments. You will have solid project financial management experience, including reporting, audits, budgeting and forecasting, and have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Your strong communication, interpersonal skills and customer focus will enable you to build effective working relationships and your proven experience of working closely with non-finance managers will enable you to provide them with essential financial support to ensure successful project delivery.

You will be a good team player and enjoy working in a busy environment, with the ability to balance competing demands. With a proactive approach to your work, you will seek to add value and have opportunity to contribute your skills and expertise to FFI’s growth and development.

In return, the role offers the opportunity to work within an international, impactful and ground- breaking organisation, at the forefront of global conservation. In addition, FFI offers a generous pension contribution, attractive annual leave allowance and life insurance.

Our offices are located in The David Attenborough Building in central Cambridge, just a few minutes’ walk from glorious historic buildings and museums, the picturesque River Cam, the central market and shopping centre, and a host of cafés and restaurants.

The closing date for applications is Sunday, 5 June 2022.

Winston's Wish is a national charity providing support to children who have been bereaved. Our vision is of a society in which grieving children and young people get the support they need, when they need it.

We are currently seeking a Finance Manager to oversee the daily operation of our finance function and ensure that it operates effectively and efficiently.

You will have financial experience, be IT literate, and have knowledge of finance packages such as Xero. You must be able to work quickly and accurately with data, have strong communication and teamwork skills, and be able to use your own initiative.

In return, we can offer an interesting and rewarding environment where you can make a real difference.

Winston’s Wish is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from individuals who bring fresh perspectives and experiences. Should you require the recruitment pack or application form in a different format, or any other reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know.

If you are a qualified accountant looking to give something back, this is a brilliant opportunity to support the success of a charity that connects communities and creates local greenspaces.

The Finance Manager will provide financial administrative, accounting and bookkeeping support to ensure the smooth financial running of The Orchard Project. They will produce regular management accounts, coordinate the preparation of the statutory accounts, lead on charity budgeting and forecasting, produce financial documents for funders, and report to the Finance & Compliance Committee (a sub-committee of the Board).

The Orchard Project is the national charity for community orchards. Our vision is that everyone, in cities across the UK, is within easy reach of a thriving community orchard. Our mission is to bring orchards into the heart of urban communities.

Orchards were once a significant part of the UK’s natural environment, but many have been lost to urban development. We want to remedy this, and bring the magic of orchards into cities and areas of urban deprivation, where the environmental and social benefits of greenspace and community growing can make such a big difference.

We inspire and train communities across England, Scotland and Wales to create, restore and maintain community orchards for the benefit of people, communities and the environment. We have been around since 2009, supporting about 600 community orchards in our time.

We provide ongoing support for groups as well as running accredited training programmes in orchard management and forest gardening. Our project work is varied and we work in a range of settings including prisons, schools and in the diverse communities that we serve.

Our total annual income is around £600k, and we have a staff team of 18 people.

New Vacancy- Finance Business Partner– Erdington

£42,000 - £45,000 per annum, plus £1,680 Car allowance

37.5 hour per week

Trident Group has over 50 years of delivering homes, services and innovation for up to 8,000 people in over 3,400 homes in some of the most disadvantaged communities in the Midlands. It employs more than 750 staff, works with over 150 volunteers and provides training places and apprenticeships for many more. The Group has an annual turnover of more than £32m and owns assets close to £170m.

The Group includes Trident Housing, which provides landlord services for the Group in respect of housing management and maintenance; Trident Reach, a registered care and support charity providing services (homeless, mental health, young people, older people, BME groups and domestic violence) to people in the Midlands.

About the role

Reporting to the Head of Finance with key relationships with the Operational Directors. The Finance Business Partner will work with our business to report, understand and influence financial and operational performance. The post will straddle the Senior Management Teams of Finance and the operational business.

• To manage the financial reporting and management accounting function for one of our business units. Ensure reporting to Group Finance Director and to the business is timely, accurate and insightful.
• Provide value-adding comment on performance through monthly reporting and feeding into Group Board reporting.
• Working with the business, prepare challenging annual budget within Group timetable.
• Monthly reforecasting providing an accurate view of our annual projection
• Able to provide information that feeds in to our 30-year financial plan.
• Able to provide information on key risks and opportunities for growth and improvement.
• Input into new business/grant submissions. Challenge to deliver profitable schemes in line with our strategies.
• Provide challenge and ideas for improvement. Have the personality to commitment to drive positive change.
• Make best use of our reporting systems – improving the monthly reporting pack. Proving reports to scheme/project or expense code where appropriate.
• Management and development of an Assistant Management Accountant
• Support to deliver regulatory and statutory reporting
• Key role in delivering successful year end accounts/audit

About you

• Qualified accountant
• Demonstrable evidence of business partnering in a similar organisation
• Evidence of driving performance in a similar team.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills both with the team and the wider business.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Good knowledge of Excel and other MS packages and a sound knowledge of Finance and reporting Systems.
• Able to motivate teams and contribute as team player.
• Strong interpersonal skills to enable effective liaison with internal and external clients.
• Able to work flexibly and under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

Applying

All applications must be accompanied with a current CV which will be used to assess your suitability for the role. Please ensure all the skills, experience and qualifications requested are clearly demonstrated in your CV as explained in the body of the advert.

All applicants must provide their right to work documentation at interview stage, such as a valid passport which will be verified to check your eligibility to work and live with in the UK

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from Disclosure and barring service (DBS). Please be aware you will need to complete an enhanced adults DBS check before taking up the role.

We have a new and exciting opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to join our team. This is not your typical ‘accountant’ position and has been created to add much-needed capacity to the Finance Team on project accounting. The postholder will provide financial support and guidance to large grant-funded programmes and will assist in financial management of some consultancy projects. They will be partnering with the programme and project staff, and will therefore be working with staff with a differing degrees of financial experience.

Duties Include

• Prepare budgets and financial proposals for projects.
• Support Project Managers with budget reforecasts, cost recovery and income recognition calculations.
• Review and interpret financial information and prepare monthly project reports for Programme and Project Managers.
• Track project budgets and monitor project expenditure.
• Review project finance procedures and methodology and suggest improvements and/or develop methodology where appropriate.
• Ensure client/donor compliance requirements are met in financial records and reporting.
• Provide oversight of contract and funding agreement requirements and ensure relevant personnel are informed of obligations.

About You

We are looking for someone who is adaptable, agile and able to demonstrate an analytical and methodical approach to problem-solving. The ideal candidate will have a proven ability to develop budgets and forecasting expenditure and be skilled in analysing financial data using Excel at an advanced level.

You will need to have at least 2 years’ experience of working in a similar project-focused position and be educated to degree level in social sciences, economics, international development (or similar) or have equivalent relevant experience and be at least part-qualified in one of the following: ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.

If you would like to contribute to increasing the impact of a dynamic organisation committed to ending poverty, we would love to hear from you. Please download and read the full recruitment pack and apply with your CV and cover letter to our online application portal.

Early applications are highly encouraged; we will be reviewing submissions as they arrive, and interviews will be held periodically. As we are recruiting on a rolling basis, we reserve the right to end recruitment without notice.

Are you looking for your next challenge where you can make a real difference to people’s lives? If so, you could be just the person we’re looking for.

At the Carers Support Centre (CSC) we have been supporting unpaid adult and young carers across Bristol and South Gloucestershire for 25 years. We provide a wide range of services, emotional and practical support to carers of all ages, not only helping them in their caring role but also to lead a life of their own.

Following a series successful funding bids and an organisational review, we have an opportunity for someone to join our Senior Management Team in the new role of Business Support Manager (BSM).

Business Support Manager (BSM)

30 hours per week

Salary: £25,740 per annum (£32,176 FTE)

In this new role, managing a small team, you will be responsible for leading and managing the core infrastructure functions that are the foundations of a strong charity, allowing us to grow and develop the delivery of services for carers. This includes areas such as: Data Management, Digital Development, HR, Central Administration, Risk Management, Premises, Health & Safety, Quality Assurance, etc.

As a member of the Senior Management Team, you will also be involved in the strategic and operational leadership of CSC.

If you’re up for a challenge, working in a supportive environment and have the necessary skills and experience we’d love to hear from you.

If you want to discuss the role, please call our office and ask for Tim Poole

CSC do not accept CVs for this position. All applications must be made via our application form which is available from our website where you will also find a full Job Description & Person Specification, and details of our Staff Benefits. 

If you do not have access to the internet, please contact us directly.

Closing date:  31 May 2022 @ 12.00 Noon

Interviews:  Week commencing 13 June 2022

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer, and our workplace is free of barriers and fully accessible for people with disabilities. We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults; from recruitment of staff through to supporting our team working with families and carers in crisis.

A leading National Health Service organisation are looking for a interim Finance Business Partner to join their team for two months. This is an exciting opportunity to join an excellent team and work within a prominent organisation.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Supporting and advising the Senior Finance Business Partner in the provision of financial support to the work-stream.
• Ensuring a robust and cohesive approach to financial management and support the decision making of the work-stream to ensure effective use of financial resources in pursuit of agreed operational goals.
• Taking accountability for the production of all month end reporting in line with programme requirements and support the Finance Business Partner in delivering meaningful performance analysis
• Attending regular budget meetings with budget managers, summarising and explaining financial information in a confident and clear manner
• Contributing to long-term financial planning, making adjustments or amendments to plans when necessary in order to meet organisational objectives

The successful candidate will:

• Be a CCAB qualified accountant
• Have excellent NHS experience - being able to understand the NHS financial regime
• Have experience of providing accounting support to budget managers
• Be computer literate, including strong Microsoft Excel and Word skills

This role offers fully remote working.

Head of Finance Business Partnering: up to £64,800 (9-month FTC) SE London | Home

For a large, London University, we are recruiting a Head of Finance Business Partnering for 9-months to cover a secondment. Reporting to the Assistant Director of Finance, the Head of Finance Business Partnering will manage and lead the Business Partnering Team through a finance transformation programme and will develop business partnering processes to enhance service delivery. This role will also provide strategic support to senior managers across the university on the planning and delivery of their financial objectives.

Main Duties:

• Leading, managing and motivating a large team of Business Partners, emphasising service delivery
• Proactive advice to senior managers on key risks and financial outcomes
• Train budget holders on financial responsibility
• Provide management information, analysis, forecasts and advise to senior management
• Implement budgetary control measures
• Ensure the preparation of the University's monthly management accounts and written reports
• Support the FP&A Team to develop models and costing allocation analysis
• Lead a culture of continuous improvement, suggesting and implementing improvements to systems and processes.

Person Specification:

• CCAB qualified with significant experience of leading Finance Business Partnering Teams
• Strong business partnering experience, including working with non-finance stakeholders
• Experience of management through change and transformation
• Strong data analysis and forecasting and modelling experience
• Ideally Higher Education experience
• Experience with new systems and process implementation would be great
• This role will be working 3 -days a week from the SE London campus and 2 -days from home.

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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

Allen Lane have partnered with an international highly reputable organisation to appoint a Finance Business Partner, the role will continued growth of the organisation, based in Central London.

This is a great opportunity for a candidate who is confident in collaborating with non-finance teams, providing financial management and delivering projects.

Reporting into the Senior Finance Business Partner this is a key role and you will be required to:

• Provide high quality financial management information to country office teams, including engaging and participating in strategic projects for the regions and being the main contact for planning, forecasting and budgeting;
• Delivering financial capacity building and financial training to country office teams;
• Ensuring financial systems & controls are being implemented appropriately and identifying risks that may impact the budget and mitigate such risks;
• To ensure that financial reports for restricted fund projects are submitted in a timely manner.

Previous Experience

• Previous experience dealing with the financial elements of institutional donor programmes;
• Track record of working with foreign currency accounting & monitoring;
• Experience with collaborating with teams including non-finance teams.

The ideal candidate will need to be a fully qualified accountant, whilst experience within the not for profit sector is preferred it is not an essential for this opportunity.

This role would be a great fit for a candidate coming from a smaller charity who is looking for a larger platform to work on, or someone who works for a global not for profit organisation who is looking to take the next step in their career.

I would also encourage ambitious newly qualified finance professionals looking to make their first move out of practice. This organisation prides themselves on their Learning and Development programmes and would provide a fantastic platform in your career.

Further Job Spec is available on request. To apply please send your CV via the link. For an informal conversation about the role please contact Tiffany Richards via the Allen Lane agency website.

Location: Remote working in the UK.  You will either work from home all the time, or if you are near Devon can spend 1-2 days per week in Totnes.  Depending on your circumstances we would also be keen on a secondment to Ghana in your first year. The postholder will expected to undertake frequent travel to Ghana and Uganda. 

About us

Our mission is to get preschool children in rural Africa school-ready.  At present over 250 million children worldwide fail to receive the education and care they need in their early years which means they are less likely to do well in school, find gainful employment, and are at greater risk of early marriage, early parenthood and even criminality. Current approaches to solving this crisis are not proving effective or scalable in lower middle income countries.

That’s where Lively Minds comes in. We have developed an award-winning Early Childhood Development programme that has been proven to get pre-schoolers in hard-to-reach communities school-ready, so they have a greater chance of succeeding in school and in life. The programme provides marginalised Mothers with a parenting course that empowers them to run educational Play Schemes for pre-schoolers and to provide better home-based care, using cheap local resources.  The programme is delivered through government partners, is cheap and highly scalable. It genuinely has the potential to play a transformative role in ending the global ECD crisis.

Over the past few years the Lively Minds programme, currently operating in over 1000 communities in rural Ghana and Uganda is reaching over 120,000 children, with this figure set to triple over the next few years. During COVID we launched a radio programme for parents and this is now reaching over 2 million households each week.  We are extremely proud that the Government of Ghana have now adopted the programme and we have a ground-breaking partnership with them to support them to institutionalise it, fund it and to scale it to 60 education districts, reaching over 4000 communities and 1 million children. We see this partnership as the test case that will provide the blueprint to take the programme to scale in Uganda and elsewhere within the next 5 years.

About the role

This is a unique opportunity for a Finance expert to join a fun, high impact, mission driven organisation.  This could be an ideal opportunity for a Finance expert who’s gained experience in another sector and is looking to transition to a not for profit. Lively Minds is a dynamic and fast-growing organisation. You will have the opportunity to work on varied and cutting-edge topics and contexts.  You’ll be part of a lively ambitious organisation, determined to have a major positive impact on the world. We work hard, at a fast pace, in a challenging environment.  Our work is demanding but provides plenty of opportunity for innovation, responsibility, growth, collaboration, creativity and fun. We want all staff to be happy, fulfilled and to feel appreciated and valued in their work. . You will be offered the opportunity to develop through targeted learning support which will include external learning opportunities or Coaching.

We are looking for a Head of Finance to manage all aspects of the organisation’s finances. Our current annual budget is approximately £3m and we plan to grow this to £5m by 2025.  Your role includes, setting and managing budgets, supporting fundraising strategy and proposals, overseeing spend and financial controls and processes.  You will lead the finance teams in Ghana and Uganda made up of a Finance Manager in Ghana, four Finance Officers, and a Procurement and Logistics Officer. 

To succeed in this role you will need….

• to be comfortable delivering a complex programme to the highest standards, working at pace with a high degree of autotomy
• to be innovative & results-oriented. We operate in resource-poor settings, with challenging stakeholders and with limited financial resources and capabilities.
• to be willing to go the extra mile.  We need you to be proactive and constantly seeking ways to do things better.
• to be business-minded.  In order to spread our impact, we need you to help us secure sustainable income, gaining the support of government, funders and key stakeholders
• to be a leader.  You will need to role model professionalism, determination & resilience, a growth mindset, and passion for the work and our organisational values.
• to be actively involved in delivering growth; as a small charity, we need you to be adaptable, with the ability to advise on strategic finance matters, as well as being hands-on when necessary 

Technical Abilities

Essential

• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• 5 years post qualification experience delivering full range of financial and accounting services required by a charity or small business
• Wide experience of managing grants and donor reporting
• Experience in maintaining strong financial controls
• High proficiency in financial modelling and advanced Microsoft Excel with the ability to present complex information effectively to a non finance audience (including experience in VBA automation and using Excel’s data model to directly interact with other systems)
• Experience of managing and developing people
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)

Desirable

• Experience working with remote teams
• Experience working in Africa

My client, a growing and dynamic Charity, is looking to recruit a finance business partner – a maternity cover in the finance team.

They are looking for an experienced business accountant to work with the charity and wider finance team in order to implement a programme of significant change to their finance systems and processes.

You will be expected to analyse current processes, systems and data and identify possible improvements and develop creative solutions.

The aim is to deliver better value for the business through provision of better information, faster delivery of reports, a greatly improved user experience and enhanced stewardship.

There will also be a number of ad hoc projects that will need supporting from a financial point of view

Prior financial experience in a management account or analyst role would be advantageous and the ability to be a self-starter, work with the wider business and engage with stakeholders at all levels is extremely important.

You will also need to adapt quickly and be able to fit within a small and close knit team.