We are looking for a candidate, preferably, with successful fundraising experience (in particular with Trust & Foundations, statutory bids, and/or corporate donations) or else with excellent writing, research, and stakeholder engagement skills. 

Job Purpose

The purpose of this role is to help develop and implement Hibiscus’ Fundraising & Partnerships Strategy, primarily through fundraising activities. Fundraising activities will focus on application writing, prospect research, and grant management for Trust & Foundations and Corporate grants, as well as for statutory bids. The aim being to meet Hibiscus’ fundraising targets, grow its income, and diversify its funders. 

Governance Officer
Location: Birmingham, Bath Row, B15 1LZ
Salary: £27,934 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for two Governance Officers, to join our Mutuals Team to support the compliance and governance within our mutual schemes.

Reporting to the Head of Mutuals, you’ll be involved in reviewing financial accounts and presenting them appropriately to our residents. You’ll be integral in arranging and conducting Annual and Special General Meetings and transacting any governance issues in line with the mutual’s rules and any statute/regulations. You’ll work closely with internal and external stakeholders, including the mutual’s committee to foster collaborative working relationships to ensure that our mutual schemes are run effectively and demonstrate good governance.

Your base location will be our central Birmingham office, and you’ll be required to undertake regular travel in line with business requirements.

Our ideal candidate? You’ll have a sound financial understanding, supported by a finance or business related qualification or proven experience. You’ll have knowledge of accounts and ledgers, with an understanding of regulatory and legislative compliance and best practice. You’ll demonstrate your effective time management ability and organisational skills, using your initiative and problem solving ability. Within this role you’ll need to be comfortable working in a multi-site environment, working both individually and in a team. Presentation skills are key in this role, as well as being able to communicate with a range of stakeholders and influence others.

Who are Midland Heart? We’re a large and ambitious housing organisation providing more people an affordable place to call home. We welcome people from every walk of life, at every stage of their career. We expect a lot from our people but in return you can be assured of a great place to work, where you will be well rewarded and where great people are able to succeed. Whether you want to build your career with us, or use your experience to move on, we’re here to develop your potential.

Applications close at midnight on Sunday 2nd August 2020, however the advert may close earlier, dependent on the volume of applications received.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the Candidate Information (role profile) and complete the application process.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to discuss any adjustments you might need in order to be successful in this role.

Please read the role profile in full on our website, before you apply.

Recruitment Agencies please note that we do not accept speculative CVs and should one be submitted we will assume the candidate is our own.

No agencies please.

We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our Fundraising Team and take responsibility for the Fundraising Database across the department as well as other areas within the organisation that use the Raiser’s Edge system.

Fundraising and Database Officer
Location: Bosham
Salary: £ 21,900 up to £ 22,667
Hours: Full time

This role provides the ideal candidate with a practical working environment to display their excellent numeracy and computer literacy skills, processing dynamic database functions across the hospice while helping to promote strong analysis and data security.

The successful candidate will be educated to a minimum A-level or equivalent, or have at least 3 years work experience, of which 2 years within a fundraising, finance or customer services environment. The ideal candidate will be positive, responsive and helpful with a conscientious and flexible approach to work

Applicants must be able to demonstrate their -

• Ability to develop imports and exports from the database to support segmentation
• Identify supporters who have the potential to engage further with the organisation.
• Ability to provide training and support to Raiser’s Edge users with emphasis on database and supporter management, data analysis, statistical and reporting across the organisation 
• Knowledge of providing an excellent customer services experience or fundraising supporter journey
• Knowledge of CRM database system and processing of transactions.

In addition to day to day management of the database, the postholder will support the Individual Fundraising Manager to develop and deliver the Individual Fundraising Strategy to reach, inspire and support a network of supporters. 

The working atmosphere is friendly, inspiring and supportive through commitment to our Values and inclusive environment.  We offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes; holiday entitlement starting at 27 days per year plus bank holidays (pro rata), a contributory pension scheme, or a continuation of NHS holiday entitlements and NHS Superannuation Scheme if applicable.  Life assurance, discounted gym membership plus a contributory cash reimbursement plan for you and family members.

Closing date – 24 August 2020 (4pm)

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can see the full job description and download the application form.

No agencies please.

Project Officer, Workplaces

 (ref: SUS2953)

£24,446 per annum - 37.5 hours per week

contract until 31 December 2021 – based in Southampton

This is an exciting role with a variety of responsibilities for the delivery of Sustrans workplace sustainable travel initiatives in the Solent area as part of Southampton City Council’s M27/M3 Travel Demand Management (TDM) programme, which provides an opportunity for permanent modal shift from the motor vehicle to more sustainable modes of travel. You will engage with businesses and employees affected by the M3 and M27 works to offer advice on travel options and promote a range of support and incentives which will help tackle barriers individuals have to non-car travel.

You will have experience of and be passionate about sustainable behaviour change and/or employee engagement project delivery in a workplace setting and have experience of leading group workshops and organising and running events. You will have excellent written and verbal communications and presentation skills, the ability to build and maintain strong working relationships and the ability to motivate and enthuse others. You will need excellent organisational skills and be able to prioritise and manage your own workload. You will also be IT literate and committed to the promotion of sustainable transport. 

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9.00am on Tuesday 11 August 2020. Interviews will take place via Teams or Zoom on Wednesday 26 August 2020. 

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.  We welcome applications from people with the appropriate skills from all parts of the community.

Engagement Officer

Do you want to help make a real difference to the lives of young people across the UK?
We believe that every young person should be able to fulfil their potential, regardless of their background. We are looking to recruit an Engagement Officer to support Brightside’s work, helping us have a positive impact on the lives of thousands of young people every year.

About Brightside
Our work helps young people to succeed. We deliver programmes in partnership with schools, universities, businesses and charities, giving young people access to support networks, online careers information, and high-quality mentoring. We believe young people are best equipped to make confident and informed decisions about their futures if they:

• Have hope and a growth mindset;
• Are confident and know their strengths;
• Can deal with difficulties in a positive way;
• Have knowledge and skills for the career they are interested in;
• Know who to turn to for advice and support.

Our programmes include a wide variety of online mentoring projects and an active and growing volunteer network. We have developed these programmes to help young people navigate key transition points and so they have wide-ranging objectives including widening access to higher education, raising aspirations, pre-arrival and retention support for new undergraduates and the development of students’ employability skills. We believe all young people should have access to the same opportunities, no matter where they live and we strive to support those who need it most.

Our Engagement Officers work across all of our programmes, acting as the front line of Brightside support for our volunteers and young people, ensuring that they feel supported and valued throughout their experience with Brightside.

To find out more about Brigthside and decide if this is the role for you, please download the Job Description.

Applications close: Midnight on 18th August 2020
Interview dates (Zoom): First interviews will be conducted on 21st & 24th August and second interviews will be conducted on 28th August.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday
Location: We are currently working remotely but expect to move back to a London office in future.
Contract type: 1 year full time contract
How to apply: Please submit your CV and covering letter (no more than 2 pages). Your cover letter should outline why you want to work at Brightside and how your skills and experience fit this job description.

At Student Minds we value student engagement and co-production. We believe that students with lived experience should be at the forefront of decisions that will impact their experience. We want to improve and enhance how we do this and we are looking for a Student Engagement Officer to help us achieve this.

We have a proud history of championing student engagement and co-production in designing and delivering student experience and we want to ensure that student voices feed into our programmes and initiatives at all levels. If this sounds like an appealing challenge then this could be the role for you!

As Student Engagement Officer you will be working in close collaboration with our Student Voice and Equality Lead to ensure Student Minds’ student engagement work is the best that it can be.

You will advance the work of the charity on a number of different projects. This is an excellent opportunity within an organisation that is small enough to see the direct benefit of your effort. This role is ideal for someone looking to enter into a career in student engagement, Higher Education and/or the charity sector.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website.

Our partner works to influence policy outcomes and to ensure that resources are being used effectively and reaching those that they are intended to reach. They are seeking an Interim CFO to offer strategic analysis and development support, strengthen the finance function and build internal capacity in the organisation as they look to develop their new 10-year strategy plan.
 

Responsibilities

• Developing forward-looking financial models, undertaking scenario modelling & developing a financial strategy to underpin the organisational strategy, and 3-year operational plans.
• Develop budget monitoring, income generation & cashflow monitoring tools.
• Provide the Executive Team with analysis and information to support in decision making.
• Develop and implement an internal audit plan.
• Strengthen grants compliance & management skills, specifically of DfID funds.
• Provide coaching / mentoring support to the Head of Finance, and work with them to identify what financial structure the organisation will need as they grow.
• Support HoF in meeting financial and legal obligations

Person Specification

• Experienced senior finance professional, with a background in modelling, analysis, strategic decision making and leading an organisation through a period of growth.
• Qualified accountant, with a strong technical skillset in accounting, controlling, financial management and reporting.
• Experience of managing an international charity with a complex structure and multiple income streams. Knowledge of grants compliance & reporting, specifically of DfID funds.
• Experience of coaching senior finance staff in their roles.

This is a part-time role over a 9 month period, with a minimum of 2 days/week commitment required. Initially, this will be home-based, however, once the offices reopen, there will be an expectation for the individual to be office-based. As such, this role is only open to those candidates with the right to work in the UK.

JOB TITLE: Project Officer

REPORTING TO: Health & Wellbeing Manager, Integrated Care Lead

BASED: KCSC’s offices

HOURS: 28 hours per week

SALARY: £28,157 full-time (35 hours), pro-rata (actual salary £22,526)

CONTRACT: Fixed term one-year contract

Main purpose of job

To support the Health & Wellbeing Manager (H&WM) in the project management of Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) health and wellbeing programmes funded by West London Clinical Commissioning Group (WLCCG). To lead on the day-today coordination of the North Kensington Self-Care Programme (and others, as required) and to support their design, implementation, monitoring and reporting with the H&WM. The North Kensington Self-Care Programme supports people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy.

 For further details, please see the attachments.

Click on the Apply button for application details.

Closing Date: We will accept applications received by 12pm (noon) on Monday 10 August 2020.

Do you want to be part of bringing health and hope to vulnerable communities across the globe? Are you highly organised, motivated by your Christian faith and with excellent communication and administration skills that will help us manage relationships with corporate partners to ensure medical aid reaches those who need it?

International Health Partners (IHP) is a global health charity coordinating the safe and responsible donation of medicines and health supplies to people around the world who lack access. We work with a range of corporate partners to support long-term healthcare programmes, equip doctors and other healthcare professionals for short-term medical trips and to respond rapidly to humanitarian disasters. The global outbreak of Covid-19 has further highlighted the urgent need for improving access to medicines and strengthening health systems.

We are seeking a Corporate Partnerships Officer who will be responsible for the coordination and administration of the donations process and support the day to day management of relationships with our corporate donors. This will include liaising with donors on products needed to support our programmes; prospecting new corporate donors; maintaining internal systems; and due diligence processes. The Corporate Partnerships Officer plays a key role in delivering IHP’s effective product donation programme delivering high-quality healthcare products to those in vulnerable and disaster-hit communities so that people don’t suffer needlessly from treatable illnesses.

We are looking for someone who is self-motivated, has an excellent eye for detail, and wants to learn and contribute to a great team. We can offer you a rewarding and varied role, with lots of training and support, in our small but busy team in London. In the last two years we were able to send over 6 million treatments to places like Yemen, South Sudan, Palestine and Guatemala, where easily treatable diseases can mean chronic pain, poor quality of life or even a death sentence.

Please view the full job description and person specification for more details about the role.

IHP is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Staff regularly spend time together praying for IHP’s work and there is an occupational requirement for the post holder to have a personal commitment to the Christian faith.  Please make it clear in the application how you meet this requirement.

We offer excellent benefits including a company pension scheme and a generous holiday entitlement. Flexible working opportunities are available with this role.

To apply, submit your CV and covering letter explaining how you meet the person specification.

Applications close at midnight on 10th August 2020, and interviews are schedule for the week commencing 17th August 2020 but may be undertaken earlier if suitable candidate(s) apply. 

You may also wish to view the details for another IHP vacancy: Programmes Officer. Please search the charityjob site. You may apply for both positions with one cover letter if you feel you meet the person specifications.

The post holder will be the key component in our management of finances and the various paperwork involved in managing properties, such as safety certificates and other documents needed to evidence our robust systems to ensure our properties and therefore residents are provided with safe and secure homes. 

About Us

We are a very small but dynamic team, working hard to give the best service to our residents. We are also very much a learning organisation and do allocate specific areas of work to team members based on a strengths-based approach. We work very well together and welcome having new team members with us.  

Do you want to make a difference in Solihull?

Are you passionate about helping Solihull citizens by tackling inequality in the health and social care system?  With all the changes taking place in health and social care, this is an exciting time to join Healthwatch Solihull. If you are innovative, creative and self-motivated, this opportunity to make a real difference could be for you?

We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.

This exciting new role of Project Officer at Healthwatch Solihull is critical to our success. The role is central to Healthwatch Solihull’s ability to collect, record and use high-quality feedback to lever positive change in Solihull health and social care services. It is the responsibility of the Project Officer to ensure our investigations, consultations and project work is delivered on time and is of high-quality. Through the prioritisation of topics for investigation, the post holder will design and lead on the successful completion of our projects, producing reports that influence decision-makers to change services leading to impact for Solihull citizens. The role will also use patient and public experience to respond to health and social care consultations, project managing staff and quality-assuring work to achieve objectives.

The successful applicant will have demonstrable experience in project management and a background in evidence-based practice and report writing. Central to the role is to ensure our website is kept up to date and is promoting opportunities for Solihull citizens to get involved with Healthwatch Solihull, leave their feedback about services and ensure the website celebrates our impact.  The main aspects of the role are to:

1. Lead on investigations that positively impact health and social care services in Solihull.

2. Input, moderate and report all health and social care service user experience data heard by us onto the feedback centre and CiviCRM system.

3. Analyse service user experience data to identify key health and social care issues experienced by Solihull residents.

4. Share service user experience data with health and social care organisations through the production of reports (e.g. quarterly reports, consultation responses, bulletins, quality account responses etc.).

1. Manage the day-to-day running of our website.

If you are passionate about understanding user experience of health and social care and making sure patient and public voice makes a real difference this role is for you.

For details of how to apply please visit: https://bit.ly/2XaiYrY

Closing date: Tuesday 25th August 2020 (10 am)

Interview date Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th September 2020.

We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed individual join a Royal Medical College looking to strengthen its’ support for members. The College requires a team player who will engage with committees that form a key part of the College’s work. The role supports the effective running of committees, acting as central point of contact for Chairs. You will be responsible for excellent and accurate administration, including minute taking and meeting management. You will have a clear and proactive approach to managing robust and secure administrative processes and an ability to work to established governance processes. If you like working in a small team, have an eye for detail and accuracy with an ability to moving effortlessly from basic administration to communicating with medical professionals then this role is perfect.

Responsibilities:

Committee Services for a number of committees

• Planning and organising committee meetings for allocated committees. Meetings are almost all held online via video conferencing 
• Management and preparation of agenda and papers with the Chair and circulation to committee members
• Attendance at committee meeting to take minutes
• Provide accurate formal minutes for review and approval
• Keep records and follow up any action points or decisions made by the committee.
• Build good working relationships with the Chair and committee members and provide support to the Chair to ensure smooth running of the committees
• Providing reports to the committee or College Council
• Communicate the work of the Committee and receive input to committee work from other stakeholders
• Manage the appointment and retirement of committee Chair and members according to standard governance processes.
• Maintain committee records and membership details on College systems.

The Successful Applicant:

• Experience of secretariat administration and servicing committees and / or senior level Boards
• Experience of working to support governance processes in a professional body or membership organisation e.g. working with terms of reference and appointments processes
• An individual with excellent verbal and written communication skills with the proven ability to write clear and concise minutes, reports and documents
• Have excellent organisation and planning skills, especially with regard to meetings, meeting arrangements and documentation, including video/online meetings  
• Be someone with ability to use own initiative and able to form good working relationships at all levels and with externally based professionals and volunteers
• Have a track record of working with a team and willing to contribute to team and corporate aims

To apply, please send download and complete the supporting information form, and email it with your CV via the application link.

Early applications are recommended as received applications would be considered on a daily basis and candidates may be interviewed before the application deadline.

Fundraising and Development Manager (20hr per week)

£35k per annum pro rata, initial 12-month contract

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to join YMCA Sutton Coldfield as a Fundraising and Development Manager.

This role is subject to enhanced DBS check.

Send your CV with contact details for 2 referees and a short supporting statement (max 2 sides A4) outlining how you fulfil the person specification for this by 12noon on Monday 24th August 2020.

Interviews on Thursday 3rd September 2020.

Our partner offers children and youth from low income families, access to quality, affordable education. They are doing this by developing a strong curriculum, incorporating technology and other innovative learning methods, investing in teacher training and offering students, girls especially, a safe space to learn. More recently, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, created a long-distance, online learning tools to enable students to continue learning and remain safe. As they look to move from a start-up to a growth stage social enterprise, they are seeking a dynamic Finance Director to develop a resilient, multi-country finance function. This is a newly created role, and will be an interesting position for someone willing to be hands on, whilst offering strategic oversight and support.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the integrity of the accounting and financial management systems, oversight of the transaction processes, preparation of the year-end financial statements and the annual audit, and ensuring that the organisation meets all its statutory and regulatory compliance.
• Review and strengthen the control environment, ensuring that accounting processes are understood and adhered to across the organisation.
• Establish finance systems and teams in new locations.
• Lead on organisational budget creation, developing and strengthening of budget monitoring, reporting and cashflow forecasting and reports.
• Drive on financial planning, offering the senior leadership analysis and advice on new business and growth opportunities.
• Work with senior leadership in designing the fundraising strategy (grants and investments), prepare the financial models and support presentations made to funders/investors.
• Business partnering and management of external stakeholder relationships – including investors, banks, suppliers and auditors.
• Oversight of the finance staff, responsible for hiring and retaining a qualified team.

Person Specification

• Senior finance professional, with an undergraduate degree and accounting qualification, and demonstrable experience of running the finance function of a fast growing small- to medium-sized enterprise (preferably in a start-up environment), including of developing controls, accounting processes and financial management tools.
• Experience of corporate finance & fund accounting.
• Excellent proficiency in written and verbal English
• Strong problem solver, flexible and able to handle a large and varied volume of work and responsibilities maturely
• Excellent relationship management skills, and ability to deal with stakeholders diplomatically and with tact.
• Passion for the education sector.
• Experience of working in Africa is desirable.

Salary c. $65,000 + benefits depending on experience. This role will be based in Ghana, with travel to other West African countries.