We are looking for an organised and resourceful Operations Manager to help Transform achieve its exciting ambitions. We are a small, but highly effective, charity with an international reach. You will help ensure that our internal operations run as efficiently as possible, as well as supporting our day-to-day relationships with strategic partners, funders and volunteers. This job is an opportunity to support real change on a vital social issue, working with a dynamic and highly commitment team. 

Transform is committed to diversity, inclusion and equality in all its work. We welcome and encourage people with Black, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds to apply for this post. 

Community Engagement & Supporter Experience Manager

Aberdeen Association of Social Services (T/A VSA) is currently seeking to appoint a Community Engagement and Supporter Experience Manager to join our Philanthropy & Income Generation Department on our ambitious journey as we scale up for success.

This is a busy and varied role and you will be the main point of contact for supporters raising money in aid of VSA or those who are taking part in VSA led or mass participation events. You will be responsible for growing our unrestricted income across multiple income streams

Reporting directly to the Director of External Relations, the Community Engagement and Supporter Experience Manager will be responsible for supporter led acquisition, maximising donations from individual supporters and the administration and delivery of our supporter experience and events.

To be successful you will need to have expertise in Developing and Managing high quality relationships with fundraisers to cultivate, engage and nurture prospects and existing supporters.  In addition, you will need to evidence your ability to create new and appealing fundraising activities, to appeal to and recruit new audiences and supporters. 

We are a small, but agile, team that prides itself on creating an exceptional supporter experience.  The successful candidate will need to be able to work independently to manage and prioritise your own workload in order to meet competing deadlines and deliver against annual financial targets.

About VSA

At VSA we help change the lives of over 20,000 vulnerable children and adults each year. We support a person's physical, mental, emotional, and social wellbeing through a range of residential and outreach support services. Across all our services, we support people living with learning disabilities, a mental health diagnosis, loneliness and isolation, additional support needs, poverty, addiction, and long-life conditions such as Parkinson's and Dementia.

How to Apply

To apply for this opportunity please submit the following :

• A comprehensive CV
• A supporting statement no more than two sides of A4 paper explaining what attracts you to the organisation, the role and the specific skills and expertise that will add value to the team
• A completed equalities and diversity form

Applications should be submitted no later than 12pm on Monday 23rd August 2021.

Interviews are likely to take place week commencing 30th August and potential second stage interviews the following week.

Note relocation expense may be available for the right candidate.

Supporting the Fundraising Team and the charity at events as and when required. As many activities are held in the evening and at weekends the post will involve some unsocial hours, for which Time Off in Lieu (TOIL) will be given.

Salary -depending on experience up to circa £28K depending on experience + Car Allowance.

Purpose of Job: 

We have a fantastic and rare opportunity for an experienced fundraising professional to join our Philanthropy & Income Generation team on our ambitious growth journey as we scale up for success.

You will be a first point of contact for low-mid level donors and the main point of contact for supporters leading on all VSA’s community and events income streams, supporting individuals and groups to raise funds through activities and mass -participation events, and organising and co-ordinating VSA led events.

Main Duties/Responsibilities:

The below provides are overview of key areas of responsibilities and duties (but is not limited to):

Strategy and Planning

• In conjunction with the wider team, ensure the supporter experience and journey is of high quality and inspires people to continue to support VSA
• Provide timely progress reports for the Executive Management Team

Income Generation

• Create new, appealing Community Fundraising activities and opportunities to recruit new audiences and supporters including clubs/associations and individuals
• Contact all individual supporters that are raising funds in aid of VSA and take them through our supporter experience journey to help maximise funds raised for the organisation (Face to Face meetings, telephone calls etc.)
• Develop and deliver a range of mass participation & VSA lead events to generate income and affinity towards VSA from the general public

Research

• To work with wider VSA colleagues to identify new opportunities
• Have excellent knowledge of our services, understand how they are funded to tell our story in a compelling way to gain support

Relationship Management

• Develop and manage high quality relationships with fundraisers to cultivate, engage and nurture prospects and existing supporters, collaborating with fundraising colleagues, senior management and to maximise networking opportunities
• Monitoring shared inboxes and ensure all enquiries are responded to in a timely manner
• Processing online supporter experience registrations that come through online fundraising platforms (such as JustGiving etc) and web forms.

• Process all challenge event and small business registrations, ensuring the lead contact is informed.  
• Ensure fundraising stock suppliers are maintained and managed,
• Provide fulfilment of fundraising materials required.
• Ensure all supporters have been thanked in a timely manner (electronic or postal)
• With the wider team process online or offline donations.
• Communicate with supporters when necessary to chase up outstanding sponsorship money
• Update and complete event portals within deadlines required
• Be prepared to work some weekends and evenings where events require

Public Relations

• Promote the work of VSA, locally, regionally and nationally, targeted in line with our Philanthropy &  Income Generation strategy, representing the organisation at relevant forums, events and seminars
• Represent the Charity to Statutory, voluntary and commercial organisations, professional bodies and institutions.

Compliance

• Adhere to the highest standards of fundraising best practice ensuring compliance with OSCR and the fundraising code of practice.
• Ensure that all activities comply with GDPR requirements.
• Ensure that the client relationship management database is kept up to date.

General

• Carry out other tasks that may be within the scope of the post to ensure the effective delivery and development of the service.
• Supporting the team and the charity at events as and when required. As many activities are held in the evening and at weekends the post will involve some unsocial hours, for which Time Off in Lieu (TOIL) will be given

Qualifications/Training/Education: 

Essential:

• Able to demonstrate suitable experience and examples of achievements relevant to role.

Desirable:

• Educated to Higher / A Level and must include English
• Diploma in Fundraising

Experience:

Essential:

• Minimum two years experience working in a fundraising environment or similar role
• Proven experience working in a result orientated environment
• Proven ability to cultivate and maintain professional relationships
• Understand how to maximise income raise at events including gift aid
• Strong administration skills and knowledge of online platforms such as JustGiving

Desirable:

• Experience of working in the charitable/not for profit sector

Key Skills/Aptitudes: 

Essential:

• Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with a wide range of people
• Ability to produce reports and proposals to a high standard
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Good organisational skills with an ability to prioritise workloads
• The ability to analyse and interpret data

Desirable:

• Working within a complex organisation
• Project planning
• Driving licence

Personal Qualities:

Essential:

• Sensitivity and diplomacy in dealing with others
• Able to work with minimum supervision
• Creative and a problem solver
• Flexible and cooperative
• Driven by working to targets
• Good team player
• Evidence of working proactively and with initiative
• Willingness to learn new skills

Desirable:

• Involved in charitable work/volunteering
• Interest in Health & Social Care

Other Job Requirements: 

Good attendance record supported by references- one of which must be your current employer.

Subject to Basic Disclosure check

We are looking for a lively, energetic and enthusiastic person able to work with minimal supervision, who would like to help develop Clubhouse.

The successful candidate will work 2 days per week with one day (approx 7 hours) for admin work including financial management and can choose to do this from home.  The successful candidate will supervise 2 other part time staff.

One working day will be spent with members at the Clubhouse base in Edmonton, North London and our aim is to rehabilitate people into the community through encouraging work, volunteering and engaging in community events, as well as providing a safe environment in which people can develop friendships and participate in a range of social activities. 

This role is responsible to the Head of Engagement and Events (HoEE) for delivering the events and engagement activities for the whole of the St Paul’s community: pupils, Old Paulines, parents of current and/or former pupils, and staff. The post-holder will deliver on a day-to-day basis a programme of brilliantly executed opportunities, including both virtual and physical event formats, for members of this community to engage in a number of ways whether socially, professionally or philanthropically.

Main duties and responsibilities:

1. Annual Engagement, Stewardship and Core Events Programme

• Delivery and promotion of an events programme for the whole community, including virtual events, alumni and networking events, fundraising events and large-scale school events.
• Work with the HoEE to develop a fresh approach to events for Old Paulines and Parents, building upon the most popular and successful and taking a different and creative approach to future events.
• Delivery of a donor and supporter care event programme (thanking and keeping supporters and potential supporters updated and informed).
• Collate the termly events brochure, coordinating the schedule, collating all submissions, coordinating with designers and ensuring delivery to budget.
• Work with the Fundraising team and HoEE to ensure that opportunities for cultivation and stewardship of donors are maximised through tailored invites, pre or post event drinks or special offers or seating.
• Ensure that all events are carefully managed with detailed event plans, budgets, briefings and marketing plans.

1. Parents Events/Old Pauline Club Volunteer Management

• Support the Parents’ Groups and/or Old Pauline Club in the delivery of their events, and work with them to think of new and creative event formats and promotional ideas to ensure high attendance at all volunteer led events.
• Lead on the day-to-day volunteer management alongside the HoEE ensuring that they feel supported and are delivering activity that fits within wider strategic aims.
• Oversee Parents’ Groups and/or Old Pauline Club communications and work with them to create event-marketing plans that meet brand guidelines and feed into the wider communications strategy.

1. Network Building

• Support in the delivery of a new and innovative global network for the Pauline community, to include Old Paulines and parents (of current and/or former pupils) who could help staff, young alumni and current pupils.
• Day-to-day delivery of St Paul’s Connect (the School’s online networking platform), administer the site, keep up to date with developments and work with the HoEE and Marketing Department to develop innovative and creative content.
• Day-to-day delivery of social media content to help grow young Old Pauline engagement.
• Promote among the St Paul’s Community (of past and present pupils and parents) a sense of connection with and belonging to the school community through communications and events, some in conjunction with the Parents' Group and the Old Pauline Club.
• Assist in the capture of information about the parental body (of past and present pupils) and Old Paulines as a resource to support the wider aims of the department from both a professional development and philanthropic perspective.

1. Careers, Professional Networking and Young Alumni Programme

• Develop a high-quality Career Development Programme for both pupils and alumni including:
  • Networking: Professional events, business lectures, and other networking events to give pupils, alumni, and parents the chance to hear leaders in their fields and make useful professional contacts.
  • Career discovery, advice and training: helping to bring careers to life – through events, interviews and one-to-one meetings – for current pupils and young alumni, thus enabling them to make informed choices at an early stage in their lives.
  • University choices: engaging current pupils with recent leavers who are studying at particular universities – and with other Old Paulines and parents who currently work at certain universities in an academic or administrative capacity – so that these pupils can gain real, first-hand insights into their specific university choices.
• Develop a lively and interesting Young Alumni Programme in conjunction with the OPC to engage more fully with Old Paulines who have left the School in the past ten years. The purpose would be to enable young alumni to connect (and reconnect) with each other and with St Paul’s – especially with their teachers and Tutors – thus fostering a sense of lifelong community.

1. Systems, Training and Development

• Develop literature and systems for St Paul’s Staff to ensure seamless management of onsite events at St Paul’s including virtual events, room set ups, capacities, layouts etc.
• Provide advice, guidance, training and support to staff running events/virtual events via email, phone, virtually and in person.
• Manage rooms on the School’s internal facilities booking system to ensure effective coordination between events.

1. Commercial Hire Activity

• Work with the HoEE to respond to and manage leads/requests for hires.
• Maintain accurate contact details for external suppliers and lists of potential suppliers.
• Develop commercial hire marketing materials and keep an up to date list of all venue space available.

1. Financial Management, Reporting and Administration

• Manage the day-to-day event finances, booking processes and database updates for your portfolio of events.
• Use the team’s Project Management processes to plan, run and report on events including Project Briefs, Working Documents, Project Reports, debriefs and evaluations.
• Work closely with the Operations Manager to implement the thanking and banking process around any fundraising event.
• Support the HoEE with event administration.

1. Work with external partners/agencies where required.

1. Keep up to date with matters of compliance and sector best practice.

1. Carry out any task as reasonably directed by HoEE or Director of Development and Engagement.

All staff have a responsibility and duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of pupils. Staff must be aware of the systems within the School which support safeguarding and must act in accordance with the School’s Safeguarding & Child Protection policy and Code of Conduct. Staff will receive appropriate child protection training which is regularly updated.

Person specification:

• Educated to degree level.
• Hardworking, driven and flexible and good at dealing with a multi-faceted workload.
• An enthusiastic and positive attitude.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Persuasive and able to influence a social situation using instinct, judgement and tact.
• Highly accomplished in the area of inter-personal skills with a proven track record of building trusted relationships with a wide variety of individuals including sophisticated and diverse alumni, parents, benefactors and potential benefactors of all ages and nationalities.
• The candidate must be flexible and prepared to both travel locally and nationally as necessary and work out of hours as required.

Essential skills and experience:

• A track record of delivering highly sophisticated events and communications programmes.
• At least 3 years’ experience working in development/alumni relations or equivalent profession.
• Experience of managing budgets.
• Experience of donor care management.
• Experience of volunteer management; committees, project teams or similar.
• Knowledge of working with a sophisticated CRM database – preferably Raiser’s Edge.
• Strong IT skills: highly proficient with Microsoft Office.
• Understanding of how social media tools can enhance the efficacy of the St Paul’s community strategy.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Experience of managing virtual events.
• Experience of using Zoom software.
• Not-for-profit/Schools background.
• Experience of using social media as an engagement tool.

Hours of work:

9.00am – 5.00pm, Monday – Friday with one hour for lunch. The post holder will be expected to work out of hours for events, which will be remunerated by Time off In Lieu (TOIL).

Holidays:

25 days per annum plus 8 Bank Holidays. Annual leave should usually be taken during School holidays (term dates can be found here.

NB: The School normally closes for a period over Christmas, the dates of which are agreed by the Executive Team every year. This closure period may result in additional non-working days, however this is non-contractual and does not affect annual leave entitlement.

Salary:

£28,000 - £32,000 per annum, dependent on skills and experience.

Benefits:

• After one years’ service, part remission of fees at St Paul’s School / St Paul’s Juniors for children of employees (subject to competitive entry procedures). Please note that remission of school fees is not a contractual entitlement. The Governors reserve the right to vary the rate of remission or to withdraw it altogether.
• Free daily hot lunches provided, including vegetarian options. Coffee, tea and supplies for hot drinks supplied throughout the day.

• Free parking on site.
• St Paul’s employee bicycle scheme, whereby a bicycle suitable for commuting will be supplied, or the cost of purchase reimbursed, by the School to the value of £500.
• Use of sports facilities, including swimming pool and gym, and use of staff changing rooms.
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme.
• Death in Service benefit.
• Employee Assistance Programme; an independent, free and confidential advice service that can offer both practical advice and emotional support.
• Policy for funding external professional development, and reimbursement of relevant professional membership fees.
• After 5 years of employment, annual leave entitlement increases to 27 working days (or pro rata equivalent). This increases to 30 working days (or equivalent) after 10 years of employment.

Job Purpose 

Are you ambitious and solution-focused? Do you have strong attention to detail to build the necessary systems and processes? 

CDP’s Global Development Team is ambitious, dynamic and at the heart of everything CDP does. As Senior Manager for Grants and Compliance you will lead the set-up of a new, small but critical unit within the Development Team, responsible for building the systems and processes required to manage a growing portfolio across both philanthropic and government income; implement systems to build winning budgets and manage them effectively and to donor requirements; ensure timely compliance reporting and coordinate effective due diligence for CDP and our partners; be responsible for providing insight and analysis on income and progress against targets to the Director of Development; and set best practice on budgeting and grant management. Working with colleagues across the organisation to secure their input and coordination across teams, you will help to maximise the strategic value of development funding to the organisation. 

This new role will develop CDPs’ capability in this area to ensure continued growth and success. To succeed in this role you must be detailed-orientated but also able to see the big picture, relish responsibility, be able to cope with challenges and communicate well. As with any expanding organisation there is a need to build and embed sustainable systems. You will be determined, tenacious and solutions-focused, able to design and implement the long-term vision for excellent grant management across all CDP offices. 

About CDP 

CDP is a global non-profit that runs the world’s environmental disclosure system for companies, cities, states and regions. Founded in 2000 and working with more than 590 investors with over $110 trillion in assets, CDP pioneered using capital markets and corporate procurement to motivate companies to disclose their environmental impacts, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect forests. Over 10,000 organizations around the world disclosed data through CDP in 2020, including more than 9,600 companies worth over 50% of global market capitalization, and over 940 cities, states and regions, representing a combined population of over 810 million. Fully TCFD aligned, CDP holds the largest environmental database in the world, and CDP scores are widely used to drive investment and procurement decisions towards a zero carbon, sustainable and resilient economy. CDP is a founding member of the Science Based Targets initiative, We Mean Business Coalition, The Investor Agenda and the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative. 

Main duties and responsibilities 

Line management and team performance 

• Support and line manage team members to perform to their highest levels of ability. 

• Build excellent internal working relationships to engage staff at all levels to support donor reporting and grant management including capacity building of staff as needed. 

Budget development and management 

• Develop and maintain budget development processes, working with finance and Project Management Office colleagues, to ensure donor requirements / cost eligibility criteria are understood and met; to ensure a consistent approach to building budgets with specific attention to co-funding requirements and implications for staffing. 

• Support the preparation of budgets during proposal development and review project financial reports ahead of submission to donors to ensure donor reporting requirements are being met. 

• Maintain an overview of budgets across the grant portfolio to support understanding of project and programme funding and analysis of funding gaps, and ensure a consistent approach to budgeting across grants. 

Grant compliance 

• Oversee due diligence and compliance processes for CPD and our partners 

• Ensure timely reporting to bodies such as IATI 

• Work with teams across CDP to ensure we have the required policies and procedures in place to meet donor requirements 

Grant and contract management

• Develop and maintain a global grants management system to support accurate grant tracking and reporting, in close cooperation with counterparts based in CDP North America and Europe.

• Work with CDP’s finance and legal teams to manage grant and contractual processes including sub-granting to partners and between CDP entities. 

• Provide grant management analysis for senior leadership across global philanthropy and government funding. 

• Communicate with donors to resolve problems and address grant management information requests. 

Person specification 

• Experience in philanthropic and government grant management, including: 

• identifying compliance issues and developing tools, processes or procedures to improve compliance. 

• Donor contract and budget management, reporting and cost eligibility and compliance and a clear understanding of co-financing.

• Experience using resource management and planning skills to develop efficient systems and processes. 

• Excellent financial management skills including budget development and reporting and tracking, reporting and analysing income. 

• Experience of line management and building teams to perform at their best. 

• Excellent attention to detail and general administrative skills.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Strong organisational skills with a methodical approach to working on several tasks simultaneously and meeting deadlines.

• A strong team player under pressure.

• Evidenced ability to work and initiate solutions independently.

• Strong ICT skills essential especially in excel, and proficiency with fundraising databases desirable. 

This is a full-time, permanent role based at CDP’s Central London office reporting to CDP’s Global Development Director. Flexible working will be considered and staff are currently working from home due to Covid restrictions. 

Salary and benefits:

£46-52k per annum dependent on experience, annual discretionary bonus, 30 days’ holiday, generous non-contributory pension provision, life assurance and other benefits. 

Interested applicants must be eligible to work legally in the UK. We cannot sponsor this role. 

An exciting opportunity to play a key role in the development of fundraising work at Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust. As a Fundraising Officer, the post holder will have the opportunity to help us make a real difference by raising vital funds for our work supporting those affected by cervical cancer and cervical cell changes (abnormalities) and our work promoting prevention of cervical cancer through the HPV vaccine and cervical screening. Jo’s exciting vision is the elimination of cervical cancer in the UK.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and driven individual to help the team maximise income while creating a long term plan to increase the number of regular donors and individual supporters of the charity. Many of our supporters have been through a cervical cancer diagnosis or have lost someone to the illness so are very engaged and passionate about the charity.

The person we are looking for will be proactive and willing to build relationships and drive forward income generation rather than simply administrate what comes in. They will manage our relationships and stewardship with Individual supporters and Regular donors. They will also play a key role in managing our fundraising materials and merchandise.

The post holder should have at least 1 year professional fundraising experience.

To apply for this role please send a CV and a covering letter explaining why you are suitable for the role and why you would like to work at Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust to Dan Joyce, Head of Fundraising

Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

Closing date for application:  5pm on the 4th August 2021

Interviews

First Interview date:  12th or 13th August 2021

Second Interview date: 19th or 20th August 2021

We are working with a wonderful environmental charity that has rapidly grown in the past 18 months to recruit an exciting new position within their grants and funding team. The successful candidate will have strong financial and budget management skills with the ability to develop relationships both internally and externally.

Main duties for the Senior Compliance and Grant Manager:
Work with stakeholders to build robust reporting and management system
Maintain budgets across all programmes, analysing and reporting on progress and gaps
Overview and review all programmes to ensure consistency and compliance is met
Manage external partners, managing due diligence and compliance

You will have:
Previous experience of managing budgets and compliance within an international, charitable environment
Ability to develop tools and identify compliance issues
Previous experience of managing budgets and donors, reporting and cost eligibility and compliance
Excellent financial management skills including budget development, reporting, and tracking, reporting and analysing income
Strong line management and development skills and experience
Excellent communication and relationship building skills
 

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Chloe on 02030 062787 or email [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

Harris Hill are working with an Environmental International organisation to find them a Senior Manager, Grants and Compliance. The successful candidate will lead the set-up of a new, small but critical unit within the Development Team, responsible for building the systems and processes required to manage a growing portfolio across both philanthropic and government income; implement systems to build winning budgets and manage them effectively and to donor requirements; ensure timely compliance reporting and coordinate effective due diligence for the charity and the partners; be responsible for providing insight and analysis on income and progress against targets to the Director of Development; and set best practice on budgeting and grant management. Working with colleagues across the organisation to secure their input and coordination across teams, you will help to maximise the strategic value of development funding to the organisation.

This new role will develop the charity's capability in this area to ensure continued growth and success. To succeed in this role, you must be detailed-orientated but also able to see the big picture, relish responsibility, be able to cope with challenges and communicate well. As with any expanding organisation there is a need to build and embed sustainable systems. You will be determined, tenacious and solutions-focused, able to design and implement the long-term vision for excellent grant management across all offices.

Key responsibilities

Support and line manage team members to perform to their highest levels of ability.
Build excellent internal working relationships to engage staff at all levels to support donor reporting and grant management including capacity building of staff as needed
Support the preparation of budgets during proposal development and review project financial reports ahead of submission to donors to ensure donor reporting requirements are being met.
Oversee due diligence and compliance processes
Provide grant management analysis for senior leadership across global philanthropy and government funding.
Communicate with donors to resolve problems and address grant management information requests.

Person specification

Experience in philanthropic and government grant management, including:
identifying compliance issues and developing tools, processes or procedures to improve compliance.
Donor contract and budget management, reporting and cost eligibility and compliance and a clear understanding of co-financing.
Experience using resource management and planning skills to develop efficient systems and processes.
Excellent financial management skills including budget development and reporting and tracking, reporting and analysing income.
Experience of line management and building teams to perform at their best.
Excellent attention to detail and general administrative skills.
Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
Strong organisational skills with a methodical approach to working on several tasks simultaneously and meeting deadlines.
A strong team player under pressure.
Evidenced ability to work and initiate solutions independently.

Closing date: 3rd August 2021

Job title: Fundraising Manager

Responsible to: Director of Business Development

Salary: £30,000 - £32,000 per annum

Location: Penygraig, South Wales with some home working

Hours: Full-time

As a family friendly organisation, we recognise that obligations outside work are important and that balancing work and family commitments can sometimes be a challenge.  We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Annual leave entitlement: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Employer pension contributions of 3%

We are recruiting for this post alongside a Digital Marketing and Fundraising Officer. Please see the recruitment pack for both roles below. 

*Please note, applications submitted without a cover letter will not be considered for the role*

Introduction

Over the last 40 years we’ve built up an impressive track record of improving the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in society through working closely with the local community. This is an exciting time to join us as we are undergoing a period of transition building a new senior management team.

We are looking for a dynamic, experienced, Fundraising Manager to build a diverse funding base and lead a new fundraising team securing our services into the future, for people in one of the most deprived areas of the UK.

Key Responsibilities

Working closely with the Business Development Director you will lead the small fundraising team. You will lead on statutory fundraising and large bids and you will line manage a team member who will focus on individual giving and digital fundraising and a team member who will lead on trust and foundation fundraising.

Management & Leadership

•   To lead, inspire and motivate fundraising staff and volunteers, providing them with clear direction and sound decision-making and enabling them to raise funds and contribute significantly to organisational development.

•   Work with Business Development Director to review and implement fundraising strategy.

•    Manage Digital & Marketing Officer post contributing to development of Communications Action Plan ensuring key targets are met. Manage the Trust and Foundations fundraiser.

•   Assist with developing and scrutinising project plans in collaboration with Project Teams, to ensure they are accurate, deliverable and will achieve their objectives.

•   Lead and directly manage a portfolio of key relationships.

Income generation

•   Research potential grant making organisations and analyse their suitability to feed into the grant prospect pipeline to achieve identified targets

•    Research and develop diverse income generation initiatives including a local Lottery, digital fundraising, individual giving, legacy & in memoriam gifts, major donors.

•   Prepare and submit high quality funding applications and reports to grant making organisations.

•  Scrutinise project budgets and financial information for applications and for grant reports.

•Support the account management of successful applications, liaising with the programme project manager and finance team and ensuring that funding and reporting criteria are fully met and specific challenges in relation to programme objectives transparently communicated.

• Develop and initiate innovative fundraising ideas

Monitoring & Evaluation

•   Maintain and develop the database of contacts: individual donors, corporates, grant making bodies ensuring the General Data Protection Regulations (2018) are adhered to across all income generation activities and that all data collection is in accordance with these regulations.

• Review grant agreements

•   Ensure all incoming grants are processed in line with internal procedures and best practice guidelines.

•   Ensure prompt and appropriate acknowledgement of all grant income, ensuring all information relating to each grant is accurate, up to date and well organised.

•   Maintain a timetable of deadlines to ensure grant making organisations receive reports and other correspondence as required.

•   Ensure that all donor communications are handled appropriately, promptly and courteously and that complaints and criticisms are logged, investigated and resolved

Ensure collection of key data and evidence to enhance Valleys Kids case for support.

Compliance

To ensure that Valleys Kids fulfils all its legal, statutory and regulatory responsibilities adhering to Fundraising Code of Practise and GDPR legislation

Person Specification:

• At least 5 years experience of fundraising in the Charity/Social enterprise sector
• Ability to lead or oversee income generation from a wide range of sources including statutory funding, trusts and foundation, trading income and individual giving.
• Experience of managing an effective team, with ability to delegate effectively and to hold people to account.
• A commitment to community development, tackling structural inequality and other barriers to people achieving their potential.
• Resourceful, resilient and innovative, with the ability to manage different priorities
• Interpersonal skills and judgement, which inspire confidence and trust from staff, volunteers, stakeholders and other organisations.
• A strong track record of networking, developing and maintaining external relationships with a wide variety of funders
• An effective communicator orally and in writing, able to articulate our work to a broad range of stakeholders and to negotiate well.
• Experience of budget and financial management
• An entrepreneurial approach - able to use resources effectively and develop new ideas and gain buy-in to implement successfully.
• Organised, with excellent time management skills and high levels of self-motivation.
• Awareness of Welsh language, culture and the public services context in Wales or a willingness to learn.
• Flexible with a willingness to work outside normal office hours.

An exciting opportunity to play a key role at Adur’s vibrant, award-winning arts venue. As Funding Manager you will help develop Ropetackle’s fundraising strategy, manage and deliver funding applications, identify new and potential sources of funding, manage Ropetackle’s Friends and Patrons and Business Friends scheme, and develop and strengthen existing funding streams.

Opened in 2007, Ropetackle has established itself as one of the most successful performing arts venues in the South East, welcoming audiences of over 40,000 per year. Ropetackle is a unique community run organisation with a small team of employees and a dedicated team of 80 volunteers. As a registered charity, funding is vital to Ropetackle’s operation, so this is a key role in the organisation where you can make a real difference.

Main responsibilities:

Jointly with Trustees, preparing Ropetackle’s funding strategy, including development of existing and new funding streams.

Compile and maintain a list of relevant funding bodies (with criteria attuned to Ropetackle’s operation and projects).

Managing funding bids and, where appropriate, liaising with external bid writers.

Managing compliance with grant conditions (including evaluations, reporting dates, etc.)

Working with Trustees on Ropetackle’s Friends and Patrons scheme, including:

• Managing subscriptions
• Communications
• Managing the scheme generally

Working with Trustees on Ropetackle’s Business Friends and Sponsors scheme, including:

• Researching potential sponsors
• Participating in negotiations
• Managing subscription timetable
• Managing the scheme generally

The post-holder will be expected to work flexibly. The job description may be amended and adapted to account for changing circumstances.

Personal specification:

Essential

• At least two years demonstrable fundraising experience, preferable in an arts context
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Driven and self-motivated, able to identify opportunities proactively
• Exceptional organisation and time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels
• Able to balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong attention to detail and numeracy skills, with experience working on budgets
• Reliable and able to work flexibly as part of a team
• Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office and Google Suite
• Able to work under pressure and adapt to changing situations

Desirable

• Previous experience working within an arts charity
• Experience using CRM or ticketing systems
• An understanding of arts funding networks
• Enthusiasm for working in the arts

We are open to applications from freelancers.

Hours: 16 hours per week - flexible for the right candidate

Place of work: Ropetackle Arts Centre

Salary: £22,000 per annum, pro-rata

Starting Salary: £35,785 – 37,134 per annum

Other Benefits include: 10% Mobility Allowance +10% Pension + Hardship Allowance (£3,000 per annum)

Rest and Recuperation every 8 weeks 

Contract: 2 Years fixed term

Position Description 

Job Profile

The Deputy Country Rep and Programme Manager deputises the Country Representatives and is a member of the South Sudan Country Management Team (CMT). In liaison with the Country Rep the postholder is responsible for strategic development and management of the humanitarian and development programmes portfolio of the country team. The postholder provides humanitarian and development expertise for CAFOD and Trócaire in Partnership (CTP) work in South Sudan.  The postholder has the skills and experience to lead and manage complex and diverse programmes of work. S/he manages budgets and funding within the scope of their authority and is also responsible to proactively identify opportunities for scaling up our humanitarian and development programme work in South Sudan in order to effectively in respond to the scale and protracted nature of the ongoing crisis. S/he will have strong understanding and experience in Emergency Food Security and Livelihoods programming and resilience approaches.

The Deputy Country Rep and Programme Manager will be responsible for developing relationships with partners at strategic level in-country and formulating programme strategy as determined by the Country Strategy and Country Representative. The post holder is also responsible for building effective working relationships to foster learning, innovation, good practice, and fundraising. The role also has a number of cross-divisional and cross-organisational functions to work with CAFOD’s Education, Communities & Supporters Fundraising, Finance, Media, Policy and Advocacy teams and with relevant counterparts in Trócaire.

Line managed by the Country Representative, this post is based in Juba but is expected to undertake frequent in-country travel and travel within the region and to the UK and Ireland (approximately 20 weeks per year) S/he would also be expected to deputise for the Country Representative, when the CR is absent from South Sudan. The post holder line manages the following but may be asked to take on wider management functions as needed:

• Programme Quality Officer
• Field coordinators (up to 2)
• Programme Officer -Governance and Peace building
• Programme Support Officer

Staff management may extend to larger teams depending on programme responses. 

Key Responsibilities

To lead and manage the programme/s (50%):

• Lead the development, implementation and regular review of the South Sudan programme, embedding a resilience and empowerment lens into all our programming. This should also include the integration of Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR), emergency preparedness and early warning, Psychosocial support (PSS) and peace building activities.
• Lead the country programme team in monitoring emerging humanitarian situations and programme trends, ensuring that regular Emergency Management Team (EMT) discussions take place with the CAFOD and Trócaire HQ humanitarian teams and the Country Representative to enable effective and timely responses, and keep relevant CTP staff and partners informed of the humanitarian situation, and emerging resilience approaches, techniques and methodologies
• Lead programme design and proposal writing in support of the programme/country strategy, ensuring compliance to Programme Cycle Management is carried out to a high standard. This may include providing field level operational support including needs assessment, monitoring and evaluation, programme leadership and management to CTP staff, partner organisations and inter-agency teams responding to any humanitarian crises, if necessary, at very short notice, and for extended periods of time.
• Promote the delivery of high quality and appropriate programmes that meet minimum international standards such as SPHERE, Red Cross NGO Code of Conduct, Core Humanitarian Standards, Caritas Internationalis Management Standards and country guidelines.
• Work towards fulfilling CTP’s Vision, Mission and Values and CTP’s strategic plans.
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality programmes within agreed budgets and timeframes, in accordance with CTP’s values and working principles.
• Identify and actively promote opportunities to build the capacity of partner organisations to deliver high quality programmes, and to promote the sustainability of their work including mentoring support to partner personnel.
• Ensure the effective delivery of high-quality integrated programmes that include a resilience-based humanitarian assistance, risk reduction, woman and youth empowering lens delivered through CTP’s programmes.
• Monitor programme impact based on programme Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plans, using this information to support decision making. This will include commissioning reviews and evaluations as appropriate and promote learning into the wider organisation.
• In conjunction with the Programme Quality Officer lead and support the efforts of CTP in improving and developing the capacity of CTP staff and partners in monitoring and evaluation systems of projects and programmes to keep track of performance of projects and their impact.
• When required be a part of CTP's humanitarian department emergency response and surge capacity function in CTP’s designated areas of work including emergency responses coordinated by Caritas Internationalis.

Technical Support (20%)

• Work with Cafod and Trócaire Resilience, Protection and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) advisors in incorporating resilience, PSS activities and DRR into existing programmes. Provide technical support on resilience and empowerment approaches particularly for Women and Youth.
• Engage the CR, Programme Coordinator South Sudan, and HQ Policy and advocacy teams, to ensure CTP’s policy and advocacy is coherent, effective and informed by our experiences and that of our partners.

Management Team (10%)

• Be an active member of CTP country management team which is led by the CR,
• Work in collaboration with Programme Quality Officer of CTP to ensure that CTP programmes are fully integrated into the country strategy, aligned to CTP’s corporate priorities,

Representation (10%):

• Represent CTP externally, as prioritised by the Country Representative, in relationships with institutional donors, national Church and government representatives, donors, inter agency coordination fora and strategic partner organisations.
• In liaison with Country Representative, provide effective collaboration with Caritas Internationalis (CI) and its member agencies, representing CTP where needed, and also liaising with relevant CIDSE agencies and working groups to build and strengthen relationships with sister agencies and agencies of strategic importance.
• Ensure representation and participation of CTP in UN Cluster Coordination mechanisms in-country and other programme related working groups and networks of relevance to CTP work.
• Develop supporter communications and work with the communications team in media, writing and undertaking interviews both on radio and TV.

Security Management (10%):

• Undertake security risk assessments as appropriate and as delegated by the Country Representative, ensuring appropriate Standard Operating Procedures are implemented by all staff and visitors to mitigate risk in relation to humanitarian programmes and in accordance with the Country Security Plan.
• Support partners to strengthen their understanding and practice of security risk management and ensure effective security-related communications to ensure CTP and partner staff well-being.
• May act as security manager in absence of CR.

This list of duties and responsibilities is by no means exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as required. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults

CAFOD and Trocaire recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect.  CTP, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse.  CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount.  Any candidate offered a job with CTP will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. This post involves contact with children, young people and vulnerable adults, or has responsibility for people who will do, and applicants will be subject to specific checks related to safeguarding issues.  If based in the UK the post holder is required to present or obtain a Disclosure from the DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service).  If the post is based outside the UK the post holder will be subject to a different checking process.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of, and consent to, these recruitment procedures.

 

Person Specification

Key Competencies

Essential CTP Core Requirements

Understanding our context

• Demonstrates an understanding of the Catholic Church, Demonstrates behaviour in line with CTP’s vision, mission and values

Working together

• Skilled in working with people of varied backgrounds, cultures and abilities;
• Builds collaborative relationships across CTP and with external partners, donors and suppliers

Making change happen

• Can communicate complex issues simply and clearly to ensure understanding
• Recognises what needs to be done, makes decisions and takes action– even in challenging circumstances 

Essential Job Specific Requirements

• Proven experience of managing and delivering humanitarian and resilience programmes through partner organisations
• Experience in delivering operational emergency programmes within complex emergencies
• Sound understanding of humanitarian policy and best practice (e.g.  LEGS, SPHERE, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Code of Conduct)
• Understanding of approaches to ensure accountability programme work towards intended beneficiary communities and commitment to CHS
• Able to work with and develop the humanitarian capacity of local partner organisations/ national NGO’s
• Delivers work within the context of an agreed programme framework, uses programme cycle management tools effectively;
• Proactively monitors expenditure and is aware of current financial position; Strong budget management skills.
• Good analytical skills, skills in review of documents and report writing.
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Ability to work and travel in insecure environments and to manage one’s own personal security and the security of our partners
• Good understanding of management principles and commitment to good management standards.

Come and join us and help make a real difference in the lives of the world’s poorest communities.

CAFOD is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults..

The Opportunity

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the - EHU Supply Chain Manager, Specialist in Emergency procurement (EHU) in London or at any existing Save the Children office location.

ROLE PURPOSE:

This position is an operational role in Save the Children's (SC) emergency supply chain function, which is responsible to the Head of Humanitarian Supply Chain for the implementation of the emergency operational capability within the global team for the assigned regions.

The role supports preparedness planning of SC emergency supply chain requirements worldwide with specific focus on supporting the Emergency Health Unit to respond to global health emergencies. The role is also responsible for delivering continuous improvement, in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders of the emergency supply chain planning processes to maintain and improve efficiency, economy and effectiveness across all components of the emergency supply chain. This role includes working with the EHU team in the development of planning and forecast requirements based on the analysis of historical humanitarian responses.

The role incorporates providing support to the EHU team to improve their emergency supply requirements with a focus on building organisational capacity and relationships with regional teams and adapting to a fast-changing environment within a $2bn organisation.

This role is also responsible for sourcing and purchasing of goods and services (in particular medical supplies) required internationally by Save the Children's emergency response programmes, managing orders and relations for a complex portfolio of responses.

The role will support the SCUK's Emergency Health Unit (EHU) supply needs, Category manager's with market research, running tenders and setting up global Framework Agreements (FWA) for key items to ensure value for money is achieved through world class sourcing strategies and procurement processes, enabling Save the Children to respond to any global emergency

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder may be expected to deploy as part of the supply chain emergency response process, and lead/support an in country team in the response, as the senior supply chain representative/procurement specialist.

Reports to: EHU Supply Chain Lead

Staff reporting to this post: None

Indirect: None

Budget Responsibilities: None though the role holder will be expected to drive cost efficiencies through value for money procurement

Role Dimensions: This role operates across whole Movement, SCI, Member's & Partner Organisations. External focus with Corporate Teams & UN Agencies and selected forums.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Preparedness

• Support the EHU to meet their supply chain planning responsibilities on both on a periodic basis and where appropriate in support of proposals being submitted to secure funding.
• Ensure EHU supply chain plans are integrated into broader SCI supply chain plans to enable alignment and mutual benefits to be realised.
• Liaise internally with supply chain end-to-end leads as well as functional leads, to ensure EHU considerations are included in planning and cross-functional coherence.
• Collaborate with the medical supply chain lead and EHU in relation to Pharmacy and medical supply forecasting
• Work with the EHU team to develop and implement emergency supply chain preparedness and plans to be better able to respond moving forwards.
• As required, prepare reports/statistics related to the emergency supply chain planning and forecasting function ensuring the EHU are looped in.
• Identify and support in building of capacity in the emergency supply chain preparedness planning, developing a culture of continuous learning where staff are encouraged and supported to grow and develop and are willing to be held accountable for their commitments.
• Understanding and induction into other Save the Children emergency working groups or units, such as the EHU.
• Leading or contributing to supply chain or EHU after action reviews/lessons learned following large-scale emergency responses
• External representation /meetings to ensure a high level of communication with stakeholder groups as requested
• Deployable in Category 1 emergency responses and some Category 2.
• Support the EHU on current projects / activities relating to supply chain

Emergency procurement:

• Leads all international procurement for emergency responses in line with procurement policies, processes and quality standards for the EHU.
• Liaise with EHU suppliers / 3PLs to ensure to ensure regular stock reports are provided and consolidated to give a monthly global report.
• Liaise with the SCUK / SCI finance teams to ensure any stock movements are recoded appropriately.

• Day to day management of the contract for the In-patient unit including supporting the EHU to resolve any contractual disputes
• Tendering for an EHU related procurement needs on behalf of SCUK in line with MHRA guidelines
• Being up to date and aware of MHRA guidelines and rules for Procurement under our WDA licence

• Ensure that stocks are packaged and labelled in line with the modular needs of pre-designed modularised stock management plans
• Ensure overall best value for money is achieved through a competitive and transparent procurement process considering quality, availability, time frame, transport and storage costs
• Source new products when requested and work with EHU and Technical Advisors to identify quality standards as required
• Advise on best sources of supply and freighting options
• Ensure all orders are processed in timely manner, tracked on overviews, status updates are communicated to stakeholders, and that all relevant documentation is filed appropriately

• Through engagement with the SCI category managers, ensure EHU interests are represented in the development of global contracts and support awareness and accessibility of global contracts by the EHU.
• Support initiatives to improve procurement within Save the Children, around emergency preparedness, medical supply and process reviews.

• Support EHU with supply chain logistics in the early stages of emergency responses.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (SCI Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Experience in delivering emergency supply chain capability in global, multicultural organisations - private or charity sector.
• Experience of working in the INGO sector, and knowledge of institutional donor grant requirements, including experience with proposals, implementation, technical advice, reporting across supply chain, stocks and distributions
• Experience of managing complex medical procurement with demonstrable knowledge of GDP and MHRA requirements.
• Operations/Field Office Management Experience: deployed to (worked in) various major emergency response operations specifically conflict and natural disasters in the last ten years
• Ability to build relationships quickly with a wide range of people, both internally and externally with a flexible yet stabilising attitude.
• Strong communication (written and spoken), and interpersonal skills in English, with experience in managing multicultural teams.
• Ability to select the appropriate style of communication to the situation and context to achieve the desired outcome.
• Comfortable working autonomously and as part of a team, including working with, and supporting, a diverse community of stakeholders at a distance.
• Excellent operational and coordination skills, with the ability to organise workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities.
• Experience in all supply chain areas including planning and forecasting
• Ability to provide training and capacity building for the development of the emergency supply chain capability.
• Commitment to SC values.
• Able to travel to operational country programmes (on occasion remote and insecure) and attend external meetings.

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience in the identification of new procurement trends and progression of new ideas
• Demonstrable experience and knowledge of the application of EU/UK VAT regulatory requirements.
• Field level experience in procurement and logistics for NGOs in international development and emergency programmes
• Knowledge of key institutional donors and their compliance requirements in respect of logistics and procurement

• Transformation or change experience
• Project Management
• Working proficiency in another language, such as French, Spanish, Arabic, Swahili

QUALIFICATIONS

Educated to degree level in a relevant field (e.g., International Development; Politics, International Relations; global health). Master's degree in a relevant field is desirable.

We can offer circa £51,000 per annum (If based in UK) with an option of flexible of working hours. If the role is based outside of the UK, National T&C (including pay) will apply.

This role can be based in (Location) or any existing Save the Children office location on approval, provided the successful candidate has proof of eligibility to work from the preferred location.

Where we Work -

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

The Fundraising Manager will lead on the development and implementation of a comprehensive fundraising strategy, generating income and securing support for our core activities and new projects, to allow the organisation to thrive. 

If you’re a highly motivated and successful fundraiser with the skills, commitment and passion to influence the next stage of the Beacon’s exciting journey, this could be your dream job. There’s never been a better time to join our small and dedicated team. 

Despite all the challenges it threw at us, the pandemic gave us an opportunity – the time and space to step back and think strategically about our creative, community and commercial ambitions for the Beacon. As a result, we’re now busy with plans, bursting with ideas, and gearing up for a really exciting period of growth and development – that’s why we need you, an experienced and enthusiastic Fundraising Manager, to join us and make this a reality.

From raising our profile in the local community to raising our game in the arts world, you’ll be critical in shaping the next stage of our development and instrumental in driving and delivering our strategic ambitions. With a focus on grant-making trusts and foundations, but with a responsibility for all areas of fundraising, you will be an energetic and organised individual that can bring an enterprising approach to attracting new supporters and stewarding existing supporters towards increased giving.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience of demonstrable success in a fundraising role, in the third sector.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, utilising these to produce compelling applications, proposals and ask for support to a wide range of funders , people and stakeholders.
• Ability to build positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders to nurture and grow our network of supporters.
• An understanding for the need for a proactive approach to fundraising to diversify income for organisational sustainability.
• Ensuring legal compliance and good practices in fundraising ethics, policies and procedures including GDPR, Gift Aid and data management.
• The ability and willingness to work as a member of a team; demonstrate openness to cross-departmental working in order to secure stronger outcomes for the organisation.
• Ability to keep clear and accurate records and present them in an effective way.
• Effective project and time management skills to prioritise and manage own workload.
• An interest in the performing arts.

View the full job description and person specification in the recruitment pack below and apply online today.

University College London Hospitals Charity (UCLH Charity) is partnering exclusively with Robertson Bell to recruit a Finance Manager on a permanent, full time basis. UCLH Charity is the main charity associated with University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The charity works to improve patient and staff welfare by providing funding for research, medical equipment and education facilities for the Trust.

UCLH Charity is now seeking a hardworking and versatile Finance Manager who can join the finance team which currently consists of five people. Reporting into the Finance Director you will be responsible for a broad variety of finance tasks and will take ownership of the accounts of four smaller charities.

The key responsibilities will be:

UCLH Charity:

• Oversight of the work of the accounts payable team. 
• Management of staff season ticket loans, answering day to day queries and liaison with the UCLH payroll department including carrying out monthly reconciliations.
• Liaison with the Trust regarding invoices relating to grants made by the charity.
• Administration of leaving grants for hospital staff.
• Check payments and sign them off for approval.
• Oversee a high volume of transactions ensuring accuracy at all times.
• Answering any ad hoc queries from fundholders, fundraisers, donors and hospital staff.
• Liaise regularly with the fundraising team.
• The opportunity to assist with budgeting, forecasting and the statutory accounts process.

Smaller charities:

• Management and statutory accounts for the following: Lymphoma Research Trust, Essex Wynter Charity, Friends of UCLH and Middlesex Hospital Nurses Benevolent Fund.
• Liaising with fundraisers and attending trustees meetings which take place twice a year for the Lymphoma Research Trust.
• Assist the Finance Director with accounting related to a £10m property development project.

The organisation:

UCLH Charity was established as a result of various mergers and restructures over the years, most recently 2000 and 2017.

UCLH Charity funds a wide range of projects to improve and enhance a hospital stay and provides funding for training and education so that staff at UCLH can provide the best possible care, using the latest techniques. The charity also funds new and innovative equipment, improvements to hospital spaces and a wide range of clinical research projects at UCLH, working to translate cutting-edge research and innovation into new and improved treatments for patients.

Essential requirements:

• Good team player and happy to work in a small team.
• Good knowledge of accounting systems and Microsoft Excel.
• Strong communication skills and sense of customer service.
• Conscientious and with good attention to detail.
• Experience in a small to medium sized organisation.
• Well-organised and able to manage own workload in order to meet deadlines.

Please note previous charity experience is desirable but not essential.

Additional information: This role is likely to appeal to someone recently CCAB qualified and is a good opportunity to learn about charity accounts. Previous incumbents have often used it as a stepping stone to learn the ropes before moving to a more senior role in other charities.

UCLH Charity’s head office is based in Euston and candidates will have the offer of one day a week working from home.

The closing date for applications is 17th August 2021. Applications will be under constant review before the closing date so please submit your application to our retained search agent Robertson Bell. Apply now to be considered!