The Role

Is to provide financial control, management and reporting to support our day-to-day operational services, business systems and governance. We are a long-established, caring charity gearing up to grow. We currently have an office in Newick but given the geography of our area the role can be managed remotely with occasional visits only to Newick and to other venues to meet with the team. 

The Finance and Business Manager will be a key player in the charity leadership in contact with Trustees and managers and liaising with frontline staff, clients, carers, funders and all partner organisation colleagues. The role requires a dynamic multi-tasker and people-person of integrity who is also keen to deliver a professional client finance service. 

We want Headway to be cost-efficient, competitive and 100% client and carer friendly in all financial transactions. This will help us achieve excellent, user-friendly, communications around all aspects of our finance and business. 

There is plenty of opportunity to shape the finance and business function and make the role your own whilst helping the charity evidence its financial value. A go-ahead approach to setting and delegating budgets, sharing finance information and securing best value will be timely across our changing team.

There is also scope to work with the Chief Executive to progress business sponsorship, funding development and use of IT as part of business planning and strategy.

Skills and Experience

The essential and desirable skills and experience are shown in the Job Description Person Spec and include an accountancy or AAT qualification and at least 4 years in finance management. You will have the aptitude  energy and cheerful personality to contribute positively to our small, friendly and committed team. 

Thamesmead School is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and entrepreneurial School Business Manager into our friendly and thriving school. The successful applicant will work with the Senior Leadership Team, to drive the school forward to further improvements, making a difference to the education and opportunities of our students every day.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate. The key purpose of this role is to give strategic vision to all aspects of finance, income generation, HR, premises and provision of IT. You will lead the effective provision and operation of the School’s financial management including forecast planning and procurement, and you will seek to drive best value in all School operations and contracts. Thamesmead School is a stand-alone academy, so we have considerable freedom to set and control our own budgets and to use the funding we receive in the best interests of our students. You will find creative ways to help us achieve our educational objectives within our budgets.

Our school vision is based on four cornerstones. Through our work we seek to commit to excellence, nurture individuals, build respect for our community, and fulfil potential. We want this to be as true for our staff as well as our pupils.

We are seeking to appoint a School Business Manager who will embrace the opportunity to support our students to fulfil their potential through the leadership of this significant area of the school. You will be a strategic and committed individual, already successful in managing aspects of staffing, premises and finance.  You may already have business management experience either in a school, or you may have worked in similar areas of responsibility outside the educational sector.

The successful candidate will be:

• A strategic thinker with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experienced in business, finance and resources management
• Preferably experienced in Academy or school finances
• Able to relate to and build trust with a variety of stakeholders
• Skilled at managing people and systems
• The ability to work and maintain focus under pressure, and to tight deadlines
• Confident in using new technology to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

In return we can offer you:

• A warm and vibrant school community
• Support of a strong Governing Body and Senior Leadership Team
• Further training and support with your career advancement. Including support to complete the Diploma for School Business Managers for candidates without.

The job of a Save the Children's UK Business Development Pricing Lead is interesting and fulfilling.

• Are you commercially minded with a passion for data and numbers?
• Do you enjoy analysing and interrogating data?
• Are you passionate about using data to influence business decisions?
• Do you have exceptional interpersonal, influencing and relationship-building skills?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Purpose

Reporting directly to the Business Development Team Lead, the Business Development Pricing Lead is an active member of the Business Development Team that is responsible for demonstrating to our donors the benefits for them of working with Save the Children through the delivery compelling and mutually beneficial proposals which deliver real change for children.

As Business Development Pricing Lead, you will enable Save the Children to secure large-scale, multi-million-pound contract and grant funding from FCDO, The World Bank and other Institutional donors, working closely with Senior/Business Development Managers, Technical Leads, Finance Managers, and consortium partners in the UK and Country Offices, throughout the design process. You will also lead the pricing of proposals and support the development of winning commercial strategies using effective analysis to assess competitiveness of programme design and pricing.

Key duties will include leading the pricing and budgeting process for bids and ensuring proposal budgets and pricing are in line with technical design, operational planning and the commercial strategy. You will also play a lead role on undertaking analyses to support the development of pricing strategies, cashflow forecasts, financial risk assessments and payment-by-results contracting modalities.

As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. The Business Development Pricing Lead will also support our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.

Main Accountabilities

• Play a lead role in the programme design process advising on the development of winning cost/price strategies, underpinned by robust assessment of funder ToRs and scoring criteria, market competition and programme need.
• Lead production of high quality, well-written narrative for commercial and financial proposals.
• Support Business Development Managers to agree and negotiate commercial arrangements with partners organisations. Serve as lead liaison point with consortium partners in relation to budgeting and pricing.
• Support Business Development Managers to undertake pricing and commercial negotiations with funders.

Tools, Templates and Capacity Building

• Create and maintain ready-to-use Excel-based pricing templates and tools for services/PBR contracts for key Institutional funders. Adapt templates as required for specific requirements of each opportunity.
• Troubleshoot and support end-users with application and use of templates and tools.
• Support COs and Regional Portfolio Teams to mobilise projects, post-win, for specific conditions of contracts and grants.
• Lead on commercial aspects of kick-off/mobilisation activities, supporting Country Teams to meet requirements of service contracts and other PBR funding modalities.
• Benchmark Save the Children UK’s costs and pricing in bids.
• Undertake on-the-job training and capacity building activities on commercial proposal development with country office operational and finance staff and HQ based staff, as appropriate. 

Person Profile

Technical Skills:

• Competent in the development of large budgets (£1m+) for institutional donors and presenting budget information to donors.
• Preference for experience of pricing contracts and/or grants involving payment-by-results.
• Preference for experience in consortium/partnership development or management, with a focus on commercial arrangements.
• Solid understanding of value for money (VfM) principles.
• Solid understanding of financial principles and systems. Experience of using financial systems.
• Confident in mathematics, an advanced user of Excel (advanced formulas and functions for example), with ability to translate qualitative information into logical budgeting/pricing.

Personal Skills:

• Excellent inter-personal skills and clear ability to build and maintain both internal and external relationships at a variety of levels.
• Excellent organisational skills with ability to provide support to multiple bids.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills in relation to complex stakeholder networks/matrix relationships.
• Fluency in English with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Rigorous and methodical, with excellent attention to detail.
• Willingness and ability to travel overseas several times a year.

Education/Professional Skills:

• Degree level qualification or equivalent experience in programmatic/financial/commercial discipline.

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

Please note applications will be considered on a rolling basis

Please note this role can be based internationally. We will also consider possible visa sponsorship for applicants not possessing right to work in UK.

We offer an exciting opportunity to become part of a brand-new senior management team in Valleys Kids, led by our newly appointed Chief Executive. We are a community regeneration charity, committed to changing the lives of disadvantaged people in ex-mining communities of the South Wales Valleys.  We are looking for a charismatic, experienced, forward thinking individual with financial acumen, innovative ideas and the commitment to implement them as our Director of Business & Finance. 

This post will be responsible for income generation, driving social enterprise and financial management. It is being recruited in conjunction with a Director of Programmes. There is a potential crossover of skills and abilities, so potential candidates may wish to be considered for either role

Please see the job pack below for a full job description for both roles. 

Job title: Director of Business and Finance

Responsible to: Chief Executive

Salary: £40,000 per annum

Location: Penygraig, South Wales with some home working 

Hours: Full-time 

As a family friendly organisation, we recognise that obligations outside work are important and that balancing work and family commitments can sometimes be a challenge.  We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Annual leave entitlement: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Employer pension contributions of 3% 

The Director of Business Development will be responsible for ensuring that Valleys Kids has the resources, people, systems and processes  to continue to thrive and grow. 

You will be responsible for ensuring successful delivery of the organisational infrastructure, collective innovation, staff development and well-being . 

You will facilitate delivery of the business development strategy and annual income generation plan. Initially, you will have specific oversight of three areas: income generation, fundraising and marketing;  financial and administrative operations; and our rapidly developing social enterprises. 

This role forms part of the Senior Leadership Team at Valleys Kids and contributes to overall strategy development of the organisation. Working with the CEO, you will also support Valleys to develop a strong profile for its work at a local and national level.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy: Developing the organisation’s strategic approach to resources management (including financial planning processes, analysis of current and future spending needs, budget-setting, use of assets, implementing the business development strategy and annual income generation plan).

Organisational Development: Working with the CEO and other members of the senior team to ensure that Valleys Kids is a well-managed and successful organisation, with a focus on Quality assurance and continuous improvement in strategy formulation, systems and processes.

Finance and Administration: Managing the finances of the organisation (including oversight of the finance and administration team), linking resource decisions to strategic and service planning priorities, monitoring and reporting expenditure, managing external contracts (including systems for performance and impact evaluation), overseeing HR processes. 

Business Development: Leading income generation initiatives to ensure a strong blend of income stream and overseeing the fundraising team and the social enterprises team.

Social and Community Enterprises: Providing strategic management for the work of Valleys Creative and other initiatives that provide high quality management of community assets and social enterprises.

Innovation: Together with the Director of Programmes, leading on developing new approaches to meeting the needs of communities and working with partners in assessing need and making plans for working together in meeting those needs, 

Corporate Governance: Overseeing arrangements for making the work of the Board of Trustees effective across the whole range of strategic functions it performs.

Person Specification: 

Values:

• A commitment to community development, tackling structural inequality and other barriers to people achieving their potential.

Experience:

• At least 5 years experience of Senior Management 

• At least 5 years experience of leading income generation for an organisation or enterprise, ideally a mixture of traditional fundraising, social enterprise and contracts

• Experience of budgeting and financial management, ideally with budgets over 1 million

• Evidence of successful staff engagement and development practice, linking organisational values with employee behaviour

• A strong track record of networking, developing and maintaining external relationships 

Skills:

• Interpersonal skills and judgement, which inspire confidence and trust from staff, volunteers, stakeholders and other organisations.

• Ability to lead or oversee income generation from a wide range of sources including statutory funding, trusts and foundations, trading income, contracts and individual giving.

• Ability to manage multiple income streams ensuring full compliance to agreements and contracts

• An entrepreneurial approach - able to use resources effectively and develop new ideas and gain buy-in to implement successfully

• Ability to understand and implement effective systems and processes 

• Committed to leading from the front and demonstrating to staff and stakeholders that community development and service delivery are the foremost priorities for the organisation

Job Role: Business Development Lead
Reporting to: Strategic Director - Business Development and QA
Hours/Pattern of work: 30 hours per week - Core working hours 9am to 5pm Mon to Thurs 9am to 4.30pm Fri. Some flexibility required in line with business/service need
Contract: Permanent  
Salary: £28,022 - £29,877 FTE per annum (pro rata £22,720.54 - £22,224.59) CANW scale points 29 – 31
Office Base: Head Office / Bolton / home based

Child Action Northwest is a charity with a big heart, on a mission to ensure every child and young person can fulfil their potential and achieve their hopes and aspirations.

We are looking for a Business Development Lead to join our friendly, creative team and play a pivotal role in building relationships, identifying opportunities and securing income to support our diverse service portfolio. You will be a confident communicator with great writing skills and a collaborative and proactive approach.

If you have the drive and energy to help us make a difference, we would love to hear from you.

All roles within CANW have a responsibility for the safeguarding of children and adults.
This role will be subject to a standard DBS check.

Application deadline: no later than 12noon Friday, 21st May 2021.  
Interviews TBC.

Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website, where you can find further information about the role and details of how to apply.
Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

We aim to embrace diversity in all that we do and we recognise the worth of each individual’s experience, expertise and opinion and we hold respect for one another at the heart of our organisation.

No agencies please.

12.5 hours pw

We are recruiting for a part-time HR Business Partner (12 Months FTC).

• Are you an experienced HR Business Partner with a history of working in a unionised environment?
• Do you have solid experience as an HR Business Partner and can work strategically?
• Do you have strong stakeholder management, partnering, influencing and communication skills?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

 Job Purpose

Reporting directly to the Head of HR Business Partners, The HR Business Partner will work in partnership with the Executive Director for the division with whom you partner and their senior leaders as an integral part of their leadership team. You will be accountable for the creation, development and delivery of People Plans in partnership with the division that meet their strategic needs.

Key accountabilities

This role will support the HR Leadership Team to contribute to the delivery of the organisation's People and Culture Strategy, providing divisional and organisational insight into how the strategy is deployed to establish a long-term approach to improving our culture and supporting our people.

As HR Business Partner you will work with the Head of HR Business Partners to foster constructive working relationships with the trade union on a range of employment issues, including negotiations and consultations to guarantee a positive employment relations climate.

In addition to the above, you will:

• Resolve complex employee relations issues
• Line manage an Associate HR Business Partner
• Provide guidance on people practices such as restructures and succession planning
• Bring people expertise and develop solutions to help the business area to deliver its strategy
• Influence and build relationships with people around the business

To be successful:

• The ideal candidate will have extensive experience working with trade unions including consultations and negotiations
• You will also be capable of building a wide network of trusted and constructive relationships using your excellent influencing, facilitation and communication skills
• Excellent leadership qualities, with an emphasis on delivering through others, and evidence of coaching, developing and performance management of others
• A solid understanding of employment legislation generally is needed as is a deep understanding of employee relations related legislation. 

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

Please note - whilst this role is advertised as office based, Save The Children UK will remain a remote-working organisation until at least 30 June 2021.

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBT+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as these are underrepresented at Save the Children UK.

Creative Support is a busy and dynamic Stockport based national health and social care charity with a track record in providing person centred and empowering support services in over 70 Local Authorities.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Support Officer to join our national Tendering Team, based in Stockport, Greater Manchester.

As Business Support Officer, your role will include:

-Screening and scoping new tender opportunities

-Communicating with our operational teams, Service Directors and Commissioners

-Working on pre-qualifications, business elements of tender responses and coordinating submissions

-Research to support submissions and the work of the team

-Attending tender events and briefings

-Data management and reporting, including maintenance of our tender database

You must have excellent organisational skills, be able to analyse information and manage your own workload effectively. Some knowledge/an interest in the health and social care sector more broadly will be beneficial. You will need to be confident in both verbal and written communication, with a succinct, engaging style and a high standard of customer service. IT proficiency (including Word, Excel, Power Point etc.) and confidence in navigating online portals (with training provided) is also essential.

We are looking for someone who is diligent, motivated and reliable. You’ll also need to be adaptable as this is a fast paced role, working to multiple deadlines and different tasks.

The Business Support Officer post offers a varied and interesting role with full on the job training and potential for personalised career development.

You will be based within our small, friendly and busy tendering team at our Head Office in Stockport town centre. Partial home working is also available (please detail in your application to discuss at interview).

We are a passionate, inclusive and anti-racist organisation. We embrace diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. As a Disability Confident Employer we welcome applications from people with a disability, and as a proud Stonewall Diversity Champion we actively encourage applications from the LGBT+ community.

Interviews will be held the week commencing 24th May 2021

We are looking for an enthusiastic Business Administrative Assistant to join our new team to support us during our start-up phase with administrative business support. The role of the YPF Trust’s Business Administrative Assistant will be to support the administrative function the Charity and team.

Main areas of responsibilities will include:

Business Administrative Assistant to perform a variety of administrative and clerical tasks.

Duties of the Business Administrative Assistant include providing support to the Head of Operations and Membership Development and wider YPF Network

Finance & Systems

• Assist with finance administration e.g., setting up invoices and expenses on CAF bank online, adding invoices and expenses on financial software Book Check.
• Maintain paper/electronic records for all financial transactions.
• Work with Head of Operations and Membership Development to provide office expenditure, staff expenses, payroll and any other financial information required.
• Process payments and other finance support as required.
• Liaise with all staff to conduct System review on a quarterly basis.
• Manage back-office support systems; including the YPF Trust Office365 and Zoom accounts.
• Support with the setup of a CRM database and manage updates accordingly.

Digital & Communications

• Support in setting up, managing, and maintaining up to date mailing list via our chosen marketing automation platform, ensuring new YPF contact details and partners are added.
• Support the management of website content, adding relevant information as and when required, including the uploading of resources to the YPF-in-a-box tool

HR & Governance

• Assist to ensure all relevant policies for the organisation are in place, up to date and communicated to staff and trustees.
• Support the development and delivery of staff management processes including staff appraisal, system, training, and maintain records on leave and absence.
• Keep full and appropriate records HR records for all staff and volunteers.

Events & Network Support

• Arranging meetings, booking rooms, taking minutes, and arranging hospitality as and when requested.
• Support on administrative duties around network and training events
• Taking a supportive role in the management of the HR and Governance Working Group for the YPF Network, acting as a centralised point of contact for HR and Governance related developments for the Network

Person Specification:

Essential

• Good level of written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to prioritise & work across multiple projects
• Good knowledge of finance admin processes and software 
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook is required
• Good knowledge and experience of virtual meeting platforms like Zoom and MS Teams

Desirable

• Use of database and CRM systems
• Creative skills and innovative ideas
• An understanding of voluntary sector 
• Interest for children and young people having the best start in life. 

About Reall

Reall is an innovator and investor in climate-smart affordable housing for people living on low incomes in urban Africa and Asia.

Reall’s purpose is to improve the lives of 100M people in urban Africa and Asia by 2030 through affordable housing.  We’re doing this because homes aren’t just a fundamental human right; they unleash unimaginable human potential to shape a future of gender parity, climate resilience, clean air, renewable energy, and socio-economic justice.

The Role

Reall is looking for an exceptional leader, collaborator, and facilitator to join its growing team in the role of Business Performance Manager.

Reporting to the Head of HR, this key role needs an adaptable and organised individual to bring innovation and impact to Reall’s Annual Operating Plan, leading on organisational integration, and working closely and strategically with the Leadership and Executive Teams, as well as with colleagues across the organisation, to raise performance standards and improve the management of business processes.

In addition, this role will also lead on the design and implementation of key strategic internal meetings, events, and away days, manage communication and engagement with colleagues, and drive efficiency across the organisation.

Full details are in the job description and person specification, that are available by clicking the link to apply for this role.

Why work at Reall?

With a modest UK-based team, Reall is an organisation driven by efficiency, with comparatively huge ambitions and a track record of significant success.

Our internal operations are underpinned by a culture of psychological safety, promoting trust, curiosity, and confidence.  This means that staff feel secure to speak their minds, tackle challenges creatively, and can never be described as risk adverse.  A committed investor in its staff, Reall promotes an environment of conscious diversity in all its forms.  You’ll be joining a high-performing, cohesive team with its sights firmly on global impact.

Business Development Manager

Are you passionate and driven to help build a better world and have experience in sales or business development? We have an exciting and rewarding role working with the Managing Director ensuring that business development, sales and renewals are successfully achieved for this award-winning international social enterprise accreditation authority.

Position: Business Development Manager

Location: Home or office based in Plymouth (flexible)

Hours: 37.5 per week

Salary: from £25,000 pa, depending on experience

Contract: Fixed-term (maternity cover, up to 12 months)

Benefits: Statutory allowance with rise to 8% employer’s contribution on completion of probationary period, 25 days exclusive of bank holidays (pro-rata)

Closing Date: 16th May 2021

Interviews: 24th or 26th May 2021

The Role

The Business Development Manager will work closely with the Managing Director to successfully achieve the organisations business plan.

Key Duties and responsibilities include:

• Contribute to overall business planning
• Ensure that new customer sales and renewals targets are met
• Work proactively to develop, manage and follow up on leads
• Manage initial sales enquiries
• Co-ordination of the application process, including effectively resolving queries and complaints
• Manage the licence renewals process for all
• Ensure alignment with and amplification of key marketing messages through business development activities
• Represent the organisation effectively at events
• Build and develop effective partnerships
• Issue of some key client communications such as welcome packs, assessment certificates, approvals and reports
• Manage the drafting of partnership and other proposals and contracts

About You

As Business Development Manager, you will have knowledge and awareness of the social enterprise environment and personal values and convictions that fit with the social enterprise movement and business model

You will have:

• Demonstrable experience of and skills in business development/sales in a commercial context
• Excellent customer service and people skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Attention to detail, particularly in developing and delivering processes
• Organisational and planning skills, including achieving goals and deadlines
• Flexibility and willingness to travel where necessary
• Ability to work independently and manage own workload and operate as part of a small, cohesive team
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• IT literacy

As part of the recruitment process you will be asked to submit a CV and Cover Letter to support your application.

About the Organisation

Work for an award-winning international social enterprise accreditation authority, which recognises and builds the capabilities of social enterprises as competitive, sustainable businesses, dedicated to maximising social impact. The organisation is the only social enterprise accreditation body to operate as a social enterprise and were named in the top 40 UK social enterprises in the 2020 SE100 Index and Social Business Awards.

As a Disability Confident employer and member of the Global Equality collective, the organisation 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. It aspires to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

Other roles you may have experience of could include Business Development, Business Development Executive, Account Manager, Business Development Lead, Senior Business Development Manager, Business Development Manager, Business Development Officer, Development Manager, Social Enterprise, Sales, Sales Lead, Sales Manager, Renewals, Membership, Membership Sales, Memberships, Accreditation, Sales Executive.

Having originally developed our Service from 2 volunteers supporting people attending one Coroner’s Court in London we have expanded our Service and currently have 347 volunteers supporting in 63 Coroners’ Courts across the country.

We are now ready to further expand the Service and you could be the person to help make this happen.

The Coroners’ Courts Support Service is seeking an enthusiastic, charismatic and energetic Fundraising & Business Development Manager who will be responsible for developing funding and corporate sponsorship opportunities which will bring in further revenue. 

This is a relatively new post and you will be expected to have an understanding of how to create successful funding opportunities, leading on the organisation’s strategic vision in order to achieve this. 

You will need to be highly motivated and professional, very organised and able to manage your own workload and work independently.   This post is for 37.5 hours per week.

Please be advised that some interviews may take place via Zoom due to the current restrictions.

Closing date: 21st May 2021

Interview dates: 27th / 28th May 2021

Short list interviews: week commencing 31st May 2021

We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect. We provide advice and support to empower anybody experiencing a mental health problem and we campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

Reporting to the Senior Corporate Partnerships Officer, you will provide New Partnerships Team support with key tasks such as, prospect research to support our bids and a variety of other bid support and administrative tasks, whilst working collaboratively with the team and staff across Mind and other stakeholders and external contacts.

Mind’s Partnerships Fundraising team – part of the wider fundraising directorate – is responsible for generating income from major donors, charitable trusts and foundations, the statutory and corporate sectors. In 2020/21, Mind’s corporate partnerships generated over £12 million gross income for our work.

Candidates will have experience of working in an administrative role within a busy office, organising and prioritising your own workload, whilst dealing with a variety of people on the telephone and in person, providing excellent customer service at all times. With good IT skills and a strong attention to detail, you will have experience of using databases, setting up and maintaining efficient filing systems, coupled with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Closing Date: 23rd May 2021

This position will initially, in line with current government guidance be based from home, with an expectation of being home based for the next six months or until updated government guidelines are published. However, if / when government guidelines change the role may then revert to being office based, whilst retaining some flexible working options.

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please refer to the Job Description while completing your application as candidates will be shortlisted based on how closely they match the criteria.

Finance Business Partner role working for a leading charity in their field.

This is a temporary to permanent role.

Client Details

My client is a charity that aims to raise awareness of the causes and impact of poverty in the UK

Description

Line management of a team of two including supporting their professional development.

Supervise the day-to-day transactional processing within accounts receivable, accounts payable, credit control and banking. Ensuring income and expenditure is coded to the correct fund codes in the finance system.

To be fully responsible for all balance sheet reconciliations including monthly bank reconciliations

To review monthly preparation of bank reconciliations, AR and AP ledgers.

Ensure processes within the transactional team are documented and up to date, suggesting improvements or changes where appropriate.

Manage the month end process including ensuring timetable is adhered to and posting journals.

Prepare the monthly payroll for all staff, liaising with the outsourced payroll bureau.

Ensure monthly allocation of salary costs to the different cost centres and projects.

To ensure commercial procedures are effective and initiate process change where necessary to ensure key operational, commercial and financial targets are delivered.

To regularly analyse Microsoft GP, Management Reporter (MR) and CRM.

To routinely provide analysis and insight linking financial reporting to business performance.

To use MR to assist and be the point of contact for budget holders so as to ensure ongoing monitoring of actual expenditure and income against budgets.

To build partnerships and maintain strong relationships with all budget holders and their teams and be the link between the Director of finance and budget holders.

To be the link between Director of finance and resources and budget holders during the budgeting period.

To be the point of contact for finance IT issues - GP, Management Reporter and CRM.

Produce draft management accounts and Budgets when required.

To provide cover for the Director of finance and resources and the Projects and IT officer when required.

To perform any other duties as reasonably required by the Director of finance and resources

Profile

To be considered for this role you must have worked in a charity environment previously, be part qualified and be available at short notice.

Experience with Microsoft Great Plains is desirable.

Job Offer

The role will be initially home based for the next few months and will eventually return to the offices once their offices reopen.

The role is being offered on a temporary to permanent basis and is paying £20-22ph.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced institutional funding professional to join our new business development function to drive donor engagement and new funding at Alert. You will be responsible for identifying and tapping into new funding markets and coordinating HQ-led engagement with the top peacebuilding donors.

You will also work closely with regional and country teams to share information and intel to support business development in-country. We are looking for someone adept at networking and building relationships internally and externally, with a proven track record in securing new funding. You should bring a deep knowledge of key peacebuilding multilateral and bilateral institutions, ideally with a specialism in the UN, EU, FCDO, USAID, and/or other European bilateral funders.

In return, you will have the opportunity to join a dynamic and creative team, working with senior leadership in HQ and within Alert’s country programmes to drive new funding opportunities for the organisation. As a new position you will also have the opportunity to shape the role, and so a proactive, entrepreneurial approach is a must.

Details

• Salary: £45,372 per annum plus excellent benefits
• Contract: Permanent
• Location: London or The Hague
• Closing date: 14 May 2021 (23.59 UK time)