JOB TITLE: Development assistant

SALARY: £22,177 – £26,091 (depending on experience)

HOURS: 37.5 hours a week

At Moorfields Eye Charity, we believe that we can help bring new treatments to patients and people with eye diseases faster than ever before. By raising funds for the crucial research, education and patient care at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and its academic partner, the University College London (UCL) we are able to help ensure that they remain at the forefront of ophthalmic care and research.

Moorfields Eye Charity is in the early stages of a campaign, in partnership with UCL, to raise £100m to support the creation of a state-of-the-art integrated treatment, research and education centre in central London for Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology.

We are seeking a Development assistant to work closely with the Director of development and fundraising teams to support delivery of the charity’s ambitious fundraising programme.  This will include general administrative support for the Director of development alongside wider support and discrete project management responsibilities to the benefit of the charity’s major gift and legacy fundraising programmes.

With an interest in fundraising and knowledge of the voluntary sector you will have excellent organisational skills and be confident in your ability to work across a range of internal and external audiences.  You will have excellent relationship building skills with a strong commitment to supporting delivery of the highest level of donor engagement and care.

With the chance to be involved in an exciting and ambitious campaign this is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a friendly and supportive team, with a strong focus on collaboration and working towards a shared goal. This position would suit a positive, proactive and ambitious individual looking for a role where they can make a difference.

To apply for this role, please send your CV and a cover letter of no more than two A4 pages to Rachel Jones, Director of development by 5pm on Wednesday 16 December.  No online applications will be accepted.

Interviews will be held on Monday 21 December.

I am currently looking for a part-time (30 hour week) Quality and Development Assistant for an amazing homelessness charity. The Quality & Development Support team provides administrative and project support to the wider Services Quality and Development (SDQ) team.
You will play a crucial role in making sure that the team has the information needed to identify leads and opportunities, complete tenders and create innovative services to help more people.

Main Objectives:
To provide insight, research, intelligence, knowledge management and communication support to the Quality & Development teams. This will be achieved through:
Identification of opportunities for development and growth in order to maintain the funding pipeline

Supporting Development activity, through:
Completing Selection Questionnaires, Expression of Interest forms, and Invitation to Tender documents
Conducting market research and analysis to support tenders and business planning

Supporting the wider Services Quality and Development (SQD) team by:
Coordinating and writing internal communications in order to share and report upon team performance
Helping to coordinate and disseminate quality improvement work
Supporting services marketing
Participating in wider services projects as required
Setting up and maintaining files and documentation.

Key Responsibilities:
Scanning for and researching relevant leads and opportunities in order to identify and share potential development opportunities with the wider team. This includes maintaining accurate information in SQD systems and databases.
Managing own projects and tasks, to support development activity as part of a bid team. This may include:
First stage analysis and evaluation of Tender Notices
Identifying re-tenders
Carrying out research to support tenders and opportunities
Assisting with the compilation of reports and support on compiling information for tenders
Research and data analysis to support evidence and insights work
Supporting the internal communication of SQD team performance and team updates i.e. coordinating content, writing articles and blogs, keeping the intranet page updated
Raising purchase orders and processing credit card spend
Organising and minuting team meetings
Supporting the Quality and Development Support Manager with facilitating the Restricted Income Panel and Contract Approval processes, ensuring documentation is signed off in line with internal requirements.
Production of useful bid support documents e.g. boilerplate responses to bid questions

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
Knowledge and experience of project management
Experience of desktop research, data collation and performing analysis
Ideally, knowledge and understanding of the commissioning environment or housing and homelessness sector

If you are immediately available and have the above skills and experience, please apply online today!

This is an amazing opportunity to join the Development Team at one of the best known and most exciting Schools in the UK. As the country’s first School for performing, creative and digital arts - free for all Students - The BRIT School is world renown for the famous alumni that have been nurtured here over the past 30 years. But we are much more than that, with nine art forms taught - from Community Arts Practice to Interactive Digital Design – and alumni reaching every corner of the creative industries.

Working closely with the Director of Development, the Development Administrator will be responsible for day to day administration of fundraising at The BRIT School. The post holder will support the Director of Development in the smooth and efficient administration of fundraising and support activities to help achieve the School’s fundraising & voluntary income targets.

Networks Assistant (part-time 0.6 FTE)

We are recruiting a Network Assistant to support the delivery of our Trust Leaders Network and other programmes run by Challenge Partners.

The role is for 22.5 hours a week

About Challenge Partners

Who we are: Challenge Partners is a practitioner-led education charity that enables collaboration between schools to enhance the life chances of all children, especially the most disadvantaged.

How we do it: The Challenge Partners central team works closely with school leaders and other education professionals to facilitate a variety of programmes and services for schools in our partnership. We ensure the knowledge and skills of the best in our network are available to everyone, reducing the variability in education provision whilst improving the performance of all schools, leaders, and pupils in the partnership.

Our team: There are currently just over 20 people in our growing team. We are dedicated to working hard for our schools whilst enjoying what we do and who we work with. You will be working in a friendly and dynamic group with backgrounds in education, the wider social enterprise and charity sector, and the corporate world. The majority of roles are school-facing, and team members work closely with leaders in our schools to generate and refine ideas and create maximum value for the network.

Job Purpose:

You will have an important role to play in supporting the delivery of our work with school trusts by providing administrative support to ensure the smooth running of our Trust Leaders’ Network. You may also be asked to contribute with other administrative tasks that support the delivery of our organisational priorities.  You will report to the Head of Network Development.

Key Responsibilities

• Liaise with trust partners to communicate programme activity and assist with meeting preparation
• Upload files, meeting papers or reports to Dropbox and GoogleDocs, update our Trust Leaders Network directory and manage our inbox, using our escalation process to redirect and respond to queries
• Provide technical support for virtual meetings for the Trust Leaders Network and other events as required
• Manage bookings and provide relevant information to the finance team for invoice generation, send out contracts and prepare expense claims for processing
• Maintain our Salesforce CRM system, upload data as directed and maintain other programme dashboards used internally for planning, monitoring or evaluation purposes
• Support across other networks, programmes and activities as required e.g. arranging virtual or in person national recruitment events

Person Specifications:

Specific skills and attitudes we are looking for in an applicant are as follows:

• Good written and oral communication skills, with the ability to build rapport, express yourself concisely and appropriately with senior leaders
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise and multi-task effectively
• High computer literacy - confidence and competence in using GSuite, Microsoft programmes and Salesforce (or similar CRM system) would be an advantage
• A willingness to learn, take initiative, identify and provide solutions and improvements
• Attention to detail and pride in your work
• Positivity, optimism and agility - we are a small organisation and all staff are expected to contribute across the organisation (and beyond their specific job role) to ensure our success and sustainability. You will therefore need to be flexible and comfortable with uncertainty
• A passion for education, and a desire to make a difference

Experience of either administrative support or project management, communications, account management, business development, relationship management within the education sector or similar is desirable.

Benefits of working for Challenge Partners

• 25 days of paid holiday per year, plus 8 additional days of bank holiday (pro-rata for part-time)
• An employer contributed pension - we match up to 5% of your own contribution
• Private healthcare
• Flexible working hours
• A school-based office in South Bermondsey. There is currently no requirement for staff to work in the office, but you may choose to do so.
• A supportive and friendly team
• A chance to make a real difference to educational outcomes
• The opportunity to progress and develop skills in a dynamic and fast-growing team
• The opportunity to interact with the children at our school (including weekly reading)

How to apply and our recruitment process

Challenge Partners is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

If you would like to be a part of our team, then please apply with:

• A CV of no more than two pages
• A cover letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the role and the person specification.

Please note that we will disregard your application if we do not receive a CV and role-specific cover letter.

Appointment will be dependent on receipt of satisfactory references and completing a DBS check.

We will be interviewing on a rolling basis and looking to appoint someone to start in January/February 2021. Please apply promptly to be considered for this role. We will close the application process when we appoint.

Start date: ASAP in January/February 2021 although we are prepared to be flexible to ensure that we recruit the most suitable candidate.

We are a not-for-profit provider of support for people with learning disabilities and mental health needs in Camden, Barnet and Wandsworth. We are seeking a proactive and well organised individual who is passionate about working in the not-for-profit sector. You will plan and coordinate training for our Camden, Barnet and Wandsworth staff, maintain high levels of service user involvement, work to develop our services across the region and operate collaboratively across the organisation on a variety of projects.

You will be well organised and efficient with excellent attention to detail with good IT (especially Word/Excel/Powerpoint) and communication skills. A good standard of verbal and written English is essential. You will be approachable with a warm and helpful telephone manner. You must enjoy team working as well as working alone using your initiative. Gumption and a can-do attitude will hold you in good stead.

A genuine interest in people with learning disabilities and mental health needs along with a commitment to diversity is essential. In return for your commitment we can offer you interesting, varied and rewarding work and you will enjoy supportive management from senior managers.

Working hours are full time Monday to Friday, with occasional weekend and evening work as required.

                                  Pathways into Development Graduate Internship Programme

The Pathways into Development Graduate Internship Programme is a year-long, directed at Black graduates who are seeking to enter the International Development Sector. This training opportunity will provide professional development, mentoring and coaching which will enable the successful candidate to establish a solid foundation by gaining the relevant knowledge and experience to move on to a career in this sector.

Development Pathways does not believe in ‘unpaid’ internships, since they can significantly disadvantage people who do not have access to personal wealth. Therefore, we will provide the successful intern with an internship allowance of £23,000 for the year that they are with us.

This internship will be based in the UK office (Sidcup, Greater London). However, as per COVID-19 Government advice, staff are working remotely until further notice.

This is a 12-month training programme.

Purpose:

Development Pathways Ltd. have teamed up with Diasporic Development (a UK-based, Black professional network of International Development practitioners) to launch this brand-new graduate internship programme, as a way of beginning to address the lack of diversity within the International Development sector.

As a global International Development organisation, Development Pathways recognises that there is a lack of diversity, specifically in regard to Black professionals, working in our industry. We believe that, in order to address this, we need a diverse pipeline.

The purpose of this graduate internship programme is to work towards having Black practitioners fully represented at all levels in our sector. It is to provide recent graduates who are seeking to establish a career in International Development with the much-needed support, professional development opportunities, teaching and mentoring through a network of experienced contacts.

Professional Development:

This programme will provide varied learning opportunities including both formal professional development experiences as well as informal but valuable work experience and shadowing.

Throughout the year, you will work alongside and learn from a team of international development practitioners with extensive experience in social protection, social development, gender and social inclusion, livelihoods, economics, and quantitative and qualitative research in an organisation that works across Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

You will learn from practical experience through engagement in both technical and operational roles within the company. Some specific areas for skill development include:

● Research

● Policy analysis

● Political economy analysis

● Report writing

● Statistical data analysis

● Project initiation, implementation and closure

● Client and consultant management

● Budget management

● Project logistics management

● Digital communications (Twitter, LinkedIn etc.)

● Graphic design for digital platforms

● Proposal writing

You will have the opportunity to attend both internal and external training courses, workshops, and technical learnings sessions on a range of topics, from “How to write an effective news article” to “The role of shock-responsive social protection amid the COVID-19 crisis”.

COVID-19 permitting, you may also have the chance to work with our Management Information Systems (MIS) team at the Development Pathways Kenya office (Nairobi).

Programme structure:

The successful candidate will rotate between the following teams for the first three months of the internship to get a ‘taster’ of what each does:

● Social Policy

● Programme Management

● Social and Economic Analysis

● Business Development

● Communications

During this time, you will support each of the teams by engaging in various tasks that will broaden your understanding of our position within the international development sector: from learning to draft policy briefs that provide analytical support, partnerships scoping, reviewing client contracts or writing news articles.

The individual will then choose a preferred area/team to work with for the remainder of the programme, where they will be given longer-term and more challenging work under guidance, allowing for both personal and professional growth.

You will report to a designated senior member of your chosen team.

Person Specifications:

● Black professional – must have graduated from university (undergraduate or Master’s) within 3 years of applying;

● A university degree in a relevant area such as: International Development, International Relations, Economics, Social Policy, Anthropology etc.;

● Less than one year of relevant professional experience;

● A demonstrable interest in International Development​;

● Professional fluency in written and spoken English, and good written and verbal communication skills;

● Analytical skills;

● Excellent attention to detail;

● Excellent organisational skills with the capacity to work both within a team and independently;

● Outstanding time management skills, with the ability to work under pressure;

● Be proactive, with a positive can-do attitude.

Please note that this position is only open to those who have the right to reside and undertake an internship in the UK. Development Pathways will not provide visa sponsorship for this position.

Benefits:

The successful candidate would receive the following:

● Company laptop to use during the internship

● Free tickets to Diasporic Development events

● Mentorship and networking with the Diasporic Development community

How to Apply:

We invite interested candidates, who meet the requirements, to email their applications. 

Applications should include:

1. A Curriculum Vitae (CV) specifying your qualifications and relevant work experience;
2. A cover letter explaining why you are applying for this programme, and how your recent relevant experience and skills meet the requirements. We encourage applicants to express a particular area/team of interest (teams as referred to under ‘Programme Structure’). 
3. Closing date for applications for this internship will be 7th December 2020.

Due to the high number of applications expected, unfortunately only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Data and Impact Assistant (part time 0.6 FTE)

We are recruiting for a Data and Impact Assistant to work within our Network Development Team.

With over 400 schools in our National Network of Excellence and 100 trusts this is an exciting time to join our central team and contribute to the success of our partnership.

As Data and Impact Assistant, you will have an important role to play in ensuring we use data effectively and strategically for the benefit of our partner schools, and to demonstrate the impact of our work. In this role, you will maintain our Salesforce database to a high standard of accuracy, find solutions to technical issues and work with others to deliver improvements/efficiencies to our CRM system. As a member of the Challenge Partners central team, you will contribute to every child receiving a great education.

The role is for 22.5 hours a week

About Challenge Partners

Who we are: Challenge Partners is a practitioner-led education charity that enables collaboration and challenge between schools to enhance the life chances of all children, especially the most disadvantaged.

How we do it: The Challenge Partners central team works closely with school leaders and other education professionals to facilitate a variety of programmes and activities for schools in our partnership. We ensure the knowledge and skills of the best in our network are available to everyone, reducing the variability in education provision whilst improving the performance of all trusts, schools, leaders, and pupils in the partnership.

Our team: There are currently just over 20 people in our growing team. We are dedicated to working hard for our schools whilst enjoying what we do and who we work with. You will be working in a friendly and dynamic group with backgrounds in education, the wider social enterprise and charity sector, and the corporate world. The majority of roles are school-facing, and team members work closely with leaders in our schools to generate and refine ideas and create maximum value for the network.

Job Purpose:

The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring that Challenge Partners is able to use data effectively to deliver and demonstrate impact for our partner schools. The Data and Impact Assistant will work with colleagues across the Challenge Partners team, as well as an external Salesforce developer, to help translate the needs of the organisation into technological solutions. The Data and Impact Assistant will troubleshoot issues, generate system improvements, and serve as a champion for effective data management within the team. In addition, they will be prepared to provide organisational and data support to emerging priorities as they arise. The post holder will report to the Network Development Manager.

The successful candidate will be comfortable inputting, manipulating and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data, and a willingness to develop their skills further. Prior experience of Salesforce or a similar CRM system would be an advantage.

Key Responsibilities:

The duties and responsibilities of the Data and Impact Assistant will include:

CRM administration: you will be responsible for maintaining Challenge Partners’ Salesforce database, putting in place processes to ensure a high standard of data accuracy. You will work with others to generate improvements/efficiencies, and work with internal and external partners to find solutions to Salesforce-related issues.

Reports and dashboards: you will assist team members by generating reports to support our ongoing monitoring and evaluation, and fulfilling data requests from team members and external stakeholders

Influencing others: You will serve as a champion for Salesforce and a culture of effective data management across the organisation, providing coaching or training as needed

Related organisational support: you will step up to assist and provide administrative support with emerging priorities as they arise, as agreed with your line manager

Person Specification

Specific skills and attitudes we are looking for in an applicant are as follows:

• Experience of inputting, manipulating and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data (prior experience of Salesforce or CRM would be an advantage)
• Excellent computer literacy, including with Microsoft Excel
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Practical, methodical approach to solving problems
• Works collaboratively and effectively with others across the organisation
• Positivity, optimism and agility - we are a small organisation and all staff are expected to contribute across the organisation (and beyond their specific job role) to ensure our success and sustainability. You will therefore need to be flexible and comfortable with uncertainty
• A passion for education, and a desire to make a difference

Benefits of working for Challenge Partners

• 25 days of paid holiday per year, plus 8 additional days of bank holiday (pro rata)
• An employer contributed pension - we match up to 5% of your own contribution
• Private healthcare
• Flexible working hours
• A school based office in South Bermondsey. There is currently no requirement for staff to work in the office, but you may choose to do so.
• A supportive and friendly team
• A chance to make a real difference to educational outcomes
• The opportunity to progress and develop skills in a dynamic and fast-growing team
• The opportunity to interact with the children at our school (including weekly reading)

How to apply and our recruitment process

Challenge Partners is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

If you would like to be part of our team, then please apply with the following:

• A CV of no more than two pages
• A statement of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the  requirements of the role and the person specification

This is a part-time role, and is based in London - although flexible working arrangements will be considered for the right candidate.

We will be interviewing on a rolling basis and looking to appoint someone to start in January/February 2021. Please apply promptly to be considered for this role. We will close the application process when we appoint.

Start date: ASAP in January/February 2021 although we are prepared to be flexible to ensure that we recruit the most suitable candidate.

e're looking for an inspirational people person to join us as an Assistant Shop Manager in our Boutique by Shelter shop in East Dulwich. Boutique by Shelter is a series of charity shops with interiors designed by Wayne Hemingway bringing a modern, trendy retail space to the high street. Our first boutique shop opened in Finchley Road and due to its success we have opened a number of new shops across London. We’d like you to join us to help raise vital funds for homeless and badly housed people.

You will be pivotal in assisting the Shop Manager in leading and empowering a team of volunteers to engage with the local community on Shelter's cause, maximising the contribution of gifts of time from volunteers, the gifts of products from our donors and the gift of income from our customers. You will be the ambassador of Shelter on the high street; raising vital money for our cause. If you want to make a real difference to people at risk of homelessness, this is a unique opportunity to do just that.

What are the benefits? 
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days annual leave (pro rata), enhanced maternity/paternity leave, childcare vouchers and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme. Full training and support is also available to candidates that don’t have retail experience but do possess all the other skills required to do the job.

About the role 
You will assist the Shop Manager in the recruitment, support and development of a strong community focused shop team and empower them to maximise Shelter's income. Representing Shelter in your local community, ensuring that you and your team share your knowledge of Shelter's cause with customers, volunteers, donors and potential Shelter clients will also be important aspects of the role. You will always ensure a safe, clean, bright and happy environment for your team to work in and for your customers to shop in, in turn attracting potential donors and volunteers.

About you 
You are a naturally energetic person with an enthusiasm for managing and empowering people. You know how to recruit and develop a team of volunteers and your extraordinary motivational skills will enable you to inspire your team to increase sales and control costs. Above all, you are ready to take on a new challenge and have a keen interest in Shelter's cause.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We're here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities),gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Age UK Kensington and Chelsea is seeking experienced care assistants who are available for weekend work and/or evenings, as well as those who are looking for regular weekday work. You will be joining our dedicated At Home Services team who provide a range of support services for adults who are either 55 years and over, or who have physical and learning difficulties. This support may include personal care, respite care, post hospital discharge care and light housework. Please see the Job Description for more detail.

Our aim is to support our service users to stay as independent as possible in their homes, by providing a personalised service to meet their needs. If you are passionate about providing person-centred care and looking for a rewarding role where you will make a real difference to the lives of the people you support, then we would love to hear from you!

Candidates for this role should have a minimum of six months experience and be able to demonstrate that they share our values. Training will be provided.

Age UK K&C are proud to be an accredited Living Wage employer, committed to paying our employees a fair wage that reflects the real cost of living.

Contract and Salary: £10.75 per hour on a zero hours contract.

Benefits of joining our team:

• Ongoing training 
• Stakeholder pension
• Free employee assistance programme

Please email your CV and cover letter to the At Home Service, Age UK Kensington & Chelsea, 1 Thorpe Close, London W10 5XL 

Do you have the commitment and values to make a real difference to the lives of people with care and support needs? Are you passionate about developing and auditing extra care services to ensure that they are of the highest quality, enabling people to meet their desired outcomes?

Creative Support is a not-for-profit organisation which provides high quality, person-centred support to older people and clients with a learning disability, mental health needs and dementia. The support we offer is tailored to the individual person’s needs and encourages independence and community engagement. 

We are seeking a driven, productive and highly organised individual to be responsible for assessing the quality of the services we are delivering, and to identify areas for further development and quality improvement.  You must be flexible and reliable with an excellent eye for detail and ensure 100% CQC compliance in all relevant areas. We are a local provider employing a diverse team of over 300 well supported staff to deliver great services in London.

The post will mainly be based at our Sutherland Court service in Penge, Bromley – an Extra Care Scheme comprising 50 self-contained flats, providing support to older people with a learning disability, mental health needs and dementia. You will also be required to work collaboratively with colleagues and other stakeholders and assist our services in other areas of Bromley and London as and when required.

Relevant direct experience of providing social care services for older people, people with dementia/mental health needs/physical or learning disabilities is essential, alongside a warm, person-centred and respectful approach. You should ideally have a relevant professional qualification (such as Diploma in Social Work NVQ 4/5 or RMA) and/or a degree level or management qualification. Creative Support will support you to continue your professional development.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Executive Assistant to join our team. You will provide administrative support to the COO in her day-to-day duties. The role will include assisting in the smooth running of The Nucleo Project office and administrative functions. You will provide support to the COO in a diverse range of responsibilities which include financial controls, HR, fundraising, communications, events and logistics. 

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a candidate who has excellent IT skills, a detail-oriented approach, good numeracy / analytical skills, and excellent written and verbal communication skills. The role will require someone who is proactive, organised and efficient. A commitment to the charity’s mission is essential. 

The role 

While not exhaustive, the following list of responsibilities gives a comprehensive overview of the role:

HR

• Support the COO to manage administration of freelancers and employees
• Support the COO to coordinate and communicate with staff
• Support the COO to implement and improve policies, systems and procedures

Financial

• Support the COO with basic bookkeeping and financial processes, using Xero 
• Support the COO with financial reporting 

Communications

• Maintain the analytics log for social media accounts and website, and prepare reports for the Communications Team 
• Maintain the mailing list, using MailChimp
• Maintain the GDPR log 

Fundraising

• Maintain the CRM (Donorfy) 
• Support the COO in a diverse range of fundraising activity including assisting with applications, campaigns, events and newsletters
• Support the COO in donor stewardship 

General Administrative Responsibilities

• Support relevant projects to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the charity’s operations
• Support the COO in the oversight of the charity’s facilities requirements
• Attend meetings and take minutes
• Managing and filing office documentation 
• Assisting with organising events and event logistics when necessary
• Conducting research and compiling data when required
• Performing general clerical duties 

Other core requirements

• As this role may require working closely with children an enhanced DBS check will be required.
• The Nucleo Project values diversity and champions inclusion and strongly encourages applications from all sections of the community. 

About us

The Nucleo Project was set up in 2013 to offer ensemble-based musical opportunities to children and young people in North Kensington, completely free of charge. We are part of the global El Sistema movement, which began in Venezuela in 1975.
Our students commit to an immersive and rigorous programme which fosters rapid progress and high achievement, as well as strong bonds within our community and a truly transformative difference in our young musicians’ day to day lives.

Interested? Please submit your CV with contact details for 2 referees and a short supporting statement outlining your suitability for the role. Referees will only be contacted following a job offer. 

Location: London, scope for home-working

Salary banding: £22-24k depending on experience

Contract: Permanent

Overview

Street Child are looking for a Finance Assistant to support across all Street Child Group financials. You will be responsible for compiling, analysing and processing all Street Child Group financial transactions, providing vital support to our core finance team. We are looking for an individual with good book-keeping knowledge, a strong attention to detail and experience working in a similar role. Street Child is a growing organization and this junior role will provide an excellent opportunity for a positive ‘can-do’ candidate to gain experience within a fast moving international development charity.

Organisational Background

Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 338,000 children to go to school and learn and supported over 29,000 families to set up businesses so they can afford the cost of educating their children.

Key Responsibilities

Accounts Receivable (40%)

• Supporting with work on accounts receivable including accessing, downloading and saving in a systematic manner reports from donor portals.
• Analysing the data from the donor portals to summarise the information in Excel so that it is in the correct format to be uploaded to the Finance system.
• Maintaining details of cheques received.
• Issuing donor receipts.
• Raising donor invoices and requests for payments.
• Any other responsibilities relating to Accounts Receivable.

Accounts Payable (40%)

• Recording all approved supplier invoices and staff expenses in the accounting system ensuring that they are all appropriately coded to the correct cost centres and projects and invoices are uploaded into the finance system.
• Ensuring that all invoices for payment are appropriately approved by budget holder.
• Setting up payments on online banking platforms and sending out requests for payment approvals from payment authorisers.
• Reviewing staff expense claims to ensure that all supporting documentation is provided before payment.
• Managing monthly staff credit card reconciliations.
• Any other responsibilities relating to Accounts Payable.

Month end support (20%)

• Complete bank reconciliations each month for all group bank accounts.
• Ensuring supporting information for transactions is correctly stored in electronic format such as bank statements, remittance advices and credit statements.
• Assist in preparation of internal reports.
• Entering Gift Aid data onto Gift Aid returns and assisting with compilation of information for Gift Aid returns.
• General support and assistance to the team including administrative duties.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• 5 GCSE at Grade C or above including English and Maths
• Post-GCSE qualification such as A-Level or T-Level or equivalent
• Good book-keeping knowledge

Desirable

• Part qualified AAT

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• IT Literate with strong excel skills
• Experience of working in a similar role

Desirable

• Charity or third sector experience

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Attention to detail
• Highly organised and self-motivated
• Flexible and able to manage multiple tasks at one time.
• Good written, verbal and presentation skills

Desirable

• Shows initiative in identifying problems and posing solutions
• Persistence and tenacity

Other

Essential

• Proactive communication style including keeping team-members informed and updated as necessary
• Not afraid to ask for help!
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively with other departments and other external contacts
• Good interpersonal skills

How to apply

Please click 'Apply' to view contact information and how to submit your CV and Application Form for consideration.  We will review applications as they are received and reserve the right to bring forward the closing date. Our interview process will involve a written assessment, followed by two interviews. Pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy. Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Join our dynamic team and you will be at the heart of delivering first class support to rare disease patients as part of an innovative third-sector Charity/NHS partnership.  Working from home and within NHS specialised multi-disciplinary clinics held in London, the successful candidate will assist our Patient Liaison Officer within our patient support team to provide information, support and advocacy services to those living with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome.  This exciting role offers excellent learning and development opportunities for anyone looking to work within health and social care.

This is a permanent, part-time position commencing at 10hrs per week.

The successful candidate will live within 1 hours commuting distance of central London

I am delighted to be working with an amazing homelessness charity to recruit an Assistant Director of Operations for a 6-month FTC. You will lead on the management and development of the charity's community-based services, which currently include the following work areas:

Rough sleeper outreach services,
Homeless health link service
Training and employment service
Community development and engagement
Young person's engagement service
Peer mentoring and service user involvement
Trainee worker scheme

This role will focus on the development of non-accommodation support services across the organisation, this role is key in developing innovative solutions to address rough sleeping, whilst developing services to tackle social isolation by increasing the personal development and life skills of the people that use the services.

A large proportion of this role will be to support the delivery of rough sleeper outreach, health engagement and personalisation services in the areas we work across. The services require expert leadership to develop and maintain the excellent results that are currently achieved.

This role will provide leadership in building the capacity of services users, leading the teams to engage with service users in a creative innovative way, this role will be the lead for contract management of the services and will need to demonstrate excellent contract management skills.

This role is required to think differently and implement service innovations by developing and managing positive, collaborative relationships with many partners and stakeholders that will have different perspectives and interests. Building strong relationships with commissioners and funders, to promote the charity.

This role will be required to create cohesion across the various teams, by demonstrating a strong work ethic and the ability to take initiative in proactively resolving issues and creating solutions that meet the needs of the service users.

Working with the Senior Management Team to develop new business models and participate in the tendering and fundraising processes.
Experience:
Experience of leading service delivery managing teams and services
Creating and develop business plans for the area of work
Experience of internal and external reporting to Senior Management Team and Board and stakeholders
Management of data and use of databases
Experience of analysing operational data to identify areas for improved performance
Experience of supporting new funding bids bid writing and data analysis
Experience of effective financial management through budget setting, management accounting

If you have the above skills and experience and for the full JD, please apply online today!