Location: London
Salary: Starting salary of £54,269 (2020 cost of living increase not included). Possible to increase by max. 2 increments a year up to £61,515 (top of grade)
Contract type: Permanent contract
Hours: 4-5 days per week
Benefits: 7.5% employer matched pension after probation, flexible working, 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays and Christmas break) and a generous staff development budget
Reporting to: Chair of the Board
Manages: Senior Finance Manager, Ops Officer, Senior Programme Management Officer
Application deadline: 23.59pm, 12th April
Interviews: For successful applicants, first interviews will be held weeks commencing 20th and 27th April

About the role:

This role works alongside the Executive Director for Strategy and Fundraising to lead NEON, deputising for one another where needed and supporting the development of the overall organisation.  You will manage and set-up the organisational systems, processes and culture that underpin all of our work. The role’s seniority shows how important this work is to NEON and the status with which we hold it. 

This will look like building and training staff to implement the human systems that help people work together: decision making, information sharing, resource allocation, giving kind and constructive feedback and handling conflict.  NEON’s culture and commitment to anti-oppression is at the very core of all of our work. This role will ensure the systems and strategies are in place to maintain and refresh our culture and implement anti-oppression across all of our work.  This role will also develop a system for building the staff management and leadership competencies required for high performance, role modelling NEON’s values and enacting our commitment to anti-oppression. 

You will manage the Operations Hub of 4 people, building on existing operational systems in finance, HR and programme management to integrate the latest practice and tools. You will support the Operations Hub to train and upskill staff members in our programmatic Hubs on the core operational skills they need to implement their programmes to a consistently high standard, e.g. in budgeting, monitoring and evaluation. Where appropriate you will draw on your own skills and experience to coach participants on NEON’s programmes on organisational development.

Operations for NEON aren’t just a service for other teams, they inform the very nature of the work we do and help define our approach to change. As a result, NEON’s values of generosity, solidarity and respect and our commitment to anti-oppression should be embedded in all of our operations. As a capacity building organisation, in time, you will also support our membership to apply some of our own best practice into their organisations, helping to scale the impact of our work.

About NEON
The New Economy Organisers Network (NEON) is a not-for-profit company with 12 staff members, growing to up to 15 staff by the end of this year. We also work with a range of contractors and Associates and incubate other organisations. We are a network of over 1,600 UK organisers from different trade unions, grassroots groups, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), faith-based campaigns, civil society groups and movements from across the country. 

We run powerful trainings and support campaigns to help progressives win social, economic and environmental justice. We offer movements a range of support, from helping people lead movements like Just Treatment (organising patients to fight for the NHS), through to working with our members on over 2,500 media bookings on the UK’s biggest TV and radio channels. We’re ambitious and the team is agile, fast paced and committed to actually changing things. 

To build the power of movements for social, environmental and economic justice we organise our work around three goals: 

• Connect we bring people together who aren’t usually in the same room, working across many different issues and from many different struggles, because together there is strength. In particular, we want to build the power of campaigners and organisers from groups most affected by injustice to help change the leadership of our movements

• Focus is about how we support our members’ work to transform our social and economic systems through prioritising key battles. Our aim is to help members work together to win bigger change on key battleground issues, such as health and climate justice

• Build means supporting the development of key institutions that underpin the wider progressive movement. The range and diversity of groups needed is wide - from campaign groups to policy and training institutes. We help our members develop excellent institutions and structures that support many others.

To build a culture and community that lasts, we organise around three values: 

• Solidarity we’re here to change the system and that requires working together across issues and sectors that aren’t normally in the same room. This means placing anti-oppression at the heart of our work and building the power of people most affected by injustice to change the leadership of our movements

• Generosity is about sharing our time, resources and learning with one another as we support each other’s work. It means being open and honest with one another, especially when we hit problems, and thinking creatively about how we positively build from there

• Respect is the bottom line for all relationships in NEON. It means being respectful of different backgrounds and life experiences and giving space for all voices to be heard. This often means listening more than we talk and being open to changing ourselves as a result of what we hear. 

We are looking for an outstanding leader to work with the Trustees in leading and further developing the charity. The successful candidate will be someone who will inspire and empower others to share in achieving continued success in all our work.

If you have a passion for working with a great team who make a real difference for families across Essex, we would be delighted to receive your application and look forward to hearing from you. 

Families InFocus (Essex) is a forward thinking and caring organisation dedicated to improving the quality of life for all Essex families with children and young people with any special educational need or disability (SEND).

Our mission is:-

“to provide support for children and young people (aged 0 to 25) with any special educational need or disability (SEND) by ensuring that they, their families and carers receive quality information, advice, practical and emotional support. In particular, through the provision of advice, information and support to improve the education and development of, and relieve the poverty for children and young people with SEND, to enhance the stability and quality of life for the whole family. A central consideration will be the emotional needs of all concerned”.

Our excellent reputation and established relationships within the local Essex community have been earned over many years delivering quality services to meet the needs of our service users.

We are looking for an exceptional individual who will lead and drive the continuous development of Families InFocus (Essex) and ensure that its work makes a real difference for families.

You will be:

• An experienced and empathetic leader

• A strategic thinker

• A proven relationship builder

• Someone who has a track record of successful income generation

Full Job Description

Purpose of the Job 

To work on behalf of the Board of Trustees, in accordance with our mission, aims, values and objectives:-

• To develop and deliver the strategic and operational plan and financial budget to ensure the ongoing sustainability, growth and success of Families InFocus (Essex).

• To raise our profile and act as a strong figurehead for the charity, a positive ambassador with our stakeholders, clients, partners, funders and networks and a confident, inspiring and empathetic leader for staff and volunteers. 

• To ensure service users’ views and aspirations are taken into account for all service delivery and development. 

  Main responsibilities 

  Strategy planning and development: 

• To develop the charity’s strategic plan in conjunction with the Board of Trustees in response to key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

• To manage the charity effectively, ensuring that its financial security and risk management is maintained and enhanced. 

• To lead the development and implementation of strategic goals, objectives and financial plans to meet both the short term and long term goals and aspirations. 

• To take overall responsibility for achieving, monitoring and reporting on performance against funders’ targets and in all areas of the charity’s activities. 

• To develop a culture of continuous improvement throughout all aspects of the charity’s work including maintaining and building relationships with key partners, funders and community networks. 

• To keep abreast of the opportunities and challenges facing local third sector organisations and keep up to date with changing legislation/developments in local or national government initiatives which could affect the charity.

  Operational Leadership: 

• To lead the development and implementation of operational plans in support of our strategic and accountability frameworks ensuring the organisation provides high quality services and meets its charitable objectives.

• To ensure that the organisation has effective policies and procedures including the management of human resources, safeguarding, finance, health and safety, information, communication and premises, and that these meet relevant legislative requirements and agreed quality standards.

• To manage the day to day operations of the charity, ensuring that staff and volunteers are effectively deployed and receive regular supervision, support, training and annual appraisals.

• To lead key projects including those bringing significant changes for the organisation, ensuring that risks and threats are robustly managed. 

  Financial management: 

• To be accountable to the Board of Trustees for the overall financial health of the charity, controlling budgets, expenditure and management accounts ensuring that income and expenditure is within financial plan targets. 

• To secure adequate funding and resources to meet income targets and objectives, including through bid submissions to grant making trusts, foundations and statutory funders, charity fundraising events and other fundraising activities.

• To maintain and build excellent long term relationships with funders, donors and supporters.

• To develop and implement an effective sustainability plan to identify and diversify income streams and maximise new fundraising opportunities for income generation.

• To identify and put in place an effective and robust risk management strategy and framework to enable the charity to support its objectives. 

  Robust governance  

• To foster excellent working relationships and ensure systems and structures are in place for the Board of Trustees to fulfil its statutory and regulatory requirements and exercise effective control of the charity’s affairs. 

• To report to the Board on progress against key strategic objectives, providing information and answering for organisational performance. 

• To advise the Board in all aspects of leading the charity, including short term and long term strategic planning for the financial welfare of the organisation. 

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

• Educated to degree level or professionally qualified by suitable demonstrable experience e.g. management, health, education, social care, or community development. 

  Experience and knowledge

  Essential

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a senior management role. 

• Demonstrable experience of strategic and operational planning, service development and project management, including monitoring and evaluation. 

• Demonstrable experience of human resources management and good practice in the recruitment, management and development of staff and volunteers.

• Demonstrable experience and a proven track record of bid writing and successful funding applications to generate income and meet challenging income targets.

• Demonstrable acumen and experience of organisational financial management including budget control and reporting.

• Demonstrable experience of effective fundraising within the non-profit and charity sector.

• Experience of developing and maintaining relationships with a diverse range of clients, stakeholders and partners including local third sector organisations and statutory agencies.

• A good understanding of the governance, legal requirements of a charity and company limited by guarantee.

• Understanding of quality assurance frameworks and standards. 

  Desirable

• A good understanding of the needs of families of children and young people with any special educational need or disability.

• Experience of working in the voluntary and/or statutory sector. 

• Experience of delivering front line services in a community setting. 

• Experience of service level agreements, contracts, tendering and commissioning. 

  Skills & Abilities

  Essential

• Ability to inspire and lead an organisation. 

• Excellent people management skills. 

• Excellent interpersonal, oral communication and written communication skills. 

• Excellent skills in financial management.

• Excellent IT and presentation skills. 

• Ability to think strategically. 

• Ability to prioritise and work effectively towards strategic service goals, meet funders’ targets and deadlines.

• Ability to remain calm and focussed under pressure. 

• Ability to manage own learning and attend training courses as needed.

If you are interested in applying please click the ' Apply button' and send your CV and a covering letter explaining why you're suitable for this role. 

England Director, Midlands & East 

(Ref:  SUS2889)

Salary £56,559 per annum

37.5 hours per week – base is negotiable within the region

Sustrans is looking for a Director who can work with a range of stakeholders to enable people across the Midlands & East to make travel choices which are good for them, their neighbourhoods and the environment. This role will lead local multi-disciplinary teams delivering community centred infrastructure schemes, improving the National Cycle Network and partnering with schools, communities and workplaces to deliver behaviour change projects.

If you are passionate about sustainability, can demonstrate a strong track record of working collaboratively with stakeholders and providing outstanding leadership across multi-disciplinary teams, then please read our candidate information pack to find out more. This is an opportunity to join an amazing charity and lead a skilled and dedicated team that is proud to work for Sustrans.

Closing date for completed applications is 9am Monday 6 April 2020. Interviews will take place week commencing Monday 20 April 2020.

We understand it’s difficult to think about applying for jobs at the moment. We will review how we approach the interview process closer to the time and will aim to be as flexible as possible.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion. We welcome applications from people with the appropriate skills from all parts of the community.

The Director of Finance and Operations (DFO) ensures Alert has the sound financial management and robust operations needed to deliver its mission, leading on all Alert’s organisational budget planning and management, audit, compliance, human resources and infrastructure functions. They will serve as a member of Alert’s global Executive Team and be expected to play a key role in strategic and operational decision making.

The DFO will be responsible for developing and monitoring the organisation’s annual budget; undertaking forecasting and reforecasting as needed; ensuring that the organisation remains compliant in terms of both its finances and its operations; and practices inclusive, responsive human resources management. As Director, they will present the annual budget to the Board of Trustees and represent on budgetary, compliance and regulatory issues and will be expected to take part in appropriate networks and external events relevant to managing finances and compliance in the non-governmental and aid sectors.

International Alert is a highly respected global actor in peacebuilding, and this role offers great challenge and opportunity as we start to implement our ambitious plans for growth in the coming years. Please join us and play a key role in delivering greater impact, stronger influence, and growing resources.

These are some of the requirements of the job - please refer to the job description for more information.

To apply, please click the button below and submit a copy of your CV, and a short (1-2 pages) Expression of Interest outlining how you believe your skills, experience and knowledge meet the person specification.

We reserve the right to close this advert early, as we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis. Apply early so you don't miss this opportunity.

While International Alert will endeavour to contact all candidates within a reasonable time, this may not always be possible due to limited resources. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, you can assume your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful.

International Alert is an equal opportunities employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

The Sixteen is recruiting three new trustees and has identified three areas in particular in addition to the normal skills, attributes and experience expected of trustees of a progressive charity, with individuals who have experience of one of the following: 

• Making connections and introductions to corporates and/or high net-worth individuals, with a commitment to support and help lead the Charity’s efforts in sourcing and maintaining high-value individual and corporate donations
• PR/Media/Digital, with experience, ideas and/or connections to help steer The Sixteen to a wider reach beyond the niche classical sector
• Outreach/audience development in a larger arts organisation to help steer The Sixteen as it further develops this critical area of activity

The Board holds meetings four times per year, one of which includes the AGM. Importantly, trustees should be prepared to support the Charity at informal fundraising and other functions as part of their ambassadorial role. Trustees are also encouraged to attend events and concerts by The Sixteen.

Overview

Improbable is recruiting an Events Producer (known in the company as the Open Space Producer) to join us from Spring 2020. This is a central role within the company. Key responsibilities include:

• Shaping, planning and managing our Open Space events;
• Nurturing relationships with partners;
• Developing Improbable’s corporate Open Space for Hire offer;
• Looking after the nationwide community of arts folk who engage with our Devoted & Disgruntled programme.

Open Space (or more formally, Open Space Technology) is a system used to run meetings and events in which participants create and manage their own agenda of parallel working sessions around a central question. Improbable uses Open Space to run events and to inform our internal meetings, rehearsal rooms and office work. You can read more about Open Space on our Devoted & Disgruntled website (just search "Devoted and Disgruntled").

About Improbable

Led by Phelim McDermott and Lee Simpson, Improbable is a theatre company that defies categorisation. We create work on every scale from remarkable productions in the great opera houses to tiny improvisation gigs in the tiniest venues; we are at the forefront of arts activism through Open Space, and create ground-breaking participation work; we help to hold the history of improvisation, and to shape and secure its future through the International Institute of Improvisation, the iii!.

At the heart of our work is the practice and philosophy of improvisation, and all our work draws on improvisatory processes such as Open Space and Worldwork. This is true even for the large-scale opera and music theatre pieces that form the bulk of Improbable’s upcoming programme. We are a company that follows our intuition.

Improbable was founded in 1996 as a limited liability partnership; became a charity in 2014; and is a National Portfolio Organisation of Arts Council England 2018-22.

Purpose of the Open Space Producer Role

The Open Space Producer is responsible for the shaping and delivery of Improbable’s Open Space events. There are two main strands to this work: Devoted & Disgruntled and Open Space for Hire.

1. Devoted & Disgruntled (D&D) is an ongoing conversation about theatre and the performing arts. Created in 2005, and facilitated using Open Space, Devoted & Disgruntled brings together artists, audiences, funders, front of house staff, puppeteers and production managers to work together on key questions in theatre and the performing arts. The D&D programme comprises one annual 2.5 day event and several smaller half-day events each year, and operates across the country. Its website holds an archive of past conversations, and a platform for ongoing discussion. D&D is the largest gathering of independent artists and arts practitioners in the UK.
    
2. Open Space for Hire is what we call Improbable’s facilitation of Open Space events for external organisations. Over the last few years, this has grown to become an increasingly significant part of the charity’s work and of our annual income, and has seen us facilitate events for arts, charitable, governmental and commercial organisations. Recent Open Space clients include Turner Contemporary, Southbank Centre, the Wellcome Trust, the Academy of Medical Sciences, John Lewis, Open University, the Guilty Feminist / Joyful Resistance and the European Parliament.

The Open Space Producer is responsible for both these areas of work. They will work with the Artistic Directors to shape the D&D programme and with the Executive Director to hone Improbable’s Open Space offer to external organisations; and will work with the full team and external facilitators on the delivery of D&D and Open Space events. 

Key Details

• Reports to: Executive Director
• Line manages: Project and event teams as required
• Salary: £30,000/year pro rata, equivalent to £18,000/year for three days per week. The role is offered on an employed basis until March 2022 (the end of Improbable’s current NPO funding period), with the potential to be extended subject to continued funding. Improbable actively supports training and other CPD initiatives.
• Hours: This is a part-time post, 24 hours/week. We anticipate that these hours will be worked over three full days, but are open to other set-ups. This role will require working evenings and weekends at Open Space events, for which Improbable operates a Time Off in Lieu system.
• Holiday: 15 days/year (based on 25 days/year Full Time Equivalent) plus statutory bank holidays and Christmas holiday closures.
• Pension: Improbable offers a workplace pension through The People’s Pension.
• Place of work: The Open Space Producer will be based at Improbable’s London office. The role will require travelling and staying away from London as necessary.

How to Apply

For more information about the role (including person specification and full job description) and instructions on how to apply, please see our Recruitment pack.

Due to current circumstances surrounding COVID-19, our shortlisting and interview timelines may change. We will keep all applicants updated with any changes to our recruitment process.

FINANCE OFFICER

REDBRIDGE CARERS SUPPORT SERVICE (RCSS)

Redbridge Carers Support Service (RCSS) is a leading carers organisation offering a range of innovative, holistic services to carers. We are currently seeking to appoint an accomplished, experienced Finance Officer to join our small charity. You will be working closely with our senior management team and assist in providing proactive, efficient and effective financial management of our charitable resources.

You will play a key role in ensuring internal financial systems and procedures are working efficiently, providing accurate and timely reports, as required. Working closely with senior management, the Finance Officer will take day to day responsibility for the finance function and ensure all financial controls are in place and transactions are managed in accordance with internal policies, relevant financial regulations and funders specifications and requirements.

The role will include the management of financial systems, budget monitoring, updating of records and the preparation of accounts for senior management and the RCSS Board of Trustees. The role will include overseeing compliance with authorisation procedures. You will support the work of the organisation, the Trustees, the Executive Director, the Operational Director and staff, including accounts, payroll, invoices and budgets for core work and projects and for funding bids.

RCSS has a 25-year history of providing excellent services for carers. We are a dynamic and enterprising team with a wealth of experience, skills and talent. We are offering a fantastic opportunity for someone who has a talent for finance and experience of the charity sector. We offer training and self-development opportunities to all staff and a workplace pension scheme.

This is a part time post, 18 hours per week, based in Ilford, in the London Borough of Redbridge. Salary: £17,232 p.a. pro rata  (£33,000 FTE)

Please read the Job Description/Person Specification before completing the application.

CVs will not be accepted.

Failure to address the requirements of the Person Specification may result in applications not being shortlisted.

Due to current crisis , please note that the new closing date is Tuesday 14th April 2020, but applications will be reviewed as received so the post may be filled before the published closing date. 

Daniel’s Den is a charity, based in Brent, that runs parent and toddler groups. This is an exciting opportunity to join the charity to help implement its ambitious growth plans made possible by a generous grant from the Reaching Communities Fund of the National Lottery.

The Operations Manager will be responsible for running all the administrative functions of the charity including finance; HR; data management; reporting; fundraising; and monitoring and evaluation of the charity’s effectiveness.  They will establish a small team including administrators and a fundraiser.

Daniel's Den started as a small parent and toddler group and over the last 20 years has grown and developed in many ways - it now works annually with 250 families from 45+ nationalities. It provides a safe welcoming space for parents/carers and children to play and learn together in a structured format (sessional toddler groups involving crafts, toys, singing, playdough etc) – this presently takes place in church halls and community centres. The growth plans see the charity doubling in size.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated person to act as Centre Manager at our clinical centre in Finsbury Park. The successful candidate will be an experienced administrator and manager who is seeking a new role within a small friendly charity.