The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.  The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. 

We are seeking to fill a Short Term position of Business Support Assistant G5, based in the WFP London Office in United Kingdon. Duration of appointment, 11 months renewable.

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants must reside within commuting distance of the duty station London, UK.

JOB PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

This role reports directly to the Head of the London Office. The role is to deliver a range of business support tasks to ensure the smooth running of the London Office. The incumbent will maintain the financial records up-to-date and will perform travel arrangements and procurement activities among others.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support the Head of Office (manage calendar, correspondence, take minutes etc.)

• Process and manage routine administrative and financial tasks to contribute to the effective and timely management of resources

• Collate information for inclusion in reports, documents and correspondence

• Make travel arrangements, raise TAs in WINGS and record and monitor financial commitments in WINGS

• Compile the monthly financial closure package

• Support the procurement of goods and services

• Respond to standard queries and provide timely and accurate guidance

• Manage/maintain records and databases to ensure information is organised and readily available for staff

• Proof-read reports, documentation, correspondence, etc.

• Contribute to the improvement of business procedures and processes

• Collect and perform basic data analysis to contribute to quality business information management

• Maintain technology, including standard repairs, configuration and storage, in accordance with data security and access controls to ensure IT equipment required for WFP staff is available

• Respond to a variety of queries about technology and systems in order to assist WFP staff to deliver their services

• Perform other related functions as required

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:                      

Education:

• Completion of secondary school education.

Experience:

• 5 or more years of progressively responsible work experience in the relative business stream with experience in general administrative work.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Knowledge of specialized common business practices and methods gained through relevant technical training and experience.
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with a range of individuals in order to provide a high-quality support service.
• Ability to carry out basic data analysis and independently rectify problems requiring attention.
• Ability to monitor and record financial transactions.
• Has some experience resolving computer’s technical issues
• Good communication skills required to give and receive information and work with a variety of individuals.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to work to deadlines and follow clear instructions.

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required. 

Terms and Conditions: WFP offers a competitive compensation package that will be determined by the contract type and selected candidate’s qualifications and experience.

Applicants must be: UK nationals holding a valid passport and/or identity card OR non-UK citizens holding a valid UK Resident and work permit.

Deadline for applications: 31 January 2020

VA: 112941

Business Support Administrator

Westminster

Temporary - ASAP START

I am now looking for a Business Support Administrator to, with the appropriate on the job training, supervision and guidance; to provide efficient and effective administrative support to Business Support Team and to ensure suppliers and customer queries are promptly and correctly dealt with.

Core Accountabilities:

• Participate in relevant projects that support the delivery of the company Business Plan.
• Undertake any other duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
• Provide administrative support to the Policy Directorate.

Specific Accountabilities:

• Understand how to assist in the provision of business support to the Policy directorate including day to day tasks such as document creation, database creation and maintenance, creating excel spreadsheets and extracting data, room bookings and associated logistical arrangements, electronic filing, and distribution of post and relevant information.
• To support meetings and events including agenda preparation, collation and printing of meeting papers, electronic distribution of events materials and minute taking
• Act alongside the team Programme Support Officers, as a first point of contact for enquiries, and respond to or refer enquiries as appropriate.
• Assist in maintaining and updating team records to include liaising with HR to ensure accurate team structure charts.
• Organise travel and accommodation bookings
• Provide administrative support in delivering policy and lobbying activity

We are looking for someone to start ASAP so please apply today for consideration, or email me at [email protected]

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

We're looking for an experienced Administrator to support the work of our Business Engagement team. You will use your first class communication and organisational skills to ensure the smooth running of the Business Engagement Programmes. In particular, you will support the work of the Pc Pals Digital Inclusion Programme and other ongoing programmes within the Business Engagement Team.

With excellent interpersonal skills, and an ability to communicate effectively both in person and over the telephone, you will support the Business Engagement team in building sustainable relationships with local businesses with the aim of developing long term projects and ad hoc events using corporate volunteers that meet the needs of the local community.

BookTrust is the UK’s largest reading charity. Each year we reach c. 3.4 million children across the UK with books, resources and support. Our books and resources are delivered via health, library, schools and early years practitioners, and are supported with guidance to encourage the development of a reading habit. Reading for pleasure has a dramatic impact on educational outcomes, wellbeing and social mobility, and is also a huge pleasure in itself. We are committed to starting children on their reading journey and supporting them throughout.

This is a brilliant time to join BookTrust.  We are developing a new strategy and a new approach to engaging with and understanding our beneficiaries.  We are ambitious about developing our offer to reach more children, particularly those who are disadvantaged, and we want to work even more effectively through and alongside our local authority partners so we can increase our impact.

Job purpose:

This is a cross-cutting role, based in our London HQ, and sitting within our regionally-based team of BookTrust Relationship Managers.  As Local Authority Business Support Manager you will work with our 151 ‘top tier’ local authority partners in England delivering BookTrust programmes, resources and campaigns; and structure, support and manage the relationships between BookTrust and our local authority partners.  You will work across BookTrust to explain and champion the changing needs of our local authority partners, and help us adapt and develop the way that we work with them to increase our impact.  In particular you will be responsible for:
 
1. Working with our regional team, operations team and colleagues from across the organisation to ensure we provide responsive but consistent, first-class business support to BookTrust local authority partners.

2. Predominantly working with our regional, operations, programmes and research teams to develop and implement strategies, systems, communications approaches and processes that support the smooth and effective operational delivery of BookTrust programmes with local authority partners – connecting all elements of the local delivery of the BookTrust offer, both internally and externally.
 
3. Managing, collating and interpreting data, supported by proactive intelligence and information gathering from local authority partners, and our regional and operations teams, ensuring that data informs more effective research, programme and operational development, strategy and delivery. Sharing best practice across our local authority partner network.

This is a new role for BookTrust, so you’ll be comfortable establishing yourself at the heart of our organization, and working with the teams to help this role evolve. 

Who we’re looking for:

We are looking for a person with great communication skills, who gets job satisfaction from problem-solving and improving systems and processes.  You will be persuasive and determined – and exceedingly well organized, with first class attention to detail.  You will be able to write clearly and accurately as well as work with and communicate through data.  And you’ll be stimulated by working as part of the varied and diverse team at BookTrust. You don’t need prior experience of working with local authorities or in children’s reading – but you will have strong evidence of your skills from a business support or customer services context and you’ll be motivated by contributing to the work that BookTrust does. 

Want to join us?  Find out more about who we are, including a job description and details of how to apply on our website.

Closing date: 9am Monday 3rd February 2020
Interview dates:  First round interviews w/c 17th February
Second round interviews w/c 24th February

BookTrust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
 

We’re Anthony Nolan and we save the lives of people with blood cancer who need a stem cell transplant.

We’re unique. Thanks to the incredible donors on our register, our pioneering research and our passionate fundraisers, we give the chance of life to three people a day.

But we won’t stop there. We want to be there for everyone who needs a transplant; from finding a match, through every step of a patient’s transplant journey. And together we can reach the remarkable day when we can save the lives of everyone with blood cancer.

And now we want you to join our lifesaving team. We are looking for a Volunteering Business Partner to join our People team.

Title: Volunteering Business Partner

Salary:           £35,000 - £40,000 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours:  35 hours per week

Location: Hampstead, North London

Thanks to the incredible work of our staff and volunteers, more than 790,000 potential donors who are now on our register, together with the kindness of 36 million people on registries worldwide, we give three people a chance of life every day. 

We believe that together, we can harness the collective power of our supporters to champion and enable our lifesaving work. One of the ways that we plan to do this is to build on the incredible support we receive from volunteers. We have hundreds of volunteers throughout the UK who support our lifesaving work. Without them, we couldn’t save as many lives as we do. With you on board, we can save even more.

As our Volunteering Business Partner, you will partner with stakeholders from across the organisation to develop and deliver our volunteering strategy and ensure that we maximise opportunities for our extensive volunteer network, always looking for ways to improve our offer and develop volunteering.

For more info, please make sure to check out the candidate pack, available on our website when you click to apply.

What's in it for you?

Financial

Wellbeing & Health

Family Friendly

• Pension (employer 6% when you contribute 6% or more),
• Travel Insurance
• Interest free Travel Loan
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme
• Life Assurance (4x annual salary)

• 27 days annual leave in addition to normal public holidays
• 24-hour Employee Assistance Hotline
• Medical Cash Plan
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Gymflex

• Paid dependants leave
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption pay
• Flexible start/finish times (role dependent)

And more! (full list of benefits available on website)

Together, we can save lives. Join our team and give someone a chance of life.

Anthony Nolan is an equal opportunities & living wage accredited employer.

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.

You may have experience of the following: Volunteering Manager, Volunteers, Third Sector, Voluntary Sector, Not for Profit, NFP etc

My client is a fantastic charity in Wiltshire who is looking to recruit a new role, Finance Business Partner into their finance team

The main purpose of the role is to work closely with the finance team and other business areas in the organisation to improve and strengthen processes, reconciliations, reporting and system links between the CRM system and the Finance System. You will also be the finance lead for a number of new projects and initiatives 

Key responsibilities will be to:

• Implement process improvements and system automation to support the accurate and timely production of cashflow and management accounts reports
• Build reports on funding and set up processes to monitor income and expenditure and the spending down of restricted reserves
• Support grant programmes and large funder reporting requirements with regular reporting and forecasting.
• Support the annual budgeting cycle 
• Support funding applications and bids with analysis as required.

To succeed in this role you will need to have the passion, energy and enthusiasm to help us change the way we work in line with the wider charity objectives and be a proactive, solution focused individual who communicates clearly and works well with people 

Experience of working in the charity sector is advantageous but not essential. You need to be a qualified accountant and have good systems skills

For more information please get in touch

ROLE: Finance Business Partner

SALARY: Band 8b £59,083 - £67,760*

LOCATION: Central London

SECTOR: Public Sector, Healthcare

HOURS: 37.5 hours per week

TYPE: Full-time, Permanent

*inclusive of HCAS

A career opportunity has arisen for 2 x Finance Business Partners to join Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. This specialist Trust is a centre of excellence for children’s healthcare and offers the widest range of care in the UK. It is the only specialist Biomedical Research Centre for paediatrics, the largest centre in the UK for children and young people with heart or brain problems, and the largest centre in Europe for children and young people with cancer. The hospital receives over 255,000 patient visits a year, carries our approximately 18,800 operations each year and employs over 4,000 employees.

Finance Business Partner Duties and Responsibilities:

The Finance Business Partners are responsible for a range of both clinical and corporate directorates and have line management responsibilities of up to 3 staff. Some of the key duties include:

• To be the lead working closely with the senior management team within the directorate including General Manager, Chief of Service, Head of Nursing, Deputy Directors and Executive Directors to provide leadership, financial and business advice and support
• Leading and managing a team of Finance staff (including Finance Mangers, Assistant Finance Managers, Senior Management Accountants and Management Accountants) in the production of high quality financial management information, income and expenditure, for a range of clinical and corporate units
• Identifying opportunities for information or quality improvements within the wider Financial Management team, supporting the Deputy Head of Financial Management and Head of Financial Management to ensure every opportunity is taken to develop and enhance the provision of an expert Financial Management service to the Trust.

Finance Business Partner Person Specification:

The Finance Business Partner will be educated to degree level (or equivalent) and will be a Qualified CCAB Accountant. The ideal candidate for this role will have post-qualification experience in financial management, have effective leadership skills/management experience and have the ability develop effective working relationships with finance, clinical and non-finance colleagues at a senior level. This person must be a confident communicator and be able to present highly complex financial information and lead financial discussions at senior management and executive level meetings.

Candidates from the private sector and wider public sector organisations are strongly encouraged to apply. NHS experience is beneficial but not essential for the Finance Business Partner roles. We are looking for people who are motivated, ambitious and want to work in an environment where they can make an impact.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust’s Always Values:

The Trust has developed the Always Values with staff, patients and families that characterise all that they do and their behaviours with patients, families and each other. The Always Values encourage employees to be:

• Always Welcoming
• Always Helpful
• Always Expert
• Always One Team

It is important that this person’s values are in line with these expectations and that they are able to communicate well and work with people at all levels of the organisation.

Your salary and benefits:

• Band 8b £59,083 - £67,760*(*inclusive of HCAS)

• 27 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays (holiday entitlement raises to 33 days with service)
• Flexible working arrangements
• Excellent training, learning and development opportunities
• Generous pension scheme (including 20.68% employer contribution and a tiered system of employee contribution depending on your salary from 5% to 14.5%).
• A comprehensive staff health and well-being programme
• Health services discounts (retail, holidays, entertainment and restaurants)
• Season ticket loan, car loan scheme and cycle to work scheme

HOW TO APPLY AND CLOSING DATE:

For your application to be considered, you will be required to send your CV and cover letter to Allen Lane before midnight on Wednesday 19th February.

Early applications are strongly encouraged and if you are successfully shortlisted, interviews will follow shortly after. If you would like to find out more information before applying please contact Brooke Cooper at Allen Lane.

A charity are recruiting for an Interim Finance Business Partner

Your new company
A high profile charity based in central London.

Your new role
Reporting to the Finance Business Partnering Manager, you will be responsible for assisting with the production of the monthly management accounts, annual budget setting and to support budget holders in a finance business partnering capacity. Anticipated duration is six months.

What you'll need to succeed
You will be a qualified Finance Business Partner/Senior Management Accountant with a strong, recent charity background.

What you'll get in return
The opportunity to add value within a high profile charity.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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About Us

The Natural History Museum (NHM) is a world-class visitor attraction, leading science research centre and commercial event space. We use our unique collections and unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million specimens, both in our London and Tring museums, spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually.

We are at a pivotal moment in our history as we launch a new strategy setting out our role as the natural world faces increasing threats. Building on our world-leading collection, global reputation for science and as one of the world's leading visitor attractions, the NHM has ambitious plans leading up to the 150 anniversary of the opening of the Waterhouse Building in 2031, making this a truly exciting time to be part of the NHM team.

About the role

As our Business Manager, within the Museum's Technology Solutions team, you will drive and oversee on a day-to-day basis the substantial technology contracts and the financial and administrative processes needed to keep NHM's technology operations and projects effective in delivering our strategic priorities.

You will work with our Head of Enterprise Architecture and Planning, and wider departmental management team to make sure there is a clear understanding of the state of the technology operational and capital budgets, both in year and future years to meet emerging requirements - clarifying these in challenging annual plans in three key areas:
Technology procurement, Financial and Resource Planning, and Supplier and Sourcing Planning.

About you

This role requires someone experienced in a broad range of managerial, financial and change-oriented matters. It requires a disciplined and challenging diplomat who can drive outcomes and are capable of influencing teams and boards from within using an information and evidence approach.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 3 February 2020
Interviews will be held on: w/c 17 Feb & w/c 24 Feb

To apply, please visit and upload your CV with a covering letter, which clearly outlines how you meet our person specification.

We are looking for a strong part-time administrator to focus on coordinating health and safety across the Trust.

The postholder will provide and organise health and safety advice and training to staff and volunteers. You will keep policy and procedures up to date with legislation and best practice, provide administrative support, and encourage a culture of good health and safety practice. You will support our Health & Safety Committee and will be part of the Trust’s Safeguarding team.

We require someone who has excellent organisational and communication skills, with a friendly approach and great attention to detail, together with an interest in what we do. You must be fully conversant with MS Office. Experience of working with volunteers would be an advantage.

Ideally you will hold or be working towards a health and safety qualification such as NEBOSH or similar, or be willing and have the enthusiasm to do so.

To download an application pack, please visit our website.

Deadline:     9am on Monday 10th February 2020
Interviews:  Monday 24th February 2020

HR Business Partner
London, N1

About Us

We are Family Action, a national charity committed to building stronger families and brighter lives by delivering innovative and effective services and support that reaches out to many of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

We seek to empower people and communities to address their issues and challenges through practical, financial and emotional help. Our work is wide-ranging and includes help for parents-to-be, the provision of many Children’s Centres in local communities, intensive family support, emotional health and wellbeing services, counselling, mediation and therapies, support in schools and financial grants programmes. Family Action is also recognised as a leading provider of training and consultancy.

We are now looking for an HR Business Partner to join us in London and help shape our organisation from an HR standpoint. 

The Benefits

- Salary of £37,944 - £41,924 per annum including Inner London Weighting
- Pension scheme
- A full induction and ongoing quality training
- Employee assistance programme
- Eyecare vouchers
- 30 days’ holiday per annum

It’s an incredibly exciting time to join our team. We’ve recently launched a new organisational strategy and are working on a new HR workforce strategy that you will be involved in developing and delivering. 

We are people-focused, forward-thinking and ambitious and we look to deliver excellence within an environment of mutual respect. You’ll be playing a vital role in our personnel-based operations and so your success will be directly reflected in our effectiveness and the results we can achieve as a charity.

We are proud of our workplace environment and we were awarded an accreditation from Best Companies as a reflection of “very good” levels of employee engagement. We also placed on the Sunday Times Best 100 not-for-profit organisations to work in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

So, if you are an experienced employee relations professional looking for the opportunity to make an impact, we want to hear from you. 

The Role

As the HR Business Partner, you will provide high-quality advice and guidance on HR matters to staff across the charity. You will also help to implement and deliver our workforce strategy, as well as HR policies that will shape the future of Family Action. 

Specifically, you will: 

- Manage a high volume of complex employee relations cases 
- Maintain your knowledge of developments in employee legislation and HR best practice 
- Carry out risk assessments of large-scale TUPE information as part of the tendering processes for new services
- Support the success of local recruitment plans
- Help the Head of HR to compile and present HR management information

About You 

To join us as the HR Business Partner, you will need: 

- Significant experience of leading the provision of complex and high-risk employee relations advice and guidance, balancing risk and commerciality 
- To be CIPD qualified or have significant experience in a people and organisational development role
- Proven experience of influencing and persuading senior managers to improve people management practices and the employee experience, developing the business to achieve its strategic aims
- The ability to work with diplomacy and assertiveness 
- The ability to be flexible and act as a champion of change, contributing at a strategic level, anticipating and planning for change and identifying business focused solutions

You would be suitable for this role if you have experience as an HRBP, Human Resources Business Partner, Senior HR Generalist, HR Generalist, ER Advisor, Employee Relations Advisor, or Senior HR Advisor.

The closing date for applications is 9am on the 3rd February 2020.

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

So, if you are looking for your next challenge as an HR Business Partner, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Working hours: 37 hours per week

Are you a Finance Business Partner looking to take ownership of a huge part of the budget for a successful organisation? Do you enjoy partnering with budget holders who are active, engaged, and informed on their numbers? Do you want the organisation you work for to value and respect you, and respond to your recommendations?

My client is a thriving housing provider in Berkshire which is getting ready to face an exciting period of change in the new year. This is a crucial role, with key responsibilities including:

• Being responsible for roughly half the total budget, working within the largest directorate in the organisation
• Managing the relationships with key stakeholders in that directorate and providing senior leadership with supporting information to assess the implication of strategic decisions, as well as providing expert level analysis and performance reporting
• Managing a small team of management accountants and finance analysts, directing them in the delivery of their day to day/month to month work, supporting their career development, and ensuring they remain a motivated and encouraged workforce alongside the delivery of monthly objectives
• Driving Value For Money and Efficiency initiatives, helping the directorate go above and beyond expectations and supporting the growth of the organisation as a result
• Providing forward thinking Business Partnering support, finding new ways to excel as a Partner to senior leadership

This is a truly wonderful opportunity to take control of a crucial part of a successful social organisation and should attract candidates who want to be able to see the value of their work on the world around them. The beneficiaries of the success of the Finance Business Partner will be real people in real communities, who are currently being supported by this highly respected organisation - success in this role will help their services to reach more and more people as time goes on.

Furthermore, as a development role, this is a rare opportunity to be trusted with ownership of a large directorate's finance support - meaning this should be seen as an excellent CV enhancing role and a clear route towards more senior leadership for the right candidate.

To be considered, you should meet these minimum criteria:

• Be a fully qualified accountant - this is a necessity
• Demonstrate clear experience of providing high level, proactive business partnering support to influence change and efficiency
• Possess first class communication skills along with being a great relationship builder.

Applications are under constant review in the new year and interviews can be arranged with short notice for the right candidates - please apply straight away to be considered!

My client is an educational charity based in Bristol who is dedicated to building a culture of interest and questioning from a cross section of the population especially the very young.

They want to reposition science as part of culture and enable everyone to be able to ask questions and be heard!

They are currently looking for a Finance Business Partner for 12 months to cover a maternity leave
This role is a key part of the small senior management team and very involved in assisting non finance managers with their budgeting and financial management in order to set achievable business goals for the future

Key responsibilities included:

• Producing organisational budgets, monthly management accounts, project cost statements and grant claims. You will also support the production of year end statutory accounts and the audit file
• Have the ability to explain financial concepts to non-finance managers, and use these communication skills to train colleagues and to explain financial data to non-financial managers
• Manage multiple deadlines in a highly organised way and ensure that all project budgets get checked by Finance prior to funder submission

You will be a newly qualified / qualified accountant or QBE,  love being part of a team, supporting colleagues and building strong working relationships and have excellent communication skills with the ability to present information clearly both verbally and in writing.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a truly fun, creative and inquisitive organisation. For more information please get in touch

Finance Business Partner - Large International Charity - City of London

A large national international development charity are looking for a fully qualified (ACA/CIMA/ACCA) finance business partner to join their business partnering team. This will be working closely with their transformation delivery team, providing high quality financial insight to various budget holders across a number of projects.

As Finance Business Partner, your key responsibilities will include:

• Budgeting, forecasting and management accounting
• Provide meaningful financial support to project managers
• Act as key contact point with the management of the work stream, providing guidance and
  advice and dealing with all finance-related queries.
• Provide on demand insight reports, to provide oversight to the Portfolio leadership on project budget and forecast
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the finance team's procedures and processes.

This is a full time permanent position with a salary of £48,000 to £52,000 (dependent on experience) plus great benefits

We are looking for a fully qualified accountant with:

• Ability to present complex financial information to non finance staff
• Experience in budgeting and forecasting
• Ability to liaise remotely and in person with a wide range of people at all levels of financial literacy
• Excellent IT literacy including expertise in spreadsheet modelling and analysis
• Understanding of project management

If this Finance Business Partner position is of interest then please apply now, or if this isn't quite right, but you are looking for a new role in the charity and not for profit sector, send through an up to date CV to [email protected]

Finance Business Partner - Large International Charity - City of London