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Are you ready to join our team? As the Church Building Support Officer, you’ll play a vital role in this exciting new position that will provide a comprehensive support service to clergy, churchwardens and parish volunteers; offering advice and guidance on caring for church buildings, navigating faculty jurisdiction and signposting to relevant resources and further support.
There is also the option (subject to conditions) to undertake an Apprenticeship with Strode College to complete Historic Environment Advice Assistant (Higher Apprenticeship).
The role is funded by the Church of England’s Buildings for Mission fund on a two-year fixed-term basis.
At the Diocese of Winchester we have a legacy of grace that has cascaded down through the centuries, shaping our history and culture, and giving birth to countless stories of people and places deeply rooted in faith. It is a legacy of grace to be proud of, and on which our diocese now stands.
Serving. Learning. Growing. Loving. These are the four values at the heart of our mission to support the people, churches, schools and communities across the Diocese of Winchester.
Position: Church Building Support Officer
Responsible to: The DAC Secretary. The Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches (DAC)
Location: Hybrid working is offered to all staff. We have an office in Old Alresford, SO24 with a requirement to come into the office for department team days, once a week.
The Diocese covers the areas from Bournemouth and Andover in the West, Southampton and Lyndhurst in the South, Alton and Odiham in the East and Basingstoke in the North.
Hours: 35 hours per week (full-time), core hours of 10am–4pm
Salary: £31,181 per annum
Annual leave and benefits:
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25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays)
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Employer contribution of 10% of basic annual salary into our pension scheme.
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24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
How to apply: Click the Quick Apply button below. You’ll be redirected to our organisation website for full details on how to apply and answer a few short screening questions about your relevant skills and motivation.
Interviews are due to take place in the week commencing 15 July 2024.
Closing date: 05 July 2024.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
£50,000 pro rata per annum
28 - 35 hours per week
Fixed Term – 12 months
Part home/Part office (London) based
Immediate start preferred
UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.
This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as a Learning and Development Lead for Inclusion.
This is a new role that is part of our anti-racism programme team. The programme brings together colleagues from a broad range of specialist areas and expertise alongside a dedicated anti-racism working group, to deliver activities that will have a profound effect on UNICEF UK’s progress towards becoming an anti-racist organisation. You will spearhead engaging learning initiatives for the whole organisation.
We have defined clear goals and objectives and as the Learning and Development Lead, you will own the planning and delivery of comprehensive, engaging learning and talent development activities, aligned with these goals and with our inclusion strategy.
We are looking for a dedicated Learning and Development professional with a deep commitment to inclusion, equity, human rights, and social justice. Your role will involve designing and implementing diverse learning approaches, enhancing organisational capabilities, and assessing the impact of our initiatives.
If you are a seasoned learning and development practitioner ready to make a difference and build a more inclusive future, we want to hear from you. Join us in creating meaningful change at UNICEF UK.
Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.
Closing date: 5pm, Monday 1 July 2024.
First Round Interview date: Thursday 18 July 2024 via video conferencing (MS Teams).
In return, we offer:
· excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools)
· outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role
· impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
· an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.
· the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world
Our application process: We use a recruitment platform called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.
Our office is located on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London. Colleagues work at least one day a week in the office and the rest of the time from home.
We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and disabled candidates because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.
UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.
We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.
If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.
If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.
Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)
Executive Director
We are seeking an experienced interim senior leader to join an Executive Team at an innovative arts centre in the heart of Deptford.
Position: Executive Director (interim)
Location: Deptford, Flexible working negotiable; minimum of 50% office-based working
Salary: £60k per annum, pro rata
Contract: Fixed Term for 7 months (Sep ‘24 - Mar ‘25, with potential to extend); flexible working offered, 3-4 days per week (mostly on-site, some remote working possible)
Closing Date: 12pm, 2nd July 2024
Interview Date: 8th July
About the role:
As Executive Director you will be working for a thriving arts centre, which exists to inspire, develop and support creativity for the benefit of the community, encompassing the London Borough of Lewisham and beyond. You will support a period of reshaping the business model and the transition from two outgoing senior posts to a team of three new department heads. You will bring new perspective and energy as well as solid understanding of the nuts and bolts of running a 21st arts organisation.
About you:
We are now looking for a confident leader to work alongside a team of experienced senior manager, you will need to bring with you the following skills and experience:
- Substantial recent experience in a relevant senior management role
- Experience of management in a venue licensed for public entertainment, including demonstrable understanding of health and safety and facilities
- Experience of managing and developing staff and relationships
- High level organisational, IT and administrative skills
- Experience of project and overall budget management
- Experience of contracting and confidence to deal with legal components for personnel, services, artist/production contracts
- Personal licence or willingness to obtain one
Although not essential, a Health & Safety qualification or extensive knowledge of H&S would be highly desirable for this role.
The organisation aims to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and want their team to represent the same diversity of audiences and artists they welcome into venues every day. They are keen to hear from a diverse range of candidates from all backgrounds. They particularly want to encourage people who have lived experience of Black and ethnically diverse communities. The organisation will offer an interview to anyone who identifies as a D/deaf or disabled person who meets the essential criteria.
Other roles you may have experience of could include: Charity Director, CEO, Chief Executive, Senior Director, Theatre Director, Arts Director, Venue Director, General Manager, Venue Supervisor, Creative Arts Director, Operations Manager, Head of Development, Festival Director, etc. #INDNFP
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
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We are working with One Small Thing, who are looking for an experienced Finance Assistant to join their busy, collaborative team. Initially part time this role could grow to full time as the organisation expands.
One Small Thing has a commitment to systemic change for women and their children in the justice system, which has inspired them to build Hope Street, a brand-new, purpose-built residential community-based service, designed in collaboration with women, for justice-involved women and their children in Hampshire, and offering them access to education, practical and therapeutic support in safe, respectful trusting environment.
This is a great opportunity to be part of a brand-new team working closely to bring this new and exciting provision to life, and a vital role providing essential administrative support to the finance team, the facilities team as well as office management support across the wider team.
With previous experience in a busy finance office environment, your experience will include:
· Purchase requisition, purchase orders and invoicing, reconciliation of supplier statements, bank reconciliation and preparing journals, payroll support expenses and preferred supplier account set up.
· Rent management including documenting resident moves and posting receipts paid by local authorities.
· Managing office supplies, and provision of facilities support in line with relevant Health & safety standards.
· Excellent communication skills and an ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines, you will be able to manage a varied workload and prioritise activities and responses in order of importance.
· A knowledge and understanding of the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR Regulations 2018 to ensure the appropriate management of personal and sensitive personal data.
· An understanding of trauma and its long-term effects on a person’s behaviours, self-esteem, confidence, and ability to trust others, plus knowledge and understanding of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
This is an exciting opportunity for an organised Finance Assistant who has exceptional IT skills including databases, excellent Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint experience and ideally with case management systems for data and outcome recording, you will have outstanding attention to detail and accurate record keeping.
Please note that there is a requirement for a standard DBS check for this role.
For more information, please contact Louise Portnall, Recruitment Consultant, Charisma Charity Recruitment. Your application should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.
Closing date: 1 July 2024
Please note that if a suitable candidate is found the role will close early, so please apply without delay.
Through our three charities, we work in partnership with the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to deliver world class care.
Crucial to this is the energy and focus we bring to ensuring charitable donations are utilised as effectively as possible through the Guy’s Cancer Charity, the Evelina London Children’s Charity and the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity. You will work in our Trust Engagement team, which is responsible for developing projects with colleagues at the Trust, making grants to deliver those projects and managing those grants on an ongoing basis. We also manage many donations for specific Trust services, which are held in our special purpose funds and disbursed through partnerships with Trust staff.
You will play a central role in ensuring the positive impact of our grant making and special purpose funds for patients and staff at the Trust and will work closely with our Funding Managers to support our funding processes and the design and delivery of projects across our three charities.
You will also work closely with colleagues in our Fundraising, Evidence and Impact, Finance and Operations and Communications teams as well as colleagues across the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
This role has huge potential for an ambitious, energetic and self-starting professional to have a significant impact on the lives of patients and staff across the Trust’s hospitals and community sites.
You do not need established expertise in health; but the ability to learn and establish credibility quickly is important.
We are committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion at all stages of our funding and this will be a crucial element of your role.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage a portfolio of grants, advising and guiding applicants and grant holders, with appropriate support from Funding Managers where needed.
- Manage questions and issues on grant or fund expenditure as escalated by the Funding Operations team, or delegated by the Funding Manager.
- Manage initial enquiries from Trust staff, responding to potential applicants and progressing ideas as agreed.
- Support the Business Manager to co-ordinate Committee meetings for all three Charities, including liaison with applicants and progressing meeting actions.
- Build strong relationships with the Fundraising and Communications teams, supporting robust information flow between the teams.
- Build strong relationships with grant holders, Special Purpose Fund holders and other Trust contacts, helping to raise the profile of our three Charities and spot opportunities to develop and fund work.
- Become familiar with the Charities’ Special Purpose Funds (SPFs), supporting annual requests for spending plans, coordinating approvals, and responding to queries from fundholders.
- Develop and manage a process to monitor fundraising income into SPFs and allocation of restricted donations.
- Work with the Trust Engagement Business Manager to design reporting that enables robust pipeline and grant management, and supports monitoring and evaluation.
- Support improvement projects as needed, such as improvements to funding schemes, funding operations or business systems.
Other tasks relating to the grants and special purpose fund process as delegated
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Experience in a customer-facing role, ideally in a funding or fundraising environment or similar
- Managing relationships with stakeholders, and particularly helping them to navigate complexity
- Using a database to manage information and projects
- Experience of working with budgets and other forms of financial information
- Using reports to gain insight, assess progress and inform plans
- Analysing narrative and/or financial information to make decisions
- An interest in health, philanthropy, and diversity, equity and inclusion
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office packages
- Able to manage and analyse financial information
- Able to build strong relationships with stakeholders and customers, to help them achieve their objectives
- Able to grasp complex situations quickly and navigate complicated structures
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and demonstrable listening ability
- Empathy and patience
- Problem-solver, able to use initiative and find pragmatic solutions
- Comfortable managing and prioritising a varied workload and multiple stakeholders
Keen to learn and develop new skills
Benefits
- Up to 12% employer pension contributions
- Annual personal development budget
- Annual health and wellbeing personal allowance
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and parental leave pay accessible without length of service requirements.
- Health and wellbeing programme that offers optional free yearly health check-ups.
- Support for healthy eating via fruit bowls and onsite lunch facilities.
- Agile working, flexible hours, and supportive IT kit.
- Shower facilities and bike lock area.
- Generous annual leave (27 days + bank holidays)
- Subsidies for glasses
- Employee Assistance Programme
About Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation
At Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation, our mission is clear – to build the foundations of a healthier society.
As part of our team, including Impact on Urban Health and three NHS charity brands, you will work alongside talented people from a mix of personal and professional backgrounds. We are a Living Wage employer and support flexible working, part-time roles and job shares. Though our ambitions are serious, this is a friendly place to work with lots of opportunities to meet and socialise with colleagues. We believe there is immense power in diversity and aim to recruit and nurture talent who think and act differently
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We have a new and exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, efficient and organised Administrator to join us as a Professional Standards Administrator at The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) - a medical charity focussing on supporting doctors to deliver medical imaging and cancer services.
The Professional Standards Administrator role sits in our high performing Professional Practice & Quality Improvement team who works to produce a comprehensive program of standards and guidance promoting the RCR’s expertise as leaders in these areas. In this role you will be responsible for supporting the Professional Standards Manager and team in the delivery of key workstreams by providing administrative support across a range of projects. You will need to have good attention to detail and be an efficient multi-tasker as you will also provide secretariat support to allocated committees and working parties.
If you are a proficient and proactive Administrator who is seeking to develop in their administrative career in an impactful role for an organisation with a meaningful mission, then this may be the role for you.
What you’ll do:
· Provide day-to-day support to the Professional Standards Manager to facilitate the programme of professional standards.
· Provide general administrative support to the team.
· Collate and circulate information to committees or relevant groups.
· Support the organisation and delivery of webinars and online events.
· Provide secretariat support (committee servicing) to allocated committees or working parties as directed.
What you’ll need:
- Experience of successful working within a team and the provision of a professional, friendly and reactive service to colleagues and/or customers.
- Experience of undertaking general administrative tasks and responsibilities.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft packages
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Strong time management skills with the ability to prioritise work with competing demands.
Why join us?
- Make a difference to the lives of Doctors and the specialities they work in every day!
- Hybrid working (40% working week can be done remotely)
- Modern working environment
- Equipment provided to work from home
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Excellent pension scheme
- Interest free season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
The role is 14 hours/2 days a week. The requirement is to work from the office every Thursday and there may be the occasional need to come in on some Fridays for which advanced notice will be given. The number of hours worked in the office and flexible working arrangements can be discussed during interview.
If the Professional Standards Administrator role sounds like the next exciting opportunity for you then please find out more about the role, the RCR and instructions on how to apply through the candidate pack.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
You will be joining a small and vibrant team at a time when our service is more important than ever. The Charity has expanded substantially over the last 2 years and the role of Board Administrator will support our Trustee Board to deliver high quality governance and strategy with strong organisational skills and record keeping.
Your main responsibility as a Board Administrator will be to prepare papers for Monthly Trustee Board meetings, minute taking and record keeping for Board and Sub committee meetings. In addition providing administrative support to Board sub committees where needed and organising accessible venues and equipment for hybrid meetings.
You will be familiar with minute taking, governance and working closely with Trustee Boards and you will need strong skills to prioritise and organise your workload effectively.
We are a charity that provides in person and online peer support groups and befriending for mental health in Bristol and surrounding area.
Location: Osgathorpe, Leicestershire
Salary: £22,308 - £25,833 per annum FTE (depending on experience)
Hours: 20 hours per week
Department: Finance & Resources
Job Type: Part time
Contract Type: Permanent
Are you a dedicated maintenance operative looking to utilise your skills within the charity sector? This could be the role for you!
Canine Partner's mission is to change the lives of disabled people using expertly trained dogs to improve physical, emotional, and social wellbeing.
To help us create amazing partnerships, we need amazing people. Canine Partners has an exciting opportunity for a Site Maintenance Officer to join our busy Facilities team.
This is an incredible role at a prominent assistance dog charity where your role will be a part of our essential work that transforms lives every day.
What you will do:
You will take pride in ensuring our National Training Centre is a safe and pleasant working environment for all our staff and stakeholders. Working largely independently you will be responsible for keeping our buildings and facilities in good repair and take care in running the site on budget and with environmentally friendly solutions in mind.
What we’re looking for:
- Highly effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to plan and implement routine work including dedicated health and safety responsibilities
- Understanding of health and safety practices.
- Experience in providing reports, written and verbal.
- Experience of managing/supervising people.
- Experience of project/contractor management.
- First aid at work qualification (or willingness to obtain).
- Knowledge of COSHH guidelines.
Some knowledge of IT hardware installation and maintenance may be advantageous but not essential.
You must have a full UK driving licence and ability/experience of driving a range of vehicles.
To ensure the safe running of the site, it is essential that you are physically capable to undertake strenuous and heavy duties, in all weathers. This may include lifting and transporting heavy equipment, working at heights or low levels, and setting up and breaking down events.
Most importantly you will be passionate about the transformative impact that our assistance dogs provide to our beneficiaries.
We can offer you:
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Salary exchange ('smart') pension scheme
- Charity sick pay
- Life assurance
- Wellbeing portal
- Free on-site parking
- Dog friendly offices
This role benefits from working at our purpose-built training centre in the rural countryside of Osgathorpe, Leicestershire.
The hours for this role will be worked part time, 20 hours per week. This will be worked over 4 or 5 days, working hours will be mutually agreed and typically worked between 8am and 6pm. Some weekend working may be required. Additional hours may be required from time to time, time off in lieu or payment will be agreed on a case by case basis.
If this sounds like the perfect role for you, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please apply online with a comprehensive CV and supporting statement explaining how you believe you match the requirements of the role.
Please note we may interview candidates during the advertising period; we reserve the right to close this advert ahead of the closing date if we find a suitable candidate. Please be assured we contact all of our candidates on the outcome of their application.
We recognise the benefit of diverse experiences, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are a disability confident committed employer
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Prospectus is excited to be partnering with the Flint House Police Rehabilitation in the search for a new Donor Engagement Officer (Fundraising Officer) to join their collaborative organisation.
Flint House Police Rehabilitation is a charity dedicated to offering rehabilitation services to ill or injured serving and retired police officers suffering from a wide variety of physical and mental health conditions. With Flint House being a dedicated space with a range of supporting facilities and set across 20 acres of ancient woodland, they support over 3,000 police officers every year.
As the Fundraising Officer you will be responsible for cultivating and stewarding existing and new individual donors. Focused on acquisition of new donors and also upscaling existing support, this role will deliver excellent supporter stewardship and engagement. Working with the Fundraising and Engagement Manager, this role will also support in identifying new donors across other income streams including, major donor, corporate partnerships, trusts and foundations and more.
To be successful as the Fundraising Officer, you will have experience of individual giving fundraising and be able to demonstrate excellent supporter care. This person will be able to create engaging plans to secure new donors and retain existing support. They will be creative and keen to work with a small team to grow income generation.
This role is a full-time permanent position that will have hybrid working at their offices in Reading. The salary for this role is £30k to £35k.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply. If you have any disability and would like assistance with completing an application then please contact Rhiannon Mehta at Prospectus.
If you are interested in applying to this Fundraising Officer position, please submit your CV in the first instance. 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. You’ll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.
The Jacobs Futura Foundation is seeking a talented finance professional to join them as their Director of Finance and Operations at an extremely exciting time at the early stages of start-up.
The Jacobs Futura Foundation is a newly established philanthropic foundation, working to support two key causes: the preservation, and restoration of tropical rainforest for the benefit of nature and local communities, and the provision of education and support to athletes during and after their sporting careers. The Foundation is committed to long-term impact, seeking to learn from others and using evidence and experience to inform the charity’s programme and growth.
The Role
The Director of Finance and Operations is a key position within this nascent and highly exciting charity. Overseeing finance, IT and facilities, you will operate in both a hands on and strategic capacity for the Jacobs Futura Foundation, designing and rolling out appropriate controls and processes whilst managing outsourced partner functions.
Working closely with (and where appropriate, deputising for) the Chief Operating Officer, you will play a key role in shaping the establishment of finance systems and processes for the Jacobs Futura Foundation. You will work as a key business partner across the Foundation, working with programmatic leads to help inform on and improve financial understanding. You will lead on organisational budgeting, forecasting, international management reporting, as well as manage the relationships with the current outsourced finance partners. A summary of key duties is as follows:
- Lead on organisational budgeting and forecasting, including short and medium term financial planning
- Produce timely, relevant financial management information for the organisation, providing analysis and commentary for the SLT and Board
- Lead on the annual audit process with external auditors, ensuring all information is provided on time, to plan and to quality, maintaining unqualified audit reports
- Business partner with non-finance stakeholders to help assess the viability of projects, including focusing on financial aspects
- Develop and maintain financial reporting templates for project management and oversight
- Assist with the development and maintenance of organisational and project KPI processes and systems
- Manage JFF’s IT and facilities functions and relationships with other supplier contracts
- Assist in the collation of board reporting on relevant matters, working to the CEO and COO
About You
A qualified finance professional, with significant post-qualified experience at senior finance level
Have a thorough understanding of best-in-class systems implementation and use (with a particular interest in automation and utilising technology for effectiveness)
Be an adept business partner to non-finance stakeholders at all levels including executive teams.
Have an interest in one or both of the key areas of grant giving for the charity.
Be confident working in a small team environment, being hands-on where required.
What’s in it for you?
- Salary: £90,000 - £105,000 DOE
- Hybrid working – average 3 days per week in the office (central London based)
- Matched pension of 5% (10% total contribution)
- Life Insurance (Death-in-service benefit) of three times salary
- 25 Days annual leave + Bank holidays
- Flexible working arrangements
For further information, please apply below or contact Holly Arrowsmith at Ivy Rock Partners for a discussion.
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We are seeking an exceptional candidate who is committed to help Arty-Folks flourish within both the mental health and creative sector in Coventry and Warwickshire. You will hold fast to all that is unique and special about Arty-Folks.
Our new CEO will build the team and organisational structure that will take Arty-Folks forward as we transition from our current CEO and Founder who is retiring in the next 2 years.Since the pandemic, Arty-Folks has more than tripled the number of people we support, and demand for our service that provides immediate access continues to grow. Our new CEO will lead our expansion plans.
The role requires strategic leadership and operational oversight that ensure the charity's growth and ability to handle increasing demand, while maintaining the high quality of its services. It is essential that as the head of a small team our CEO is closely connected to our day-to-day operations whilst maintaining a strategic viewpoint that drives innovation, co-production, fundraising, and collaborations.
Essential Knowledge and Skills:
- Committed and passionate about mental health, the visual arts, and putting people first.
- Leadership experience & team mgt.
- Ability to create plans, budget and manage financial controls
- Demonstrable success in fundraising.
- Experience of working in a similar sector.
- Strong knowledge of the Coventry / Warwickshire area.
Responsibilities
Strategy
- Working with the Board to articulate a clear and compelling vision for growth with realistic and measurable goals for scaling our program and social impact.
- Communicating effectively between the Board of Trustees and our team, and ensuring daily activities align with the organisation's strategic plan and KPI’s.
- Working with the Board of Trustees to mitigate organisational risks and enable decisions that will protect against major business disruption
- Ensuring business plans progress efficiently while ensuring required resources are available.
- Developing effective collaborations with VCSE organisations, the NHS, Public Health and community partners to provide our members access to a wide range of services.
Stability
- Overseeing the development and optimisation of the organization's infrastructure, including technology, facilities, and human resources, to support increased capacity.
- Overseeing the robust financial management of our finances to ensure long-term sustainability, compliance, and efficiency.
- Developing and executing a comprehensive fundraising strategy that builds and nurtures strong relationships with existing and prospective funders.
- Building capacity by recruiting top talents as Trustees, staff or volunteers, offer training and support to equip them with the skills needed and to develop their leadership skills.
- Supporting our staff team with professional development, good working conditions, supportive management, and regular performance appraisals.
Scalability
- Ensuring evidence-based systems for monitoring and evaluating the impact of our service are implemented, using service user data and feedback to make informed decisions and adjustments.
- Writing high quality impact reports that are comprehensive, transparent, and wellstructured to effectively communicate outcomes and social return on investment.
You will be supported by and work alongside our Artistic Director who will be stepping down from her current CEO role.
Annual Holiday - 29 days including statutory holidays (pro rata)
Probationary Period - 6 months
Rate of pay - £36,000 per annum pro rata (£21,600 for 3 days/wk)
The company has a contributory pension scheme with NEST.
CEO reports to Arty-Folks Board of Trustees
Employment terms
Employment with Arty-Folks will be subject to the following checks prior to a start date:
- A satisfactory police record check to include an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
- Receipt of satisfactory references
- Proof of eligibility to work in the UK
How to Apply
Submit your CV and covering letter demonstrating how you meet the essential skills and experience.
We will conduct a rolling interview process so candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Pleae read our full recruitment pack on our website.
We exist to inspire people recovering from mental health problems to realise their full potential and lead fulfilling lives through the visual arts
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a Senior Finance Assistant to join our Finance team, a team which is vital to the Foundation’s ability to make an impact and improve health in Lambeth and Southwark. This role will enjoy a broad and interesting remit, and will provide essential support to the Finance team in its mission to process and report financial information of the highest quality.
This is an excellent opportunity to join an experienced and growing team at an exciting time as we are in-housing the fundraising function and continue to develop innovative ways of working to support the organisation. The team is engaging, collaborative and supportive, as well as highly motivated and passionate about their work.
Key Responsibilities
· Payment process
o Ensure appropriate approvals are in place prior to each payment in accordance with internal governance procedures.
o Arrange weekly bulk and ad-hoc payments for all approved outstanding invoices, grants and commitments for the Foundation and its subsidiaries, from the appropriate bank account.
o Ensuring all remittance advices are correctly send out to recipients.
o Ensure all supplier’s bank detail changes are checked and verified.
o Input all payments to the finance system accurately and in a timely manner.
· Investment ledgers input and maintenance
o Input accurate investment pricing monthly to the investments schedules; and maintain the user profiles for investment managers’ investor portals.
o Collect and file all investments statements to the appropriate files.
o Assist with monthly property journals input.
· Accrual & Prepayment calculations and maintenance
o Calculate and input accruals and prepayments on a monthly basis.
o Maintain detailed records and documentation to support all accrual and prepayment entries, ensuring the accuracy and quality of the work and its compliance with internal accounting policies.
· Balance sheet maintenance and control
o Check and approve bank reconciliations for all group bank accounts monthly in accordance with the procedures and schedules in force.
o Ensure that any unposted cash items are posted in the finance system and investigate all other uncleared items.
o Identify fixed asset purchases and disposals and compute depreciation charges, posting all entries before month end close.
o Proactively review all balance sheet accounts on a regular basis and at every month end for aged items and mispostings, performing reconciliations for all control accounts, inter-company accounts and other accounts in accordance with the procedures and schedules in force.
o Understand, maintain and run some routine month end journals with high accuracy.
· Management accounts assistance
o Assist the Senior Accountant in producing the monthly overhead running reports, including account data running, variance investigations and final accounts distribution.
o Assist the Management Accountant for month end reconciliation and other tasks as required.
· General administration and support
o File all work, which may be in either electronic or paper format, in the appropriate file(s) as soon as it is completed. Assist the team to organise documents and file constructively.
o Assist in bank accounts administration as required.
o Respond to financial queries and requests as required in a professional manner.
o Other ad-hoc tasks as required.
· Provision of cover
o To provide absence cover as necessary for the tasks performed in the Finance team as required.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Knowledge and qualifications
· Previous use of finance system(s) with Access Financials or similar products (Essential)
· Intermediate Excel (Essential)
· Sound arithmetical abilities (Essential)
Experience
· General office administrative experience with exposure to a variety of processes and activities. (Essential)
· Purchase ledger processing (Desirable)
· Ledger reconciliations (Desirable)
· Charity accounting (Desirable)
Skills, abilities and attributes
· A self-starter known for adaptability, flexibility, and integrity.
· Demonstrates excellent planning and organisational abilities, capable of managing multiple prioritised tasks, deadlines and objectives with great attention to detail.
· Dedicated to delivering responsive, consistent, and high-quality service to both internal and external stakeholders.
· A team player, skilled at fostering effective working relationships.
· Possesses strong interpersonal skills and effective communication.
· Eager to acquire and develop new skills while assisting peers in their learning and development.
· Committed to the principle of continuous improvement, ensuring attention to detail and adherence to due process.
Benefits
- Up to 12% employer pension contributions
- Annual personal development budget
- Annual health and wellbeing personal allowance
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and parental leave pay accessible without length of service requirements.
- Health and wellbeing programme that offers optional free yearly health check-ups.
- Support for healthy eating via fruit bowls and onsite lunch facilities.
- Agile working, flexible hours, and supportive IT kit.
- Shower facilities and bike lock area.
- Generous annual leave (27 days + bank holidays)
- Subsidies for glasses
- Employee Assistance Programme
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We're looking for two kind, compassionate and resilient Support Workers to join our Learning Disabilities service in Hertfordshire.
£24,960.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
Want to feel like you're part of one team? You'll feel at home here.
Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.
Oakview is a supported living project for 10 customers with mild to moderate learning disabilities. It provides a 24/7 support service, with an emphasis on choice and control for customers, enabling them to achieve greater independence, improved quality of life and integration into the wider community. Support Workers will provide support to customers to help them develop the life skills they require to meet the assessed needs of the customers of the service. This includes providing personal care, domestic duties, emotional and social support in a person centred way. Staff will work with customers to promote social inclusion and alongside other members of the team to promote independent living, encouraging customers to maximise their skills and choices.
The service is staffed 24/7 and all staff is required to cover at least one sleep in a week.
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.
What you'll do:
- If a need arises, deliver all aspects of support to enable a customer to develop independent living skills as appropriate to the individual needs of the customer. In some services, this will include delivering personal and physical care as appropriate
- Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Participate in the support planning and risk management, as facilitated by the lead Support Worker
- Carry out security duties to ensure the safety of the customers and premises
- Monitor the CCTV throughout the shift
- Enable customers to make full use of community facilities by providing support as directed
- Carry out support duties to enable customers to integrate into the community including e.g. accompanying the customer to attend benefit agency appointments and meetings, go shopping, to enquire at colleges about possible courses, to visit various public amenities
- Report any observations relating to customers welfare
- Adhere to all the policies and procedures of Look Ahead Care, Support & Housing plus those specific to the project including any statutory requirements
- Ensure Look Ahead Health and Safety policies and local protocols are adhered to at all times
This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead
About you:
- Exudes a warm friendly presence and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Flexible
- Open to feedback and self development
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
What you'll bring:
Essential:
- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent or experience within charity/social care sector
Desirable:
- Experience in working with people with Learning Disabilities and Autism
About us:
Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.
We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:
* We focus on Excellence and innovation.
* We are Caring and Compassionate.
* We are Inclusive and Trusted.
* We work in Partnership and are One-Team.
Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.
If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.
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Engagement Coordinator
Salary: £21,000 – £23,000 per year (FTE); 21 hours, based in Luton
About us: Community ConneX is a campaigning organisation and a multi-project service provider working across West London. We support autistic people, people with a disability, and people and families experiencing barriers to live healthier, happier, and inclusive lives. We do this by ensuring their needs, rights and aspirations are met.
Location: Hybrid based in Luton
Key duties:
· Leading and delivering engagement activities to identify and challenge issues within the Health & Social Care sector
· Development and leading self-advocacy groups and service user-led engagement
· Organise activities that support individuals who are socially isolated and provide isolation prevention support
· Recruit and support volunteers to support with engagement activities
Our ideal candidate:
· Has qualifications relevant to the role
· Has excellent communications and writing skills, and the ability to tailor written and verbal communications to a wide range of different audiences
· Can maintain existing relationships and develop new relationships with clients, families, colleagues and volunteers
· Can generate reports and make presentations
In return we offer a range of benefits including:
· Pension contribution up to 5%
· Death in service insurance
· Employee assistance programme
· Bluelight Card
· Cycle to work scheme
· 23 days of annual leave + bank holidays (increases after 2 years of service)
· Salary sacrifice
· Healthcash plan
· Professional development
We are committed to safeguarding and equal opportunities, and we guarantee an interview to all applicants with disabilities meeting the minimum criteria for the post.
We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Charity:
Fresh Futures is a regional charity working with vulnerable and disadvantaged children, young people and their families, within Kirklees and surrounding areas. Our vision is that all young people have opportunities for a better life, now and in the future. We are thoughts leaders and together with partners, we deliver outcomes through four interwoven strands of activity - providing education services and facilities, building healthy relationships, promoting health and wellbeing and improving employability skills
Job Overview:
We are seeking an enthusiastic Income and Engagement Officer to join our team. The successful candidate will play a vital role through income generation activities and engaging with stakeholders to support our charity's mission
Purpose of the job:
- Supervise income generation through a diverse range of sources including, but not limited to, corporate and community fundraising and grants and trust applications
- Delivery of marketing and communications across the charity
- Internal and external event delivery
- Project delivery of discrete projects and fundraising campaigns
- Involvement in volunteering activities
Knowledge, training and experience:
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of Microsoft Packages
- Ability to work to given deadlines and prioritise workload
- Knowledge of a range of fundraising approaches and marketing techniques
- Ability to engage and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Desirable
- Experience of working within a fundraising team, generating income and assisting with fundraising events
- Experience of working within a fundraising team, generating income and assisting with fundraising events
- Experience of working within the voluntary sector
- Experience of Canva, CRM systems, Google Analytics and social media scheduling platforms
- Knowledge of Kirklees and surrounding areas
Key personal characteristics
- Team player
- Flexible and reliable
- Ability to work in a busy and fast paced environment independently
- Willing to work out of hours on occasion if required
How to apply
CVs are not accepted as part of the application process. Please ensure you fully complete the application form. If you have a disability that prevents you from completing the application form, please contact us to discuss.
Use the job description and person specification as your guide and give specific examples, where possible, to demonstrate how you match the requirements for this post.
Please sign the declaration on the final page of the application form. If you are submitting your application electronically, you will be required to sign this page if invited for interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.