Our mission is to support 87 Church of England schools throughout Suffolk. We are looking for an experienced professional with senior primary leadership experience to join our team. The role involves providing a range of support to headteachers and governors. Based in Ipswich, but with travel throughout Suffolk, this post is rewarding and varied.

21 hours per week 0.6 FTE

£33,077 pa (FTE £55,013)

For an application form, job description and further details, please see our website

Closing date: Monday 2 March 2020

Interview date: Monday 23 March 2020

Deputy Shop Manager (Sidmouth) (TRD2556)

Sidmouth

£8,425 per annum

18 Hours per week

About us

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 19 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. 

Oxfam Purpose

To work with others to overcome poverty and suffering 

Trading Purpose

To make as much money as possible to overcome poverty and suffering

About our Oxfam Shops

Open for business since 1948, Oxfam shops are at the heart of the charity and their community, raising vital funds and increasing public awareness of what we do. They are always guided by our values of empowerment, accountability and inclusiveness and focussed on making as much money as possible.

The Role of our Deputy Shop Managers

Commercially aware and constantly looking for new business opportunities, deputy shop managers motivate their teams and create a safe and energised work environment. They have high standards, a strong drive to achieve results and are accountable for their business.

The role of the deputy shop manager is empowered, varied, busy and gives the opportunity to work with some amazing people. Shop managers are pivotal for the success of our business and can make a real difference. Oxfam operates a volunteer operating model, in which volunteers are empowered to take over most of the tasks within the shop, including running the shop in the manager’s absence. 

Often the only paid member of staff, our managers and deputy managers are comfortable in this environment, really enjoy working with others and are great at delegating to their teams. Excellent communicators, they are creative, and always look for opportunities to attract new supporters every day.

Our Values and Commitment to Safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Key Skills and Competencies required

• Significant leadership qualities and experience. (E)
• Ability to build, retain and develop a team. (E)
• Strong drive to achieve results through others. (E)
• Ability to delegate, coach and listen. (E)
• Enjoys working with people and has a friendly and approachable manner. (E)
• Ability to manage time under conflicting priorities. (E)
• Ability to demonstrate resilience to the everyday pressures that come with the role. (E)
• Excellent communication skills.(E)
• Ability to motivate self and others. (E)
• High level of motivation, enthusiasm and a sense of fun. (E)
• Open and adaptable to change and able to support others through it. (E)
• Commercial awareness and judgement. (D)
• Ability to establish and maintain successful retail processes and merchandising. (E)
• Ability to understand and interpret basic financial reports. (D)
• IT literacy and numeracy skills. (Using email systems and online resources; use and understand basic spreadsheets and word processing packages. Be aware of and be open to the role of social networking and ecommerce.) (E)
• Eager and required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values (click here) as well as the promotion of diversity and gender rights (click here).  (E)
• Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles. (E)

How to apply 

To apply, please click the apply button. As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and a covering letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile. 

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB takes its obligation to protect the rights of children and vulnerable people very seriously; therefore, the successful candidate for this post will be also subject to extensive background checking, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS), as this role involves unsupervised access to the above-mentioned groups.

For full information surrounding DBS and the vacancy, please view the full job description. 

Deputy Shop Manager (Pershore) (TRD2555)

Pershore

£8,425

18 Hours per week

About us

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 19 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. 

Oxfam Purpose

To work with others to overcome poverty and suffering 

Trading Purpose

To make as much money as possible to overcome poverty and suffering

About our Oxfam Shops

Open for business since 1948, Oxfam shops are at the heart of the charity and their community, raising vital funds and increasing public awareness of what we do. They are always guided by our values of empowerment, accountability and inclusiveness and focussed on making as much money as possible.

The Role of our Deputy Shop Managers

Commercially aware and constantly looking for new business opportunities, deputy shop managers motivate their teams and create a safe and energised work environment. They have high standards, a strong drive to achieve results and are accountable for their business.

The role of the deputy shop manager is empowered, varied, busy and gives the opportunity to work with some amazing people. Shop managers are pivotal for the success of our business and can make a real difference. Oxfam operates a volunteer operating model, in which volunteers are empowered to take over most of the tasks within the shop, including running the shop in the manager’s absence. 

Often the only paid member of staff, our managers and deputy managers are comfortable in this environment, really enjoy working with others and are great at delegating to their teams. Excellent communicators, they are creative, and always look for opportunities to attract new supporters every day.

Our Values and Commitment to Safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Key Skills and Competencies required

• Significant leadership qualities and experience. (E)
• Ability to build, retain and develop a team. (E)
• Strong drive to achieve results through others. (E)
• Ability to delegate, coach and listen. (E)
• Enjoys working with people and has a friendly and approachable manner. (E)
• Ability to manage time under conflicting priorities. (E)
• Ability to demonstrate resilience to the everyday pressures that come with the role. (E)
• Excellent communication skills.(E)
• Ability to motivate self and others. (E)
• High level of motivation, enthusiasm and a sense of fun. (E)
• Open and adaptable to change and able to support others through it. (E)
• Commercial awareness and judgement. (D)
• Ability to establish and maintain successful retail processes and merchandising. (E)
• Ability to understand and interpret basic financial reports. (D)
• IT literacy and numeracy skills. (Using email systems and online resources; use and understand basic spreadsheets and word processing packages. Be aware of and be open to the role of social networking and ecommerce.) (E)
• Eager and required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values (click here) as well as the promotion of diversity and gender rights (click here).  (E)
• Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles. (E)

How to apply 

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and a covering letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile. 

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB takes its obligation to protect the rights of children and vulnerable people very seriously; therefore, the successful candidate for this post will be also subject to extensive background checking, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS), as this role involves unsupervised access to the above-mentioned groups.

For full information surrounding DBS and the vacancy, please view the full job description. 

Your new company
A nationwide charity are looking for a Deputy Accounts Payable Manager based in their head office in Central London, reporting to the AP Manager.

Your new role
You will be reporting to the Accounts Payable Manager in a Deputy Manager role, responsible for the administration of the AP process. You will ensure the accurate validation of invoices before they are matched to a PO. You will also ensure all supplier invoice payments are processed in an accurate and timely manner. You will manage relevant outgoing cash processes which will include vendor payment runs, quicker payments and monitoring of direct debits. You will be responsible for managing your direct reports (9 AP Assistants) and the wider AP team which will include setting objectives that align with the finance processing team goals.

What you'll need to succeed
You will need:

• Experience of managing an Accounts Payable team
• Experience working in a large organisation in an AP role
• Experience of managing a high-volume processing department to meet objectives.
• Excellent Excel skills are essential
• A high level of written and verbal communication skills.

What you'll get in return
In return you will receive a salary of £37,500 per annum including 25 days annual leave + bank holidays. You will also gain valuable experience working for a well-known organisation in a central London location.

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

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£50,340 (plus contributory pension)

Maternity contract to August 2020.

Manchester City Centre

MAG saves lives and builds futures by working with others to reclaim land contaminated with the debris of conflict, to reduce the daily risk of death or injury for civilians, and to create safe and secure conditions for development. MAG shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize as a founding member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines for our work to ban landmines. Our vision is a safe and secure future for men, women and children affected by armed violence and conflict. 

We are seeking a fully qualified (interim) Head of Programme Finance to lead our Programmes Finance team, which provides day-to-day financial support and advice to MAG’s programmes in countries across the globe. This is an exciting and dynamic role, influence local, regional and global stakeholders, with the overriding objective of delivering strong financial control for MAG’s global programmes.  

Reporting to the Deputy Director of Finance you will be responsible for managing the UK based programmes finance team, providing financial advice, support and assurance in the development and monitoring of MAG’s international programme activities as well as overseeing financial planning, analysis and reporting across our global programmes. You will also foster a culture of financial business partnering with operational teams adding value that will assist in decision making and the delivery of MAG’s lifesaving work.

You will be based in MAG’s HQ in Manchester, managing your team, overseeing MAG’s financial control, monitoring and reporting for MAG’s global programmes. You will occasionally be required to travel to support our programmes overseas; potentially seeing a weekly visit in the contract to our programmes in Southeast Asia, the Middle East or Africa.

For further information and details of how to apply, please visit our website before the closing date of Sunday 8th March 2020

Due to the high volume of applications that we receive, we are not able to respond to every application. If you have not heard back from us within three weeks of your application, it means that your application has not been successful.

Applicants who are non-residents of the UK will need to provide documentary evidence of their eligibility to work in the UK.

Finance Director role, reporting into the deputy CEO and leading on all financial management and control.

Client Details

This international charity are growing quickly. They work closely with corporate and institutional donors who provide funding for key projects, typically working with political leaders and influential people around the world. The organisation holds influence with these key figures and uses its fantastic connections and a high-profile board to develop these relationships.

Description

Key responsibilities:

• Lead a finance team and oversee all matters of financial management, reporting and control.
• Lead on all financial decision making support and input into organisational strategy
• Develop robust finance infrastructure, including hands on involvement in processes, systems and controls
• Oversee financial year end and audit process
• Key contact for non-finance stakeholders across the SMT
• Reporting to Board of Trustees on a regular basis

Profile

You will be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA or Equivalent) with strong financial leadership skills that can be evidenced through experience. You will have a strong technical background and will be happy to take a hands on approach when required. In addition, you will have experience of providing an excellent finance business partnering service to non-finance.

Applications from all backgrounds will be considered, but experience within a fast-paced environment would be highly beneficial.

Job Offer

Salary up to £75,000 depending on experience plus benefits.

Flexible working available

As the Senior member of a growing fundraising team, the majority of your time will be as a hands on fundraiser, focused on developing new and as yet largely untapped sources of funding,with a target of growing new income streams.

Charity Is a national charity that provides support to prisoners, people with convictions, and their families. We support people to make a fresh start, and minimise the harm that can be caused by imprisonment to people who have committed offences, to families and to communities.

The Role
Lead, manage and inspire the fundraising team
Increase annual charitable income from the team
Work with business Development colleagues and regional Heads of Services to develop regional plans to ensure fundraising, business development and service delivery strategies are aligned.
Your focus will be within the City of London including the City Livery companies, the legal sector, and from other opportunities including businesses in London, High Value/Major Donors, and the Big Lottery.
Achieve sustained growth in subsequent years, on the basis of targets to be agreed with the SLT.
Work closely with the chief Executive, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Finance to monitor fundraising performance against budget and targets
Ensure the charity are achieving an appropriate mix of unrestricted and restricted income
Monitor restricted grants against expenditure and agree priorities, deadlines and planning time scales for applications and appeals.

The Candidate
A successful demonstrable track record of raising significant funds from companies, trusts and foundations.
Experience of developing action plans and budgets.
Experience of using and getting the best from a fundraising database.
Experience of one of more other types of fundraising activity (this might include individual giving, major donors, legacies, community fundraising and events)
Experience of successfully recruiting and managing staff.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

Director of Finance Transformation: £80,000 - £90,000 + Benefits, London

For a global organisation, we're recruiting a Director of Finance Transformation. Reporting to the CFO, the Director of Finance Transformation will partner with senior finance leaders to deliver multiple transformation objectives. This role is pivotal in delivering the Finance Innovation Programme (ensuring the removal of inefficiencies and transfer of transactional work to Shared Services) implementing change at all levels focusing on benefits delivery. The Director of Finance Transformation will ensure effective programme governance, stakeholder engagement, resource management and oversight of all designs, plans and implementations, deputising for the CFO.

Main Duties:

• Develop a global finance systems strategy, including ERP replacement and value for money prioritisation on finance investments
• Process standardization and streamlining, ensuring removal of silos and transfer of transactional work to shared services
• Deliver, plan, implement and embed finance change deliverables globally
• Lead initiatives and projects to ensure effective delivery of finance transformation globally
• Lead troubleshooting to support BAU
• Support CFO to ensure stakeholder, client and partner relationship management, acting as finance transformation ambassador at key senior-level meetings
• Deliver a fit for purpose Operating Model for global finance function (more customer focused and with greater cost awareness)
• Provide commercial insight, financial expertise, simplification and standardisation of systems and processes globally
• Deliver solutions to improve ability to meet reporting obligations and empower staff to make better business decisions
• Manage the finance systems portfolio and plan for ERP replacement
• Chair the Finance Change Board and manage prioritisation of finance investments
• Ensure resources are managed effectively and that knowledge transfer is effective to BAU

Person Specification:

• Significant similar programme leadership experience from a global organisation
• Significant experience and understanding of finance change and transformation
• SAP experience and Programme Management experience
• Significant financial and stakeholder leadership experience within global organisations
• Comfortable with a highly visible role during a period of significant organisational change
• Experience of implementing change programmes
• Proven experience delivering and managing in similar roles and Shared Service Centre setups
• Global travel forms part of this role so excellent understanding of complex international structures is essential.

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The consists of five distinct brands: , , , and .

Background to the role:

Suzy Lamplugh Trust is the UK’s pioneering personal safety charity and leading stalking authority, established in 1986 following the disappearance of 25-year-old Suzy Lamplugh whilst at work. We work towards creating a society in which people are safer - and feel safer - from the prevalence of stalking, harassment, aggression and violence, achieved through supporting people; education; and campaigning.

Over the last two years, the Trust’s policy and development function has continued to develop and deliver hard hitting campaigns and projects. In addition to our personal safety and stalking training, we are now delivering more bespoke consultancy services to organisations, in order to improve personal safety in the workplace, which we hope to continue to grow in the coming years. The Trust’s policy function also continues to deliver personal safety projects to small charities and communities at risk of violence and aggression, such as young people facing homelessness.

Building on the success of our annual National Personal Safety Day campaigns, National Stalking Awareness Week and leadership of the National Stalking Consortium, we have secured a further three-year grant from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation to accelerate our campaigning on stalking. We have also identified a need to build up our evidence base on broader personal safety issues in order to increase our campaigning on personal safety at work, safer transport and online safety.

We are looking for an ambitious, dynamic leader to lead this team and ensure that its work has maximum impact and is embedded into the core output of the charity.

Overall purpose of role:

• To lead and develop Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s work in research, policy, campaigns and community development, ensuring the delivery of key, strategic projects 
• To promote the work of Suzy Lamplugh Trust including the National Stalking Helpline and advocacy services, strengthening our voice as an authority on stalking and personal safety - both at work and in everyday life
• To be a key part of the Trust’s leadership team, deputising for the Chief Executive as required

To apply, please submit your CV and covering letter.  Note: Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

If you do not receive a response within 3 weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.

Job description:

Policy, research, campaigns and communications

• Maintain a robust understanding of the external policy environment, ensuring that the Trust is able to respond to emerging trends and needs as appropriate
• Lead the development of robust, innovative policy positions around personal safety and stalking, commissioning research as required
• Develop and implement influencing strategies to deliver on Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s policy priorities, establishing and maintaining strategic relationships with key decision makers and policy makers
• Lead on the co-ordination of responses to policy consultations, representing Suzy Lamplugh Trust at external meetings with funders, senior stakeholders, influencers and decision-makers
• Lead the planning and delivery of Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s campaigning strategy including identifying and steering individual campaigns
• Lead the development and implementation of an organisational communications strategy, including digital communications, which both promotes and safeguards the organisation
• Ensure that the Chief Executive and other Suzy Lamplugh Trust colleagues are appropriately briefed to represent the organisation’s position on a range of policy issues
• Identify opportunities for new partnerships, services, and influencing opportunities that will strengthen the Trust’s voice and expand its reach
• Act as a key Suzy Lamplugh Trust spokesperson to media at both a local and national level

Service development

• Work closely with the chief executive and other members of the leadership team to plan and implement strategies for the Trust’s community development offer
• Work with the commercial and finance teams to develop and implement financially sustainable new projects, including policy support to organisations implementing Suzy’s Charter on Workplace Safety.
• Ensure that timely information is provided to support the development of funding bids and any reports to funders on activities delivered

Management and leadership

• Lead a team of staff and volunteers and manage support from external consultants on policy topics
• Represent the policy and development team on the leadership team
• Deputise for the Chief Executive, internally and externally, as required, including with the media
• Manage projects and budgets for the policy team and restricted projects within the policy remit, ensuring all service responsibilities and project deliverables are met within approved budget.
• Engage with Trustees via the Policy Sub-committee

Person specification:

(‘s’ denotes shortlisting criteria which must be addressed in covering letter)

Skills and abilities

• Demonstrable ability to synthesise large amounts of complex information into accurate, persuasive arguments
• Proven analytical, research and problem-solving skills (s)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills(s)
• Convincing influencing and negotiation skills with people at all levels
• Understanding of the policy contexts in which Suzy Lamplugh Trust operates
• Ability to inspire a team to strive for challenging goals  
• Proven ability to coach and support others while delivering testing personal objectives, interpreting organisational targets into clearly communicated work plans
• Proven ability to work together with other senior leaders
• Ability to represent the Trust externally and deputise for the Chief Executive as required
• Ability to lead effective and engaging meetings
• Ability to create and monitor robust project plans, managing timescales, risks and budgets and taking mitigating action where necessary (s)
• Understanding of the financial constraints of working in a small charity, and funding mechanisms within the sector, with proven ability to manage budgets

Experience

• Significant experience of gender-based violence policy (s)
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in a leadership position, operating at a strategic level and contributing to strategy development and delivery(s)
• Experience of policy work developing and implementing campaigns with a proven track record of success in influencing public policy (s)
• Representing an organisation to senior external stakeholders, including government and the media, with good understanding of parliamentary processes and structures (s)
• Developing policy positions and providing briefings to senior leaders to represent the organisation on key issues (s)
• Developing and managing services to people in challenging circumstances
• Change and crisis management (s)
• Designing and contributing to successful funding proposals or bids and reporting back to funders (s)
• Line management including setting targets and appraising individuals’ performance (s)
• Leading campaigns promoting positive behaviour change
• Designing and delivering new projects for commercial development and / or social enterprises (s)

Personal attributes

• Committed to the aims and values of Suzy Lamplugh Trust: we expect all staff to uphold and reflect the ethos of Suzy Lamplugh Trust in all their work

• Ambitious: with responsibility for growing the organisation’s work in a number of key areas, you will be motivated to enable the Trust to compete as a significant policy voice
• Authoritative: you will be expected to deputise for the chief executive as required
• Results-driven: the head of policy and development will provide strategic direction to the team to ensure that campaigns have maximum impact
• Approachable: as a senior representative of the organisation, you will need to be able to communicate effectively with a range of key stakeholders to get them on board
• Adaptable: you will need to be willing to take on tasks beyond the immediate scope of your job description from time to time including travel and occasional overnight stays
• Resilient: able to operate within tight deadlines, in a changing environment
• Visionary: as part of the leadership team, your ideas will help to shape the organisation’s strategic plan 

I am urgently looking to recruit an Interim Head of Financial Services for a regulatory body based in Manchester until the end of June at least.

Main Duties:  

The Finance Systems team exists to support the business of regulatory body managing nearly £5billion of funding across England. The team is based in the office in central Manchester.

• Lead the regulatory bodies financial systems operations.  Ensure training and education programmes and processes are in place for the finance and non-finance staff using the financial systems
• Ensure that the financial systems deliver all Bodies financial reporting requirements as efficiently and as effectively as possible and meeting due deadlines and statutory requirements.
• Maintain first class working relationships with external audit, the National Audit Office
• Review financial processes and systems to identify the most effective work streams in the future
• Manage Shared Services Contracts
• Analyse in full the business processes and controls as a preliminary to tender for the Finance and Accounting Service platform in 2020.
• Analyse the scope to integrate the Finance and Accounting systems with other non-finance systems.
• Deputise for the Deputy Director of Finance when required

Key requirements include:

• CCAB qualified with current professional registration
• Master’s degree or equivalent experience
• Experience of working at a senior level in Finance and leading a staff group of over 20 staff.
• Extensive and demonstrable knowledge of specialist areas required to undertake this role

Head of IT Operations and Support
London, EC2
£40,574 - £47,336 per annum

Are you a highly motivated, friendly and enthusiastic person with a genuine interest in computers and people?

We are looking for a Head of IT Operations & Support who can work collaboratively with colleagues across teams to plan our IT support needs so they are aligned with our business requirements and delivered within budget. The scope of the role will include acquiring resources and co-ordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants to deliver planned day-to-day support and development projects.

Based in London and reporting to the Deputy Director of IT, you will be expected to be highly proficient in IT service management techniques and have a strong technical background.

You will have a high level of communication skills and be able to adapt your approach to deal with multiple contractors, internal stakeholders and third party organisations, demonstrating a calm but assertive disposition under pressure.

Attention to detail and previous experience of providing end-to-end support solutions in complex environments and managing multiple priorities is essential.

To apply for this role, you will have to complete an online application and specify how you meet the person specification criteria, as outlined in the job description. To do this, we suggest that you download the job description prior to starting your application (this can be found at the start of the application process).

Currently, the application process works best on desktop / laptop devices.

The closing date for applications is on Wednesday 4th March at 23:59.

We expect interviews to be held in London on Tuesday 17th March 2020.

A disclosure check will be sought in relation to the successful applicant for this post. This will be shared with Human Resources and may also be shared with the Safeguarding Manager and the relevant management team. All applicants must also complete a self-disclosure form.

We strive to provide an accessible recruitment process. If a disability or long-term condition makes it difficult for you to complete our application form, please contact us to discuss alternative formats. If you require reasonable adjustments for taking part in the interview, please indicate this in response to the corresponding question in the application form. Additional information about the support we offer is on our jobs page.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to offering interviews to candidates who request to be considered under the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum requirements of the person specification.

The National Deaf Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young adults and expects staff and volunteers to share that commitment.

We are also committed to promoting work-life balance amongst our staff.

To apply for the role of Head of IT Operations and Support, please apply via the button shown. 

This job is being posted by Webrecruit on behalf of National Deaf Children's Society. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Other organisations may call this role Head of IT, Head of Technical Support, Head of IT Support, IT Operations Manager, Senior IT Support Manager, or Senior IT Engineer. 

• Work for a fantastic and fast growing charity
• Lead the finance and services function, reporting into the CEO

About Our Client

The Felix Project is an exciting and fast-growing charity based in West London. Founded in 2016, by Justin Byam Shaw, The Felix Project works with food suppliers and charities to reduce food waste and food poverty. We collect food from supermarkets, wholesalers and other food suppliers right across the commercial food industry - food that is fresh and nutritious but cannot be sold for various reasons. We deliver this food free of charge to charities which provide meals or food parcels to their beneficiaries, many of whom are extremely vulnerable and living at the margins of society. Each week, the fresh food we redistribute provides wholesome meals for over 200,000 Londoners including the elderly, the homeless, people with mental health issues, refugees and asylum seekers and vulnerable families and their children.

It is an exciting time to joining the charity, we have very ambitious plans to continue to grow the whole organisation, including opening new depots to broaden our reach and become more efficient. Finance will play a key part in helping to deliver this growth!

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• As part of the Senior Leadership Team, to play a full and active role in the development and implementation of organisational strategy
• Develop and monitor the charity's financial and services strategy to ensure the long-term financial and operational viability of the organisation;
• Compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements
• Risk and the overall control environment, including insurance cover, business continuity and appropriate safeguarding of the IT environment
• Lead on the development of financial KPIs for the organisation
• Delivery of timely and accurate financial reporting to the Finance Committee, full Trustee board and Senior Leadership Team as well as other key stakeholders including internal teams and donors and supporters;
• Work closely with other Senior Leadership Team members, notably the CEO, Director of Fundraising & Marketing and the Director of Operations, to provide analysis and insight to improve the overall performance of the organisation;
• Treasury management, including cash flow forecasting and all financial processing;
• Responsibility for the management of IT and governance, including appropriate policies and procedures to safeguard the charity and its employees and to manage risk;

The Successful Applicant

You will be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or Equivalent) with strong financial management and reporting experience. You will be able to demonstrate considerable experience of leading and developing the finance function within a not-for-profit organisation, with a strong understanding of all regulatory and statutory requirements. In addition, you will be able to liaise effectively with finance and non-finance stakeholders at all levels.

What's on Offer

• Part time role - Salary circa £60,000 full time equivalent (3 days a week preferred on a pro-rata basis)
• Ambitious charity with an upbeat, passionate and collaborative culture.
• 25 days Annual Leave
• 5% Pension Contribution
• Park Royal Head Office base with some occasional travel across London to our other sites and external meetings where required

Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents. All third party applications will be forwarded to Michael Page.

Ref Code: MPCY14080802Z

Director of Global Procurement: £80,000 - £85,000 + Benefits, Manchester

For a global organisation, we're recruiting a Director of Global Procurement. Reporting to the CFO, the Director of Global Procurement will lead the Global Procurement function by implementing a new structure and ways of working and will drive change and later the perception of Procurement across the organisation to create a professional and consistent commercial approach. The Director of Global Procurement will lead, give strategic direction and guidance for the management of 3^rd party spend whilst leading on cutting edge procurement strategies across supply chain, process and infrastructure improvements.

Main Duties:

• Develop and deliver Global Procurement Strategy, working with stakeholders globally
• Maintain a robust governance framework, ensuring procurement activities are fully integrated into services and business objectives
• Overall responsibility for procurement processes ensuring they are fit for purpose
• Build quality relationships, shape and direct cultural and process changes to achieve new target state for procurement
• Set out priorities for regional and category management teams
• Lead support and manage the Regional Heads of procurement and Global Category Managers
• Influence the agreement of key strategic contracts to deliver value for money
• Galvanise cross functionally to ensure efficiency in all levels in the procurement process
• Inform, advise and influence the Executive and Management Boards, Regional and Country Directors and Regional Finance Directors on strategic and operational procurement matters
• Embed new ways of working with procurement
• Lead, manage and motivate a highly performing team of procurement professionals.

Person Specification:

• Significant similar leadership experience in global procurement; MCIPS
• Highly developed technical procurement knowledge
• Excellent understanding of procurement systems and processes across the public and commercial sector
• Extensive experience of working globally across different cultures
• Leadership experience of a large and diverse procurement function
• Extensive experience of deploying category management processes and methodology
• Proven experience of achieving tangible benefits and cost savings
• Global travel forms part of this role so excellent understanding of complex international structures is essential.

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• Winner of Higher Education Financial Performance Award
• Lead a team to deliver excellent financial reporting and management

About Our Client

The University of West London is ranked as the top modern university in London, 8th modern university in the UK and 56th university nationally by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018.

98% of graduates are in employment or further study within six months of graduation (HESA 2018) and they achieve the second highest starting salaries of all the London modern universities.

The university has an ambitious 5 year growth plan and as a result they are looking to hire the right skill set into the finance function with an ability to see commercial opportunity and impact on the bottom line of their revenue streams as well as delivering fantastic financial management and reporting on a regular basis.

Job Description

• Line manage and support members the finance team, including a mixture of qualified accountants, AP and payroll.
• Lead on the preparation of the year-end Financial Statements for the University and subsidiaries, including liaising with the external Auditor and preparing suitable analyses to enable the Financial statements to be audited.
• Ensure effective financial control across the organisation
• Preparation of monthly management accounts for the Deputy CFO/CFO
• Liaising with the Heads of these services on a regular basis to discuss progress against budgets and to aid their understanding of financial results
• Playing a key role in preparing the annual UWL financial budgets
• Playing a key role in preparing and monitoring the UWL 5-year plan
• Support the Deputy Chief Financial Officer to deliver a first-class accounting function

The Successful Applicant

You will be a full qualified accountant (ACA or equivalent) and hold 2+ years post qualification experience. You will have an excellent understanding of technical finance and will have delivered strong financial reporting in your most recent role. Attention to detail is essential, as is the ability to liaise effectively with finance and non-finance stakeholders at all levels. You will be ambitious, eager to learn and keen to work in a fast-paced and growing organisation.

What's on Offer

• Up to £63,000
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and close down over the Christmas period
• Opportunity to study a part time course free of charge
• Extremely generous pension with employer contribution exceeding employee contributions

Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents. All third party applications will be forwarded to Michael Page.

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