Communication assistant jobs in City of london, england
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Financial Controller with a Japanese cultural institution, on a full-time (35 hours per week), FTC (to March 2029) basis. As Financial Controller you will be responsible for leading the financial control, compliance and reporting framework across all the organisation’s entities.
The role ensures robust financial management, effective governance and regulatory compliance, while providing high-quality financial information, insight and support to enable informed decision-making and long-term organisational sustainability.
Please note, there is hybrid working in place with this organisation with a minimum of 1 day per week required in their central London office.
As Financial Controller, you will:
- Lead the financial control environment across all legal entities, ensuring accurate accounting records, appropriate controls and compliance with statutory, regulatory and organisational requirements
- Lead the year-end close process and preparation of statutory accounts for all entities under the direction of Finance Director
- Oversee cash flow management, treasury operations, banking relationships and working capital controls
- Oversee VAT compliance across all entities, including review of returns and supporting documentation
- Ensure effective financial oversight of procurement, purchase order controls, and delegated authority arrangements
- Lead, develop and support the Finance Accountant, Accounts Executive and Accounts Assistant
The successful applicant will:
- Have significant demonstrable experience in finance, in a similar role, ideally within a multi-entity organisation, including knowledge of charity or not-for-profit accounting
- Be ACA, ACCA, CIMA (or equivalent) fully qualified
- Have experience preparing statutory accounts and managing external audits
- Have experience managing VAT, tax and regulatory reporting requirements
- Have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
If this sounds like you and you're keen to hear more, please do get in touch ASAP!
Please note, only successful applicants will be contacted with further information.
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About the role:
This is a rare opportunity to build something from the ground up and see the direct impact of your work on people experiencing homelessness across London. As our first Philanthropy and Major Gifts Officer, you will work closely with the Assistant Director of Fundraising to bring our new strategy to life, shaping how we engage major donors and grow a powerful community of supporters who are motivated to stand alongside Single Homeless Project (SHP) and our clients. Every relationship you build and every gift you secure will help create real opportunities for our clients to move away from homelessness and towards safety, stability and independence.
You will take the lead in developing and managing meaningful relationships with major donors, creating thoughtful and engaging journeys that bring them closer to our work and the difference it makes day to day. Alongside nurturing existing supporters, you will identify and secure new funding opportunities, building a strong and sustainable pipeline of donors and driving forward this new area of income generation within the team. Working collaboratively across SHP, you will connect philanthropists with our services in a way that feels personal, impactful and rooted in the realities of our work, while contributing to the wider fundraising targets that enable us to keep delivering life changing support.
Hybrid working for us means a mix of in office working in Kings Cross and home working. Currently two days in the office (usually Wednesday and Friday) with the rest from home.
About you:
- You have experience building relationships with donors, supporters or partners, and know how to turn those relationships into meaningful income or long term support.
- You’re a confident communicator, able to bring a cause to life through conversations and written content that genuinely connects people to impact.
- You’re proactive and driven, comfortable spotting opportunities, growing a pipeline and following through to secure results.
- You’re organised and detail focused, able to manage multiple relationships and keep accurate records using CRM or similar systems.
- You’re motivated by purpose and excited by the chance to help shape and grow a new area of fundraising that directly supports people experiencing homelessness in London.
About us:
We’re London’s leading homelessness charity – and we get things done.
In a city where hundreds are forced into homelessness every day, our work has never been more needed or more challenging. And we’re not shying away. We’re rolling up our sleeves to make change and helping over 10,000 Londoners every year. We prevent homelessness, provide safe places to live and give people the opportunity to rebuild their lives and transform their futures. And we never give up.
We’re here for Londoners wherever they are on their journey. We start with trust, building relationships that help people feel safe, supported, and ready to move forward. Every day, we put people first in everything we do, challenging injustice and barriers that keep people from the safety, stability and opportunity they deserve. We stand alongside people as they rebuild and shape a future that feels their own.
Joining Single Homeless Project means joining a team that’s bold, compassionate and determined to do better for the people we support and for each other. You’ll work alongside colleagues with lived experience, in a space that’s trans-inclusive, disability-friendly, and actively striving to be anti-oppressive and equitable.
We’re not perfect, but we’re real. We listen. We learn. And we push forward, together. Because this isn’t just a job. It’s a chance to lead with empathy, spark change, and help build a London where no one is left behind.
Important info:
Please note we will be reviewing applications and inviting suitable candidates to interview online via Microsoft Teams as applications are received. Therefore, please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the advert as soon as a suitable candidate is identified.
Suitable candidates will be invited to a second stage interview.
This post will require a Basic DBS check to be processed (by SHP) for the successful applicant.
Please note applications are reviewed for AI use in application questions. Applications with insufficient/without current right to work or requiring sponsorship will not be accepted for this role.
Registered Charity
501 - 1000
Preventing homelessness, transforming lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Welcome to Ada!
At Ada, the National College for Digital Skills, our mission is to educate and empower the next generation of diverse digital talent. Through the quality of education we deliver, the depth of our industry partnerships and focus on diversity, we are changing the face of the tech sector, expanding the talent pipeline and transforming lives.
We are a specialist Further Education college, where every 16-19 student takes Computer Science and all of our diverse Higher Level and Degree Apprentices work in skills shortage disciplines in innovative, blue-chip companies.
The digital skills gap is costing the UK economy an estimated £63 billion a year in lost GDP. Ada seeks to fill this skills gap by equipping young with the skills industry actually needs.
Ada was announced by the Prime Minister in December 2014; England’s first new FE College since 1993 and since then we’ve gone from strength to strength including a Good with Outstanding features in our first Ofsted Inspection.
16-19 Provision:
As of 2024, we have 187 16-19 students enrolled. Our most recent results are outstanding; 39% of A level results at A*- B and 74% achieving at least one Distinction or better in their externally assessed Computing BTEC. This makes us the best education institution in the country for this BTEC.
Degree Apprenticeships:
Across our London Victoria and Manchester Ancoats campus, we have 363 apprentices currently enrolled on our Higher and Degree Level Apprenticeships. We specialise in five disciplines at present: software development, data analytics, tech consultancy, cyber security and business analysis, working with a wide range of SMEs and corporate organisations such as PwC, Bank of America, Deloitte, Clearscore, Just Eat, Capita, MHRA, Booking,com and Salesforce.
At present 38% of our learners are female, 51% are from ethnic minority backgrounds and 50% come from low-income households compared to national averages of c. 20%.
This is an exciting time to join Ada with our new state-of-the-art campuses in Victoria, London and Ancoats, Manchester. We’re passionate about building a supportive, values driven environment for both our students and staff.
Post Title: Learner Experience and Inclusion Officer
Nature of the Role: Full-time, Permanent
Reporting to: Assistant Principal- Head of Learner Services
Annual Salary: £28,000- £31,000 (DOE)
Pension: Aviva Pension Scheme
Holidays: Largely in line with local authority term dates (October Half term- 2 weeks)
Location: London Campus- Victoria
KEY ASPECTS OF THE ROLE & MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
I. Learner Experience and Inclusion
●Lead student voice and engagement initiatives, delivering a dynamic programme of assemblies, enrichment activities and student-led opportunities.
●Coordinate weekly enrichment clubs and lunchtime activities to enhance student participation and wellbeing.
●Build positive relationships with students, parents and carers to create an inclusive and supportive college environment.
●Support the implementation of the college’s inclusion strategy, ensuring high standards of student support and participation.
●Facilitate student forums, surveys and focus groups, working closely with curriculum teams to strengthen learner engagement.
II. Student Finance and Administration
●Administer student bursaries and financial support, providing guidance to students and responding to learner and parent enquiries.
●Work with Finance and Attendance teams to manage student finance processes through Applica and ensure timely bursary payments linked to attendance.
●Maintain accurate records of support interventions and financial assistance on college systems.
●Promote financial wellbeing and literacy through assemblies and enrichment activities.
III. Attendance and Engagement
●Support the college’s attendance and engagement strategy, identifying and responding to persistent absence and disengagement.
●Monitor attendance and punctuality, escalating concerns to relevant staff and leaders where appropriate.
●Collaborate with pastoral and attendance teams to improve punctuality and student engagement, including parent/carer meetings where required.
IV. Pastoral Support and Personal Development
●Provide pastoral support, advice and guidance to students, helping them overcome barriers to success.
●Contribute to safeguarding processes, reporting concerns to the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Welfare team.
●Monitor the progress and wellbeing of assigned students, implementing interventions to support achievement and retention.
●Support Sixth Form induction, enrolment and behaviour management processes.
●Develop and deliver diverse enrichment and personal development opportunities, including community projects and student-led initiatives.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Education/Qualifications
●GCSE English and Mathematics at Grade 4 or above (or equivalent)
●Level 3 qualification in Education, Youth Work, Social Care, Student Services, Business Administration, or a related subject.
●Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to attendance or learner support.
DESIRABLE
●Bachelor’s degree in one of the following areas, education, youth and community work, sociology, health and social care.
●Level 4 or 5 qualification in Advice and Guidance, Safeguarding, Inclusion, or Education and Training.
●Mental Health First Aid qualification.
●Safeguarding Level 2 or 3 training.
KNOWLEDGE
●Student finance/bursary processes for vulnerable learner support funding.
●Attendance monitoring and intervention strategies.
●Inclusion and widening participation.
●Safeguarding and well-being practices.
●Personal development.
●Behaviour and Attitudes.
●Using student record systems or MIS platforms (Desirable Knowledge)
EXPERIENCE
●Minimum of 1 year’s experience of working with children and young people who my face barriers to learning or engagement
●Ability to build positive professional relationships with learners/parents, carers and external agencies
●Understanding of digital learners and industry culture (Desirable)
Skills and Abilities
●Good written and verbal communication skills
●Ability to work independently
●Positive communication and listening skills
●Patience, tolerance and sensitivity
●A mature and non-judgemental outlook Enthusiasm, energy, and a sense of humour
SAFEGUARDING
The successful candidate will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check when appointed to the post.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Ada, the National College for Digital Skills recognises that equality of opportunity and the recognition and promotion of diversity are integral to its strengths. The following principles apply in respect of the College’s commitment to equality and diversity:
- To provide and promote equality of opportunity in all areas of its work and activity;
- To recognise and develop the diversity of skills and talent within its current and potential community;
- To ensure that all employees and prospective employees of the College are treated solely on the basis of their merits, abilities and potential without receiving any unjustified discrimination or unfavourable treatment on grounds such as age, disability, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender reassignment, trans status, socio-economic status or any other irrelevant distinction;
- To provide and promote a positive working, learning, and social environment which is free from prejudice, discrimination and any forms of harassment, bullying or victimisation.
APPLICANTS WITH DISABILITIES
Ada, the National College for Digital Skills is keen to increase the number of disabled people it employs. We therefore encourage applications from individuals with a disability who are able to carry out the duties of the post. If there is anything in this regard that you would like to discuss in relation to your application please contact .
SPONSORSHIP
Sadly, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role, so can only accept applications from candidates who have the legal right to work and remain in the United Kingdom.
Thank you for your interest in Ada, the National College for Digital Skills.
CLOSING DATE: 17th June 2026 Candidates' applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, early applications are advised.
Good Luck with your application!
Registered Charity
51 - 100
our mission is to educate and empower the next generation of diverse digital talent.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.