About us:

ScreenSkills is the industry-led skills body for the UK’s screen industries – film, television (high-end, children’s, unscripted), VFX, animation and games. Our mission is to lead on building skills and talent, finding, developing and sustaining a properly inclusive workforce to support the screen industries across the whole of the country and power growth.

Our Board and Advisory Councils comprise committed senior industry leaders from across the screen sector, representing large and small organisations and businesses across the UK.

Role purpose:

This role will function within a matrix environment encompassing office management, HR responsibilities and operational support. The role will oversee the provisions of office management, provide HR support and compliance in addition to providing support with Ops/IT. Some occasional weekend working may be required.

Key responsibilities:

Operational Management:

• Work with the business to review their IT/Operational requirements and processes, seeking feedback to deliver documented service/delivery solutions. Recommend actions to have effective and efficient processes. Have a good understanding of the IT requirements for the company
• Work with Finance to review expenditure against operational costs
• Project manage any new operations and one-off projects i.e. moves, reconfiguration, business continuity planning and testing
• Working with the Finance and Operations Director support new procurement tenders and renewals of existing contracts by analysing performance for each contract ensuring the contracts are effective and financial implications and delivery have been fully understood prior to commencement
• Review supplier and partner relationships including reporting and management, covering a comprehensive key contract/procurement review
• Develop the procurement processes, ensuring all key suppliers are managed and contracted in an efficient and effective manner which adheres with the organisation’s fraud and bribery controls
• Working with the Finance and Operations Director ensure all commercial contracts that are entered into are robust, cost effective, actively managed and suppliers held to account to deliver the performance required
• Working with the Finance and Operations Director review and update the procurement policy and processes at ScreenSkills to continuously improve the procurement processes and commercial arrangements
• Negotiate maintenance agreements in conjunction with the Finance and Operations Director
• Identifying risks and proposing/agreeing actions to mitigate any risks

Office Management

• Line manage and support the development of the Office Administrator/Receptionist ensuring performance is monitored and reviewed
• Manage the general Health and Safety documentation within the organisation ensuring fire and general risk assessments are completed in a timely manner
• Review, update and ensure the renewal of the organisations insurance policies
• Manage out-sourced operations, support contracts, maintain relationships, monitor outputs and impact whilst ensuring value for the organisation
• Manage and coordinate facilities, services and office functions and procedures
• Office management, inclusive of organization of invoicing, logistics, supplies, cleaning and ad hoc duties
• Ensure all staff have suitable IT equipment and telecoms ensuring the fixed assets register is updated on a regular basis
• Oversee the organisations complaints process
• Act as the GDPR Data Protection Officer to ensure compliance

Human Resources

• Act as the super user for the HR database (Cascade) ensuring the system is updated in line with staff changes
• Completion of all transactional HR administration, including the checking and submission of payroll data, recruitment and benefits administration
• Liaise with the HR Coordinator and HR Manager regarding any relevant staff changes
• Lead on the pension auto-enrolment process on a monthly basis
• Provide timely support on HR related activities
• Support the HR Manager with the management and timely update of HR policies and procedures
• Support the organisation with business change programmes and restructures
• Work with HR Manager and HR Coordinator on key HR projects
• Manage staff leave, sickness absence and TOIL, including management approvals, record keeping and liaising with staff directly. Provide support with all employee relations matters
• Where necessary provide support on the organisations recruitment activities
• The above list of duties is not exhaustive

Corporate responsibilities:

• Take ownership of, and contribute to, internal and external communications activity both in their job role and as part of ScreenSkills’ overall strategic objectives.
• Demonstrate a personal commitment to embracing and promoting ScreenSkills’ positive approach to the achievement of acceptance, openness, and equality of opportunity at work for people from under-represented groups (eg such as those with disabilities and from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and black, Asian and minority ethnic communities).
• Promote and develop individual and organisational activities which support and enhance environmental sustainability and health and safety objectives.
• Establish good working relationships with both internal and external customers and provide a high quality service which meets their needs.
• Support yours and your colleagues’ activity through a commitment to effective and correct use of corporate tools and resources, including the Wire (ScreenSkills’ intranet) for internal communications and file management, and authorised systems for contact management.

This role is suitable for flexible working. Please contact us to discuss or express your preference on your application.

We particularly welcome applicants from groups underrepresented in the screen industries

This job description is not intended to be either prescriptive or exhaustive. It is issued as a framework to outline the main areas of responsibility at the time of writing. Your manager will, in discussion with you, review the job description at appraisal. It is ScreenSkills’ intention to work with you to update and incorporate changes to your job description as required. However, if agreement cannot be reached, ScreenSkills reserves the right to impose changes.

ScreenSkills is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering after a career break, women, people who are LGBTQ+, from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, from a less advantaged socio-economic background as well as any other under-represented group.

I CAN is looking for an exceptional Philanthropy Manager to support our fundraising team. Reporting to the Director of Philanthropy and a key part of the team, the new Philanthropy Manager will develop and manage a portfolio of donors, significantly improving our performance in building long term engaging relationships and raising funds.

We are keen to hear from you if you have:

• Significant experience of building and managing personal relationships with high net worth individuals and/or senior stake holders and/or influential individuals.
• Implementation experience of the principles of major gift fundraising, including cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of major donors or equivalent experience in a commercial organisation.
• Experience networking with, and influencing, senior people both internally and externally in order to achieve pre-defined outcomes.

I CAN, the UK’s leading children’s communication charity, has an opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children in the UK.

I CAN believes that language is a fundamental life skill, essential for learning. Good language at age five is the single most important factor in helping children escape poverty. 10% of children in the UK have long-term persistent speech, language and communication needs, I CAN is determined to lead on raising the profile of this issue.

Through its training programmes, interventions and specialist schools, I CAN provides critical support to children of all ages and the children’s workforce. Thousands of nurseries and schools benefit from its evidence-based programmes. I CAN itself runs two special schools for children and young people with the most complex communication needs. 

I CAN has ambitious plans for growth over the next three years and needs to grow its voluntary fundraising income to allow the charity to develop pioneering new approaches in supporting children who have trouble communicating.

If this sounds interesting please apply with your CV and a supporting statement on how to meet the criteria for the role. Interviews will be held on 16th and 17th December.  

I CAN is committed to equality of opportunity in employment and the safeguarding and welfare of children. We carry out the appropriate vetting and verifications on all staff and this post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. 

This role will be based nationwide (with attendance at FSC Head Office in Shrewsbury as required) Salary - up to £84,311 per annum

FSC is an independent charity which receives no core funding from statutory sources and therefore relies on fees paid by our visitors and the generosity of donors, trust funds and grant awarding bodies to finance our activities.

Entering into a new strategic plan, and with a new dynamic and visionary CEO in place, FSC has big ambitions to increase the number of people who get to benefit from these opportunities and to further strengthen its commercial performance.  We are therefore looking to recruit an experienced Commercial Director, who can demonstrate considerable recent success in a similar, senior commercial position preferably within the educational / residential or hospitality industries. 

This is a new role that will be crucial for FSC to deliver its growth ambitions and will enjoy the support of the Board, the CEO and the senior team.  It will also be a high-profile role, with the post holder’s performance being under considerable scrutiny.  The successful candidate will need to have the resilience and drive to ensure success and the ability to mould the ways of working of the charity to deliver this key growth objective.

If you have what it takes to make a difference to this leading UK environmental education charity, then we want to hear from you.

Job Purpose:

To create and implement a strategy that identifies opportunities and delivers a consistent trajectory of commercial growth and resilience for the FSC, enabling the achievement of agreed key targets in the areas of:

• Financial performance of the charity, measured by revenue, occupancy, yield and utilisation
• Increasing the number of new customers to FSC, from both existing and new market sectors
• Customer satisfaction levels
• Repeat booking levels

The post will include the need to travel to FSC locations and other venues across the UK and occasionally abroad, and will involve some overnight stays

Benefits

• Holidays - 28 day inc bank holidays (increases with length of service - up to 5 extra days)

• Pension

• Sick Pay

• Employee Assistance programme

• Life Assurance

• Health Cash Plan

• Friendly Team

• Free Tea & Coffee

• Free parking

• Training & Development

• Happy to talk flexible working!

FSC are commited to Equality & Diversity, and are a Disibility Confident Employer

Key Accountabilities:

•  Providing strategic leadership and operational management of the marketing, sales, publications, business development and charitable fundraising functions within the FSC

• Creating and implementing a brand strategy that will allow the FSC to engage in a wider market and attract new audiences as part of an overall sales and marketing plan

•  Creating and leading the go to market strategy for all products in both B2B and B2C markets

•  Creating and implementing a sales management strategy that will enable all sales functions to thrive in a supportive, yet challenging environment:  this should include regular reporting and scrutiny of every aspect of the sales pipeline

•  Creating and implementing a product development strategy that will increase the revenue, occupancy and yield created by a network of FSC locations and on-line via e-commerce

•  Developing the means necessary to collate and analyse the management information required to enable evidence led decision making

Essential Skills, Experience and Qualifications:

•  Qualified to degree level or equivalent

•  5+ years’ recent senior management experience in a similar Director level position, including demonstrable experience of operating at a strategic level

• Proven experience of developing and implementing commercial strategies that allow for fluctuations in levels of demand, profitability and revenue

•  A current successful track record of achieving sales growth in a multisite network, ideally in the educational / residential / hospitality industries

•  A proven track record of providing entrepreneurial leadership to sales and marketing functions, ideally in educational / residential / hospitality industries, with a mix of B2B and B2C sales strategies

• A proven ability to lead significant cultural change – to drive financial growth

Desirable Skills, Experience and Qualifications Required:

• Membership of a professional body, e.g. Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM); Institute of Directors (IoD)

•  MBA

•  Experience of selling residential or non-residential courses within this industry area

• Understanding of, and experience in, delivering commercial growth within the not for profit, private sector

• Ability to apply commercially focussed strategies and ways of working sensitively, demonstrating that they support the charities objectives

•  Understanding of the educational residential market with experience of selling to the UK schools network

For more information regarding the expectations of this role please refer to the full vacancy pack attached

Closing date for reciept of your application is 12 noon Monday 25th November 2019

Interviews will be held at FSC Head Office in the week commencing 9th December 2019

International Charity

London - Permanent & Interim options

x2 Commercial Finance Leads:

c.£45,000-£50,000 - Commercial Finance Lead

c.£50,000-£60,000 - Senior Commercial Finance Lead

Based in Central London, our client is a well-known international charity with sizeable grants from both DFID and the FCO. It is an exciting time to join a high-functioning team and play a key role in shaping the use of the valuable financial resources available.

We are seeking fully qualified accountants (CCAB or equivalent) with a proven track record of having directly supported the finances and decision making for DFID and/or FCO grants.

You will possess strong communication skills and be well suited to a fast paced, senior stakeholder-facing role, able to work collaboratively with a wide range of strategic project managers across international regions.

Please contact Michael Quest directly via the apply now link below to find out more.

Early applications are highly recommended. Interviews will be ongoing.

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant and will lead a small finance team. The post holder will be responsible for the overall financial management of the charity including preparation of annual budgets and cash-flow, quarterly management accounts and annual reports, as well as ensuring the financial controls are fit for purpose and operating effectively.

The role will oversee the operational and enterprise areas of The Charleston Trust including developing new business areas for the charity while ensuring profitability and excellence in the catering, retail and visitor experience.

The job will entail reviewing the charity’s financial processes to improve efficiency and effective financial reporting and will be required to support the ongoing process of change at Charleston. Good technical skills and IT literacy will be required to ensure that all financial, ticketing, membership and enterprise systems are sufficient to deliver timely and accurate KPIs and other data for Director/CEO, staff and Trustees.

Main tasks and responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of the financial management of the charity.
• Provide the Senior Management Team with all relevant financial information to enable them to plan effectively and control their strategic and commercial responsibilities.
• Prepare management accounts, cash flow forecasts and all other relevant financial information for presentation to the Board of Trustees and the Business & Finance Committee.
• Ensure the charity and its enterprise subsidiary conforms with all financial, charitable and other statutory responsibilities.
• Support budget holders to set and monitor budgets.
• Be responsible for putting in place and maintaining robust financial systems and controls.
• Responsibility for submission of tax and VAT returns and other matters pertaining to HMRC, Charity law, Company law, PAYE and other relevant legislation.
• Work closely with the auditors to manage the annual audit process including preparation and submission of statutory accounts.
• Work across the organisation to monitor, improve and/or retender for new financial, ticketing, sales and membership systems.
• Manage and co-ordinate the organisation’s insurance provision and work closely with the Head of Operations and Visitor Experience to ensure good value for money with major utilities and facilities contracts.
• Be an inspiring, effective and supportive line manager to all line reports.
• Manage the Finance department to ensuring a productive and professional service within and outside the organisation.
• Support the Head of Retail & Product Development and the Head Chef/Catering Manager to access, analyse and report financial information relating to their departments. Work closely with these line reports to understand visitor habits, make improvements to ensure profitability, manage costs and maintain/increase spend per head while delivering an excellent experience appropriate to Charleston’s unique heritage.
• Provide line management support for the Head of Operations & Visitor Experience in all their areas of responsibility including buildings, site and facilities maintenance, ticketing and groups management, and the management of a large team of Visitor Service Assistants and Guides.
• Support the Director/CEO to ensure the organisation works to both legal requirements and sector good practice for HR and governance.

Person Specification

Essential skills and experience

• Qualified accountant (ACA, CA or CIMA).
• Significant senior experience in managing an organisation’s finances.
• Line management experience and skills to line manage senior staff.
• Proven track record in business planning and development.

• The skills to collaborate effectively with colleagues, staff, external stakeholders, consultants, trustees, and senior managers and to present financial information in an easily understandable manner.
• The ability to adapt to new technology; exceptional IT skills across a range of platforms and software relevant to the role.
• Experience co-ordinating and setting multi-departmental budgets and producing complex cash-flows.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and prioritise effectively.
• Ability to think strategically, commercially and entrepreneurially.
• Understanding of, and preferably experience in, charity finance.

Core competencies

• Exceptional oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• An interest in the heritage sector.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing demands and new challenges.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a small team.
• Ability to mentor and supervise individuals.
• Good time management with the ability to work to tight deadlines.

Deadline for applications: 5pm on Wednesday 20 November 2019

Interviews will be held: Thursday 28 November 2019

Additional information

• Because of the rural location of Charleston, the post holder must be aware that getting to work without the use of a car involves some additional planning and commitment.
• The basic annual leave entitlement is 25 working days, excluding bank holidays.
• We offer employers contribution pension scheme (on successful completion of probation).
• The Trust has a commitment to ensure equality of opportunity for all employees and employees are required to adhere to this in their work.
• Our aim is to become a truly inclusive and diverse organisation. We welcome applicants from disabled, black, minority and ethnic communities and LGBTQ+ people.
• All positions at Charleston are offered subject to the following conditions:

• Receipt of satisfactory references
• Proof that you are legally entitled to work in the UK

• All applications received will be acknowledged. Please note that due to limited resources we are unable to give feedback to all applicants.

The Charleston Trust

Charleston is a seventeenth century Sussex farmhouse that was the home of two of the most important and influential British artists of the twentieth century - Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Their uniquely decorated house became the country retreat of a group of individuals known as the Bloomsbury group which included Vanessa Bell’s sister Virginia Woolf, the economist John Maynard Keynes and critics Roger Fry and Clive Bell. Writers Lytton Strachey, TS Eliot and EM Forster were also regular visitors.

Today, Charleston is a thriving house museum with a programme of regular exhibitions, events and festivals, a café/restaurant and retail operations. The Charleston Trust receives no public funding to support its running costs and each year is entirely dependent on self-generated income and fundraising.

If you are looking for a role within an organisation that is not only going through an exciting transformational change, but a role that will allow you to be an autonomous Finance Manger to an already established team, then keep reading.

My client, an education institution based in Surrey are looking for a Finance Manager to join their already established finance team. The role holds a lot of responsibility to liaise with budget holders, so will allow the successful candidate to grow as a credible Finance Manager. The post will also look after a team of three (finance officers) but will cover a wide range or responsibilities.

Main Responsibilities

• Communicate regularly to senior budget holders across the department, providing budgetary support and detail analysis of the data.
• Team up with the Finance Director in maximizing the revenue generated by the organisation, working to find new and profitable income streams.
• Manage the credit control team of two, upskilling them to the best of your ability.
• Taking complete ownership of year end reporting, achieving consistently high standards and being the key liaison for external auditors.

Holding the number two finance post within the organisation, this position offers still, a fantastic training and development scheme which shows the organisations desire to give back and develop their employee's. With a large-scale development plan over the next 18 months going ahead also, this means this post will have a huge input in how that escalates and develops.

The successful candidate will be:

• Qualified (Desirable), Part Qualified/QBE (Essential).
• Experienced in managing a team of 2 + staff.
• Experienced working within the education sector.
• Ambitious to take an opportunity to further their finance career with both hands.

If this role is of interest, then please apply or get in touch as this role is expected to receive a large quantity of applications.

Age UK Coventry & Warwickshire are actively recruiting for a Director of Finance to effectively manage and develop financial resources in line with the organisation’s vision. Age UK's vision is to make the UK a great place to grow older. We do this by inspiring, supporting and enabling in a number of ways.

You will directly manage the finance teams and ensure production of timely and high quality financial management information. Working in Coventry, with frequent travel around Warwickshire and Coventry, you will also be responsible for all aspects of financial control and fraud prevention.

The Director of Finance has specific responsibility for the operational function and strategic development of the organisation’s financial services. You will be an active member of the Senior Management Team and be expected to contribute to the strategic and operational management of all areas of the organisation.

You will:

• Work with the CEO in providing leadership and direction in the development of a broad range of activities, whilst being consistent in our Strategic Plan, and promoting the organisation’s vision.
• Ensure the organisation maximises its financial performance across the broad range of activities including long-term financial planning and a strategy for the Property Portfolio.
• Manage the finance services with a high level of customer focus and support managers with service development.
• Drive a high quality and performing culture, responsive to Board of Trustees’ needs.
• Embed effective systems and procedures creating a culture of continuous improvement.
• To advise department/unit managers on financial matters including budget preparation and guidance as appropriate. To support service managers in the preparation of bids and contract negotiations.

Skills and Experience:

• A professional qualification and membership of an Accounting body
• A degree or equivalent experience of continuous professional development
• Experience of senior/strategic leadership within an organisation
• Experience of working with SORP and/or a not for profit organisation
• A proven track record of leading and inspiring diverse teams to high level of achievement and innovation
• A successful track record of initiating, leading and managing associated risks
• Experiences of successfully developing and leading a strong performance and outcome focussed culture
• Evidence of a detailed understanding of working within Trustee Boards or similar governing bodies
• Ability to present complex financial information clearly and concisely
• Analytical skills with the ability to exercise sound judgement and sensitivity
• Ability to build effective teams and relationships and achieve results through others by leading, inspiring and motivating others
• The ability to achieve change and results through influence, negotiation and collaboration
• Good knowledge of quality assurance systems and the organisational accreditation
• Committed to continuously improving service delivery
• Persistent and able to persuade others to meet your deadlines
• Excellent communications skills

What we offer in return:

• 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Pension: 3% employer contribution

Further information regarding this post is available via Age UK Coventry & Warwickshire's website, or you can download a recruitment pack and related documents below.

Age UK Coventry & Warwickshire do not accept CVs whether included with an application or sent speculatively from individuals or recruitment agencies, nor accept the fees associated with them. 

The decision to invite candidates for interview is based on the details completed in your application, so please make sure you complete all sections of the application form as fully as possible. There is no need to attach a CV to your application.

I am working with a Charity who are looking the recruit a new Finance Business Manager to their Edinburgh Head Office

We are looking for an individual who is methodical in their approach to work, commercial in thought process and can offer support to the Finance team and Director of Business on a variety of interesting projects as well as some of the business as usual tasks.

The perfect individual would be someone who has passion, enthusiasm and knowledge in the charitable sector.   

Skill / responsibilities

• Working on a wide range of duties that will include some routine Management Account duties ie assisting the current Finance team with the Month End accounts and Business Partnering across the organisation
• Ad hoc projects and finance business partnering analysis. Key current projects for the organization currently are  detailed analysis on the organisations income and expenditure.
• Involvement with ongoing Projects and workstreams within the Finance Department and wider region

For more information in this position please send in your CV for consideration.

Qualifications/experience required

Part Qualified / Qualified or QBE

ACA, ACCA, CIMA, AAT, QBE

What’s on offer?

Circa £35 – 40000 plus excellent benefits

• Finance Manager working for Dukes Aldridge Academy in North London
• Ideal for somone with education experience or a business partnering background

About Our Client

Aldridge Education is a charitable trust whose entrepreneurial community schools help young people to reach their potential. The Trust was established as a national multi-academy trust by the Aldridge Foundation in 2016, taking over responsibility from the Foundation for its family of non-selective academy schools and colleges, some of which are part of the multi academy trust whilst others are currently independent Trusts sponsored by Aldridge Education.

The school is based right next to Tottenham's Football stadium making it easily accessible, just 5 minutes' walk from White Hart Lane Station. Due to the location of the stadium, this role will be involved in overseeing and expanding several streams of commercial revenue associated with the football club

Duke's Aldridge Academy enjoys a rich mix of culturally diverse pupils drawn from one of London's most ethnically vibrant wards. This socio-economic profile shields a positive and vital aspect of our school's community. The school's specialism is for the arts (music, media and art).

Job Description

To provide strategic and financial leadership to the school in support of its priorities and to ensure a strong financial control environment, in terms of the control systems, practices and ways of working. To ensure the school and trust is provided with accurate financial information that will enable effective decision-making and financial planning.

The Successful Applicant

The Finance Manager will have a proven track record of business partnering within an organisation. You will need exposure to the following areas

• Lead and support the school's finance function and lead the schools three-year budgeting process.
• Contributing to the strategic direction of the school and interact regularly with the senior management team.
• Preparing detailed monthly management accounts to support decision-making and financial planning.
• Maximise revenues from sales and purchases, sponsorship, fundraising, lettings and business activities, without compromising the educational activities and learning environment for students.
• Activities, without compromising the educational activities and learning environment for students.
• Supporting the Trust's Commercial Director in forming and enhancing business partnerships.
• Deal with all personnel matters relating to salary, pension and HMRC queries.
• Supporting and implementing initiatives to the benefit of the wider community.

What's on Offer

£50,000-55,000, 25 Days Annual Leave

Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents. All third party applications will be forwarded to Michael Page.

Ref Code: MPCY14024113Z

I am recruiting for a prestigious charity based in London who are looking to recruit a Finance Business Partner on a 6 month contract.  

The postholder will support the Finance Director in delivering the finance business function while ensuring the maintenance of the financial processing system.  The post holder will support Country Office Finance Managers in using the finance system and build the capacity of the team.

Main Duties:  

• Support the organisation in general and work to ensure particular functions are delivered more efficiently and effectively.
• Help manage the portfolio of commercial contracts.
• Help to develop a strong finance processing system and advise on implementation of financial reporting systems in country offices.
• Support the Director of Finance and other team leaders to contribute to joint projects and follow new systems and processes.
• Work closely with programme directors to support the delivery of commercial contracts.

Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent

Experience:

• Experience of financial processing and reporting gained in commercial organisations or charities
• Experience of computerised accounting software, system improvements and developments
• Good knowledge of Sun system and Q&A and other reporting tools
• Experience of working with a wide range of finance and non-finance colleagues, including overseas offices

This is a great opportunity to join an organisation going through a period of change and help the team develop, sharing with them your previous skills and experience to allow the Finance division to flourish.

Director of Commercial Services

Reports to: CEO

Based at: Coeliac UK Head Office, High Wycombe with the possibility to regularly work from home by prior agreement with your line manager

Salary grade table: Commercial (CO1) c. £50k

Hours: 35 hours per week. Hours to be agreed with your line manager. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required

Holiday: 36 days holiday a year including bank holidays 

Line management: 6.8 FTEs is envisaged

The Role: 

Working as a key member of the senior management team to lead the charity in the strategic development and operational delivery of commercial services. Expanding income to enable the charity to grow reach and impact. You will need to optimise the revenue from existing income streams as well as develop new and innovative ways to bring in revenue to the charity. This will primarily come from the food industry and there may be opportunities to develop income streams from other sources such as the health sector 

Key Responsibilities:

•Work as part of the senior management team to develop plans and budgets to deliver the charity’s strategic aims and provide leadership to staff

•Leading the Commercial team to develop and implement a commercial income strategy including new products and services, full exploitation of existing products, combined with customer acquisition and retention

•Lead the development of Account Management approach to commercial clients and own the business relationships with key commercial partners

•Identify and develop new business opportunities for the charity creating robust business cases and resource plan to support proposals

•Work with the Commercial team and across the organisation to lead the development and management of gluten free licensing, accreditation and training services, and other schemes/services aimed at the food sector

•Personally deliver pitches and close deals in pursuit of income generation

•Lead and manage your team to deliver against plan and budget, and maximise their potential

•Manage staff and the strategy against the charity’s policies and values

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

•A business development background and/or with direct experience of income generating activity derived from the sale of products and services in the private or not for profit sectors

•Strategic thinker and implementer with the ability to analyse data and draw meaningful conclusions. Must have the skills and experience to translate plans to practical reality

•Evidence of building and maintaining long-term strategic partnerships

•A proven track record in achieving income targets through commercial products and services

•Experience of working with caterers, retailers or food manufacturers would be an advantage

•Able to give compelling presentations, pitches and close deals

•An understanding of marketing or experience of working with marketing specialists and of operating various and different sales approaches

•Ability to build and develop effective long term relationships with partners, stakeholders and staff

•Digitally and data savvy with experience of CRM tools and methods

•Excellent planning, project management and budgeting skills. Must be a “starter” and a “finisher”

•Educated to degree level or equivalent with high levels of numeracy and literacy

Competencies:

1: General profile

·Provides leadership for work groups representing multiple disciplines within a functional area or covering more than one functional area

·Establishes medium to long-range plans for the work groups managed to achieve broader functional or cross-functional objectives

·Provides leadership for staff and work teams or task forces in broad functional/process areas to solve complex and diverse issues

·Integrates the delivery of client service (internal and/or external clients) by multiple work groups to ensure that current and evolving client needs are met

2: Technical expertise; building & maintaining

·Resolves conflicts between work teams over resource allocation and other critical issues

2: Technical expertise; applying & anticipating

·Has expert technical/functional expertise in own discipline/area and broad knowledge of other disciplines within and across other functions

3: Client/organisation orientation; client response

·Establishes medium to long-range plans for the work groups managed to achieve broader functional or cross-functional objectives

3: Client/organisation orientation; organisation understanding

·Integrates the delivery of client service (internal and/or external clients) by multiple work groups, ensuring that current and evolving client needs are met

3: Client/organisation orientation client response; costs

·Develops, and is accountable for, budgetary/financial objectives for the function/operational area planning process

4: Creating & delivering solutions; problem solving

·Applies broad and in-depth organisational management knowledge to resolve multi-discipline or multi-functional/process problems

4: Creating & delivering solutions; planning & organising

·Contributes to entity strategy and policy development

5: Working relationship; communicating, negotiating & influencing

·Main focus is on influencing the organisation's strategy

5: Working relationship; teamwork, coaching & guiding

·Manages the performance of direct reports

5: Working relationship; networking

·Creates extensive networks at a senior level internally and externally

6: Other

·Has vision of functional or unit mission

·Accountable for projects or programmes involving multi-functional teams. Impact is on functional organisation unit or costs/expenses

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties to be performed by the employee. This job description may be altered to reflect the needs of the charity.

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Company Profile: 
The Leapfrog Group comprises a charity (Pure Leapfrog) and its trading subsidiary (Leapfrog Finance).
Our mission is to provide funding and resources that enable communities, especially those who suffer some form of deprivation, the opportunity to own and/or access the benefits of a low carbon energy system. 
The Leapfrog Finance team is based in Liverpool, the Pure Leapfrog team largely in Oxford & London so we are flexible on the location of this role and indeed, open to remote working. 

Job Description 
The Leapfrog Group (Pure Leapfrog, Leapfrog Finance, Leapfrog Bridge Finance and Pure Leapfrog’s investment in joint venture, Leapfrog Launchpad), is seeking an experienced Financial Controller to create and manage in-house bookkeeping systems and processes and delivery of all financial reporting. 

Knowledge and experience required

• A professional accounting qualification
• Min 10 years relevant experience from both corporate and non-profit sector, ideally gained in a small, entrepreneurial organisation
• Knowledge of Xero accounting platform 
• Advanced Excel skills
• Good knowledge of other Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Word and MS Access) is helpful

Skills: 
You will be: 

• Highly numerate with strong verbal and written communication skills too
• Organised with excellent attention to detail and an ability to deliver to multiple strict deadlines

Applications 
Please submit a covering letter explaining how you fulfil the above criteria and CV to no later than 5pm on 15 November 2019.
NOTE: If you do not submit a covering letter explaining how you fulfil the above criteria we will not consider your application. 

Please note: Only candidates eligible to work in the UK will be considered. We thank all applicants for their interest However, due to the large volume of applications we receive, only candidates shortlisted for an interview will be contacted. 

We cannot respond to enquiries from recruitment agencies.

General Information

The Leapfrog group is committed to being a social and environmentally impactful organisation. We value our team, our communities and the organisations we work with and seek to treat them with respect.

We try to live by the principles we expect of the communities and organisations we work with including equal opportunities, inclusiveness, diversity, health and safety, environmental sustainability.

If you are looking for a diverse role which will give you insight into finance and IT, where you will play a vital role in improving processes that deliver positive change in a large, international charity, the Process Manager - Finance may be the right role for you.

The Process Manager for Finance will build relationships at all levels across finance and will work constructively to ensure process change proposals are appropriately recorded and evaluated by senior teams. Working collaboratively with Finance, the Process Manager will improve the governance process that tracks suggested changes and improvements and will ensure finance teams in the UK and overseas are fully informed about upcoming changes. Providing support to Finance and IT, the Process Manager will ensure the leadership team are fully briefed on suggested changes and will see through the evaluation of these.

This role would suit someone highly organised, ideally with a background in Finance or IT. The Process Manager will be able to work from home, in the office or remotely, and will build relationships at all levels. With an understanding of process mapping and experience coordinating change, this person will be able to work collaboratively with international and national teams.

If you are interestsed in this position, please apply early as this role is likely to be filled before the closing date.

Procurement Manager: £40,000 - £45,700 + Benefits: London

For a governmental department and National Regulator, we are recruiting a Procurement Manager to partner with Executive Directors and their teams to ensure robust, compliant procurement activity, deliver training on contract management and support planning of effective procurement and contract management practices. The Procurement and Contract Management Team will transform the quality of procurement activity and deliver high value for money outcomes.

What you'll be doing:

• Work with Executive Directors and their teams to understand current and future procurement requirements and create medium-term plan
• Provide advice, support and manage the procurement process for contracts
• Manage all procurement activities
• Maintain precise procurement records maximising opportunities to digitise and automate data
• Provide guidance and inform managers of effective approaches to procurement instilling V4M
• Support the creation and roll-out of centre of excellence for contract management
• Develop and deliver a rolling programme of contract management training
• Support the creation of MI to optimise supplier and contract management performance
• Develop a framework to support staff on reviewing spend and service against contracts
• Analyse supplier suitability, contract terms and KPI's; lead supplier review meetings
• Support investment in a contract management and procurement database
• Develop relationships with suppliers, third parties and the Cabinet Office

What you'll offer us:

• MCIPS with significant experience in best practice procurement and contract management, ideally within professional service
• Excellent understanding of current procurement regulations and experience ideally of applying these within Central Government
• Understanding of Public Procurement and OJEU processes - £multi-million contracts
• Experience of building relationships with suppliers and third parties, Cabinet Office, BEIS / OGD, HMT

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