For a (financially) sustainable future

Job Title:  Head of Finance and Data Analysis

Department:  Finance

Reports to:  Executive Director

Status:  Full time (38.5 hours per week)

Location:  London

Salary:  Competitive salary 

Changing the world takes passion and dedication

Isn’t it time that your passion and dedication be channelled towards a career and community that genuinely changes lives?

If you...

• want to transform your own life by transforming the lives of others

• crave a career that creates opportunity for others

• desire to make dreams come true for those who never thought it possible

• know that education is the foundation from which we can change the world

• believe that today’s young people can transform tomorrow

• strive for world peace and global sustainability

• dare to dream

...then a career with UWC could be the change you need. 

UWC is a global family of schools with a powerful difference. With a shared goal of working towards global peace and sustainability, we bring together young people from around the world to study in one of our 18 schools on four continents. There they don’t just learn how to be great at passing exams. They learn how to communicate across cultural boundaries. They develop the skills to be a changemaker. They design and engage in initiatives that transform their lives and the lives of those around them for the better. And they stay a “UWC-er” for life, becoming part of a global community of over 60,000 changemakers transforming the lives of others. 

Working with us will inspire and challenge you

Driving a mission to make the UWC experience available to tomorrow’s changemakers, irrespective of their background, beliefs and economic means demands colleagues with passion and dedication, and a talent for transformation. If you studied at a UWC, you’ll know why we’re so passionate and perhaps you want to be part of this again. If you didn’t, prepare to be inspired.

We have so much to do, so isn’t it time you got started?

Are you our new Head of Finance and Data Analysis?

Right now, we are searching for a new Head of Finance and Data Analysis to join UWC International in our London Office.

UWC International works with all our schools and stakeholders around the world, serving the movement through:

• Global fundraising

• Global communications, promotion and marketing

• Supporting over 155 UWC national committees in their daily work and growth

• Global strategy development and implementation

• Assisting UWC schools and colleges 

The position is a challenging one. Our mission is global peace and sustainability, and our success depends on our own sustainability as a movement. That’s where you come in. Your purpose is to drive the financial sustainability of a movement that:

• Offers financial assistance to over 80% of the young people who are offered a place at one of our schools - and supports our aim to offer even more financial assistance in future

• Is supported by a network of mostly volunteer-led national committees in over 155 countries and territories around the world 

• Is a UK registered charity, with a subsidiary in Berlin, Germany. 

As our Head of Finance and Data Analysis, you’ll be responsible for:

• Financial planning and budgeting, financial control, reporting and financial analysis of UWC International and across both the London and the Berlin office

• Providing the UWC International Board, Executive Director and other colleagues with relevant, accurate and clear financial management information

• Managing financial data collection and analysis across 18 UWC schools and colleges to support financial sustainability and transparency.

• Overseeing our financial systems and procedures are effectively implemented and run in order to meet auditing requirements working with the Senior Financial Accountant

You’ll be working closely with UWC International’s Finance and Audit Committee. And while you won’t be responsible for financial oversight of individual schools (who are all separate legal entities), you will be working closely with them and our 155 national committees in the collection and analysis of data to improve our global financial sustainability. 

As you’d expect in a streamlined team working for a charitable organisation, our colleagues all perform a broad range of duties requiring a flexible approach to your work.

This means that we’re searching for someone who:

• Knows how to manage a broad finance function, including financial data collection and modelling, financial forecasting, budgeting, and overseeing the annual audit process

• Has an excellent grasp of technology and how it can serve us

• Has led and loves leading and managing team members and projects

• Knows how to work with and in support of stakeholders and colleagues, including directors, board treasurers and trustees

• Understands the world of grantmaking and reporting to donors 

If this is you, read on for further details…

Key responsibilities

• To manage the full financial cycle with support from the senior financial accountant. This includes annual budgeting and budget approval with the finance and audit committee as well as the board, financial reporting and management accounting, annual audit and submission to Companies House and Charity Commission.

• To oversee the processing of payments, income, disbursements and international transfers and to monitor cash flow and recommend and implement action when necessary.

• To support teams and senior managers with financial management and planning, including contingency planning for unforeseen events, donor reporting and management, financial reporting to the executive director and the board.

• To act as secretary and provide support to the Finance and Audit Committee of the board, in close collaboration with the board treasurer. This includes drafting agendas for regular meetings, producing papers and coordinating minute taking and follow up to meetings, including escalation to the board for decision making. 

• To support the Executive Director and senior management team with preparation of papers for board meetings and taking the lead on papers relating to finances, compliance and data reporting.

• To act as the key liaison with fund managers, auditors and banks to ensure the smooth functioning of the finance function at UWC.

• To oversee internal control processes. 

• To maintain contact with and support the group of college finance directors, act as lead for data gathering, management and reporting on the finances of the 18 UWC schools and colleges as well as the national committee system. This includes refining and launching annual reporting tools, managing data collection and data cleaning as well as working independently and with the help of external consultants to produce interactive data dashboards for internal office use, as well as presentations for external and internal stakeholders.

• To line manage the senior financial accountant. 

Person Specification

Essential

• Excellent financial skills and proven ability to drive budgeting and financial management at an organisation level and in a multi-currency environment. 

• Strong financial planning, modelling and analysis skills.

• Excellent communication, writing and reporting skills, including presenting financial information to the board, senior audiences and non-technical stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.

• Proven experience of acting as business partner support to senior management and their teams on issues related to finances and technology in a dotted management environment. 

• Experience in designing and implementing agile operational policies and procedures fit to the management of a charity operating in a distributed setting.

• Experience in managing direct reports effectively and collaboratively.

• Ability to influence external stakeholders in areas related to financial planning. 

• Knowledge of financial software (Sage preferred) and data visualisation software (MS PowerBi preferred) 

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written), in particular the ability to communicate in a confident and engaging manner at all levels, in culturally very different contexts and in challenging contexts or situations.

• Self-motivation, flexibility and adaptability. A proactive attitude and ability to work independently as well as a member of a team.

• Excellent interpersonal and diplomatic skills and cross-cultural sensitivity with a high level of comfort operating in an international and multicultural environment.

• Excellent spoken and written English (ideally equivalent to native speaker)

• Comfort operating in an international and multicultural environment and ability and desire to travel internationally.

• A deep interest in UWC’s mission and values, and a willingness to engage with issues of relevance to the UWC movement.

It is expected that the job holder will travel to UWC schools and colleges. For that reason a basic DBS check (Disclosure barring statement) or international equivalent will be required before any job offer is made.

Desirable

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA), MBA or equivalent 

• Experience with financial management of consolidated accounts

• Experience working across offices and legal entities in different jurisdictions

• A mix of charity and commercial experience 

• Ideally strong command of additional world languages beyond English

• Knowledge of data protection regimes in the UK and EU.

Are you excited about this? Then apply!

Please send your CV with a covering letter (each no more than two pages) that relates your experience to the requirements of the role to the email address stated. Please state your current salary and salary expectation for this role. Also please include in the covering letter what it is that attracts you to the role and why we should recruit you. Please also indicate how you have heard about this role. 

In your application, please also provide the name, roles and contact details of two referees. We will not contact them without letting you know. Please note that applications without a cover letter will not be considered. 

Deadline for application:  9am 31st August (UK time)

The first stage interviews will take place the week beginning 7th September

This is clearly an extraordinary time and a difficult point at which to change jobs - but we are committed to making this as easy as possible for candidates. We will arrange interviews by video-conference and ensure inductions can be done in a way which makes the successful candidate feel like a valued part of the organisation.

Data Import Analyst

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Data Import Analyst to join an exciting charity organisation based near Old Street, London (fully will be fully remote for during the crisis). This leading charity are currently going through a sustained period of growth and are currently heavily investing into the fundraising database department. You will be utilising SQL, SSIS, CRM knowledge and various technologies to bulk import data into the CRM and provide in-depth analysis off the back of this.
 
This is a great opportunity for an experienced Data Analyst or Database Officer who wants to take the next step in their career work on larger projects & have the chance to learn a wide range of skills such as SQL, SSIS and Faststats. You will be providing data manipulation to produce effective and accurate selection and segmentation of supporter data for fundraising appeals.

Skills required for the Data Import Analyst are:

• Experience in importing data using SQL
• Knowledge on any CRM system (Dynamics CRM, Salesforce, Raisers Edge CRM)
• Ability to pick up new skills quickly
• Desire to work in a fun and exciting work environment

Database Officer / Data Import Analyst / Data Analyst / CRM Analyst / CRM Officer

This is a great opportunity for a Database Officer that is looking to progress their career within a well-established charity.

Location: Old Street, London (usually operate 2 days a week from home)

Note: You will working remotely until government guideline change

Salary: £30,000 - £33,000 + Excellent benefits

Apply now for immediate consideration regarding this excellent opportunity! 

Understanding Recruitment is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy.

Head of Data & CRM

A brand new and urgent role has just arisen for a proven Head of Data or an aspiring Database Manager to join a leading charity as they embark on a data transformation. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone to lead an established team of 12 data experts as we go a huge data integration project, create & implement a brand new a new data strategy and change the way we use our data. You will need to have proven line management skills, ability to build out a data strategy with the future in mind, project management, fundraising CRM and business analysis skills.

As the Head of Data & CRM you will provide the entire leadership and direction for the department, this charity see their future in the use of data which means you have their entire backing. This is a great chance for a proven Head of Data take on a very interesting project or for an experienced Database Manager who is ready to take the next step in their career.

This is a great chance for a Head of Data to really make a mark within a well-known charity and lead them to revolutionise how they use data.

Skills required for the Head of Data & CRM are:

- Proven experience working within a charity CRM environment
- Ability to build data strategy
- Proven experience in developing a fundraising CRM further
- Strong line management skills
- An expert communicator and have the ability to work with senior stakeholders

Head of Data / Head of CRM / Database Manager / Data Manager / CRM Manager

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 (would ideally like to appoint at the mid point)

Location: Liverpool Street, Central London (the role will be fully remote until 2021, with the idea you will be in the office 1 / 2 days a week from there onwards)

Apply now for immediate consideration regarding this excellent opportunity.

Understanding Recruitment is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy.

An exciting and new opportunity has arisen for a data and analytical expert to join Southmead Hospital Charity.

Why apply? As part of the NHS, and working as Southmead Hospital Charity’s Database Manager, you will:

• Make a difference: Working for the wonderful NHS, Southmead Hospital Charity raises funds for projects that are beyond the remit of the NHS but have a huge impact on the lives of our patients, visitors and staff.
• Shape the future: in this role, you will play a lead role in ensuring that the Charity’s growth continues by using first class data and analytical skills
• Be part of a dedicated and committed team: North Bristol NHS Trust is a centre of excellence for the South West and beyond. Our pioneering treatments and advances in care are internationally recognised.
• You will have access to NHS benefits, including 27 days annual leave to start & bank holidays and an excellent NHS pension.

If you are from outside the area, Bristol is consistently voted as one of the best places to live in the UK, with a rich history, thriving arts, music, gastronomic and independent retail scenes. It also offers excellent transport links and easy access to the spectacular countryside and coastlines of South Wales, Devon, Dorset and Cornwall. Our offices are based in Southmead Hospital – a state of the art, amazing facility with an excellent reputation.

The role:

The post holder will lead the Charity’s Database and Regular Giving team with responsibility for delivery first class data management to support the development and growth of the Charity.

The Database manager will be responsible for data management best practice, including data quality standards, data security and protection, data hygiene, data import and export, data analysis including prospect and donor segmentation and providing highly detailed statistical models to the Charity team.

This is a brand new role and the postholder will be tasked to update, cleanse and segment all of the Charity’s data to enable critical activity to take place within the Charity, including donor centric communications, cultivation and stewardship of our supporters, fundraisers and volunteers.

Leading the Individual Giving Officer, the Database Manager will support them to grow and develop the Charity’s individual giving income through data driven analytics. The post holder will require comprehensive database management knowledge, communication skills with the ability to identify influential contacts both internally and externally.

Working closely with other colleagues, the ideal candidate will have exceptional attention to detail, a passion for data led decision making, an enthusiasm for the NHS and be passionate about the difference a NHS charity can make.

Interviews will be held on Monday, 24 August 2020

For further information about this role, please see who to contact on the NHS Jobs listing by clicking apply.

Apply now as we are looking to close the advert when significant applications have been received.

The Dame Kelly Holmes Trust is UK youth sports charity which supports 11-25-year-olds who are harder to engage in both education and in the community. We use the power of world class athletes to train and mentor young people to achieve their potential through personal, social and emotional development programmes. In partnerships nationally and locally, our programmes increase young people’s self-esteem, confidence and resilience which enables them to move into employment, become leaders within their communities, achieve in education and to improve their wellbeing through sport and physical activity.

Over the last ten years we’ve helped more than 2,300 into employment as a result of our flagship Get on Track programme and in total our programmes have generated more than £23 million in social value since 2012 London Games.

Reporting to the Head of Programmes & Impact, you will be responsible for the end to end process of impact measurement at the Trust. This includes leading the Trust’s Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) framework, data collection, supported by the National Programmes Officers, analysis and reporting writing. The post holder will also have an opportunity to influence the strategic direction of the Trust through producing impact evidence.  The post would suit someone who is passionate about data; who enjoys taking the initiative and who has the skillset to help the Trust make evidence-based decisions to support the development of young people and athletes.

The post holder will be a key member of the Programmes & Impact team.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Enhance & maintain the Trust’s overarching M&E framework which encompasses data capture for all programmes
• Design programme data capture tools which are suitable for different audiences including young people
• Undertake programme quality assurance visits
• Process raw programme data, including transferring into spreadsheets and checking for accuracy in preparation for data analysis
• Produce programme data analysis reports and recommendations as required, including for Head of Programmes & Impact, CEO and Trustees
• Present impact and insight analysis at both committee and board meetings
• Provide supporting materials for bid writing and Trust communications
• Provide advice on impact measurements and approach to data collection for new programmes

• Travel to internal and external meetings as required (when permissible) 
• Other reasonable duties as may be required by Head of Programmes & Impact

The Dame Kelly Holmes Trust recognises the value that a diverse workforce can bring to our organisation and strives to reflect this among our employees, athletes, volunteers and other stakeholders. To help us measure how well we are doing against this, please could you complete our online Monitoring and Diversity form.

We’re Anthony Nolan and we save the lives of people with blood cancer who need a stem cell transplant.

We’re unique. Thanks to the incredible donors on our register, our pioneering research and our passionate fundraisers, we give the chance of life to three people a day.

But we won’t stop there. We want to be there for everyone who needs a transplant; from finding a match, through every step of a patient’s transplant journey. And together we can reach the remarkable day when we can save the lives of everyone with blood cancer.

And now we want you to join our lifesaving team. We are looking for a Data Analyst (Engagement) to bring their talents to help ensure that data and insights support our Engagement Strategy to help us increase income and improve the way we engage with supporters.

Title:Data Analyst (Engagement)

Salary:£28,000 - £32,000 per annum

Contract:6-month fixed term contract

Hours: 35 hours per week

Location:Hampstead, North London

As the Data Analyst (Engagement), you will produce meaningful insight and analysis, enabling us to make insight-driven decisions and helping us to shape our future work and activities to deliver our Engagement Strategy.

You will be dedicated to harnessing data and insights about supporter’s behaviour, interests and motivations to improve the way we communicate with supporters. By developing joined-up supporter journey through applying statistical techniques to inform the targeting of our communications we aim to keep everyone on the register committed to donating, if they are called upon, and to increase the money we raise and the influence we have as an organisation.

Through detailed analysis of our audiences, you will support the Supporter Insight Manager in establishing a suite of metrics against which to measure the effectiveness of our supporter engagement activities and to quantify improvements delivered by the SRM programme.

What’s in it for you?

Financial

• Pension (employer 5% when you contribute 3% or more),
• Travel Insurance
• Interest free Travel Loan
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme
• Life Assurance (4x annual salary)

Wellbeing & Health

• 27 days annual leave in addition to normal public holidays
• 24-hour Employee Assistance Hotline
• Medical Cash Plan
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Gymflex

Family Friendly

• Paid dependants leave
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption pay
• Flexible start/finish times (role dependent)

And more! (full list of benefits available on website)

Together, we can save lives. Join our team and give someone a chance of life.

Anthony Nolan is an equal opportunities & living wage accredited employer.

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.

You may have experience of the following: Supporter Insight, Supporter Data Engagement, Fundraising, Third Sector, Voluntary Sector, Not for Profit, NFP etc

Do you excel at obtaining insight from data? Are you passionate about helping young people thrive in education and beyond?

Prospectus is delighted to be supporting Right to Succeed in their search for a Senior Insights Analyst. Right to Succeed are a collective impact charity that works to deliver place-based educational change in areas of poverty because they believe every child deserves the right to succeed no matter where they live.

The overall purpose of this role is to develop sustainable systems to maximise the charity's data and insights resource, schedule and oversee project or product releases and set up and oversee the charity's internal and external project monitoring and governance systems and processes. You will also support programme teams in understanding their roles in sharing and protection of programme data, provide training and support to clients and ensure processes provide core analysis on time.

To be successful as a Senior Insight Analyst it is essential to have experience working with data, from gathering and analysis through to design and presentation. It is preferred that this experience from the education sector. You will have a good understanding of data protection and GDPR, work well independently alongside excellent IT/database skills. Having experience with Tableau or Power BI is also a bonus.

A full job description will be provided to candidates shortlisted by Prospectus.

Please apply with a Word Document copy of your CV. Cover letters are not required at this stage.

Please note that the role may close earlier than the date advertised.

Job Purpose 

The post holder will provide analysis and support to the Director of Corporate Finance and the Head of Treasury in managing the Group’s treasury position, including management of the £1bn debt portfolio, the provision of timely and accurate reporting and undertaking specialist treasury projects. 

Principal Outputs & Responsibilities

Supporting the management of all the Group debt facilities and derivatives, including:

Debt management & reporting

• Maintaining the treasury debt portfolio ensuring all records are accurate for the Group.
• Working with treasury accountant to ensure that all treasury activity is correctly recorded in the Group’s systems.
• Providing daily reporting on the debt position of the Group to the Head of Treasury.
• Preparing and managing medium-term (monthly 60 months rolling) cash flow forecast. Producing a monthly cashflow forecast variance report.
• Reporting on treasury KPIs to Head of Treasury including projected liquidity, liquidity ratios, WACC and borrowing capacity.
• Updating and owning the development capacity report.

Funder liaison

• Collating information and data in response to funder enquires, including compilation of Quarterly briefing notes.
• Ensuring that loan drawdown and rollover notifications/letters are drafted for approval and issued to group counterparties in line with the requirements as set out in the loan agreements.
• Providing support to Head of Treasury during arrangement of new banking or debt capital markets facilities.

Governance and compliance

• Monitoring performance against Treasury Management Policy parameters.
• Maintaining a database of external reporting and compliance requirements under the Group’s facilities.
• Preparing and reporting on financial covenants under the Group’s facilities.
• Co-ordinating and preparing regulatory returns.
• Adhering at all times to One Housing’s treasury management policy, ensuring this is embedded in all treasury operations that the post holder is responsible for and delivering all requirements required under the Policy. 

Treasury process improvement

• Ensuring that the Treasury Management System is kept up to date and maximum efficiencies are delivered from the system.
• Preparing and maintaining comprehensive procedure notes and records.
• Continually driving process improvement regarding all aspects of the Treasury function.

Other treasury tasks

• Supporting a wide range of financial analytical tasks as they arise.
• Supporting treasury team activities as they arise.
• Supervising the Junior Treasury analyst and provide cover for this position.

Skills and Experience

• Employment experience in treasury, ideally with debt, debt capital markets and derivatives experience.
• ACT/CFA Qualified or actively studying towards the qualification.
• Strong Excel skills with ability to build and maintain complex financial models.
• Experience using Treasury Management Systems (desirable).
• Graduate degree first or 2:1 in a numerate or science subject.
• Analytical approach and a right first-time approach.
• Good written and verbal communication.
• Self-motivated and comfortable with juggling multiple priorities.
• A “can do” attitude and desire to progress through a career in treasury.

Other Duties

• Ensure that responsibilities for Health & Safety are properly understood and discharged as defined in One Housing’s Health & Safety Policy and that Health & Safety concerns are promptly and clearly communicated to the appropriate people.
• Comply fully with One Housing’s policies and procures including the standing orders and financial regulations.
• Comply with the Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy
• Comply with the Data Protection Act (all employees will not disclose or make use of for their private advantage any information held on record which is not available to the public)
• Carry out any other reasonable duties as required

Insight Analyst

A brand new role has recently arisen for an Insight Analyst to join a well-known charity based in their head office in Shoreditch, London. As the Insight Analyst you will play a important role in the reporting and analysis for teams to help develop and inform the design of services, customer journeys and income. This is an exciting time to join the charity as they’ve got a well-established Data team and are now using advanced data science techniques meaning you will learn new skills in Python, R and various statistical modelling techniques.

This is the perfect role for you if you're an Insight Analyst who currently has SQL skills and ideally some knowledge in customer analysis who wants to move to a role where you can learn everything data science related. This charity will provide you with excellent internal and external training opportunities to allow you to become an expert in statistical techniques and move into more of a Data Science role.

Working for this excellent charity you will get to utilise their flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home 1-2 days a week.

Skills required for the Insight Analyst are:

• Excellent knowledge in SQL.
• Experience of working with large volumes of data.
• Ability to pick up new skills quickly and keen interest to learn.
• Any knowledge in Python or R is desirable but you will be given full training.

Insight Analyst / SQL / Python / R / Statistical Modelling / Excel / Data Analyst 

Salary: £35,000 - £39,000 + Excellent Benefits (Working from home, flexible working hours etc.)

Location: Shoreditch, London

Apply now for immediate consideration regarding this excellent opportunity!

Understanding Recruitment is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy.

Data and Insight Manager

This role will be working for a charity to help people experiencing homelessness in South-West London.

The successful candidate will be the central support in the organisation for all data management, reporting & insights as well as taking a lead with the development of the organisations data systems. With a Salesforce CRM system. You must be able to manage, administer and develop systems to meet the growing needs of the organisation. Working across directorates to support the SMT with GDPR compliance and reporting

Responsibilities

Be responsible for the procurement of IT hardware, manage orders and budgets

Ensure the effective operation of client, rent module and fundraising salesforce databases

Respond to users requests and provide first-line support for all In-Form technical queries and liaise with Homeless link to resolve technical problems

Develop quality assurance processes and systems to manage compliance Data Quality

Set-up accounts, individual and class permissions and page layouts for staff

Identify areas for service improvement and recommend technical solutions to managers and users

Use Excel functions to transform data for data loading

Develop In-Form to reflect new funding streams and reporting requirements

Data transfer management in line with any new business

Provide analysis of data and report to senior management team on trends and areas for organisational development and improvement

Identify and provide reports and dashboards for operational staff and managers to identify incomplete tasks

Monitor GDPR compliance providing reports to SMT

Essential skills

ADM201 certificate essential and must have experience of building systems

Knowledge of In-Form or similar Salesforce-based database is essential

Experience of managing a database

Proficient in Microsoft office systems including Excel, Word and Outlook

A very good understanding of the legal framework of GDPR

Closing date : ASAP

FINANCE PLANNING ANALYST

£40 to £45k

Reporting to the Director of Finance and Operations, this is an exciting opportunity for a part-qualified or qualified accountant with experience of a range of business or not for profit contexts to join a small and dynamic team committed to continuing to improve mental health (in South London) in the long term. We want to establish the Maudsley Charity as a robust and sustainable charity, with the right infrastructure, people, and resources to deliver our strategic goals.

Your key areas of responsibility will include;

• Business planning and reporting for the Senior Management Team and Board
• Business Partnering, particularly supporting our Programmes team
• Working with our trading subsidiary which manages the Ortus, both the home of the charity and a superb conference and training centre
• Managing a range of projects, including business cases and due diligence for the programmes we support

You will have;

• Proven finance experience with an emphasis on Financial Planning and Analysis or Finance Business Partnering
• Experience of operating in a complex environment, communicating with, and influencing stakeholders and others in the statutory and third sectors, as well as key partner- suppliers
• Experience of building models across a variety of platforms and of pulling together information from a number of systems into reports in a way which communicates information clearly and highlights issues that require attention
• Excellent analytical, planning, organisational and communication skills

This is a full-time role, 37.5 hours per week. Flexible working may be available. The office of the charity is based at the Ortus, a five-minute walk from Denmark Hill station (several direct routes from Central London). We are currently working at home and expect this to continue for the short to medium-term.

Closing date: 12 August 2020

Interview date: w/c 17 August 2020

£57,034 - £67,970 + £4,000 Accountancy Allowance

Two year fixed term contract

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) is at the heart of the government’s economic and social agendas. A quarter of UK businesses are in our sectors and are among the most exciting and fastest growing of the whole economy. They provide 5.2 million jobs and deliver £38bn worth of exports. Our mission is to drive growth, enrich lives and promote Britain to the world. 

Working in conjunction with our over 40 Arm’s Length Bodies we strive to create the conditions for everyone to enjoy our national culture, play sport, make the most of new technologies and have access to effective communications. Our sectors are critical to ensuring we have a strong place in the world - creating a global UK whose cultural, technological, creative, community and sporting assets mark us out as an essential partner for trade and investment. And making places that people want to live in, work in, invest in and visit.

This role will lead a team that supports one of the three Director Generals (DGs) and their teams to effectively discharge their financial accountabilities. This includes supporting directors’ responsibilities for effective financial oversight of the arm’s-length bodies sponsored by each DG group.

You will work closely with the Deputy Finance Director and other A(U) Heads of Finance to lead and develop the finance business partnering team - fulfilling the team’s vision to support strategic decision making and policy development by being insightful, trusted and professional.

You will be responsible for the provision of a valued, efficient and effective finance business partnering function across your areas.

Key responsibilities are as follows:

• Lead and engender a culture of continuous improvement and personally demonstrate DCMS’s values. Lead, manage, develop and support a high-quality team of individuals to achieve these aims.
• Provide high-quality finance advice and guidance on all financial matters as necessary, from accounting to budgeting, auditing and the government’s Estimates processes.
• Act as a senior finance business partner to your areas of responsibility ensuring that senior stakeholders have the right support to make good policy decisions in line Managing Public Money and other government finance rules.
• Provide strategic and tactical advice on all finance matters to Ministers, the Permanent Secretary, Executive Board and Departmental Audit & Risk Committee.
• Lead the team in scrutinising, challenging and guiding budget holders ALBs in the provision of timely and accurate forecasts against budgets, re-forecasting exercises, end-of-year reporting exercises, main and supplementary estimates and other fiscal events.
• Lead the team on scrutiny, challenge and the provision of financial advice on business cases, policy announcements including attendance at Finance Committee, Investment Sub-Committee in the capacity of the expert finance business partner.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Be strong leader with a solid history of delivery; be able to communicate effectively at all levels both internally and externally; and be able to routinely communicate complex financial, accounting and budgetary issues
• Be a fully qualified accountant with excellent interpersonal skills, along with excellent literacy and numeracy and a collaborate, solutions-oriented approach.
• Working knowledge of Managing Public Money and central government accounting and budgeting rules (desirable)
• Intermediate or higher Excel skills (desirable).

For more information or an informal discussion, please apply via the link, or contact Michael Swinburn or Stuart Thomson at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell. The closing date for applications is Sunday 16th August at 11:55pm.

Business Development Officer

Location: Flexible

Job ID: 2020-2356 

Type of Contract: Permanent

Contracted Hours Per Week: 37.5

Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 33 to 36 (£31150.00 - £33568.73)

Overview

Change Grow Live are looking for Business Development Officers to join our national Business Development Team

Responsibilities

We want excellent writers who share our passion for supporting people to make positive changes in their lives.

Change Grow Live is one of the UK’s largest charities. We provide a range of services including community and prison substance misuse, criminal justice, children and young people’s and housing/homelessness.

Joining us means being part of a well-established and successful team, and the chance to develop your skills, knowledge and experience whilst working with great people from across our organisation.

Last year we won tenders with an annual value of almost £50 million but what this really means to us is that we can provide more support to more people across the UK.

Working as part of Change Grow Live’s Business Development Team you will play a key role in the development and writing of tenders and proposals for a variety of health and social care services.

You will engage with people and teams across our organisation, from Consultant Psychiatrists and Nurses to Data Analysts and Web Developers, to produce high quality written tenders and proposals that clearly demonstrate the positive impact that our services have on people’s lives.

You will support our successful and growing Business Development Team to improve the quality of our work and develop our team culture, by thinking creatively, sharing your own knowledge and experiences, and challenging existing ways of working.

Ultimately you will contribute to the design, development and delivery of our services and help us to deliver on our organisational aims, strategy and values.

This role offers a great opportunity to learn and develop while using your established skills, and you’ll be encouraged to take on more responsibility as you progress.

Check out the job description for more information, and you can call to discuss this role further.

About you

You’ll be a confident and highly competent communicator with excellent writing skills and an exceptional eye for detail.

You’ll have proven experience of writing tenders, proposals or grant applications, or writing in other professional or academic environments, for instance journalism, research or marketing.

You’ll have good IT and research skills and be able to analyse data and interpret evidence.

You’ll be proactive and creative, and happy to give and receive challenging feedback.

You’ll share our passion for our values and mission, and you’ll be ready to work hard to achieve these.

Above all, you’ll want to use your skills and experience to develop and write winning tenders for services that help people to make positive changes in their lives.

Why work for Change Grow Live

We’ll support you to develop and grow. You’ll be joining a diverse team which welcomes new ideas and ways of working, and you’ll receive structured support, training and coaching to help you to progress in your career.

Joining Change Grow Live’s Business Development Team means you’ll benefit from a positive, supportive and flexible working environment which includes:

• Regional offices across the UK, including London, Brighton, Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds;
• The option to work from home;
• Flexible hours and working patterns including compressed hours and job share options.

We pride ourselves on providing a supportive and inclusive workplace and this is evidenced through our 2019 Stonewall Top 100 Employers Award and Investors in People Silver Award.

For further infomration, and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing Date: 23/8/2020

If you have any questions or concerns on this opportunity that you would like to talk through, please contact us.

Please note that we require you to be 18 years of age or older to be considered for this volunteering role.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Scheme check at a basic level. 

We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we’d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.

The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible

This Finance team are looking for an engaging business partner to help grow their business partnering function. Working closely with the management accountant you will be in regular contact with your designated stakeholders and budget holders to ensure financial knowledge is at the heart of all organisational decision making. This is a wonderful opportunity to be at the heart of financial planning for this large health-based charity.

Key Responsibilities

· Working with your colleagues of varying financial knowledge to implement financial decision making in wider areas of the organisation.

· Reviewing the operating budget of programmes on a quarterly basis

· Managing the financial position of the charitable programmes and projects within your remit in conjunction with senior colleagues and finance and project staff.

· Managing the forecast of outturn, variance narratives, and risk and fade information.

· Providing financial and programming advice to senior colleagues and their staffs

· Helping to build and review business cases prior to their presentation to ensure affordability coherence and return on investment.

· This role has no line management initially, but there are opportunities for this in the medium term.

Person Specification

· The successful candidates will possess drive and strong interpersonal skills, they will be willing to embrace change and thrive in a culture of continuous improvement and efficiency delivery. 

· Able to empower our teams to deliver by providing outstanding financial support to non financially literate stakeholders

· Highly organised, including the ability to prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment

· Financially literate, experience of financial systems and strong Excel skills as the efficient manipulation of significant amounts of data is necessary in all posts.

· A professional financial qualification is desirable but not essential.

If you are interested in this role, please apply to find out more.