Chief Executive
SF Executive are proud to be working with the Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital Charity to find the organisation an inspirational and commercially driven Chief Executive.
The Charity is proud to support Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, the only Trust of its kind in the country. With more than 641,000 patient visits each year, their team works tirelessly to provide the very best treatment and support to women, children and families. Their patients experience some of the most advanced treatments, complex surgical procedures and compassionate care.
Together they strive to always be at the forefront of what is possible.
Thanks to their dedicated supporters and fundraising team, the Charity has been able to help the Trust make a real difference to all who use their services. This vital support has meant the Trust has been able to introduce new technologies and equipment, undertake cutting-edge research and provide the best possible experience and healing environment for children, young people, women and families.
The Role
Based in Birmingham, the Chief Executive is responsible for leading the development and delivery of the Charity’s long-term strategy and for the operational management of the Charity. The role leads on ensuring that the Charity delivers as effectively as possible its annual targets, raising significant income for Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and for research that seeks to improve the lives of women, children and young people, in Birmingham, the UK and across the world.
Leadership & team working
- To provide outstanding leadership, modelling the Charity’s values, to motivate staff, volunteers, donors, partners and other stakeholders to deliver the vision and mission.
- To lead the Charity ensuring targets and objectives are met whilst creating a culture that embraces the Charity’s and the Trust’s values and attracts, develops, rewards and motivates staff and volunteers.
- To oversee performance management by ensuring all staff have annual objectives and appraisals, developing skills and expertise to ensure implementation and adherence to values and standards.
- To ensure effective team working both within the Charity but also between the Charity and the Trust.
Strategy & business development
- To lead on the development and delivery of the strategic plan and provide direction and leadership for overall planning, implementation and monitoring of the Charity’s activities.
- To act in a liaison role between the Charity and Trust, and with other partners where appropriate, to ensure strong and aligned partnerships that inform the Charity’s strategy and seeks to best serve beneficiaries.
- To develop and deliver plans to achieve or exceed annual fundraising targets in line with the agreed long-term strategy and cash flow, whilst ensuring all fundraising activities are delivered in line with the Charity’s commitment to best practice and high ethical standards, building trust and confidence amongst donors, other stakeholders and the general public.
Delivery of operational excellence
- To ensure that a key set of metrics are developed to help track the development and growth of the business and this data is used as part of a continual improvement process to deliver expected outcomes.
- To effectively manage the resources provided by the Charity for the operation of the fundraising team; overseeing the overall financial management/control of the Charity, including financial planning, reporting, budgeting and asset management, ensuring a cost-conscious culture is embedded across the organisation at all times.
- To ensure that leadership, systems and processes are in place to deliver excellent project management and to deliver agreed budgets, plans and objectives.
- To work with the Trust to provide accountability to donors and Trustees, ensuring charitable funds are spent in line with the intention of donors and/or Trustees, to have the greatest impact for beneficiaries.
- To develop a set of outcome measures that provides to demonstrate the clinical, social and economic impact of the funds that have been invested into the Trust by the Charity.
Governance
- To develop a mutually trusting and effective working relationship with Trustees.
- Together with the Group Company Secretary, ensure the Charity delivers great governance and high ethical standards in all it does, ensuring its legal obligations are met in compliance with all Charity, company and other relevant law and good practice guidelines.
- Together with the Group Company Secretary, ensure systems and structures are in place to enable the Trustees to fulfil their legal and governance obligations, providing them with accurate information and advice to enable them to make informed decisions so that they conduct their role in accordance with the law, Charity Commission requirements and the Charity’s own constitution.
Stakeholder engagement & communication
- Building effective relationships across a wide range of stakeholders to ensure effective and timely communication – including but not limited to the Trust, key donors, prospective donors, local businesses, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and other key influencers.
- To champion a marketing and communications strategy that seeks to communicate engaging and motivating messages both internally and externally for the Charity and the Trust, demonstrating the impact of charitable funds and the need for continued support.
Brand profile and reputation
- To protect and develop the Charity brand, further building the national and international profile of the Charity as a values-led organisation with high ethical standards and integrity.
- To act as key representative for the Charity at internal and external meetings and events, acting as a spokesperson for the Charity where appropriate.
- To contribute to donor and partner relationships at the highest level, working with relevant teams to identify and where appropriate lead on approaches to high value potential supporters and ensuring the Charity delivers best practice stewardship for all supporters.
Using diversity and inclusion to drive improvement
- Build on our current approach to diversity and inclusion to drive value through:
- Increasing the scope of the existing supporter base.
- Attracting and retaining talent within the teams you lead.
- Establishing clear inclusion diversity and inclusion goals that are targeted to growth priorities.
The Person
The blend of experience we’d want to see in shortlisted candidates would be as follows –
- Experience of management and leadership responsibility at CEO or Senior Director level
- Experience of developing and implementing organisational strategies in changing external environments.
- A strong track record of leading a senior leadership team in setting and delivering a strategy.
- Evidence of effective working as a member of a team, with the ability to ensure full stakeholder engagement and the ability to secure the commitment of other key organisations, agencies and individuals to work together to achieve shared goals.
- Experience of setting, managing and controlling large budgets.
- Experience of motivating, developing and empowering teams to exceed objectives, whilst ensuring individuals across an organisation feel valued and are helped and supported to develop and fulfil their own personal aspirations and potential.
- Experience in leading engagement across diverse stakeholder groups.
- Excellent communication skills, able to connect and engage with a wide range of people 1-2-1, in small groups and with large audiences.
- Understanding of operating in a regulated, highly public and transparent environment.
- Experience of leading and successfully delivering significant fundraising or income generating strategies, involving high level relationship management experience (ideally including within the Charity sector).
- Passionate about continuous improvement in ways of working, always seeking to question, challenge and innovate, seeking to learn from others where best practice exists.
- Demonstrates a commitment to great governance, high ethical standards, honesty and integrity.
- A track record of promoting sand supporting diversity in teams that you have led.
- Degree level education or equivalent.
In Summary
This is a hugely rare opportunity to make a difference to an organisation at a pivotal stage of its development.
As a value based organisation it’s really important the successful candidate shares the Trust’s and Charity’s values.
This doesn’t necessarily mean somebody from an NHS, public sector or fundraising background. Instead what is most important is that we find somebody whose leadership practice can role model and promote the Trust values of ambition, bravery and compassion. These were developed by our staff and are an important part of how they deliver their services, whatever they may be. A key element of the successful candidates’ leadership approach will be to value, engage in, support and promote inclusion and diversity both within the team but more widely across all aspects of the business.
Head of Operations
Respect for All values diversity, and warmly welcomes candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
Respect for All (RfA) is a well-established charity based in Greater Manchester that provides counselling services for autistic people, people with Learning Disability, and an expanding portfolio of services.
In 2009, RfA became a charity and has recently been approved by the Charity Commission to become a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). RfA are passionate about helping their clients and their families and carers, with a person-centred approach led by clients' individual needs.
RfA are engaged in a change process, and are seeking to grow and sustain their services across Greater Manchester. This new role of Head of Operations is key to the next phase of development, and is a great opportunity to play a fundamental role in the organisation's future and to make a real difference.
As Head of Operations, you will support and advise the Trustee Board through the changes necessary to grow services in a post-pandemic world. You will be responsible for providing operational management across the service, ensuring compliance to regulatory frameworks across all operations and service delivery. Additionally, you will be developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders and commissioners whilst supporting all counsellors and the staff team.
Ideally, you will be experienced at operational leadership, ideally in the health and social care or VCSE sector. You will be a strategic thinker, skilled in operational, change and accounting management, as well as being able to demonstrate a people-focused and a collaborative approach to managing multi-disciplinary teams. A good knowledge of mental health services, autistic spectrum conditions and/or learning disability would be an advantage.
How to apply
If you feel this role is for you, in the first instance please send your updated CV to Kate Headford, Associate Director at Charity People.
Closing Date: Wednesday 17th February at 12noon
Interviews: W/c 22nd February
This is a 12 Month fixed term contract with the possibility of a permanent opportunity subject to funding.
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.
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Location: Leeds (or home-based)
Hours: Part-time (3 days)
Contract length: 9 month maternity cover
Salary: £28,000 per annum
Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) provides vital funding and resources to support the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit in providing life-saving medical equipment, parent accommodation for families and essential ward resources. At CHSF they recognise that caring for people with congenital heart disease involves so much more than just treating the heart itself, which is why they care for the heart, mind, family and future. If you are looking to develop your career within an organisation with a mission such as this, then this could be the opportunity for you!
We are recruiting a Corporate Partnerships Manager to join the team at an exciting time in the charity’s corporate fundraising journey. In this role you will be tasked with the exciting challenge of developing and managing a pipeline of successful and mutually beneficial corporate partnerships.
Working across specific campaigns you will be required to identify new corporate leads communicating with key contacts in order to encourage and motivate them to engage with CHSF in a meaningful and beneficial way. You will also be required to nurture the relationships with existing partners, providing them with regular charity updates and encouraging their ongoing support. You will be well supported in the position but will also have the scope and flexibility to demonstrate your own flair and passion when engaging with supporters.
To be considered for this role you will ideally come to us with experience working in a fundraising setting and a good understanding of the important elements of managing corporate relationships. We are also happy consider applications from individuals from a more corporate sales or business development background who are looking to apply their skills in a charitable setting. Integral to success in this role will be your ability to follow a specific sales / business development process and you will ideally have experience adopting a systematic approach to generating and managing leads. Perhaps most importantly you should be determined, reliable and organised with a methodical and flexible approach to work and be committed to the values and cause of this wonderful organisation.
This role is a part-time position covering a maternity period of 9 months. Due to the impact of Covid-19 the role is currently based from home but, when open, the offices are based in Leeds. For the right candidate we would be happy to consider someone based entirely from home.
The recruitment for this role is ongoing, and the position will close when a sufficient number of suitable applications have been received. If you wish to express an interest in this role, please apply directly or contact Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons for more information.
Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.
You will also work closely with the Social Media Officer to ensure website and social media posts are up to date and shared.
Main responsibilities:
Market and promote projects, reaching out to potential partners to find and deliver mutually beneficial outcomes.
Ensure that marketing reports are produced on time and to a high standard.
Develop ways to improve how the charity market their services.
Contribute to the marketing and strategic development of projects and to the completion of funding applications.
Main Tasks:
Support and drive project success by implementing the business plan and following through with activities detailed in the marketing strategy for the online shop.
Develop a framework for evaluating the marketing impact of various projects.
Be responsible for the creation of website pages and social media post for projects and for ensuring that information remains up to date.
Be responsible for the collection of data for marketing reports to Trustees, funders and stakeholders, for the analysis of this data and for the writing of reports.
Contribute to the development of our strategic plans that implement the charity's Business Plan.
Help develop and market the events programme.
If you are immediately available and have the above skills and experience, please apply online today!
New Year , new challenge? As an experienced Finance Officer you would provide strategic financial information to Municipal Charities. We run 5 almshouses and the Relief in Need charity in Stratford Upon Avon.
We are seeking an experienced Finance Officer to provide strategic financial information to the staff team and the Trustee body, of Municipal Charities. Municipal Charities is a very long-established group of charities whose objects are to provide housing for local people in need and over 58 years old. In addition to forty-six almshouses, the oldest of which dates back to a Royal Charter granted in 1553, the group also operates a grant-making charity for the benefit (Relief in Need) of residents of the Town of Stratford upon Avon. Additionally, the group owns a small portfolio of freehold interests in commercial properties. The group is looking to expand further in terms of more almshouses, as opportunities present themselves. The Trustees are looking for a Finance Officer to support the group forward into the next chapter of its 468-year history.
The Finance Officer has the following specific responsibilities:
- Financial Oversight and providing financial information to the Board of Trustees
- Entering all transactions onto the SAGE accounts package
- Producing monthly management accounts including accruals and cash flow statements
- Producing annual budgets
- Producing annual accruals accounts ensuring that they are compliant with the current Charities SORP;
- To deal efficiently and effectively with all invoices and bills; obtain authorisations as required and obtain countersignatures as required;
- To deal with banking issues and initiate online bank transactions and being a cheque signatory;
- To co-ordinate the bank accounts arranging for online payments
- To undertake bank and other monthly reconciliations;
- To act as an internal resource for financial information, budget monitoring, internal audit and accountability;
- To process and pay staff salaries
- To maintain the petty-cash system and process staff expenses
- To make adjustments as required between the various charities
- Ensuring that appropriate accounting procedures, controls and risk management procedures are in place
- Helping to manage the Portfolio of freehold property interests to maximise their value for the owning charity and its beneficiaries.
- Helping the Finance and Risk committee to develop and implement appropriate accounting, reserves and investment policies for the Charities
The charities are regulated by the Charity Commission and the Regulator of Social Housing. The postholder will be expected to help ensure compliance with current and future legislation; working closely with the relevant professionals and advisors is central to discharging these duties.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following:
- Financial experience working at a senior level as an accountant, book keeper in the public, private or charity sectors including experience of reporting to a Board.
- Awareness of the charity SORP 2015.
- Experience in producing management accounts.
- Excellent understanding of financial accounts and budgeting.
- Experience of preparing accruals accounts
- Experience of using SAGE or another accounts package
- Experience of Office procedures
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience of payroll packages e.g. 12Pay
- Knowledge of investment,
- Knowledge of the almshouse movement is desirable as is an understanding of the social care sector and issues facing older people.
The ideal candidate will be a team player who is able to demonstrate the highest levels of integrity and standards, and someone with extensive life experience and a desire to “give something back”. You will have the ability to work on your own initiative, be able to give financial guidance and advice to the staff team and Trustee Board to keep the charities financially compliant and viable. .
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Charity People are delighted to be partnering exclusively with Autism Early Support Trust (AES), to find their new CEO to lead the organisation in the exciting next stages of the charity’s development.
Job Title: CEO
Salary: £50k-£60k per annum
Contract: Full time, Permanent. Part-time (4 days per week) may be considered
Location: Winslow, Buckinghamshire
Established in 2001 as The Puzzle Centre, AES has a growing reputation for leading the development of ‘best practice’ in education and intervention for young children with autism and operates a specialist nursery, named Circle Centre. Due to increasing demand for specialist therapy for young children with autism, AES are expanding their operations and developing crucial Outreach services to support more families and practitioners.
About the Role
As CEO, you will be working closely with the Senior Management Team and the Trustee Board of AES, to set the strategic direction of the organisation, as well as being responsible for all charity operations and activity. Furthermore, you will be leading on budget, marketing and communications strategy and helping to support internal teams to meet targets and drive opportunities to increase and diversify revenue streams.
About You
Already operating as a CEO of a smaller charity or Director of a multi-discipline team, you will have extensive experience of managing the operations of a charity. You will be passionate, confident and engaging, with a truly collaborative leadership style. You will have direct experience of fundraising and finance in the non-profit sector, as well as having excellent people management skills and an inclusive, empowering approach. You will be emotionally intelligent and have an empathy and sensitivity for the cause, and the complexities of working in a special-needs education environment.
To succeed in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:
- inspirational leadership skills, ideally gained at an organisation of comparable scale and complexity
- a proven track record of successful income generation
- strong financial management skills and the ability to manage a budget
- excellent communication skills with the ability to nurture relationships with key partners, motivate the dedicated staff and volunteers and persuade others of the need to support the cause
- an understanding of the particular challenges of autism, especially in younger children. A specialist knowledge of autism would be an advantage but is not a pre-requisite
- The ambition and energy to drive forward the plans for expansion of Outreach services
To Apply
Please share your CV in the first instance with Philippa at Charity People.
If your experience is suitable, we will send you the full candidate pack and will arrange for a call and/or Zoom meeting to brief you on the role. Following this conversation, you will have everything you need to apply formally.
We look forward to hearing from you and sharing details about this wonderful leadership opportunity with a small charity that makes a huge difference to the children and families it supports.
Please note, the closing date for applications is mid-day on 22 February
Initial interviews with Charity People 23-25 February
First round interviews w/c 1 March
Second round interviews w/c 8 March
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities with which we work.
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Charity People is thrilled to be supporting a wonderful organisation which places compassion at the heart of its philosophy. With sites across the North & Midlands we are looking for a Policy Coordinator to join the team in their Middlesbrough base.
Based in Middlesbrough (but with the opportunity for some work at home days) and reporting to the Executive Trustee, the Policy Coordinator will be responsible for reviewing and updating all non-clinical/organisational health and safety policies to reflect current legislation and GDPR and Health & Safety rules.
We are looking for someone with:
- Knowledge of G.D.P.R and I.C.O. regulation.
- Working knowledge of Health & Safety and Risk Assessments.
- Experience of writing, developing and reviewing policies.
There is a great deal of flexibility including the possibility of part time/condensed hours. This is a six month fixed term contract.
Closing date 2rd February however we will be sending applications on a rolling basis so please apply with a CV ASAP.
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.
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Are you a talented service and business development professional who wants to be part of enabling young people and adults to reach their true potential? Are you passionate about social mobility and helping the most disadvantaged to create a better future? With a challenging job market on the horizon for so many people, you'll be at the heart of supporting people back into employment through securing new contracts and the development of an innovative range of products and services.
This dynamic employability charity is looking to initiate and deliver significant growth to help to deliver their five-year strategy, developing work programmes with young people in schools, individuals not in education or employment (NEET) and support for offenders in prison and the community. In order to do this, they are looking for a Senior Business Development Manager to join their growing service improvement and development team.
This role will focus on three key areas of work; service design (including the development of new services and products), working with the Business Development and wider teams on complex tender opportunities and project management.
You'll have significant experience of working in business development (ideally winning large bids worth £500k+), as well as a track record of business analysis and service improvement related to opportunities and existing services, development of new products and project management skills. You'll be a talented relationship builder able to negotiate and engage a wide range of funders, as well as motivate and influence internal stakeholders including at senior leadership and trustee level.
Flexible, life and family friendly employer. The charity's head office is in Liverpool, but happy to consider either home, office or a combination of both in the future (currently fully homebased). You will need to be in relatively close proximity to the North West to apply.
Please get in touch with a copy of your CV for more information and details of how to apply.
Closing 9am on 11th February.
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.
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Those applying must have excellent written communication skills and a strong track record of working to targets. You must have a proven track record of successful bid writing and the packaging of projects to suit funder requirements.
The main duties of the role will be:
* Maintain and build on their rolling programme of applications for 300+ existing Trusts
* Identifying relevant and timely projects best suited to each funder.
* Prospect new trusts and foundations both in the UK and overseas, conducting detailed research from public sources in order to optimise cold approaches.
* Prepare and submit detailed, relevant and compelling applications for funding from grant making trusts.
* Support the development of a stewardship programme for existing grant making trusts and their trustees and ensure the timely feedback of reports to funders.
To apply for this role you need to ideally have 3+ years' experience of Trusts fundraising and will have been working with budgets too. This role is based in Wiltshire and some office work will be required when things get back to 'normal', so ideally you will local or have access to get there once or twice a week.
If you want to receive a full job description or to have a conversation about the job please contact Hannah at Harris Hill on 02078207331 or email her on [email protected]
Only suitable candidates will be contacted.
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Main duties:
A proactive approach to managing the Chief Executive's commitments through time and diary management, travel arrangements, meeting preparation, follow up and management of incoming and outgoing communications keeping her well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, following up appropriately.
Acting as first point of contact for the Chief Executive and full preparation of and support for her schedule enabling effective use of her time.
Drafting of correspondence.
An organised approach to resource management, including managing information flows, paperwork and archiving, tracking, holding and sharing information.
Full engagement with IT systems including Salesforce and PSA for contact information, projects, timesheets, expenses and invoicing and Slack for internal information sharing.
Management of or support for small projects, meetings and other initiatives related to the CEOs work.
Preparation of presentations.
Ensuring the Chief Executive's people management responsibilities are kept up to date.
Governance support including
Scheduling and organisation of governance meetings, collation, proofreading and circulation of papers, attendance at meetings and minute taking. Governance meetings include meetings of the full board of Trustees, the Audit & Assurance Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Annual General Meeting.
Provide other administrative support to Chair and other Trustees if required.
Support the Chief Operating Officer in her role as Company Secretary through maintenance of statutory records, filings at Companies House and with the Charity Commission and sharing relevant updates with Trustees.
Organisation and support for meetings and away days of the senior management team as requested by Chief Executive or Chief Operating Officer including some support for the organisational away days.
Administrative support for the Chief Operating Officer including: arrangement of key meetings, expense submission and other administrative activity.
Maintenance of the Forum calendar with key events, milestones and meeting dates.
Line manage Executive Assistant (job share) and other Assistants when in post.
Ensure Chief Executive office shows leadership in adhering to all internal policies and processes.
If you are immediately available with the above skills and experience, please apply online today!
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Help lead our work powering philanthropy across North East England
Chair of the Foundation’s Board of trustees
The Community Foundation is a leading regional charity with a strong national profile. Our mission is to grow giving and philanthropy by matching generous people with important community causes. Every year we award millions of pounds in grants to small, local charities through funds set up by our generous donors. Since March 2020, we’ve been at the forefront of the community response to Covid-19.
We are looking for a new chair to lead our Board of trustees from October 2021. Like us, you’ll have a love for and strong connection with the region. You’ll share our love for North East England, our passion for the work of small, local charities and our enthusiasm for charitable giving and philanthropy. You’ll be keen to support our vision, ambition and goals. You’ll have time to commit to this as a primary non-executive role, and you’ll bring understanding of governance, chairing and working across sectors. You’ll be comfortable speaking publicly, and you’ll be able to work effectively with senior paid staff. You do not need to have a fund with us, but you should be willing to pledge to support us in line with your personal means, wishes and circumstances, as this will be important to your advocacy role.
The role is not remunerated, but travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses are covered when on Foundation business.
To find out more, visit our website and download the application pack for the chair.
We are keen to broaden the diversity of our Board, so welcome applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people; disabled people and people under 50.
Deadline for applications: 12 noon on 12 April 2021
Shortlisted applicants notified by: 5pm on 26 April 2021
Panel interviews: 7 or 13 May 2021 (mornings)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The position is working from home at present, but then will require you to attend the offices based in West London.
Start Date: January ideally
The role reports to the Director of Finance and has one assistant.
Salary: 45,000pa - 50,000pa
Fully Qualified Accountant
Who are we looking for?
Be CCAB or CIMA qualified, ideally with experience of the charity sector and SORP accounting.
Have excellent IT skills and Microsoft Excel.
Be able to work very effectively under pressure, meet tight deadlines and pay excellent attention to detail.
Be prepared to roll up her/his sleeves as part of a small team
Take pride in being efficient, very well organised and display excellent time-management skills.
Be someone who actively seeks solutions to problems and uses initiative.
Be self-motivated with a positive attitude and have the ability to work flexibly .
Have good written communications skills and excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate effectively with a broad range of people from Trustees to high net worth individuals.
Have highly effective and efficient research skills, and be able to analyse, summarise and present information clearly and accurately.
What will my main duties be?
To produce high-quality monthly management accounts for the Senior Management Team, Trustees and key stakeholders, setting out the results of the charity for the month and year-to-date with accompanying commentary, an analysis of the charity's financial position, and cashflow forecasting.
To manage the charity's accounting software Aqilla and its financial functions.
To take ownership of the month-end timetable, working with Finance Assistant(s) to ensure that all balance sheet reconciliations are completed, and preparing a full month-end file for the Director of Finance on a timely basis.
To line manage the Finance Assistant(s) to ensure the timely processing and accurate recording of the charity's supplier payments, petty cash transactions, and bank reconciliations.
To act as primary contact for the charity's external payroll provider, conducting monthly payroll reviews with the Director of Finance and the CEO, submitting monthly payroll information to the payroll provider, and analysing payroll reports.
To lead on the preparation of the annual statutory accounts with the support of the Director of Finance.
To lead the charity's annual budget process with the support of the Director of Finance.
* The position is currently working from home but will be expected to work from the office at least 3 days a week once the office reopens.
* Salary: 40,000pa - 50,000pa depending on experience
* You will need to be a fully qualified Accountant for this assignment
Person specification
* A qualified accountant with experience of working within a Charity or in an accountancy firm and auditing charities
* The principal requirement of the role is a good level of experience in charity accounting and reporting with the proven competence in the preparation of annual reports and financial analysis. To deal confidently and expertly with a variety of finance tasks.
* Good experience of finance systems (PS Financials, so experience of this system would be a distinct advantage). Very good Excel skills and experience in production of management information. Experience of reporting packages such as Power BI would also be an advantage.
The role
* The primary responsibility of the role is the preparation of statutory accounts and other financial information for a number of the charities in the organisation.
* The role will operate under the overall direction of the Head of Finance with specific areas of work being under the direction of Accountants within the team.
* Support the ongoing accounting and reporting of the investment portfolios. Including preparation of information for the trustee's investment committee
The Financial Accountant will have the following responsibilities.
Financial reporting
* Preparation of annual reports (year ending 5th April) from their financial records. This includes the preparation of supporting analysis and detailed disclosures as well as liaison with the Auditors.
* To support the senior members of the finance team by preparing periodic financial summaries, cashflow projections and other management information.
Management Information and Finance Partnering
* Preparation of financial information for the trust executives and materials for trustee meeting. Including details of grant making.
Investment management
* Support the ongoing accounting and reporting of the investment portfolios. Including preparation of information for the trustee's investment committee.
* Monitor the cashflow of funds between the trusts' investment portfolios, deposit accounts and their clearing banks.
Financial Control
* To support the financial control processes including the preparation of key reconciliations and analysis.
The successful candidate will lead a small, dedicated team of staff that takes care of several functions including, IT, office administration, and HR. You will have the ability to motivate the team and fully support them by rolling up your sleeves and applying your critical thinking & experience to contribute to the everyday operations of the charity. They are a "hands-on" charity, and you must enjoy getting stuck in.
When it comes to the charity's finances you will be the most senior person in the team, maintaining the foundations and be that vital link between the Senior Management Team and the Board of Trustees. You will also work closely with the Chief Executive to help maintain open communications with the Board of Trustees ensuring all regulatory requirements are adhered to.
This role requires someone with proven experience in all areas of finance and administration. As a fully qualified accountant, you will have significant knowledge of financial and management accounting, you will also apply your commercial and pragmatic mind to financial analysis & control, budget management, compliance, data management, and preparing papers for senior management and trustees. You will manage the annual budgeting and re-forecasting processes and be responsible for communicating accurate monthly management information.
Key responsibilities will include:-
Finance
Governance
Membership Provisions
IT
Office Management
HR
Fundamental Requirements Include:
Qualified (ACA, ACCA and CIMA) with at least 5 years post qualification experience (with 2 years plus experience in the Charity Sector)
Excellent communication/leadership skills
Strong experience in general office administration
Advanced Excel Skills
Main responsibilities:
Be the first point of contact for Projects.
Initially, deliver some projects (as agreed with the Director) to enable timely delivery of quality outcomes.
Ensure that project reports are produced on time and to a high standard.
Develop ways to improve how the charity delivers projects.
Contribute to the strategic development of projects and to the completion of applications for funding.
Main Tasks:
Manage a portfolio of projects using the principles of Project and Programme Management (PPM) (e.g. life cycles, communication, governance, leadership, scope, scheduling, risk, quality, and procurement) in accordance with the charity's business plan and strategic objectives. This will include:
Organising project meetings, taking notes, managing meeting schedules and ensuring all materials and information are in place to meet project timelines.
Being responsible for planning of projects, including the creation of Gantt charts and other charts to show key milestones for projects and key project outputs.
Communicating timeline changes and new information to project teams, tracking project changes and adjusting schedules as needed.
Ensuring all project paperwork complies with GDPR requirements and is stored securely.
Making sure that all projects are running to budget.
Develop a framework for evaluating the impact of various projects.
Be responsible for the creation of website pages for projects and for ensuring that information remains up to date.
Be responsible for the collection of data for project reports to Trustees, funders and stakeholders, for the analysis of this data and for the writing of reports.
Act as a source of ideas for new projects and improve with delivery of projects and activities.
Keep up to date with and actively research potential tender and funding opportunities for the charity so they can fulfil their strategic objectives and Business Plan.
Support the Director to maintain existing partnerships with organisations and businesses and develop new relationships to help us expand our work.
Help develop and manage the events programme.
If you are immediately available and have the above experience, please apply online today!