The focus of the role is to effectively manage relationships and contracts with external suppliers (including procurement, reporting and managing exceptions) and to gather, analyse and disseminate data that demonstrates our impact and directs future developments.

The postholder will also have responsibility for increasing the understanding of and use of data in decision making across the organisation.

What we’re looking for:

You’ll have experience of gathering and using data to produce easily understandable reports that inform decision making and, ideally, experience of managing procurement processes and a sound understanding of the charity sector.

The ability to juggle competing demands on your time and to prioritise effectively is essential, and you must be a team player and capable of inspiring others to make data-driven decisions. 

We're keen to speak to people who have experience of demonstrating the impact of services - from either the provider or the commissioner side. 

In return we offer:

A salary of £28,732-£31,924 per annum (pro-rata) plus pension contributions of up to 10% and the chance to be part of a friendly, enthusiastic team who really care about what they do.

As an employer, we pride ourselves on a real commitment to work-life balance and flexibility. We already offer some working from home, which may increase once the long-term impact of Covid-19 is understood more fully.

How to apply:

If you like what you’ve heard please visit our website for further details and apply by 10th July 2020. Please note we do not accept CVs - we ask you to fill in our application form, paying particular attention to the personal statement

Interviews will be held on 7th August.

You can find out more about us on our website but if you’d like to know more about the role please call and ask for Juliet Smithson, Head of Operations.

IDVA (Contract)
Brent, London

Do you have experience of supporting women who have been affected by domestic violence? Want to make a difference with an award-winning charity and provide a vital service as an IDVA? If so, read on.

About Us

We are Advance, a women-only organisation dedicated to helping women cope and recover from experiences of domestic abuse, as well as women who are at risk of offending or with short term sentences to reduce offending.

Working as part of the Angelou Partnership, we deliver nationally accredited, quality marked support services in Hammersmith, Fulham, Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, as well as working in partnerships across Brent and Ealing.

We’re currently looking for an IDVA (Independent Domestic Violence Advisor) to join us for a fixed term contract until 30th May 2021.

The Benefits

- Salary of £26,000 - £29,000 per annum DOE pro rata
- Pension
- 30 days’ holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays
- A day off for International Women’s Day

This is an amazing opportunity to take on a challenging, but highly rewarding role where you’ll be able to make a difference to women’s lives on a daily basis.

Once you join our team, you’ll discover a collaborative, supportive environment where staff empower each other to perform at their best and deliver the highest quality services to those who need our help.

You will have the chance to help women and girls overcome the challenges that they face and lead safe, non-violent, equal lives.

The Role

As an IDVA, you’ll help to provide ground-breaking services to support women and girls who have experienced domestic violence. You’ll work alongside skilled professionals to add expertise and additional strength to our teams.

Working in a fast-paced crisis intervention, advocacy and support service, you’ll ensure the voice of survivors informs every stage of the process.

Specifically, your role will involve:

- Handling a caseload of survivors
- Advising women on criminal justice, civil remedies and related matters
- Supporting women to attend court
- Co-ordinating the provision of multi-agency support
- Developing and delivering support plan and high quality face-to-face and telephone interventions

As part of your role, you will also be required to work as part of Advance’s duty team based in Brent on a rota basis which will involve completing intake assessments and providing crisis intervention support.

About You

To join us as an IDVA, you will need:

- A sound understanding of domestic violence and its effects on women and children as well as best practice within the domestic abuse sector
- Substantial experience working as a domestic abuse advocate including working with complex and multiple needs
- Solid skills in risk management and safety planning with the ability to remain calm in a crisis
- Experience of direct work with female survivors of domestic violence and of working within safeguarding procedures

Please note: only female applicants will be progressed as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Other organisations may call this role Domestic Violence Support Worker, Domestic Abuse Support Worker, Support Worker, Social Worker, Social Care Worker, or Social Care Co-ordinator.

The closing date for this role is the 13th July 2020 with interviews scheduled to be held on the week commencing the 20th July 2020.

Advance is committed to equality and diversity and strongly encourages applications from women with disabilities, from BME backgrounds and the LBT community.

So, if you are ready to take your next step as an IDVA, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Working hours: 35 hours per week

Recruiting for a Contract Manager to join our Mental Health service in Slough!

GBP 33,000 per annum, 40 hours per week plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more

Hope Place is a new supported accommodation service located in Slough comprising 11 self contained rooms with a staff office on site. The service will accommodate and support people who experience moderate to high complex mental illness, many of whom will also have a range of additional and complex needs, for example drug and alcohol misuse issues and personality disorders.

Hope Place will be opened in May and provide care and support for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including Bank Holidays. The service will be covered at night by designated Waking Night staff. Support Workers will be required to work on a rota basis, covering early and late shifts, including at weekends and Bank Holidays. The successful candidate will provide direct line management to a Team leader and the majority of the staff team including 7 support workers and 2 waking night staff.
There is a strong partnership in place with local CMHT and there will be an allocated OT assigned to the service.

The service will have a focus on enabling and utilisation of residents' skills. Amongst other responsibilities, support will focus on tenancy sustainment, budgeting skills, facilitation of group activities, socialisation and opportunities for training and employment.

Contract Managers are responsible for the effective management of all contracts within their designated patch, including line managing the relevant front line staff. Leadership and competence development in direct reports is a key responsibility of the role. Post-holders may also carry client group specialism responsibilities, linking in with other Managers and Head of Operations to ensure focussed integration of specialisms across the whole organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

- Drive business planning activities within your contract, ensuring relevant and challenging objective setting and ongoing performance tracking, developing turn around action plans as may be necessary
- Using sound financial and accounting principles, manage contract budgets to deliver on corporate and local contract financial targets
- Successfully lead and motivate your team to ensure the championing of and maintenance of a positive local culture within your service
- Work to continuously improve staff competence, ensure ownership of all staff issues and speedy and effective conflict resolution
- Responsible for reporting all staff changes to HR and Payroll departments, as appropriate e.g. starters, leavers, additional hours etc.
- Responsible for maintaining quarterly staff succession plans
- Deliver effective, professional and commercially focused briefings and supervision meetings with staff and ensure that information, reporting & communications flow up/down is effective
- Responsible for managing and allocating customers to support staff (casework management)
- Develop key business relationships with all relevant customers/external parties to ensure service delivery excellence and maximise new business opportunities in own patch
- Plan, organise and prioritise operations within your contract to ensure maximum efficiencies/utilisation of all resources
Working with your team lead creative and ambitious customer involvement plans across the patch and ensure successful implementation
- Where appropriate to role, carry client group specialism activities, linking in with other Managers and Heads of Operations to ensure focussed integration of specialisms across the whole organisation
- Lead quality visits, using Look Ahead's local indicators to monitor quality/performance, set targets and lead action plans to ensure highly rated services that reflect requirements of local funders and local and national standards
- Responsible for producing and submitting Monthly Management Reports to the Performance team, ensuring that all data gathered on local KPI's are accurate and up to date
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across contract portfolio ensuring Look Ahead continues to set and achieves sector best practice standards and is held as a benchmark to competitors
- Develop and maintain excellent internal management relationships with all other Look Ahead departments and functions, ensuring sharing of best practice and supporting initiatives to improve organisational performance
- Within your service, ensure competent use of all relevant business IT systems and all company policies and frameworks
- Responsible for managing petty cash for the service in accordance with Look Ahead procedures
- Deliver an out of hours on-call service for region
- Ensure Look Ahead Health and Safety policies are adhered to throughout the service, to review at local level and ensure staff are competent and suitably trained
- Ensure that all safeguarding cases are managed in line with safeguarding protocols and are reported to Head of Operations Managers
- Ensure that all other Look Ahead policies and procedures are adhered to
- Carry out other management duties commensurate with the designated role level, as may be deemed reasonable by Look Ahead, including the management of other contracts within the designated patch, or an alternative patch, if such a need arises

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.

Purpose

This role is key to the Centre running as effectively as possible. Responsible for the overall coordination and administration of the Centre, you set the stage, providing the necessary foundations for the Centre to thrive and deliver on its mission. You will work closely with the Director, Head of Finance and Board as part of a small team with support from a Senior Administrator. You will liaise with colleagues in the Centre, the Board and with our partners. You will be expected to work independently and will hold a central liaison role within the Centre.

The Centre is a small community interest company, recently out of start-up phase, so all our colleagues are self-sufficient, energetic and organised and work well without the support system of a big enterprise, in a growing, close knit, team with a broad range of partners. We value teamwork, collaboration, being open, practical and iterative to make things work for our audience and the people in our teams.

Objective 1 – Finance and contract management

Managing the centre’s Business Plan, budget and finances, working with the Head of Finance, Treasurer and Senior Administrator.

• Finance and sustainability planning, including:
  • Development and implementation of a sound fundraising strategy aimed at diversifying income streams and building on the assets and expertise of the Centre
  • Bidding and fundraising coordination across teams
  • Reporting to the Board of Directors and funders
• Budget development, monitoring and planning
  • Oversight of day to day finance with Senior Administrator 
  • Monitoring progress against the budget with the team, as well as with the Head of Finance and Treasurer/Finance Committee
  • Implementing the budget for 2019/20 and preparing the business plan and budget for 2020/21 
  • Sustainability plan, business development, proposal development
  • Risk assessment and mitigation
• Setting up and maintaining financial compliance processes

Objective 2: Overall oversight and coordination of the Centre’s Programme, including 

• Facilitating the implementation of the Centre’s Strategy 
• Managing and improving commissioning and contracting processes 
  • Working across teams to ensure appropriate commissioning and contracting processes that allow flexibility and diversification of work
  • Contract management and reporting 
• Programme Oversight and Coordination
  • Working closely with the teams and the Senior Administrator to ensure overall effective programme management and reporting
  • Ensuring good communication across teams 

Objective 3 –  Secretary to the Board of Trustees and ensuring the organisation meets its legal requirements

• Preparing high quality board meetings, agenda, papers on time 
• Working with Chairman, Vice-Chair & Executive Director to deliver and continuously improve: 
  • Governance processes
  • Risks assessment and mitigation
  • Financial review
  • Strategic direction
  • Programme update & reporting
• Maintaining a positive and relationship with members of the Board of Directors, pairing available skills with the Centre’s work, priorities and teams 
• Legal requirements
  • Leading on the Annual Financial and Director’s Report in collaboration with the Executive Director, Head of Finance and Board of Directors

Objective 4 – Oversight and supervision of the day to day operations (people, IT and administration) of the Centre through the line management of a senior administrator

• Developing the Centre’s People Strategy 
• Line Management of the Senior Administrator, whose responsibilities include:
  • Day-to-day finance & accounting, Accomodation, IT, Phones, HR, Legal and contracting 
  • Reviewing and improving related processes e.g. HR processes, Finance and IT support
  • Coordination of the Centre’s teams and culture through weekly team meetings and bi-monthly full days including shared learning sessions. 

Person specification

You are:

• organised, efficient and responsive
• work well as a part of a small distributed flexible team in a fast-paced environment
• think strategically, exercise initiative and work independently to ensure effective.

Essential experience

• Business Planning, Budget and finance management
• Governance and reporting including working with Boards or High level meetings
• Operations/resources management
• Project and programme management, including risk, proportionate to a small business 
• Strategy development and delivery 

Desirable experience

• Interest in wellbeing, evidence or knowledge mobilsation 
• Bidding and proposal writing 
• Governance requirements of a Community Interest Company or company secretary experience 
• Knowledge and experience of working on Government Tenders
• People management experience
• Experience of work in a small growing organisation
• Experience of working in a research or university environment
• A proven track record in being able to write effectively for and communicate with a range of audiences
• ‘PRINCE2’, MSP practitioner or other relevant training completed
• Company Secretary training or experience
• A first bachelor’s degree or an equivalent relevant qualification, or equivalent experience

Working arrangements 

Accountable to: Executive Director

Management of: Senior Administrator 

Relationship with: Head of Finance and Board of Directors 

Salary: £28k- £35k per annum

Duration: Permanent – full time or part-time (min 4 days a week) or equivalent

Location: London preferred, but open to variety of working arrangements and location. We will consider flexible working arrangements and the post can either be London based or involve remote working as part of a virtual team. The post holder must be willing to travel to London regularly.

*Please submit a cover letter including your reason for wanting to work in/interest in Wellbeing*

Recruiting a IT Project Manager (12 month FTC) to join our Head Office in Westminster!

GBP 60,000 per annum, 40 hours per week, 12 month FTC plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

Job Overview:

To successfully deliver projects within Look Ahead's Move Forward programme portfolio to a high standard.
To manage business-critical IT projects, the role includes initiation, definition, planning and delivery of projects which have been defined as priorities by Look Ahead's Senior Management Team, Senior Leadership Team, Programme Board and Business Plans.
The post holder will support the IT Department's vision of developing, delivering and deploying information management and technology solutions which drive business transformation and efficiency for our staff and improved services for our customers.
The post holder will be expected to use the experience they have gained to manage the projects they are involved in. They will be highly organised, have demonstrated a history of delivering within an environment with discrete dependencies and deadlines and will have exhibited the drive to ensure project success.
The role will require flexibility, resilience and the ability to coordinate with a wide range of project team members to identify, circulate and agree on innovative solutions to address project risks and issues.
The role will initially manage a project for the implementation of Look Ahead's Digital Workplace using Microsoft 365 technologies and the configuration and implementation of key back-office solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

- Responsible for the successful delivery of projects within Look Ahead's Move Forward transformation programme,
- Leading the planning and implementation of several interdependent projects,
- Maintenance and reporting of project plans,
- Tracking of project deliverables,
- Mitigation of project risks,
- Management of emerging issues,
- Development and execution of testing plans,
- Maintaining and ensuring continuing engagement from diverse stakeholder groups,
- Reporting to established governance groups,
- Managing project communications,
- Planning and monitoring of project resources and ensuring good practice,
- Other duties as directed by Project Sponsors or the IT Director.

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.

Person Specification:

- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others
- Is confident
- Ability to work effectively in a high-pressured environment
- Has a practical approach and is naturally well-organised
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in communication style

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

Essential:

- Educated to degree level in a relevant field or can demonstrate relevant work experience that enables the management of people, process and technology in a medium-sized organisation
- Experience of full project life-cycles and management within multi-project programmes
- Experience of delivering successful results
- Demonstrable experience of project financing and budgeting
- Experience of risk management
- Problem solving/analytical skills
- Ability to communicate and get on with people at all levels within the organisation
- Customer outcome focussed

Desirable:

- Formal qualification in project management
- Experience working in a project role for a Not-for-Profit organisation or charity
- Successful delivery of projects within an IT programme
- Exposure to working within an outsourced IT support model

Please note that we have the right to close any vacancy before the advertised closing date if we have received a high number of applications.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We have an exciting, new opportunity for a highly efficient Buildings & Finance Administrator to join our small, inclusive and highly successful professional team.

The successful candidate can expect a thorough induction, supportive colleagues, a diverse and interesting workload and, a range of favourable employment benefits including; pension scheme, annual leave and Employee Assistance Programme support. 

Applicants must have excellent communication skills, a sound understanding of finance and finance systems, be thorough and accurate, be able to multi-task, remain calm under pressure and add positively to our team dynamics. In addition it is vital to possess a range of administrative skills including good numeracy, data processing/comprehension and IT skills.

Good interpersonal and teamwork skills are essential, as are effective use of emotional intelligence and the ability to exercise tact, diplomacy and sensitivity. 

For this varied role, ideally you will have experience of processing grant claims and invoices, an understanding of the education or public sector and strong general administration skills. However, training will be given to the right candidate.

Closing date for applications is:  Thursday, 16 July 2020

Interviews and assessment: Owing to current social distancing restrictions, shortlisted candidates will be notified of selection dates/times after 20 July 2020.

IDVA - Social Care Triage (Contract)
Ealing, London

About Us

We are Advance, a women-only organisation dedicated to helping women cope and recover from experiences of domestic abuse, as well as women who are at risk of offending or with short term sentences to reduce offending.

We deliver nationally accredited, quality marked support services in Hammersmith, Fulham, Westminster, Kensington, Chelsea and Brent. In 2017 we began a domestic abuse advocacy service in Brent and in 2019 we initiated a domestic abuse advocacy service in Ealing.

We are now looking for an IDVA (Independent Domestic Violence Advisor) to join our teams in Ealing and play a vital role in the delivery of our services for a contract until the end of March 2021.

The Benefits

- Salary of £26,000 - £29,000 per annum DOE (including London Weighting) pro rata
- Pension
- 30 days’ holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays
- A day off for International Women’s Day

If you have experience of crisis management, this is an amazing opportunity to help empower women and give them the support they need to live safe, non-violent, equal lives.

You will join a collaborative, supportive environment where everyone works together to overcome challenges and deliver the highest quality services to those who need our help.

So, if you think you could help us to transform more lives and provide women with the tools they need to succeed, we want to hear from you.

The Role

Primarily co-located within Ealing Family and Children Social Services, as an IDVA, you will support women accessing our services, signposting and ensuring they are introduced to the support that is particular to their needs.

Specifically, you will make proactive contact with women who have been referred to the service, undertake risk assessments and provide advice and crisis safety planning based on their needs.

Additionally, you will work closely with Family Children Services to help them to better identify, understand and respond to domestic abuse.

About You

To join us as an IDVA, you will need:

- An excellent understanding of domestic abuse and its effects on women and children as well as best practice within the domestic abuse sector
- Solid experience working as a domestic abuse advocate including carrying out risk and needs assessments, safety and support planning, particularly with client with complex and/or multiple needs
- Strong partnership working skills with experience of maintaining excellent working relationships with a range of stakeholders
- The ability to network, influence and problem-solve and to apply solution-focused approaches to increase access and safety for our clients

Please note: only female applicants will be progressed as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Ideally, you will have one year's experience of working in a co-located setting with another agency and of providing consultations/briefings to professionals to support up-skilling them around domestic abuse.

Other organisations may call this role Domestic Violence Support Worker, Domestic Abuse Support Worker, Support Worker, Social Worker, Criminal Justice Advisor, Social Care Worker or Social Care Co-ordinator.

The closing date for applications is the 13th July 2020, with interviews scheduled for week commencing 20th July 2020.

Advance is committed to equality and diversity and strongly encourages applications from women with disabilities, from BME backgrounds and the LBT community.

So, if you are ready to take your next step as an IDVA, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Permanent contract
Volunteer Manager
Ref: V270
Hours/Days per week: 35/5
Salary: £22,668
Location: Edinburgh
Closing date: 5pm - Monday 20 July 2020
Interview date and Location: TBC; (last week July/first week August 2020) / Teams/Skype etc.

Overview

Volunteering Matters are looking for a talented, dynamic and professional Volunteer Manager to join our Delivery Team in Scotland.  We are looking for someone who can work flexibly while demonstrating an understanding and commitment to our organisational values. 

The focus of this role is on the day to day coordination of our new “Volunteers Supporting Families” (VSF) project which is being launched across the City of Edinburgh.  You will recruit, train, support and match volunteers with families and young people, work in partnership with social work teams, schools and others. 

You will assist the VSF Project Manager to develop the programme and report on the projects activities and work.

As a key member of the Volunteering Matters staff team in Scotland, the Volunteer Manager may also be involved in the delivery of other programmes and projects across the region. 

The Volunteer Manager will be accountable to the VSF Project Manager. 

Volunteers Supporting Families

We have been commissioned by the City of Edinburgh Council to set up, launch and deliver our “Volunteers Supporting Families” (VSF) project across the City.  VSF is an established and effective Volunteering Matters programme that currently operates in Southend-on-Sea, Waltham Forest and Greenwich.  The project was initially set up in response to the death of Victoria Climbie and the Lord Laming enquiry that followed.

The project offers a pioneering approach, recruiting volunteers from the local community to provide support to families whose children are at risk or have a safeguarding plan.  By preventing and de-escalating issues, our volunteers help struggling families to turn things around.

Further information on VSF is available on the Volunteering Matters website.

In return for your commitment we offer 25 days holiday per year (FTE) plus discretionary festive leave + public holidays. We also offer a 3% employer pension contribution, flexible working opportunities and enhanced employee benefits.

To view or to download the JD and the monitoring form click the link ‘Apply on Website’

To Apply please send your CV and supporting statement with a completed monitoring form to the email address available via the link ‘Apply on Website’.

Your supporting statement is of equal importance to us as your CV and is a key part of our shortlisting process. It is an opportunity for you to outline your experience and credentials directly to the details of the post.

Volunteering Matters is committed to the provision of equal opportunities in employment and accordingly wishes to ensure that no job applicant is treated less favourably on unjustifiable grounds. To assist in the monitoring of our performance in relation to equal opportunities you are requested to complete the enclosed monitoring form. The questionnaire is for statistical purposes only. Upon receipt it will be separated from your CV and cover letter and will not form part of the selection process.

Please note: Due to the volume of applications we receive if we have not contacted you by the interview date it means that on this occasion we are unable to take your application further.

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Charity Finance Manager in a busy, friendly south London charity based in Lambeth.  We work with children, young people and adults with learning disabilities and autism as well as mainstream young people.  You will be part of a small senior management team and provide finance support and management accross seven teams.

Are you a brilliant Finance Manager wanting to work in an ambitious, respected organisation?

Young Roots is a dynamic charity focused on delivering services and support to improve the lives of young refugees and asylum seekers.  Our primary focus is in London. 

We are looking for an experienced professional who is focused on ensuring we have excellent financial information to support our ambitions.  The successful candidate will understand our values, be a great team worker, a motivated self-starter and have exceptional organisational skills.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape a growing charity and have a real impact on the services and support we are able to offer.  The Finance Manger will work with their Job Share partner as part of the Management Team to ensure we have a diverse and sustainable funding base and a secure future. 

The role is 21 hours per week and currently home based, but it would be helpful if the successful candidate could travel to Croydon some days once lockdown is lifted.

For more information, please download the job description and person specification.  If you would like an informal conversation about the role, please email Jo Cobley, Chief Executive of Young Roots to arrange a time to talk using the contact email address below.

Young Roots welcomes applications from those with a refugee background and black, asian and minority ethnic candidates.

Interviews will be held during the week of 13 July.

To apply please submit a CV and covering letter in response to the person specification 

Citizens Advice Gateshead is an independent local charity, and a member of the national Citizens Advice network.  As a team of over 160 staff and 50+ volunteers, we punch above our weight locally and nationally, mobilising knowledge through the delivery of tangible social value, in many different guises, to thousands of people every year.

Our vision is a fair society for all, with lives well lived. As set out in our strategic plan, we aim to be an enduring and dynamic charity that never stands still until we have achieved this vision.

We are now recruiting a Finance Manager to help us to take the next steps on our journey

The Finance Manager post is key to managing and continually improving the financial health and integrity of Citizens Advice Gateshead. The post holder will manage all aspects of the financial affairs of the charity and its trading subsidiary Society Matters cic, with accountability for day to day financial management, and for providing clarity and visibility in all financial matters, to inform and aid insightful and effective decision-making by the Trustee Board, the Chief Executive and the Leadership and Management team.

The role requires an uncompromising attention to detail and a focus on continuous improvement, making best use of technology and resources to improve the efficiency and accuracy of financial processes.

Reporting to a Director, this is a hands-on, technical role, with one direct report.

Does this sound like you

Our ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant who has experience of financial and management reporting within a charity or publicly funded organisation >£1m turnover, including hands-on preparation of annual budgets, forecasts, monthly management accounts and year-end statutory accounts and returns.

You will have an in-depth, recent working knowledge of managing income and expenditure (including cyclical claims) associated with complex and diverse funding streams including contracts, grants, trusts, foundations, donations, gift aid and trading income; and of all financial services, including payroll, pensions, payables and receivables.

If this sounds like you, please get in touch for an application pack to find out more about the charity, the role and how to apply.

Annual Salary: £32,000 to £40,000 per annum, depending upon the experience of the candidate and the contribution they can make to the charity.

Hours: 37 hours per week / Monday to Friday / Flexible working / TOIL system / can include remote working

Closing Date: 5 pm Thursday 9th July 2020

The Operations Manager will work closely with the Program Director to launch and manage a new Science and Theology Entrepreneur Incubator program.This five-year program is designed to help individuals and IFES national movements – in Latin America and Africa – to initiate local projects that encourage deeper engagement between theology and other academic disciplines, in particular the sciences. The Operations Manager will be the person with primary responsibility for putting our plans for this project into action.

As well as having a good understanding of Christian student ministry, applicants should also be able to demonstrate an awareness and understanding of cross-cultural working, and the ability to overcome obstacles in order to ensure project delivery. A track record of successful project management (ideally with a qualification) is desirable, as are excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Please refer to the attached job description for more information about the role, and the attached job advert or our website for information on how to apply.

IFES is an organisation with a distinctive Christian ethos. This post is subject to an Occupational Requirement under provisions made in the Equality Act 2010. Applicants should therefore demonstrate a firm Christian commitment and agree with the IFES doctrinal basis and ethos statement. 

This job will not constitute a Certificate of Sponsorship so you will have to prove you have other means to work legally in the UK before we would consider your application.  

We are seeking a Finance Manager to manage the charity’s finances ensuring good financial controls are in place and that sound and appropriate practices are maintained. The post-holder will advise the leadership team on all matters relating to the financial performance of the organisation and provide management information for the Heads of Department and Board of Trustees.

You will have:

• Experience of managing charity finances, and be qualified in any of the following:
  • ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA.
• Experience of sound financial management and budgeting and monitoring performance through financial reports and key performance indicators.
• Highly effective people management skills – able to manage, develop and motivate staff, both individually and in teams, to achieve a high level of performance
• A management style which is empowering and supportive

Designability is an independent charity that enables disabled people to live with greater independence. Our expertise is in user-centred design, creating products with and for disabled people to improve and enrich their lives. All of our work is funded by voluntary donations.

The number of disabled people in the UK is growing each year and our products are now needed more than ever. We deliver choice by involving disabled people across our organisation and throughout the design process to create innovative product solutions not available elsewhere.

You will be joining a small team which includes mechanical and electronics engineers, workshop technicians, product designers, occupational and physiotherapists, fundraisers, researchers and administrators.

Designability was recently awarded second place in the ‘Best Charities to Work For 2020’ list by Third Sector which is a reflection of our team highly rating the fact that we encourage activities that create strong teams and foster good personal relationships. Our staff also stated their confidence in Designability’s leadership and strategic planning.

This role will initially be home working until circumstances allow working at our office in Bath.

The University of Bath provide us with recruitment support and applications are made through the University of Bath Jobs website. We choose to follow many of the University of Bath’s human resources policies. However, Designability is a fully independent charity and our staff contracts are not with the University.

The Fifth Trust is a Kent-based charity that supports adults with learning difficulties. We provide day care facilities on two sites in the Elham Valley near Canterbury for over 120 students. Our purpose is to provide a safe and fulfilling way of life, helping each individual to achieve their full potential. 

Finance Manager

This is a wonderful opportunity for the right candidate to make a difference.  You will be part of our friendly and effective team, working three days a week at our Elham Valley site.   

This is a strategic role where you will be responsible for supporting the Chief Executive in making sound business decisions in the long and short term to ensure a sustainable future for The Fifth Trust.  You will produce financial reports and develop appropriate strategies based on financial research.

This section details the main responsibilities of the role, together with a selection of indicative duties. Other duties, commensurate with the seniority of the post, may also be assigned from time to time

• Monitor the day-to-day financial operations within the Fifth Trust, such as payroll, invoicing, and other transactions
• Contract outside services for tax preparation, auditing, banking, investments, and other financial needs as necessary
• Manage the day-to-day activities of the Accounts Assistant
• Track the company's financial status and performance to identify areas for potential improvement
• Seek out methods for minimising financial risk to the company
• Provide insightful information to senior executives to aid in long-term and short-term decision making
• Review financial data and prepare monthly and annual reports
• Present financial and ad-hoc reports to Trustees, stakeholders, executives, and clients in formal meetings