Our planet – and all life on it – is facing unprecedented challenges. Climate change and loss of biodiversity threaten our very existence and the beauty of the world as we know it.

Science has identified the causes of these challenges, and science is essential if we’re to face and solve them.

Earthwatch is an environmental charity with science at its heart.

We connect people with the natural world, monitor the health of our natural resources, and help people take action to have a positive impact.

We work together with scientists, businesses, civil society and policy-makers to drive the change we need to live within our means and in balance with nature.

The Role

To provide strategic financial leadership, ensuring robust financial planning and management, as well as leadership for other Operations functions including HR and IT. To work as a key member of the Executive Team, supporting the delivery of an ambitious plan to enhance Earthwatch’s profile and impact.

The Candidate

• Fully qualified accountant with proven ability to work at Director level and provide financial leadership.
• Excellent financial and commercial acumen, comfortable with both big picture, strategic thinking and detailed, analytical and critical thinking, demonstrating at least ten years financial management experience and three years in a similar leadership position.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to process information, assess risks/opportunities and make sound decisions.
• Outstanding negotiation and influencing skills, with an ability to broker collaborative working relationships and achieve consensus.
• Ability to deliver through others and build high performing teams.
• Demonstrable experience of business planning, risk management and budget building.
• Prior experience in overseeing the HR function.

For an informal and confidential discussion, please speak with our advisors at Berwick Partners:

William Pringle
Partner, Head of Charity, Arts, Culture & Heritage Practice

Direct: + 44 20 7518 2635 | Mobile: + 44 7515 919 648

Closing date for applications: Monday 29th November 2021

Are you an expert communicator, on the phone, in all written forms including email and face-to-face. You work well under pressure, are self-motivated and can manage upwards? Then read on.

Executive Assistant
Salary: £14,710 - £15,020 (pro rata) per annum (£24,517 – £25,033 FTE)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 21 hours per week (flexible over 4-5 days)
Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4XT and Homeworking

Background:

The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) is the only charity working to safeguard wildlife and natural landscapes across the three counties. Founded in 1959 by a small group of volunteers, we now have more than 27,000 memberships and 1,700 volunteers. We own or manage more than 80 nature reserves and work in partnership on conservation projects with local communities, businesses, landowners and local authorities. Each year around 12,000 schoolchildren visit our four education centres. We have strong finances, with an annual turnover of £6 million and we’re proud of our highly effective and dedicated team of 150 staff.

Job Purpose:

As a frequent first-point of contact in this dynamic organisation, you will play a key role in leading and reflecting the highest quality of standards and professionalism. This involves routine proactive diary and email management, making all necessary arrangements for and maintaining relationships with internal and external meetings and coordinating briefing and research papers and active involvement in project development. We can depend on you to remember the finer details at all times.

Closing date: Tuesday 7 December 2021

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website. 

No agencies please.

Could you provide the financial and operational management to support this busy charity’s continued financial sustainability?

About us

At Community Impact Bucks, we are passionate about helping people to get involved and make a difference in their communities.

• We support hundreds of communities and causes across Buckinghamshire by helping charities and voluntary groups to be the best they can be – perhaps by helping them find funding, run their organisation or find volunteers.
• By helping local residents to find volunteering roles, we support people who want to give back to their communities while at the same time help local charities to find the volunteers they may need to support vital services.
• And through our community services, we help to build strong, resilient communities and directly help people – the elderly, vulnerable and socially isolated – where we see an unmet need.

Our office in Monks Risborough has free parking and good bus and rail links. Our team is currently working mainly from home, but with access to the office when needed. This interim role could be completely home-based.

About you

You will be an experienced senior manager with strong all-round finance capabilities and a sound knowledge of financial management procedures. You will enjoy supporting the Trustees and Leadership colleagues in their strategic finance and business planning discussions, providing relevant financial information and taking responsibility for the charity’s day to day accounting functions.

Alongside this, you must be able to demonstrate an ability to manage HR operations, governance and office management. You will be driven to ensure robustness and efficiency of our office support.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain a sound system of financial management and control.
• Lead on day-to-day financial operations, and lead on financial planning, working closely with the Treasurer, Trustee Board and Leadership Team.
• Oversee operations including premises management, health and safety and customer service.
• Oversee the implementation of effective HR policies, procedures, record-keeping and staff development. 

Key requirements

• Leadership / Management experience, preferably from a senior finance role.
• Sound knowledge and understanding of financial management procedures.
• Able to communicate effectively with finance and non-finance colleagues at all levels
• Experience of business partnering and providing financial analysis to support key decision-making.
• Able to manage HR operations, governance and office management.
• Highly skilled at prioritising effectively in a high-pressure environment to deliver stable performance.

Diversity & Inclusion

Community Impact Bucks is committed to challenging inequality and values the diversity of our communities in Buckinghamshire. We recognise that reflecting that diversity will only ever make our organisation better. We work to ensure an inclusive culture where colleagues feel welcomed and supported to succeed and thrive. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those from under-represented communities.  

How to apply

For more information please visit our website to download the Job Description.

To apply, please send a CV with a cover letter explaining how your skills, experience and interests meet the Job Description and Person Specification by 9 am on Wednesday 1stDecember.

We are also advertising for a permanent post  at the same time ( please see the advert attached to the documents below) – if you would like to apply for both roles please submit two applications (one for each role).

Interviews will take place via video call – Teams or Zoom. Please note we may interview candidates as applications come in.

About us

At Community Impact Bucks, we are passionate about helping people to get involved and make a difference in their communities.

• We support hundreds of communities and causes across Buckinghamshire by helping charities and voluntary groups to be the best they can be – perhaps by helping them find funding, run their organisation or find volunteers.
• By helping local residents to find volunteering roles, we support people who want to give back to their communities while at the same time help local charities to find the volunteers they may need to support vital services.
• And through our community services, we help to build strong, resilient communities and directly help people – the elderly, vulnerable and socially isolated – where we see an unmet need.

Our office in Monks Risborough has free parking and good bus and rail links. Our team is currently working mainly from home, but with access to the office when needed.

About you

You will be a fully qualified accountant with strong all-round finance capabilities that can be evidenced through experience. You will enjoy guiding the Trustees and Leadership colleagues in their strategic finance and business planning discussions, providing insightful management and monitoring information which highlights challenges and risks, as well as opportunities.

Alongside this, you must be able to demonstrate an ability to manage HR operations, governance and office management. You will be driven to identify improvements to ensure robustness and efficiency.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain and develop a sound system of financial management and control.
• Lead on day-to-day financial operations, produce statutory accounts and lead on financial planning, working closely with the Treasurer, Trustee Board and Leadership Team.
• Act as Company Secretary, ensuring compliance with UK Company and Charity law.
• Oversee operations including premises management, health and safety and customer service.
• Oversee the implementation of effective HR policies, procedures, record-keeping and staff development. 
• Lead on continuous improvement of financial and operational processes to ensure the organisational maturity required to deliver strategic objectives.
• Identify and develop commercial opportunities to generate sustainable, independent sources of income, including through the provision of business services.

Key requirements

• Fully-qualified accountant.
• Leadership / Management experience from a senior finance role.
• Able to communicate effectively with finance and non-finance colleagues at all levels
• Experience of business partnering and providing financial analysis to support key decision-making.
• Able to manage HR operations, governance and office management.

Diversity & Inclusion

Community Impact Bucks is committed to challenging inequality and values the diversity of our communities in Buckinghamshire. We recognise that reflecting that diversity will only ever make our organisation better. We work to ensure an inclusive culture where colleagues feel welcomed and supported to succeed and thrive. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those from under-represented communities. 

How to apply

For more information please visit our website to download the Job Description.

To apply, please send a CV and a cover letter explaining how your skills, experience and interests meet the Job Description and Person Specification by 9am on Wednesday 8th December. We are also advertising for an interim post at the same time (please find the advert attached to the documents below) if you would like to apply for both roles please submit two applications (one for each role).

Interviews will take place via video call – Teams or Zoom. Please note we may interview candidates as applications come in.

Global Canopy is a data-driven not for profit that targets the market forces destroying nature. We do this by improving transparency and accountability. We provide innovative open-access data, clear metrics, and actionable insights to leading companies, financial institutions, governments and campaigning organisations worldwide. 

This role will be at the core of our strategy to influence and enable financial institutions to assess and mitigate their impacts on forests and forest peoples. It will play a key role in finance sector engagement on our two core projects in this space, Aligned Accountability and Trase Finance. 

Aligned Accountability will bring together existing data sets on deforestation, working closely with the finance sector and ESG service providers to improve deforestation metrics and related guidance. This can guide more sustainable investment, improve risk management, support due diligence, and enable green product innovation. It builds on our Forest 500 and Trase Finance initiatives, partnering with ZSL SPOTT, AFI and others, with support from the Norwegian Government.

Trase Finance: In partnership with Stockholm Environment Institute and London-based fintech leader Neural Alpha, Trase Finance brings unprecedented transparency to the hundreds of billions of dollars that directly and indirectly finance tropical deforestation each year. The tool enables financial institutions to systematically identify their direct and indirect exposure to deforestation risk, allowing them to improve the sustainability of their portfolios. 

Your role will be to coordinate engagement with the finance sector, across these two projects and partnerships.  This is a unique opportunity to make practical progress on integrating deforestation into ESG metrics and financial decision making, with the backing of major players in this space. Working across the Aligned Accountability and Trase initiatives you will be part of a leading, multinational, multidisciplinary, and multilingual team of experts. We value diversity, inclusivity and creativity at the core of what we do and we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

To be successful in this role, these are the things that will matter the most:

• Successful track record of engaging with financial institutions or ESG service providers, or experience of working within the financial sector or financial services sector.

• Understanding of ESG metrics, and relevant data and disclosure initiatives.

• Communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to coordinate and influence a wide range of cross-sector partners to dedicate time and take action.

At Global Canopy, we value diversity and inclusion. You can read our diversity statement on our website. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and are committed to having a team with a diverse set of skills, experiences and abilities. We are committed to reducing systemic barriers in our recruitment processes. We strongly encourage those from diverse backgrounds to apply and not self-reject based on the listed criteria in the job pack.

Global Canopy works on issues of tropical deforestation. We are particularly interested in strengthening our team to include those with a background from forest regions such as Latin America and South East Asia. We would welcome applications from people from these regions and we will sponsor visas.

Global Canopy is an inclusive employer and accommodations will be made to allow anyone who requires additional support to apply for this role. Please get in touch with us if you require any additional support.

To find out more, download the recruitment pack or visit our website.

Job Title: Marketing and Communications Manager

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Woodley House, Aylesbury

Salary £50,000.00 per annum plus benefits

Hours : 37 Hours per week

Are you interested in working for a charity that has been changing the lives of older people, and those living with dementia for over 25 years?

About the role

The Marketing and Communications Manager role is key to the success of our Homes and Services. We are looking for an experienced Marketing and Communications Manager with a strategic mind-set and willingness to be hands on.

The post holder will be passionate about producing compelling, engaging content and campaigns through the effective use of marketing and communications.

The post holder will have a key role in promoting the activities of the Trust to all internal and external stakeholders, furthering the delivery of our aims.

Responsible for creating and delivering an effective and integrated marketing and communications strategy that is targeted, outcome-focused and evaluated. The post holder will lead on delivery of effective media and public relations, marketing, and internal communications activity.

The role involves managing a small Sales and Marketing team with the objective to grow the Trust’s private occupancy, generate enquiries and promote the activities of the Trust to all internal and external stakeholders, to deliver the Trust’s aims

Our ideal candidate

• Previous experience in the care/ social care sector and understand the requirements around increasing occupancy numbers
• Strong marketing and communications experience with an eye for innovation.
• Demonstrable ability to take a strategic and insight driven approach to marketing and communications with tangible outcomes achieved
• Experienced in effective use of social and paid media with the ability to analyse the return on investment from usage.
• Proven ability to use insight to create stories and target marketing activity / campaigns
• Excellent content development and articulation / presentation skills with a great attention to detail
• CRM experience with marketing automation an advantage (customer journey mapping, targeted communications)
• Effective use of IT packages and solutions to support marketing activity, including email marketing tools.
• Excellent understanding of MS Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
• Ability to establish, lead and develop a small team
• Ability to source talented freelancers and coordinate appropriate resources to deliver priorities
• Effective budget management
• Proven ability to prioritise effectively and responding to changing situations
• Strong planning and organisational skills
• Professional, approachable, and helpful style
• Flexible ‘can do’ attitude
• Great written and verbal communication including confidence and impact in presenting ideas to a range of internal and external stakeholders

In addition to a competitive salary this role also includes:

• Lifetime benefits, including Life Assurance and Pension Scheme
• 26 Days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Lifestyle discount vouchers, including money off holidays, food, fashion and sport.
• Generous Refer-a-Friend scheme.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

About Us

Established since 1992, we’re a charity and not-for-profit organisation that provides first class care and support for older people and adults with learning disabilities. Today, we have approx. 1,500 staff supporting over 1,100 residents at services across Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Milton Keynes. Come and join a great team!

As a care provider we have a duty of care to our service users and employees to ensure we operate in a safe environment. Therefore, from time to time we will require you to take part in mandatory health testing and health vaccination programmes.

The Fremantle Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation or age.