DHI is an award winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and well-being of their community.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join DHI’s small but dynamic central services team as a Workforce Development Manager. Responsible and accountable for the leadership, delivery and development of a small team of staff covering the operational areas of HR, Workforce Development and Volunteers, the Workforce Development Manager will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer to ensure that staff are employed, deployed and developed in ways that are aligned to the organisation’s values. 

If you have demonstrable experience of providing effective, responsive, values-based HR support and staff development initiatives, within a small or medium-sized organisation, and share our passion for and commitment to supporting people to achieve their potential, we would love to hear from you.

To apply, please go to our website and complete the Application and Skills Forms by midday Thursday 16th April.

My client is looking for a Head of Finance for a period of 12 months.
Ideally you will have experience of working in the Charity sector at this level and be able to hit the ground running immediately.
The role will cover a vast amounts of duties and projects from getting involved  in accounts preparation and detailed management accounts to also attending Board meetings and the SMT forum on a weekly basis

Reporting into the CEO of the group you will have a lot of autonomy to run the finance team as you see fit contributing fully to all financial performance and financial control issues and helping the CEO on any high level strategic plans and developments

Any experiences of systems implementation would also be of great value

A leading women’s charity in central Bristol is seeking a Head of Finance & Operations for a maternity cover position.

The position is due to start in May 2020 and is likely to be for a fixed period of 9-12 months. The ideal candidate will be able to work 4 or 4.5 days per week, but applicants wishing to work 3 days per week will also be considered.

The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) with understanding of charity finance (SORP accounting and restricted and unrestricted income) although this is not essential.

The role will be largely strategic in nature, delivering financial information, strategy and advice to the board and to the CEO. The role will also involve production of the year-end statutory accounts, and assisting with the migration to a new cloud-based finance system.

You will manage a team of 4 staff, covering the hands-on finance work and HR & Operations.

The organisation has recently recorded a surplus around funding, which had previously been in deficit – so a strong understanding of funding is required.

The organisation is a very flexible and friendly employer.

Due to the nature of the charity, it is a special dispensation that applicants for this post must be female.

Salary is £44,500 pro-rata / FTE

Closing date: Ongoing

Interviews: ASAP

Please send your CV for immediate consideration.

Are you an effective and enthusiastic individual who is passionate about reducing the number of children being removed into care by supporting women to bring about change in their lives?

Pause is a national independent organisation seeking to prevent the damaging consequences of thousands more children being taken into care each year by working with women who have experienced – or are at risk of – repeated pregnancies that result in children needing to be removed from their care. The programme gives women the chance to pause and take control over their lives, breaking a destructive cycle that causes both them and their children deep trauma, as well as reducing huge costs to society and the taxpayer.

Coordinator Role

As a Pause Practice Coordinator, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive and confidential assistance and administrative support to Pause Bristol to enable staff to perform their duties effectively and efficiently. You will need to be well organised and enthusiastic, and pay close attention to detail to support the fast paced and busy assertive outreach team.

In addition you will act as a key liaison for partner agencies and Pause Bristol, as well as being a direct point of contact for the women themselves.

You’ll be a big part of a small team, where everyone takes a flexible and collaborative approach to work, and is committed to improving outcomes for vulnerable and marginalised groups.

Benefits: Generous leave (33 days including bank holidays pro rata) plus up to 13 additional days’ time off in lieu; flexible working hours; and great job satisfaction.

Hours: 15 hours a week over 2 days, Monday and Tuesday (including occasional evening and weekend commitments)

Interviews: 17 April 2020

Expected start date:  Flexible

To help us achieve our mission, we are recruiting qualified social workers with direct experience of working with children and families and knowledge and experience of supporting social work students. We are looking for candidates who can lead the delivery of teaching across the year, support participants in their local authority units and supervise participants during the 2nd year of the Frontline programme.

Practice Tutors (PTs) work closely as a peer group to share effective ways of working across participant units, local authorities and regions. They play a key role within the development and delivery of our social work curriculum, contributing knowledge and expertise to create a culture that promotes outstanding social work education and that enables teams to do their best work in order to achieve our mission to transform the lives of vulnerable children and families.

PTs are responsible for teaching and developing participants at the five-week summer institute, regional recall days and, in the participant units within local authorities. PTs support a number of participant units, based within statutory children’s social care services. Each unit is led by a Consultant Social Worker (CSW).  Core to the Practice Tutor role is the ability to provide support, challenge and guidance to participants and CSWs to ensure a high quality practice learning experience.

Applicants need a good understanding of the social work role and have the ability to make links with adults’ and children’s services. To apply you need excellent social work practice skills, experience of developing others and a commitment to educating a new generation of social workers. This role provides the opportunity to genuinely align practice and theory. In doing so you to be a committed to evidence informed practice models and have an appetite to exploring different and innovative approaches to teaching these models. PTs are supported to gain fellowship status with the HEA if not already held.

To be accountable for the application of learning methods used to teach the Frontline programme, making sure we successfully incorporate current evidence and maintain our exceptionally high quality.

To review and revise the structure, approach to teaching and pacing of the Frontline programme and ensure participants are given the essential tools and knowledge to become excellent practitioners. You will work closely with the curriculum and teaching teams to ensure the programme equips participants to effectively apply the tools taught on the programme in their work with children and families.

We are looking for a Deputy Head of the England team to be at the heart of helping to shape the people-powered focus of Friends of the Earth’s grassroots campaigns.

In this newly created role, you’ll help ensure that our campaigns achieve real impact, diversifying at a grassroots level and building our movement-powered organisation. 

To be successful you will need demonstrable experience in delivering campaigns, particularly at a grass-roots level; using your knowledge of social and political change to utilise cutting-edge campaign strategies and tools. It is also essential that you are a strong people manager who is comfortable leading a geographically dispersed team.

Closing date: Monday 13th April 2020 (23:59)

In return we offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are especially keen to encourage applications from people currently under-represented in the environment movement.

Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all.

National Charity based in Bristol is looking to recruit a Head of Finance and Operations for a 12 month maternity cover to start in April / May time

The main purpose of this role is to provide strategic leadership on financial issues as well as hands on financial management, plus support for the HR and Operations team.

There is also a significant amount of exciting pathways currently being implemented in the charity with regards to systems. This role will therefore also support the deployment of the new systems ensuring processes are made more efficient and accurate

You should have experience of working with an Executive team developing new improved approaches and provide guidance to the SMT and Board on all Financial and operational issues.

You should also be able to provide empathetic support and leadership within the charity and have a proven track record of success at operating at this level with excellent financial skills and people management

Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

We are one of the largest learning disability charities in the UK, supporting over 2,500 people through our friendly, supportive, creative and diverse teams. As a Social Care provider we are facing challenging times. In response to the changing landscape across the learning disability sector, we have developed our business strategy, which provides a framework detailing how we run our business support activities, processes and systems across the organisation. We are recruiting skilled and enthusiastic finance professionals to help us enhance and deliver the vision.

You will provide timely and effective support, with challenge where necessary, whilst also maintaining responsibility for a robust financial controls and compliance framework. A key element of the role for your team will be to support Operations with process development, commercial support and business cases which necessitates a complete understanding of how service operations works.

Main duties

- Provide high level analysis and interpretation of operational performance, building on trends, analyses and interpretation, highlighting deviations to expected trends, and evaluate potential impact.

- Provide regular re-forecast of financial performance, including balance sheet, capital projects and cash flow.

- Develop insight and analysis into financial trends and performance, feeding into the ongoing development of operational and business strategy.

- Develop “what if” and scenario modelling through the creation of an organisation wide modelling tool based on financial, and non financial parameters, in order to highlight financial and operational risks and opportunities.

Salary: Up to £55k per annum (dependent on experience)

Hours: Full Time, Permanent, 35 hours

Location: Emersons Green, Bristol

What we Offer

Access to the Hft Plus benefits package, which includes a great number of discounts and rewards across shops, restaurants, gym membership and days out; but also, an Employee Assistance Programme, with telephone and face-to-face support options. Access to award winning training and development – Hft is one of only four charities to have achieved the Skills for Care ‘Centre of Excellence’ provider status. Annual staff award scheme – The Fusion Awards, and peer recognition through our GEM awards programme. 20 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays). A contributory pension scheme & life assurance.

You must be a credible and persuasive qualified accountant with experience of financial control, budgeting, forecasting, modelling and financial analysis techniques.You will need to be a strong leader, and be able to manage competing priorities and thrive in a period of change and ambiguity, whilst providing sound support for your team.

You will provide the FD, the Exec team and Trustees with budgets and re-forecasts looking out 3 years, provide the organisation’s long-term financial dashboard, and providing the assurance that it will continue to be a viable financial going concern into the foreseeable future. You will provide insight and analysis into financial trends and performance, identifying strengths and weaknesses, which will feed back into operational short-term and long-term strategy. You will also develop links between financial MI and non-financial MI/KPI’s

In addition, the job holder will perform scenario modelling on future financial performance, looking at how internal and external sensitivities might impact our business model and financial viability together with significant non Core or developmental activity.

Closing date: Monday 13th April 2020

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

You may have experience or an interest in the following: Head of Finance, Head of Financial Planning, Business Services, Strategic Director, Head of Business Services, Senior Finance Manager, Director of Services, Head of Services, Operations Manager, Project Manager, Head of Operations, Operations Director, Strategy Manager, Continuous Improvement, Finance, Qualified Accountant, Charity, Third Sector, Social Care, Not for Profit, NFP etc.

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