Commercial Development Executive

Our client is a professional body, a membership organisation and an international publisher with the goal of advancing excellence in the chemical sciences. With over 550 employees, based in Cambridge, London and internationally, they do this by publishing high quality chemistry journals, books and magazines, by engaging with their members and by interacting with their community to raise the profile of chemistry and ensuring high quality standards within the chemical sciences.

Position: Commercial Development Executive
Location: Cambridge (commutable from Alconbury, Bedford, Bury St Edmunds, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge North, Cherry Hinton, Chesterton, Ely, Fen Drayton, Fenstanton, Histon & Impington, Hitchin, Huntingdon, Longstanton, Milton, Newmarket, Northstowe, Oakington, Orchard-Park, Royston, Saffron Walden, Somersham, St Ives, St Neots, Stevenage, Swavesey, Waterbeach, Wyton and surrounding areas)
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £36,977 - £41,086 per annum plus benefit
Benefits: Excellent contributory pension scheme, generous paid holidays, 35-hour (for full-time staff) working week, learning and career development, subsidised staff restaurant (Cambridge office), staff sports and social club, free private healthcare plan, income protection scheme, critical illness insurance, life assurance, free on-site parking (Cambridge office), season ticket, car / motor cycle and cycle to work schemes, membership subscription, employee assistance programme, eye-care at work scheme, wellness initiatives, flexible work environment, employee recognition, long service awards, membership subscription to professional body and their organisation, two discounted staff flats on-site (Cambridge office), Litmus reward gateway benefits and more.

Closing Date: 23 June 2020

About the role:

Our client needs to continuously develop its product and services to adapt to market and customer needs, maintain relevancy and diversify revenues. This requires a market-led and ‘outside-in’ thinking approach to enhancing and optimising their existing portfolio and developing new products and services.

The Commercial Development Executive will contribute to the development and implementation of their Commercial Strategy and business development for their products and services by supporting the translation of customer insight and needs based segmentation into new opportunities to develop products and services to better serve their customers, increase product value and increase revenues.

About you:

• Demonstrable ability to translate top-level strategies into meaningful actions to deliver on longer-term organisational priorities.
• Drive, determination and enthusiasm to deliver on new products, services and opportunities from idea to implementation.
• Commercial acumen and financial numeracy.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to motivate and gain support from other internal departments and stakeholders as well as with external contacts.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Desirable:

• A physical sciences degree or similar qualification.

At their organisation, they offer a great, flexible work environment and benefits

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply by their closing date. If selected for interview, interviews will be arranged remotely via Zoom video-call.

You may have experience of the following: Commercial Development Executive, Commercial Manager, Operations Manager, Project Manager, Business Manager, Project Management, Strategy Manager, Product Manager, Service Manager, Implementation Manager, etc.

Ref: 93128

Reports to: Head of Marketing & Communications

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: Specialist (SP3), up to £35k

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: No direct reports

The Role:

Coeliac UK has a complex agenda and array of health and food stakeholders. The Marketing Manager will be accountable for accelerating the marketing function within the charity, working closely with the Commercial and Policy teams and wider stakeholders to develop marketing plans for priority audiences; manage integrated marketing plans; increase awareness of the charity and its services; and in doing so, ensure the charity can help more people affected by coeliac disease.

Particular emphasis will be placed on building relationships, identifying and following through opportunities for marketing collaborations with existing and new commercial organisations and partners (eg retailers, manufacturers, caterers, food outlets) with a stake in the gluten free market. The focus will be on driving awareness of our food safety schemes, promoting their value to consumers and food businesses and in turn, driving leads and opportunities, as well as supporting marketing activity generally across the organisation. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement and evaluate effective marketing plans to create shifts in the awareness, engagement and the income generating capacity of the organisation.

• Drive awareness of Coeliac UK, the charity’s work, brand and impact to increase our reach to 400,000 actively engaged people 

• Lead on the development and delivery of high impact, low cost, behaviour change campaigns 

• Plan and run our integrated marketing campaigns and day to day marketing activity ensuring content alignment with broader charity activity

• Lead the development of marketing plans for the charity’s Crossed Grain (XG) trademark licensing scheme used by manufacturers, the Gluten Free (GF) accreditation scheme used by caterers, and any new scheme that may require developing according to commercial opportunities

• Build brand awareness of food safety schemes, at both national and international level, to increase their value in consumer decision making

• Work with the Association of European Coeliac Societies (AOECS) Board and members to extend and improve commercial propositions. 

• Market consumer insights to drive desirability of schemes amongst food brands and deliver uplift in new business

• Position Coeliac UK in the food sector, driving brand awareness of the charity, its expertise and unique link to the consumer

• Track and measure assigned marketing campaigns to determine success or areas of improvement for future campaigns

• Promote advertising and sponsorship opportunities available through the charity, working closely with the Head of Advertising Sales

• Ensure asset development for the promotion of advertising activity to generate leads and grow partnerships

• Write creative briefs as necessary to internal colleagues or external suppliers 

• Ensure all assets and content on channels used to promote the commercial activities (via website, print, social media or other means) are coherent with existing communication guidelines and tone, up to date and relevant, updating these in agreement with colleagues as necessary 

• Work in tandem with the social media team (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram) to provide business focused tone/style/content

• Work collaboratively to develop and deliver marketing plans for other events and activities for the charity which support or involve Commercial Partners, eg Industry Day, Food Festival

Knowledge, skills and experience:

• At least five years marketing experience ideally in the charity, health or food sector

• Strong copywriting skills with the ability to generate insightful articles, website copy and other marketing collateral

• Demonstrable experience in setting meaningful metrics, using analytics and using agile marketing tactics to deliver successful campaigns

• Strong experience in reporting and evaluating campaign successes and developing learnings to apply to future projects

• Solid experience and/or understanding of campaign development

• Digital marketing prowess and good understanding of the principles of developing engaging multichannel content for a range of audiences

• Proven past accountability for spotting opportunities and translating organisational and marketing objectives into marketing activity and appropriate tactics

• Team player with practical, positive and flexible attitude

• Highly organised, able to meet deadlines and prioritise tasks

• Working with a range of stakeholders while project managing and delivering successful activity/campaigns, including external suppliers

Competencies:

1: General profile

• Monitors, co-ordinates and supervises the daily activities of staff in an assigned work area in similar or related disciplines

• Experienced. Fully competent in own area. Shares own expertise with others; provides guidance and support to others

• Resolves problems through immediate actions or short-term planning and sets priorities to ensure task completion

• Maintains orderly work processes by co-ordinating work flow and work quality. Adheres to established practices and procedures in work area

• Builds an environment that supports cooperation and cohesiveness among the direct work team and within other areas in the organisation

2: Technical expertise; building & maintaining

• Demonstrates depth/breadth of knowledge/skills in own area; may be acquiring knowledge of other disciplines/areas

2: Technical expertise; applying & anticipating

• Applies knowledge/skill through handling complex problems and/or managing work which may extend beyond own area of expertise; shares expertise with teams and other work groups

3: Client/organisation orientation; client response

• Understands client needs and identifies solutions to non-standard tasks/queries; actively seeks and closes opportunities

3: Client/organisation orientation; organisation understanding

• Decisions impact primarily on own work group/team; may have an impact on department objectives

3: Client/organisation orientation client response; costs

• Manages departmental costs

4: Creating & delivering solutions; problem solving

• Resolves problems through immediate actions or short-term planning and sets priorities to ensure task completion

4: Creating & delivering solutions; planning & organising

• Maintains orderly work processes by co-ordinating work flow and work quality. Adheres to established practices and procedures in work area

5: Working relationship; communicating, negotiating & influencing

• Builds an environment that supports cooperation and cohesiveness among the work team and with other areas within the organisation

5: Working relationship; teamwork, coaching & guiding

• Oversees the day-to-day activities of work group/team; accountable for work group/team results

5: Working relationship; networking

• Creates extensive networks internally and externally

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.

Please apply online to receive further information about the role which will be sent to the email address specified in your CV.

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Procurement Manager £300 - £400 per day

Your new company
This is a fantastic opportunity to work for one of the country's largest charity organisations, that prides itself in providing lifelong support to members of the community nationwide.

Your new role
As an interim procurement manager, you will be working within a large team reporting directly to the Head of Procurement and will be required to implement new procurement strategies to support the continuous growth of the organisation and source contracts for the best value for money ensuring a sustainable relationship with key suppliers.

What you'll need to succeed
For this role you will need at least 3 years previous procurement experience ideally within the IT and Estates categories. You must be able to build upon new and existing supplier relationships and confidently negotiate with key stakeholders. Furthermore, you must be skilled at developing contractual agreements and be able to confidently build a consensus among the team.

What you'll get in return
This is an excellent opportunity to work in an organisation with highly experienced procurement professionals. You will also have the opportunity to work in a strong, diverse team whilst receiving a competitive day rate.

What you need to do now
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IT Procurement Manager

Your new company

Fantastic opportunity to join this niche public sector organisation based in the heart of London .

This organisation is delivering a critical programme.

Your new role

As the IT Procurement manager you will be leading on a large and complex programme of work which will cover a wide variety of IT Procurement's

What you'll need to succeed

You will have previous experience of IT procurement - Ideally across a wide range of the sub categories.
You will be already working within procurement
Previous experience ideal but not a necessity

What you'll get in return

This organisation is committed to work life balance offering both working from home and flexible working

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Are you looking to manage the procurement function for a large and commercially focused and well-known events space?

Would you like to develop the overall procurement strategy for multi-million-pound contracts for the purpose of continuous development?

Are you looking for a role to make your own and benefit from the growth plans of the organisation?

Read on…

This is an exciting and newly created Senior Procurement Manager opportunity for an experienced procurement specialist and will have responsibility for:

• Oversight of the procurement function of the organisation reporting into the CEO
• Managing and maintaining multi-million-pound contracts across the events space
• Implement new procurement strategies to support continuous growth of the organisation
• Sourcing contracts for the best value for money ensuring a sustainable relationship with key suppliers
• Retendering contracts with existing and new suppliers to best support the organisation's focus
• Promote the procurement policy internally and work as a key business partner to specific functions of the organisation
• Deliver strategic reviews and analysis of the procurement needs across the organisation to achieve the best value for money

This organisation boasts a strong culture with a household name. As a newly created position, this Senior Procurement Manager position also has a lot of potential for growth and expansion as there are a number of exciting new projects coming up to make your mark on. They also boast a competitive benefits package including private healthcare and free tickets to events

The successful candidate will have:

• Strong experience of public procurement law
• Experience of facilities management in a procurement setting
• A qualified CIPS professional (or equivalent)
• Experience of working with large multi-million-pound contracts
• Exceptional negotiation skills
• An ability to build strong working relationships with a range of suppliers
• Ideally have events experience not essential

Applicants are advised to apply as soon as possible as applications are being reviewed regularly. Please apply now!

Options is looking for a self-motivated Commercial Bid Manager to play a pivotal role in the development of proposals for new programmes. Working within the New Business and Partnerships team, the post holder will be responsible for the development of budgets and advising on wider commercial aspects of all proposals.

Responsibilities: 

The Commercial Bid Manager will work within the New Business and Partnerships (NBP) Team reporting to the Director of New Business and Partnerships with close working links with the Director of Finance.  The NBP team co-ordinates and manages the business development process, in conjunction with others in Options (e.g. Lead Technical Writers, Senior Management, Programme Management and Finance Teams). The Commercial Bid Manager will play a pivotal role in the development of new proposals, being responsible for the construction of budgets and advising on wider commercial aspects of all proposals. 

1. Preparation of the commercial elements of proposals:

Working closely with the NBP and Finance Teams, you will be responsible for the development of commercial aspects of proposals, including production of commercially viable budgets that offer funders value for money but ensure resources are appropriate for programme needs and are aligned to programme aims and delivery.  This will include developing budget templates in line with clients’ requirements, structuring fee rates and operational costs to build up accurate budgets and development of payment by results approaches where appropriate.  You will also work with partner organisations to guide them in constructing budgets, including budget negotiation where necessary.  You will contribute to the presentation and review of all budgets prior to submission, ensuring they are comprehensive and accurate and advising on changes where necessary.

2. Post tender

This role will support revisions of budgets and commercial tenders as part of contract negotiation with clients.  On successful bids you will work with Options’ Programmes team ensuring they have a comprehensive understanding of the budgets and assumptions to assist them during the programme start up. 

3. Other duties

You will support, as required, the provision of financial information to assist with the development of bid and new business related strategies and advise on ways in which business development systems can be enhanced and developed to improve efficiency and/or increase our chances of bids being successful. 

The postholder will be expected to work closely with other teams to develop the approach including the construction of data on overhead costs, day rates, etc.

The post is based in Options’ office in central London. Occasional international travel may be required.

Person specification: 

Essential

• Management or Administrative qualification with significant financial component
• Wide ranging financial skills encompassing both financial and management accounting
• Extensive experience of budget development and analysis
• Experience of developing and maintaining complex and large spreadsheet models
• Analytical skills
• Highly developed (advanced) spreadsheet skills (Excel)
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to present and explain complex issues to staff from a variety of backgrounds
• Ability to work autonomously to tight deadlines
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Fluency in written and spoken English

Desirable

• CCAB finance qualification
• Thorough understanding of and experience in the development sector
• Knowledge and experience of the requirements of donors including but not restricted to DFID, the World Bank and foundations (e.g. the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)

ABOUT US
The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. We want to see a UK rich in native woods and trees, for people and wildlife. The Trust aims to engage and inspire people about woods and trees to help us meet our vision of creating, restoring and protecting woodland. THE ROLE
Woodland Trust Legal Services is an in-house legal office of solicitors and legal executives that form part of the Woodland Trust’s Corporate Services team. We provide advice on a broad and diverse range of legal matters to a wide range of organisation stakeholders including our trustees, directors and officers of the Trust.
Our work is interesting and rewarding offering experience in a broad range of legal areas and involvement in key and significant projects. We have a large estate which coves England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. We have the support of significant corporate sponsors.
The Commercial Solicitor will manage a mixed caseload, providing strong legal support for the Trust and advising on matters relating to contractual, regulatory and commercial issues. This will include drafting, negotiating and advising on contractual documentation in relation to our funded projects and corporate sponsorship..THE CANDIDATE
You’ll have experience gained in house or in private practice, ideally with experience of the charity sector. With an understanding of the aims of the Woodland Trust, you’ll want to support us in achieving them through your role. With exceptional communication skills you’ll be pragmatic and in your approach to problem solving and be able to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. You’ll thrive when working as part of a team and be a strong committed team player.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
There’s no other organisation like the Woodland Trust. Whatever you do here you will be supporting our work to protect and enhance woods and trees. In return, we recognise and value our people. You'll have our full support, training and opportunities for professional development, along with contributory pension, life assurance and good holiday entitlement.
The successful candidate will be given the opportunity for homebased work up to two days per week after successful completion of probation

It's a great time to join us. We're part-way through a journey towards being a more effective and more relevant students' union which truly represents and supports our hyper-diverse membership.

The marketing and communication manager will focus on developing our brand and increasing awareness and participation of our representation work, services and societies. There is a diverse and broad range of students at the University of East London from students joining straight after A-Levels to individuals who want to go back to university and learn something new to international students keen to join one of our postgraduate courses.

We are an independent organisation pushing the University to improve its academic provision and support services for students. Our challenge is conveying our role to students and encouraging more students to get involved in the Students’ Union.

You will also support our drive to generate commercial income through advertising, media sales and other avenues.

The candidate will be passionate about understanding our students and demonstrating this in our copy and marketing activities. You will work alongside the head of marketing and engagement and other colleagues to plan and implement new creative ideas to engage students, measure success and support a re-brand exercise. The candidate will adapt to a fast-paced environment, where we are starting from scratch. It is a great opportunity for someone who wants to make their mark, but it is hard work. However, it is also rewarding!

We welcome applications from individuals with a background in or understanding of membership, not-for-profit or similar sectors.

35 hours per week | Based in Ipswich, Central Office

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager to join our Income Generation and Marketing Team at Ormiston Families. We are looking for someone who is passionate about the work that we do and will support our successful team in creating valuable relationships with stakeholders and employees. You will have a high level of experience or working in the third sector and in designing, executing, and embedding impact measurement and monitoring frameworks.

The post holder will develop and implement impact measurement and evaluation strategy across all our services.  The role will be central to creating an impact culture and embedding evaluation into service development and delivery across our projects.  You will enable the organisation to prove and enhance our value to our partners and supporters, continuously learn, improve, and innovate and keep ourselves accountable to our key stakeholders.

This is both an internal and external-facing role and you will need to be an excellent communicator and team player, confidently working with colleagues within the organisation to understand trends and their concerns, promote findings and recommendations, and develop new and better ways of working. You must also be able to manage external relationships with a number of stakeholders including commercial partners, and programme specialists, on various levels and engaging them in a clear and accessible way.

For more information or to apply please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date:9am, Friday 5th June 2020

Ormiston Families is committed to safeguarding. We are an equal opportunities employer; we value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. 

Project, Manager, innovation, Fundraising, charity,

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The Fundraising team is responsible for raising circa £43 million annually from legacies, individuals, communities, corporates, trusts, events and philanthropists.

The Senior Manager will play a critical role in enabling integration and collaboration across the Fundraising team and the wider organisation, through the management of integrated campaigns and projects which impact multiple teams. They will have responsibility for leading the development, delivery, measurement, growth and engagement of integrated campaigns and special projects.

The Senior Manager will support the Fundraising department's strategic plans by delivering integrated campaigns and other Fundraising projects.

Your new role

What you'll need to succeed

What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available.
Excellent Salary - £37,000 + London Weighting
Attractive Benefit Package

What you need to do now
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UK Active

Finance Manager – Revenue and Control

UK Active is a commercially minded and forward thinking non-profit that strives to get more people, more active, more often with the mission to improve the health of the nation through promoting active lifestyles. They facilitate wide-impact partnerships, undertake campaigns, and provide world class membership services.

This dynamic role of Finance Manager will manage a team of 3, ensuring that key revenue streams (including music licencing, membership, events and products) are monitored and billed consistently and to the highest standard.

Requirements:

• Experience managing others and being the point of contact for escalated issues
• Ability to prioritise and effectively delegate a workload
• A proactive, solutions focused mindset
• Good IT skills, particularly Excel
• Experience with the CRM Salesforce is desirable but not required
• A passion for the fitness and physical activity sector is desirable

For this role, you need not be fully qualified, far more important is your operational finance experience, people management skills, a proactive mindset and attention to detail.

Responsibilities:

• Being the key point of contact for issue escalations from your team, determining if you can address them yourself, and if not escalating issues to the Head of Finance
• Ensuring robustness of financial controls
• Team management, review and development
• Completing and reviewing monthly journals and reconciliations
• Use of Salesforce CRM to maximise team productivity
• Working with the Head of Finance to create impactful process improvements
• Communicating if revenue targets are met to director level colleagues
• Day to day management of the Licencing function
• Being a point of contact for key external partners

UK Active is a commercial, modern and dynamic non-profit; chaired by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson: Paralympian and 6 time London marathon winner who has held over 30 world records in her career. Other benefits include flexible working, subsidised Gym Membership, 5% matched pension, the Perkbox Discount Scheme and an annual salary of £40,000 per annum.

Interviews for this role are being held on a rolling basis, so apply early to be considered or contact Emma at Allen Lane to find out more.

Major Corporate Partnerships Manager

Senior fundraiser with a track record sought to nurture and grow leading high profile commercial accounts.

Immediate

Major Corporate Partnerships Manager

Senior fundraiser with a track record sought to nurture and grow leading high profile commercial accounts.

Immediate start possible. Interviewing as early as week commencing 1st June.

Please visit website for more information.

Applications are in the format of CV initially. 

Given the current crisis we are experiencing a high volume of applications for the active searches we are managing at the moment. We regret that it is impossible to provide a detailed individual response to each registration of interest received. If you do not hear from us with 10 days, please assume that your application is not being taken forward for the role that you have expressed an interest in.

It is an exciting time to join Croydon Vision as the business development manager. Your role will be concerned with improving and growing our organisation, by fostering and developing relationships with members and other partners. Working to promote brand awareness and diversify our income stream guided by our fundraising strategy.

To apply please read the job description and specification.
Email your CV along with a covering letter of 350 words; stating why you wish to apply and how your skills would add value to current management team.

Objectives of the BDM post:

• An approach to Intrapreneurship, big picture view - setting aims and objectives in order to develop the organisation
• To drive 1 of 5 key priorities; sustainable reach – improving our brand, communications and income stream
• Develop new funding opportunities, organising social events for businesses and growth of donor and legacy income.
• Administrative support to the Chief Executive and seeking new ways to promote business efficiency at Croydon VisionLead in the development of quality assurance, making sure Croydon Vision meets the set requirements and obtain quality standards

Are you an Audit Senior, Assistant Manager, Audit Manager seeking a new and rewarding career with a little exotic travel, supporting truly worthwhile causes and perhaps the chance to use your 2nd language skills (not essential)? 

Our partner, specialists in International Grant Assurance are seeking outgoing auditors for a critical role; navigating a diverse group of grant recipients & donors, such as the UN & the World Bank worldwide (e.g. Malawi, Peru, Vietnam, Belgium, Oxford, Sierra Leone, Brazil, Fiji, Cameroon). You'll be London-based travelling 30+% per annum on assignments 1 to 2 weeks in length. 

These unique and extremely rewarding opportunities would suit experienced audit professionals that are outgoing, love diverse travel experiences, meeting and supporting a broad range of inspiring people and supporting very worthwhile causes. A great opportunity to take statutory audit to the next level - broadening skills into a much wider remit.

Overseas assignments could mean travel to one of over 100 countries/ territories. A fantastic opportunity to see the parts of the world you’d never otherwise  see, work with lovely people and pick up extremely relevant fieldwork experience; vital for anyone seeking a career in the international development NGO sector. 

Role overview

Complete grant audits of a extremely diverse range of projects funded by international donor institutions ranging from emergency aid, to long term development in areas such as agriculture, health, education or infrastructure, to SME development or technical research. 

The role will use all your communication, problem-solving and analytical skills and will give you experience in working with major institutions all over the world. An example assignment might see you leading an audit opening meeting with a UN country office on the Monday morning, before heading off to spend a few days with a local NGO or government partners to audit the way they have spent UN funds. You will look at a sample of supporting documents to make sure the expenditure is genuine and for the purposes intended by UN, and review the internal controls of the NGO, making recommendations as to how these might be improved to strengthen the management of the UN resources. At the airport, you could even start drafting the formal report as you wait for your flight back to London. 

Requirements

• Qualified ACA / ACCA or equivalent(Finalists considered)
• Diplomacy and cultural sensitivity while working with a hugely diverse range of clients and beneficiaries
• A real interest in international development and associated funding structures
• 'Ideally' fluency in a second language is preferable, especially in French, Spanish, German, Portuguese or Mandarin, Russian and Arabic. 
• Excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills
• Team worker
• Resilience and adaptability
• Internationally recognised audit qualification preferable.

​ Personal attributes:

• At least three years of audit experience 
• Ability to work under pressure; Strong planning, organisational and time management skills
• Sound technical and analytical skills, report writing and presentation skills
• Passionate about international travel and development and willing to work in international locations for over 30% of the time

Candidates for permanent London based roles must have the right to work in the UK

About Us

AfID are leading specialists in supporting NGOs operating globally with their financial management capacity & recruitment needs, on both a 'pro-bono' & ,commercial' basis. For more opportunities in the international development sector (International & UK) or to find out more about how we can assist your non-profit organisation please visit the AfID website.

Developing a Career in International Development

We know it can be frustrating trying to develop a career in this much sought after sector, especially when organisations require prior experience; be it institutional donor management, fieldwork or capacity building of overseas recipients. Please don't let this put you off, we would strongly recommend considering a volunteer assignment as a way to gain this highly relevant experience. It’s no coincidence that 22% of AfID volunteers now work full-time in the charity sector, as even a short 2-3 week assignment will catch the eye and reassure these employers of your commitment and ability to navigate the diverse stakeholder contexts.  It’s worth noting all AfID's assignments are individually tailored to the volunteers own preferences, skills and availability. For FAQs please visit the afid website
 
Attending one of the AfID Workshops also offers invaluable insights, explaining sector jargon and demonstrating the ways accountants can navigate complex environments, in a fun and informative way. It also presents a great networking opportunity with 25 other like-minded accountants AfID’s founder and ex-Oxfam FD in attendance.