• Hours: 37.5 hours a week (full time).
• Contract type: Fixed term for 12 months.
• Location: From home initially, and then from 360Giving Office at Kings Place,  London N1.
• Closing date: 10am BST on Wednesday 22 July 2020.

Are you an organised self-starter with a keen eye for detail? Do you know how to communicate in a clear and engaging way?

We’re looking for an enthusiastic Communications and Administration Assistant to help us create compelling content and ensure the smooth running of the organisation.

About 360Giving

360Giving is a unique initiative. We help UK funders publish open, standardised grants data, and empower people to use this data to improve charitable giving. Our vision is for UK grantmaking to be more informed, effective and strategic.

About the role

The Communications and Administration Assistant is responsible for providing day-to-day support to ensure the smooth running of 360Giving’s communications and operations.

The role involves maintaining 360Giving’s website and social media accounts; helping to create and produce blogposts, reports, newsletters and other external content; organising external workshops and events; coordinating our communities and networks, supporting the CEO with monitoring and reporting; scheduling internal governance and planning meetings; and supporting the CEO with other operations and administrative tasks to make sure the organisation works as effectively and efficiently as possible.

This is a varied and interesting role for a good team-player who is conscientious and well organised, with excellent writing and communication skills.

Frontline is continuing to grow and expand its work. As we embark on this new stage in the organisation’s development we have made a substantial commitment to harnessing technology to help us have more impact, more quickly than ever.

In order to effectively improve Frontline’s business processes, we have defined projects in the CRM Team Road map. A challenge for any improvement project is translating the requirements – which often only the teams involved fully understand – into an improvement design. This is where the Salesforce Business Administrator would be transformational.

This exciting new role will play a major part in changing the way Frontline uses and is informed by data. Using their experience, the successful candidate will lead on discovery sessions with key stakeholders to determine the way forward for Salesforce improvement projects. They will champion the use of Salesforce and excite others to be interested in what is possible.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract.

Permanent 3 days /21 hours per week  

We are seeking a highly skilled communications professional to join our team as Communications Manager, at an exciting time, as Acme approaches its 50th anniversary and looks to celebrate the value of the support we have provided over the past half-century. 

The Communications Manager will report to the Co-Director and will manage Acme’s communication and public relations strategy and activity.They will work collaboratively across the whole organisation to support the timely and effective delivery of regular and ad-hoc communications and marketing projects, as well as identifying future opportunities.

The Communications Manager will have a proven track record of delivering integrated campaigns, including press and media coverage. They will need to have proven experience of planning and managing multiple projects and work with others in the organisation to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. This is a standalone specialist role, working in proximity to Acme’s Artist Support, Research and Archive functions.

You will have the following:

• Proven experience in communications, marketing or PR. 

• Experience of devising multi-channel media including social media / PR campaigns which achieve positive coverage.

• Experience of managing website CMS, e-newsletter systems and form building platforms. 

• Excellent MS Office and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop and Indesign) skills. 

• Strong communication skills and ability to work with colleagues across a range of skills and expertise, and to communicate effectively at senior level. 

• Exceptional attention to detail. 

Please refer to the person specification for full details of the key requirements in terms of qualification, knowledge, experience and skills.

In return, we offer: 

• Part time salary - £21,600 per annum pro rata (full time equivalent £36,000 per annum)

• A commitment to flexible working 

• Annual leave: 20 days pro rata (full time equivalent 28 days) including bank holidays 

• Enhanced sick pay, maternity, paternity and adoption leave pay 

• Pension scheme 

• Cycle to work scheme 

• Interest free season ticket loan 

• Training and development opportunities 

• Employee Assistance Scheme 

Supporting artists since 1972, Acme is a charity based in London which provides affordable studios, work/live space, and a programme of artist support. Acme is the single largest provider of affordable artist studios in England, and this year will support over 800 individual artists across 16 buildings in Greater London.

Applicants who do not demonstrate that they meet the criteria outlined in the person specification will not be considered for the role. 

Closing date for application is by 5pm Monday 3 August 2020 and interviews will be held on Thursday 20 August 2020.Digital and face to face options available. 

If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date you should assume that you have not been short-listed for interview. 

Acme exists to support the broadest possible range of artistic practice and creates opportunities for artists to develop and take greater creative risks. 

We passionately believe in social equity and the benefits of diversity, seeking to support, encourage and include people, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or any other equality characteristic.

We particularly encourage applications from disabled people and those from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, as these groups are currently under-represented in the arts and cultural sectors 

Training Administrator

35 hours per week, full-time

As Training Administrator, you will assist with the administration of the RCEM ePortfolio for all users, by providing helpdesk support via email and telephone.

The Training Administrator is a key role within the Training Department, in which you will process and administer the registration and enrolment of trainees through to the Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) dates, whilst creating assessment forms using the ePortfolio where necessary.

Reporting to the Training Manager, you will advise trainees, non-trainees and trainers on relevant rules and guidance as required, keeping abreast of training developments and changes to GMC regulations and guidance.

You will also contribute to the continued development of the College’s Training department and participate in project boards as required.

With a good standard of education, you will have excellent general administrative skills, with a background in minute taking to support committees.

With experience of using a membership database system, preferably an ePortfolio, you will have an understanding of membership organisations and professional training associations.

You should be a committed team player with a demonstrable background of collaborative working, whilst having excellent communication and relationship management skills.

With the current COVID19 pandemic all staff are currently remote working.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine was established to advance education and research in Emergency Medicine. The College is responsible for setting standards of training and administering examinations in Emergency Medicine for the award of Fellowship and Membership of the College as well as recommending trainees for CCT in Emergency Medicine. The College works to ensure high quality care by setting and monitoring standards of care and providing expert guidance and advice on policy to relevant bodies on matters relating to Emergency Medicine.

For further information and to apply, please send your CV and covering letter, ensuring you cover details outlined in the Person Specification, via the application link.

Interviews: 6th August 2020

The Foodbank are recruiting.

Are you interested in working with us, helping people in poverty? Our current staff are moving on after many years.

Responsible for: Administrative tasks needed to support the running of the Epsom & Ewell foodbank and its various projects.

Salary: £12.75 an hour

Hours: up to 30 hours a week (days may be flexible)

Permanent contract

Based: Ewell. However, we are aware at this time working from home could be an option and there may be times in the future when working at home is more appropriate.

Overall responsibility of the job: ensure that all admin is completed so that the teams have all they need to run the foodbank and its projects to the efficient and high standard required, in accordance with Trussell Trust franchise model and statutory requirements.

Specific responsibilities / Main duties:

Reporting to Foodbank Project Director

• Bring to the attention of the Project Director any concerns regarding the day-to-day operation of the foodbank centres for Epsom & Ewell foodbank
• Deal with day to day issues in the office: ie phone, emails and visitors
• Liaise with the rest of the team around any needs of the week

Trussell Trust compliance

• Ensure all foodbank centre processes and procedures are followed as per The Trussell Trust Foodbank Operating Manual

Foodbank centre outlets & volunteers

• Organise the volunteer rota for one-off events
• Support the training of the volunteers to undertake responsibilities within the foodbank centre and to meet the relevant legal requirements
• Monitor health & safety at the foodbank centres and maintain records
• Support the project leads with any administration that needs doing
• Work with the office manager around co-ordinating social media and updates
• Work with the Project Director to develop new initiatives as and when required

Data

• Ensure all completed red vouchers, e vouchers and packing lists are handled discretely, stored securely and entered on to the data collection system
• Add up and put donation weights of food on to database, especially the relevant supermarkets
• Access statistics from reports on database when required

Agencies

• Communicate with referral agencies in response to queries or issues arising from vouchers presented by clients at the foodbank centre
• Ensure agencies are stocked with vouchers and add new agencies as required
• Ensure signature sheets and information are up to date

Quality Assurance

• Support an annual client survey to review the foodbank and its services to identify ways that could be developed and improved

Requirements:

• Ability to be flexible and respond to demands in a fast pace changing office
• Ability to deal with fluctuation demands of administration

Key Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication
• Excellent telephone manner
• Excellent IT skills (Microsoft) and social media awareness
• Ability to work as part of a team but also independently and unsupervised
• Honesty and integrity
• Empathy and ability to work with people from disadvantaged, marginalised, or socially excluded backgrounds

Personal attributes:

• Passionate about tackling poverty

Training - all relevant training will be provided

Epsom & Ewell Foodbank is a project part of the Ewell Christian Trust charity founded on Christian principles. Not every member of the team is a Christian, and we welcome applications from all members of the community.

Reference:HQ00177527

Location:Flexible (Remote working or London office)

Salary:£26,000 - £32,000 FTE (plus 10% pension)

Contract type:Contract

Date closing:10/07/2020

Lankelly Chase works to change the systems that perpetuate severe and multiple disadvantage. This addresses the interlocking nature of severe social disadvantages in some people's lives. These often include issues such as domestic abuse, substance misuse, homelessness, journeys through the criminal justice system and mental ill health.
We are delighted to be working with this great charity to recruit an Administrator to support the developing Place Action Enquiry.

Through extensive research and successful partnership working throughout the UK, the organisation has developed a place-based approach to working with partners and associates. This role will remotely support teams currently situated in Barking & Dagenham, Barrow-in-Furness, Gateshead, Greater Manchester, Oxford and York.

The role
This vital, newly developed role will provide support to the charity's Place Action Inquiry; working with both internal and external colleagues to ensure a smooth and coherent approach to the place-based work of the charity. This work will rely on successfully coordinating a complex and constantly shifting network of relationships and to support the systems and processes that underpin the work of the Foundation with full administrative support to the teams in the designated locations. This role is offered on a 18 month contract working 21 hours per week.

This will involve remotely providing administrative support to ensure the smooth coordination of meetings and events, the efficient gathering and storing of information and documentation, and the timely processing and payment of grants, contracts and expenses relating to the place based work. This person will be the vital link between the 'places' and the Lankelly Chase central team.

The person
The successful candidate will have a proven track record of Administration ideally within the charity sector and will be very highly organised, good at capturing data, following and improving systems with strong minuting skills. This person will also need to be able to work with people relationally both internally and externally. Helpful and resourceful, this person will have experience of building relationships and will have extensive exposure to coordinating diaries, supporting teams, organising meetings and dealing with constantly evolving deadlines and responsibilities. This person will also be highly numerate and committed to the wider work of Lankelly Chase of improving the lives of people who face severe and multiple disadvantage across the UK.

There is a shared purpose and vision at Lankelly Chase, both in terms of goals and decision making and this person will be encouraged to work collaboratively with colleagues to contribute to the strategic direction of the organisation whilst being given all the guidance, support and training they need to develop themselves and the role itself.

Lankelly Chase encourage applications from those with lived experience. This might have been experienced personally or through the experiences of friends or family.The charity is also very keen to encourage applications from the BAME community who are currently under-represented within the team.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role.

1st Place is a charity devoted to improving the opportunities of parents, children and families in its community. 

The receptionist plays a key role in our services as they are the first point of contact for our centre users. 

Your duties will include providing a warm welcome to everyone, answering, directing telephone calls and taking messages.  Assisting the Centre with general administration and keeping records up-to-date. Assisting centre users and directing them to their groups and promoting 1st Place activities. You will have a good standard of education, computer skills, and good communication skills and committed to equal opportunities.  Experience in reception work is desirable

We offer an attractive benefits package including:

- Competitive salary

- 6% employer pension match scheme

- 25 days Annual Leave plus bank holidays 

- £1 optional lunch scheme

- Company sick pay

- Uniform

- Regular training and development opportunities 

- Staff social committee and events

- Cycle to work scheme 

- Access to discounts on Perkbox

Gifts Administrator

£23,900 - £26,720 per annum, inclusive of London Weighting

Fixed Term until 31 March 2021, Full Time: 35 hours per week

Location: London

Ref: GS549

The Guildhall School of Music & Drama is a vibrant, international community of young musicians, actors and theatre technicians in the heart of the City of London. We produce outstanding graduates whose talents light up stages and concert platforms across the world.

As well as providing professional training at undergraduate, postgraduate, junior and short course level, the School has a substantial programme of regular performances, encompassing concerts, recitals, plays, operas and musicals open to the general public.

We are looking for a Gifts Administrator to join the Development & Alumni Relations Office. This is a newly created role and the post holder will work across the team to process and administer all income received.

The Gifts Administrator will be responsible for the efficient processing of gifts received by the School from individuals and organisations, ensuring donors are thanked and acknowledged in an appropriate and timely manner, whilst maintaining the highest level of donor care. They will also process ticket payments received from events and performances, as well as membership fees.

The post holder will be responsible for the successful reconciliation between the fundraising database, the charity bank account and the Guildhall School Trust funds, and will be expected to produce and distribute standard reports to the Guildhall School Trust and the wider Advancement team.

Experience of the Raiser’s Edge/Raiser’s Edge NXT or a similar CRM is desirable but not essential. Candidates will be highly organised and efficient, with excellent communication skills and a meticulous attention to detail. Knowledge of music, theatre and/or higher education is also desirable.

For more details, please go to our website.

Please click the button to apply.

Closing date: 12 Noon, Friday, 31 July 2020.

Late applications will not be accepted.

Interview date: week commencing 10 August 2020.

The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Recruitment during COVID-19 restrictions

During the COVID-19 restrictions, our interviews will be by video call.

Additionally, the successful applicant will be fully supported to work from home for the initial period where restrictions on non-essential travel are in place.

About us

This post can based at any of our Skylights which are at the following locations London, Brent, Croydon, Oxford, Merseyide, South Wales, South Yorkshire, Coventry, Birmingham, Newcastle and Edinburgh.
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
Crisis is expanding its enterprise team looking at new ways to collaborate with start-ups and become more entrepreneurial ourselves. We already operate nine charity shops, two training cafes and a furniture restoration business. We even have a grants programme to enable people experiencing homeless to leap into self-employment. And we know there is more we can do to use entrepreneurship to end homelessness.

About the role
This is an exciting new position in our ambitious and expanding enterprise team that is committed to finding more innovative and entrepreneurial ways to end homelessness.

In this role, you will be responsible for developing, growing and engaging Crisis’ entrepreneurial community of staff, members and external supporters in our mission to demonstrate how entrepreneurship can end homelessness. You will manage and implement a programme of activities and events in line with the Entrepreneurship strategy. You will also manage the internal and external communication channels.

About you
To be successful in this role you will be driven by our values (inspiration, integrity, dignity, fearlessness through independence, adaptability, resolve to end homelessness). You will have experience in developing entrepreneurial communities online and offline. You will be experienced in organising and promoting events locally and nationally. And you can confidently use Twitter and Instagram and other channels. You will be seeking an exciting new challenge, working in a fast paced and agile team and you will be willing to support new initiatives from across the organisation.

About you
To be successful in this role you will be driven by our values (inspiration, integrity, dignity, fearlessness through independence, adaptability, resolve to end homelessness). You will have experience in developing entrepreneurial communities online and offline. You will be experienced in organising and promoting events locally and nationally. And you can confidently use Twitter and Instagram and other channels. You will be seeking an exciting new challenge, working in a fast paced and agile team and you will be willing to support new initiatives from across the organisation.

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the 'Vacancy Details' button.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team through the Crisis website

Closing date: Sunday 26 July 2020 (11.59pm)

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage and applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

Exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team in a key role having direct responisibilty for the administration of our counselling, support and other mental well-being services supporting the LGBT community. 

In this role you will provide support to the core operational team, and be pro active in establishing, promoting and maintaing administration of our centre services, and ensuring an organised, effcicient and smooth running of teh office and centre environment. Currently working remotely during Covid 19.  ELOP has been provding services for 25 years to the LGBT community and is a thriving and growing organisation and this is a chance to contribute to this and to make a difference. 

ELOP is a London based thriving community-led LGBT mental health & wellbeing charity offering a range of support, advice, information, counselling and group support services to lesbian, gay, bisexaul and trans (LGBT+) communities. 

Full time: 37 hours per week with occassional evening and weekend work

Salary  £25,180 incl. London Weighting

Closing deadline: 10.00am Monday 3rd August

Interviews: taking place Friday 7th August 2020 during office hours

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

We’re looking for a Business Support Administrator to support teams within the Advice & Advocacy Directorate. This is a great opportunity to use your administrative skills to assist with our work on policy development, advice giving and advocacy.

You’ll be working in a fast moving environment where the work is varied, so you’ll need to be flexible and have a proactive approach to problem solving with good organisational and excellent IT skills. 

You’ll be the first point of contact for people who need help with a wide range of tasks and will support with admin tasks like booking transport, processing finances, assisting with the organisation of meetings/events and coordinating a variety of project work.

If you would enjoy providing admin and project support in a fast-paced environment in our friendly division and have excellent communication skills we look forward to hearing from you. 

This is a permanent position. The role is full-time and the salary is £20,536 plus London weighting of £3,520.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early. 

We are seeking a self-motivated administrative and events assistant to play a key role in our friendly team. We are looking for someone with the drive, initiative, teamwork and organisational skills to thrive in a busy charity committed to improving children and young people’s life chances.

About us

PSHE (personal, social, health and economic) education is the school curriculum subject that prepares pupils for life and work.  PSHE lessons cover some of the most pressing issues facing young people today including relationships and sex, mental and physical health, staying safe online, economic wellbeing, careers and the importance of equality and diversity.

The PSHE Association is the national body for the subject. A charity and membership organisation, the Association supports a national network of over 40,000 teachers and schools with advice, training and resources. We work nationally to raise PSHE standards for all children and raise its status on the curriculum. This is an exciting time for us and we are expanding our services – including our range of face-to-face and online training – to meet growing demand.

Role description

The applicant will be expected to take on a variety of responsibilities associated with the organisation and administration of the office, promoting and helping to organise our series of conference and training events, processing memberships and payments, and maintaining and updating our database of contacts as well as supporting the team as required. We have built our online training offer considerably, so we are particularly interested in candidates with some experience of supporting webinars/online training – or those who have an aptitude and willingness to learn about this area.

For the full Job Description and Person Specification please visit our website.

Terms of Reference

The post is offered on a full time (35 hours per week) basis, on an initial six-month contract with the possibility of extension. The starting salary will be in the region of £19,000.  Applicants should have some experience of working in an office environment, and ideally some experience of organising events or conferences (face-to-face and/or online) as well as being sympathetic to the Association’s aims.

Our offices are based in central London, close to London Bridge/Borough, but at the present time we are working remotely from home.  We are looking for someone who would be able to join us in our London offices each day when we return, but who would be happy to work from home initially.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified people.

Since Engineers Without Borders UK was established over 15 years ago, people and community have been at the heart of what we do and how we do it. We would not be where we are today without the hard work of many hundreds of people who have volunteered their time to build our movement and benefit people through our training and project work, to date this extends to over 67,000 people. We’re now significantly increasing that number annually, so we’re looking for a Community & Activities Officer to join our team and increase our capacity to support our members and wider community to listen, learn and take collective action in support of ensuring engineering serves all people and our planet .

AS OUR COMMUNITY & ACTIVITIES OFFICER YOU WILL:

• Liaise with our community, building and maintaining relationships with and between individuals in our community, including our members, student members and academics.
• Support the key administrative processes associated with our community activities and programmes.
• Maintain and update records of community activities for monitoring and evaluation purposes.
• Coordinate our presence in universities.
• Facilitate engagement of our youth outreach initiative.
• Support in the delivery of the Engineering for People Design challenge.
• Support with the logistics, participant registrations and preparing the resources for events.
• Support the running of analytics and evaluation of results.
• Support with building a database based on relevant criteria and then take over management of this database to respond to and manage speaker requests throughout the year.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

We value a positive working environment for everyone on our team. We therefore expect all staff to demonstrate the following characteristics: passionate about our purpose, creative, team player, respectful, inquisitive, professional, open and dependable. We expect this of new hires and you can expect this from your team mates. You can expect support throughout your time with us, including an induction, regular feedback, weekly team meetings and peer nominated recognitions.

TO APPLY

Please read the full job description and person specification for furhter details egarding the role and our organisation, then send a CV (two pages maximum) and a covering letter (up to two pages) with the job title in the subject line. Please outline clearly in your covering letter:

• Your reasons for wanting to join the team at Engineers Without Borders UK
• How you meet the role description and person specification
• Your availability to be interviewed during the week of 3 August (virtually and/or in London)
• Your eligibility to work in the UK
• Where you saw the role advertised

Please refer to our Privacy Policy for details of why and how we collect and store your data.

Engineers Without Borders UK is committed to selecting candidates for employment based on aptitude and ability, irrespective of gender, race, ethnic origin, disability, nationality, sexuality, religion or belief, marital status or social class.

The Haberdashers' Company is one of the Twelve Great Livery Companies.  Over 500 years old, today it fulfils its charitable purpose primarily through its involvement with schools. 

The Company is trustee of four main grant-making foundations and four school foundations. The latter were established by members of the Company in the 16th and 17th centuries and now support, directly or indirectly, twenty schools in both the maintained and independent sectors. The charitable foundations own the land and buildings of some of the schools, providing income to them, and the Company also directly sponsors the associated Academies, providing or nominating the majority of governors for both Schools and Academies. There are about 12,000 pupils in all and nearly 1,400 staff.

The Haberdashers’ Hall in West Smithfield provides a contemporary and modern home to the Company, affording the membership a highly desirable place to convene, both to carry out the work of the Company as well as for social events.  It is here that the Clerk and a relatively small team, which includes the Head of Charities and the Grants Administrator, are based. 

Job Description

The Head of Charities is part of a small, highly motivated and focused team which jointly executes the decisions and policies of the governing body, the Court of Assistants, and its committees. The post holder is Secretary to the Charities Committee, which has responsibility for the Company’s charitable activities. The post holder also acts as Secretary to all sub committees of the Charities Committee of which, at the moment, there is one: the Foundation Sub Committee.

The Head of Charities will lead, manage and advise on the Company’s grant-making to both charities and individuals, most of the latter being scholarships, bursaries and awards to pupils and former pupils of the Haberdasher Schools.

Reporting to the Clerk, the role involves:

• Managing the Company’s four grant-making foundations and ensure the available funds are used appropriately and effectively. This includes responsibility for preparing the budgets and the control of expenditure.
• Conducting regular strategic reviews of the Company’s grant-making and other charitable activities and operational reviews of specific programmes as required.
• Planning and preparing agendas for the Charities Committee, its sub committees and write minutes for those meetings.
• Assessing and evaluating applications received and make recommendations for funding to the Charities Committee. After grants are made the Head of Charities is also responsible for ensuring compliance with grant conditions and evaluation of their impact.
• Working with key people at the Company’s schools to ensure that the charitable support available to schools and pupils is well known and to help them access it.
• With the help of members of the Company, maintaining close contact with the eight Church of England parishes of which it is Patron and fulfil the Patron’s duties in respect of the appointment of new incumbents and to maintain an overview of the Company’s role as Patron to the William Jones’s Almshouse Charity.
• The Head of Charities is required to make arrangements for a series of annual Company events and have significant input into others especially where the charity representatives or grant recipients are involved. Some evening attendance will be required as well as occasional overnight travel to schools and parishes.
• Be required to manage communications regarding the Company’s charitable activities, this includes being responsible for the Charities edition of The Haberdasher magazine, the Charities section of the Company’s website and other related tasks.

Essential Requirements

• The ability to identify charities that are working in areas the Company wishes to support, assess their effectiveness and evaluate the grants made.
• Education to a high standard, preferably university degree or equivalent and to be able to express his or herself clearly orally and in writing.
• Ability to initiate and manage change.
• Excellent administrative skills, a good knowledge of Word, Excel and other Microsoft Office product and experience with grants databases and grants audits.
• Ability to develop and maintain good relationships at a variety of levels both within the Company and outside.
• A good knowledge of the voluntary sector.
• An understanding of fundraising.
• Familiarity with the UK education system.
• Experience of managing people.
• Flexibility and being able to work as part of a small team.

Desirable Qualities

• Sound financial skills including the ability to assess accounts and to construct and control budgets.
• Experience of managing events.
• A working knowledge of the Church of England its structures and procedures.
• Experience of working in or with schools or other educational establishments.
• A commitment to the voluntary sector either through employment or voluntary work.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please apply via CharityJob and submit a covering letter, detailing your experience and suitability for the role, along with a copy of your CV to Helen Shardlow, Membership Secretary .