Are you ready to take the next step in your fundraising career? We are Chailey Heritage Foundation, a pioneering Sussex based charity changing the lives of children and young adults with complex neurological disabilities.
With plans to further develop our range of fundraising initiatives, we are looking for a dynamic and passionate fundraiser to lead our small team running major fundraising appeals and campaigns.
This is a new role, reporting to the Development Director, where you will be responsible for delivering the fundraising strategy across a variety of income streams, including trusts & foundations, corporate partners, capital appeals and events, as well as working closely with the communications team to further promote the work the charity does.
This role is a superb opportunity to join an exceptional charity at an exciting time in its development, where you can really make a difference to the lives of children, young people and their families. You will have experience in fundraising and be ready for a new opportunity. This is a hands on role, with a huge opportunity to make a real impact.
Chailey Heritage Foundation has been successful in raising its profile and increasing voluntary income through a targeted programme of events, corporate sponsorship, community fundraising and appeals. We now need a Head of Fundraising to lead our team, working closely with the Development Director, to build on this success.
This role will be key to ensuring that we continue to raise vital funds that go directly to improving the prospects and well-being of our young people.
Key responsibilities will include:
· To head up and manage the fundraising team to ensure an effective, pro-active and professional fundraising approach is maintained at all times.
· To work with the Development Director and CEO to establish fundraising priorities and set achievable fundraising goals together with the strategies to deliver the Fundraising Strategy
· Identify potential sources of funds and develop CHF’s Case for Support and ensure key messages are communicated effectively to relevant stakeholders and are in line with CHF’s strategic priorities and ethos of the charity.
· Develop and manage ongoing relationships with existing and potential donors, including
You will have proven experience of operating at a senior level and leading and managing a team, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and be a confident public speaker. The Foundation continues to grow and this role offers career opportunities for the right candidate.
We are offering an attractive salary and benefits package.
Closing date for applications is 13 October 2019
Chailey Heritage Foundation is recognised as one of the UK’s leading charity centres for children and young adults with neurological motor impairment such as Cerebral Palsy, and we have a national reputation for our work in supporting young people’s communication and developing independence through powered mobility.
An outstanding special school, residential homes for children and young adults and range of day services for young adults are based on this site, which is shared with Chailey Clinical Services. The site includes a large hydrotherapy pool, riding facilities and a small farm as well as a grade 2 listed chapel and a brand new exciting facility for the whole Foundation - the Dream Centre, which was paid for by generous donations and fundraising events.
Chailey Heritage Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults; as such an enhanced DBS disclosure is required.
Chailey Heritage Foundation is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion for all its young people and staff.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Our client is a not-for-profit organization seeking to tackle poverty through renewable energy. They focus on enabling vulnerable and disadvantaged communities in developing countries to access affordable, reliable, renewable energy to provide opportunities for increased income and improved health and education facilities.
About the Role
An opportunity has arisen at their UK head office, in Brighton for a new enhanced role in leading financial management as a Finance Controller. The UK Financial Controller will report to and work closely with the Finance Manger (and in his absence the CEO) to provide with effective financial management for this growing internal charity. The UK Controller will ensure the Regional Finance Managers provide complete, accurate, timely and relevant financial information. The role will also directly manage a part time UK based Accountant in reporting results of that business unit.
As a small, ambitious non-profit organization, they can offer an exciting and rewarding career, with flexible working, including opportunities to work from home and visit overseas offices.
The role can be 3 or 4 days full time equivalent per week with the extra day spent on administration, four days would be especially appreciate for the first 6 to 12 months to cover leave.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
Support the Finance Manager and CEO with the following (roughly one third of time on each):
Report the Global financial performance
* Lead on the monthly financial reporting process, working alongside the UK Accountant and Regional Finance Managers to ensure monthly Finance Reports are prepared accurately and on a timely basis for review
* Prepare a quarterly rolling global forecast of the financial year, updating income and reforecast cost centre budgets, with variance analysis
* Maintain accurate records of all financial transactions following Renewable World financial policy and guidelines
* Lead the preparation of records for the annual UK charity audit in accordance with Charities SORP
* Strengthen their financial systems and processes where appropriate
Programme financial management
* Ensure all regional project financial reporting is reviewed on a monthly basis with implementing project managers/regional finance managers
* Prepare or review project budgets for programme concepts working with Programme Heads and regional financial controllers
* Calculate and allocate quarterly the restricted expenditure to project funds and transfer to the requisite projects and donors
* Work with the Grants Manager to ensure all donor financial reports are submitted accurately and on time to with sufficient variance analysis and context to enable transparency
* Assist in the preparation of project budgets and review cost recoveries
* Ensure timely programme recoveries are being accurately applied to project restricted funds
* Providing support and critical review on project funding proposals
* Manage donor financial reporting, including income, debt and deferred income accurately and timely in accordance with each donors requirements
Cash management
* Update global cash forecast fortnightly and feed into long term forecast model
* Ensure funds are managed in accordance with donor wishes and regional requirements
* Initiate global fund movements to ensure programme and operational commitments are met
* Budgeting and cost-centre management
* Payment processing for operations and projects in accordance with policies and payment authorities
* Manage inter-entity loan accounts
* Support the UK Payroll as required
Essential competency and Experience requirements
* Qualified accountant or Accounting/Finance degree
* 5+ years of financial career experience within a global organization
* Strong and proven organizational skills in managing finance systems
* Previous experience in managing staff or stakeholders
* Strong financial analytical and problem-solving skills
* Functional knowledge of financial accounting systems and advanced Microsoft Excel skills
* Understanding of project fund accounting and cost recoveries
* Effective communicator (including excellent written and verbal English) as demonstrated on financial and narrative reporting, and verbal skills
Who suits this role:
This role is ideal for a candidate who has good experience in charity finance and project accounting but is now looking for broaderand more senior management responsibility, but still happy to get their hands dirty! Alternatively, an experienced financial professional from a corporate background wanting to make a difference may relish the excitement, challenge and feel good factor of the non-profit sector.
Key selling points of the role:
* Opportunity to influence and shape
* Working for experienced cha
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The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is a global research and learning organisation for equitable and sustainable change, based in Brighton.
Action on Children’s Harmful Work in African Agriculture (ACHA) is a new, 7-year, collaborative research programme that is due to start at IDS in January 2020. The programme will build evidence on the forms, drivers, and experiences of harmful children’s work and effective preventative interventions. We are looking for a successful programme manager to provide overall coordination and supervision of all ACHA activities with a particular emphasis on (a) management and coordination of the ACHA project management and administrative team, (b) overall monitoring and planning in relation to the budget, and (c) oversight of the overall research and communications programme, including oversight of all reporting to donors. More simply, the Programme Manager will act as the central node in the overall coordination and oversight of ACHA staff, budgets and programme, working in close partnership with the Co-Executive Directors.
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Our vision is of equal and sustainable societies, locally and globally, where everyone can live secure, fulfilling lives free from poverty and injustice.
Our vision is of equal and sustainable societies, locally and globally, where everyone can live secure, fulfilling lives free from poverty ... Read more
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.