Are you looking for an opportunity to use your professional experience whilst serving in a Christian environment? In the top 2% of UK charities, The Christian Conference Trust is a leading provider of residential ministry, serving hundreds of churches and Christian organisations across the UK. Following the recent appointment of a dynamic new Chief Executive, we want to strengthen our senior leadership team with an executive appointment in Finance. We are looking for a passionate, high-calibre individual with the breadth of commercial skills and experience to lead the finance directorate, setting the standard in the next chapter of Christian conferencing. 

As Head of Finance you will develop and lead a best-in-class finance directorate with full responsibility for all aspects of CCT’s financial management and decisioning including leading and inspiring the finance team and working closely with the Chief Executive to provide high quality strategic financial direction and analysis.  As an active member of the Senior Leadership Team, the post-holder will act as a guardian of CCT’s Christian ethos.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead, develop and motivate a high-performing finance team, creating an environment where exceptional financial reporting and control, planning and analysis is consistently delivered through optimum individual and team working
• Prepare and deliver an annual budget, together with ad hoc reforecasts as required
• Work closely and proactively with the senior leadership team to provide support and advice to inform commercial decisions
• Prepare high quality commercial input to major investment or acquisition business plans
• Develop best-in-class financial analysis methodologies which continually challenge and improve cost and income effectiveness
• Support the Head of Marketing to develop rigorous ROI analysis, performance reporting of all marketing activity and to produce and annual Impact Report
• Produce accurate and timely financial reporting which enables relevant and high quality performance management and business decisioning
• Manage the annual external audit and year-end reporting process; including Companies House and Charity Commission reporting requirements
• Actively manage cashflow management requirements and to act as senior liaison with lenders
• Provide commercial input to procurement, supplier contracts and agreements
• Oversee effective and appropriate management and use of financial database/ payroll systems, ensuring GDPR compliance.
• Act as a guardian of CCT’s Christian ethos; able to clearly and sensitively articulate our mission, vision and values to an audience of all faiths and none
• Travel to, attend and present at Board’s events  when required
• Have overall responsibility for co-ordinating and maintaining CCT’s risk register
• Deputise for the Chief Executive from time to time as required

Essential criteria:

This role has an occupational requirement under the Equality Act 2010 that the post holder is a Christian who can endorse CCT’s trinitarian statement of faith.  This post holder will also have:

• A relevant degree
• Professional Accountancy qualification and membership (e.g. CIMA, ACCA)
• Demonstrable track record of running a finance department
• Highly financially literate and commercially savvy, with capability in both financial reporting & control and financial planning & analysis
• Knowledgeable about statutory requirements including HMRC, charity commission and Companies Act.
• Knowledgeable about GDPR requirements and previous experience of effectively managing data compliance within a finance and payroll department of a medium sized organisation.
• Experience of working effectively as part of a senior leadership team
• Experience of effectively building and developing teams
• Personable and approachable with the ability to quickly earn and build trust and respect and engage all stakeholders.
• Able and comfortable operating at executive level and at grass-roots
• Excellent communicator – both written and verbal
• Team player who thrives in a high performing environment
• Ability to inspire, motivate, coach, develop, and empower staff to achieve results within a changing environment
• Well-developed IT skills including practical experience of using of finance and payroll software and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Powerpoint)
• Creative approach and can-do attitude to problem solving
• Operates with a mindset of continuous improvement, systems automation and procedural efficiency, to maximise organisational effectiveness and performance.
• Challenges the status quo appropriately
• Highly effective people manager
• Highly professional
• Extremely proficient organisation and prioritising skills-able to prioritise multiple priorities, lead and work effectively and calmly under pressure
• Tenacious and resilient

Next steps:

Interested? Please apply on line by providing your CV and a supporting letter, by no later than 9am on Monday 9th February 2020.  (Please be aware that your application and the personal details you provide in it will be shared and processed by both CCT and CCT's HR Consultancy provider, Integra HR Ltd).

Job Description - Service Director (Maternity Cover – 9 months)

Responsible to: Chief Executive

Responsible for: Management Team and Art Therapist

Location: Main base Loughborough, England but travel will be required.

Salary: £30,000 to £35000 per annum

Hours: Full Time at Leadership level

Start Date: March 2020 (includes a 2-month overlap with current Service Director)

Overall Purpose

• To provide leadership to serve the young asylum seeking people, enabling them to become positive and empowered individuals able to live independently as net contributors to society.
• To ensure our service is of the highest quality, meeting young people and local authorities’ needs, in line with Baca’s vision, mission and values.
• To lead a learning culture, ensuring we are continually learning from the young people, stakeholders and other wider opportunities.
• To identify and develop opportunities and partnerships with local authority placement teams to allow Baca to work with more young people for a wider impact.

Duties & Responsibilities

Current Service Delivery

• Overall responsibility for all young people services delivered by Baca, ensuring that it is line with Baca’s vision, mission and values and meets the needs of both the young people and the local authorities Baca works with.
• Responsible for the oversight and development of the Management team.
• Manage the existing excellent relationships with all key service delivery partners such as Local Authority Teams and educational institutions in line with Baca’s values. 
• Responsible for ensuring all aspects of safeguarding of service users in Baca’s care including:
  • Leading a strong safeguarding culture in the organisation
  • Safety in accommodation
  • Relationships with staff and volunteers
  • Safety of activities undertaken by service users
• Attending a range of events and meetings to ensure that Baca is up to date on current policies and networking with key strategic partners.
• Budget oversight of rebuild team budget lines and grant funded projects facilitating young people services.
• Ensure the service is of the highest quality in line with our values and always seeking to achieve the outcomes in line with our Theory of Change.
• Responsible for the oversight of systems, ensuring they are robust and facilitating Baca’s work with the young people, by working closely with the Operations Manager. Ensure that Baca successfully completes ISO 9001:2015 annual audits.

Service Development

• Lead a learning culture, ensuring we are learning from the young people, stakeholders and other wider opportunities.
• Lead on setting criteria for investigating young people service growth opportunities.
• Leading the development of all young people services; continually ensuring it meets the needs of the young people and developing partnerships where necessary to facilitate this work. 
• Working closely with the Business Development Director to facilitate the development of new services.
• Support the expansion work of Baca into new geographical locations ensuring that it reflects Baca’s vision, mission and values. Developing key relationships and partners where necessary to ensure the support structures are in place for young people we care for in that area.

Leadership

• Be an active member of the Baca’s Leadership team, contributing to Baca’s organisational strategy to help achieve our vision and mission.
• Responsible for the young people service delivery areas of Baca’s three-year strategy.
• Risk management in the delivery of the young people services, operations and areas of growth.
• Engaging in other activities in support of the organisation and its work as and when appropriate in line with our value of Service.
• Budget oversight of rebuild team budget lines and grant funded projects facilitating young people services.
• Undertake 24/7 on-call duty as part of the on-call team rota.

General

• Play an active and supportive role within the organisation, leading by example.
• Embrace the Vision and Values of Baca and reflect this in working practice.
• Maintain strict confidentiality in relation to work undertaken and ensure all confidential material is stored according to Baca’s Confidentiality statement and Data Protection Policy.
• Treat all staff and young people fairly and without prejudice, in line with Baca’s Equality and Diversity policy
• Lead on the correct procedures for dealing with any suggested incidences of safeguarding concerns and to follow them, in line with Baca’s Child, Vulnerable Adult Protection & Safeguarding Policy
• Adhere to all Baca’s policies and procedures.
• Ability to work flexible hours in line with the needs of the team.

Person Specification

Baca is looking for someone who can take the lead with the delivery of our service for young people who are unaccompanied asylum seekers aged 16 to 18. The successful applicant will have the best interests of the young people at the heart of their role. They will be willing to learn from the young people consistently and will ensure that safe relationships and a learning attitude will be at the core of Baca’s service delivery and development. They have the ability to ensure the support we give to the young people is of the highest quality and goes beyond the statutory standards set. You will be passionate about our work and able to interact well and empathise with the young people in our care. You will be able to ensure the best is always being done to support each individual. 

You will be very organised and able to work and develop robust frameworks and systems that will release staff. You will be a great people person who can develop key external relationships and work well with the staff team, linking in with the culture of family that exists within the organisation. The role will require the successful candidate to complete an enhanced DBS check.

Passion for supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people with a genuine desire to see them thrive in the UK
It is highly desirable that they have previous experience of working with unaccompanied young people and victims of trafficking and have a strong understanding of the issues involved in providing care for this cohort of young people.

Strong team leadership skills
Strong in people management with demonstrable expertise and experience in managing managers, especially across multiple locations and functions. The role requires strong ability to manage specialists with expertise other than their own.

Strategic planning and organisational ability
Demonstrates ability to develop strategic plans and then translating long-term strategy into deliverable actions, and in devising and maintaining performance management processes that enables staff to support the young people to the best of their ability.

Decision making skills
Demonstrates the ability to make clear and well-reasoned decisions under challenging circumstances.

Understanding of financial performance data
Able to understand the drivers of successful financial performance and the presentation of financial data, and to communicate these clearly to others. Able to develop and manage budgets.

Strong networking skills
Demonstrates ability to develop and maintain a strong network of successful relationships across the public, private and voluntary sectors, in order to identify and develop new opportunities to meet the young people’s needs.

Strong influencing skills
Both in written and spoken word, able to sell the mission and Baca’s Theory of Change in a creative and compelling way inside and outside the organisation. Able to communicate key decisions in such a way as to gain people’s engagement and commitment.

HR TRANSACTIONAL OFFICER, HUMAN RESOURCES, NOTTINGHAM, PERMANENT, PART TIME, FRWK08 £20,531 - £22,212 FTE (PRO-RATED RATE OF PAY: £12,485 – £13,507), 22.5 HPW

We aim to make people’s lives better. Do you?

Framework is a registered charity delivering housing, support, health and employment services to people with a diverse range of needs. We assist rough sleepers and those who need help to keep their home. We support excluded youngsters as they make their way into adulthood and those starting or returning to work.  We provide access to treatment for people with mental health issues, those misusing alcohol or illegal substances, and join up services for homeless people with multiple and complex needs. 

Through approximately 70 services across the East Midlands, Framework is both a safety net and a platform for change. Each year more than eighteen thousand people approach us for help.  Responding to their needs, respecting their choices and empowering them to achieve, we aim to make life better for our service users and those around them.

Due to our continued growth, the HR Transactional Team are looking to appoint a part time HR Transactional Officer. 

The successful candidate must be able to work as part of a team, cope well under pressure, and work accurately to tight deadlines.  Experience of HR is essential along with the ability to work in a highly confidential environment.  Framework currently employs over 1000 employees across the East Midlands.  The HR Transactional Team are responsible for both HR, payroll and recruitment admin.  This includes the processing of new starters, employment checks (including DBS), changes to contract, TUPE transfers and offering first line advice to Managers and employees.  You will need to relish working in an interesting and complex organisation with a strong values base and social purpose. 

Key skills for this fast paced role include; excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to deal with contacts at all levels of the organisation including other departments, Managers, Senior Management, internal and external customers.

If you believe you can meet the challenge we would love to hear from you. 

Experience of the housing, charitable or public sectors could be advantageous.  Of greater significance are commitment and resilience.  Above all, we need someone whose concern for those we serve will be paramount.

For more information please contact: Tracy Lowe-Sheppard 

What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.

Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.

97% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.

Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.

As a Disability Confident employer we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application

CVs will not be accepted

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Vacancy Reference Number:

ISUPC/ISU/UK-R1

Position title:

International Support Unit (ISU) Programme Coordinator

Reports to:

Director of International Support Unit

Location:

Muslim Hands, 148 – 164 Gregory Boulevard, Gregory House, Nottingham, NG7 5JE

Hours of Work:

Full-time, 35 hours per week

Salary guideline:

£27,000 – £32,000 (depending on experience)

Terms of Employment:

12-Months’ Fixed-Term Contract (with a 6-Month Probationary Period, Extendable)

Application Process & Closing Date:

Send an up to date CV and supporting Covering Letter by Email by no later than 7th February 2020

Approx. Interview & Role Commencement Date(s):

Interviews: As and When Suitable Candidates Identified

Start: ASAP thereafter

NB: -

• Strong Applicants may be contacted sooner, ahead of the closing date, to hold Skype Interview with Muslim Hands; therefore, please include your Skype ID in your application.
• Muslim Hands reserves the right to end the application procedure early should the right candidate be found ahead of the ‘closing date’ [7th February 2020].

Background

Muslim Hands is a UK-based international relief organisation working in over 40 countries worldwide. International Support Unit (ISU) support the development of Muslim Hands partner offices in the areas of fundraising and communication, program management, administration and finance and at the outset the unit will focus on the following countries non-exhaustive list Canada France South Africa and the United Kingdom. 

Job Specifics

1. Strategy, Planning and Financial Management:

• Deliver the ‘Muslim Hand’s Programme Strategy 2018-2020’ by supporting international offices to ensure the delivery of programmes is in line with the organisation’s strategic aims.
• Plan and review the progress of programme strategy and financial management at regular intervals (monthly, quarterly and annually).
• Ensure all international offices are working in-line with the programme strategy to achieve the organisations agreed long-term goals.
• Support international offices to develop and implement the programme annual budget to ensure it is in line with the organisation’s financial procedures to deliver projects.
• To support international offices financial transactions to and by MH partners in accordance with MOU and programme funding agreement.
• With international offices help develop an effective models and tools to enable planning and writing of programme proposals which comply with the Muslim Hand’s programme guidelines and standards.

2. Support to Senior Management:

• Support international country office senior management in producing programme strategic plans, budgets and new policies for the future of Muslim Hands.
• Support International Offices in presenting programmatic feedback and financial reports to CEO, Senior Management and Board of Trustees on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
• Advise international country office senior management on the future projects and the viability of obtaining funds to support project initiatives.
• Work with international country office senior management and ensure Muslim Hands programme policies and practices are in line in with the programme standards and local regulations. 

3. Programme Management:

• Provide direction to the international country offices programmes team with guidance and support to ensure the effectiveness and positive impact of the programmes implemented, including resources, feedback and additional training when required. 
• Collaborate with overseas partners to ensure their strategies are in-line with international country offices programme strategy, and share decision making for maximum benefit to programmes.
• Assist international offices in developing a reporting mechanism to be utilised by the programmes team which includes monitoring, programme delivery and financial reporting.
• Provide support to ensure that country offices effectively use the Muslim Hands software suite (Programme System 3, Qalam, Alpha or any application approved by senior management) for managing budgets, monitoring and coordination of programmes across the organisation.
• Assist international country offices to ensure overseas partners are working in line with partnership’ policies which meet the organisational strategic aims.
• Review and assist the development of partner organizations by providing training, resources and feedback.
• Assist in Developing and implementing a clear communication structure between programme and fundraising departments to provide timely feedback to Muslim Hands’ supporters.
• Provide timely feedback to fundraising department, supporters and stakeholders particularly during emergencies response, Ramadan, Qurbani or any specific campaigns.
• To be versed and familiar with existing changes within the required standards and regulations for INGOs / humanitarian relief, development agencies and local laws (CHS).

4. Humanitarian Response:

• Assist international offices in Developing and implementing a strategy to deliver rapid emergency responses during any disasters and human crisis.
• Support Emergency team in identifying relevant stakeholders for the Emergency Program (UN, NGOs, donor agencies, private sector)
• During emergencies, actively encourage the partners to increased collaboration with agencies, UN Institutions, Donors, Trusts, Foundations, Campaigners and Standardization Organisations.

5. Programme Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEAL):

• Assist in developing a regular process of monitoring and data collection of all Muslim Hand programmes.
• Ensure effective regular monitoring of international programs to evaluate the impact and direction of the programmes.
• Ensure after adequate assessment made by MEAL recommendations are implemented to improve delivery of programs. 
• Share recommendations based upon MEAL with all Muslim Hands donors and stakeholders.

6. Staff Management:

• Ensure International office’s Programme staff are trained and follow all policies and procedures.
• Undertake any reasonable responsibilities as required by line manager and adhere to all Muslim Hands Policy.
• Ensure effective management of team’s time keeping and attendance though tools provided ie Clock-rite and E-days as an example.

7. General Responsibilities

• To demonstrate Muslim Hands’ values and ethics in own working practices, approach and conduct
• To support with Fundraising activities from time-to-time, committing to partake in approximately 5-Live-TV-Appeals during our peak periods.
• To undertake any reasonable responsibilities as required by Line Manager
• To promote and adhere to all Muslim Hands Policies, Procedures and Professional Practices

NB: This Job Description is illustrative and non-exhaustive in scope.  The post-holder may be required to undertake any reasonable tasks as and when required by Line Manager from time to time to reflect the changing needs of the Organisation

Person specification: - 

Essential Requirements:

• Ability to demonstrate current eligibility to work within the United Kingdom
• Must be able to either:

Provide a valid Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate (issued within the last year) when requested by Muslim Hands;

OR

Undertake to provide full cooperation for Muslim Hands to perform a DBS Check at the required level appropriate for this / similar role.

• Frequent International travel to Partner Offices in Canada, France and South Africa

Please register your interest and apply by sending in your current CV and a suitable covering letter.

Deadline for applications is 7th February 2020 however we reserve the right to end the application procedure early should the right candidate be found. 

NB: Unfortunately, we will only be able to contact successful candidates so if you have not heard from us by the closure date unfortunately your application will have been unsuccessful.