We offer an exciting opportunity to become part of a brand-new senior management team in Valleys Kids, led by our newly appointed Chief Executive. We are a community regeneration charity, committed to changing the lives of disadvantaged people in ex-mining communities of the South Wales Valleys.  We are looking for an exceptional manager able to inspire staff, volunteers and local people to engage in positive change. You must be dynamic, resourceful with a high level of people management skills and experience of managing key relationships with a range of stakeholders and manage our Community & Family Hubs in line with our ethos and values. 

It is being recruited in conjunction with a Director of Business and Finance There is a potential crossover of skills and abilities, so potential candidates may wish to be considered for either role.

A full job description for both roles can be found in the job pack below. 

Job title: Director Programmes

Responsible to: Chief Executive

Salary: £40,000 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% 

The Director of Programmes will be responsible for the strategic leadership, operational delivery and expansion of Valleys Kids Programs. You will manage the Core Program team, ensuring successful provision of services, staff development and wellbeing and collective innovation amongst the managers. 

You will facilitate delivery of the overall strategy and annual plans while helping to generate a strong evidence base to underpin further development. Working with the CEO, you will also help to ensure that Valleys Kids has a strong profile for its work at local and national levels. 

You will be responsible for ensuring that Programmes are sustainable,  working with the Business Development and fundraising team to put in place a strong funding pipeline and undertaking future development work as needed.  This role forms part of the Senior Leadership Team at Valleys Kids and contributes to overall strategic management of the organisation.

Strategy: Developing and implementing the overall programmes strategy. 

Programme Oversight: Ensuring locality facilitators and core team are working together to deliver successful projects which help Valleys Kids to fulfil its mission while also meeting outputs and outcomes agreed with partner stakeholders and funders and  capturing evidence of impact through appropriate evaluation.

Business Development: Ensuring that existing programmes are sustainable and developing purposefully and initiating new programmes and models of future funding. 

Innovation: Leading on work to examine the potential for adopting new service delivery models and helping communities to play a full role in decision-making and setting the agenda.

Organisational Development: Working with the CEO and other members of the senior team to ensure that Valleys Kids is a well-managed and successful organisation, with a focus on continuous improvement in strategy formulation, systems and processes.

Profile raising: Developing ways in which Valleys Kids communicates and engages with stakeholders, in order to create an enabling environment for our work both nationally and regionally.

Person Specification:

Values:

• A commitment to community development, tackling structural inequality and other barriers to people achieving their potential.

Experience:

• At least 5 years experience of Senior Management 

• At least 5 years experience of leading program co-design, implementation and evaluation 

• Evidence of leading the delivery of multiple programme that have significant social impact

• Evidence of successful staff engagement and development practice, linking organisational values with employee behaviour

• Experience of project budgeting and financial management

• A strong track record of networking, developing and maintaining external relationships 

Skills:

• Interpersonal skills and judgement, which inspire confidence and trust from staff, volunteers, stakeholders and other organisations

• Resourceful, resilient and innovative, with the ability to manage different priorities, understand a wide range of activities and effectively manage a diverse team of professional, technical and commercial staff

• Committed to leading from the front and demonstrating to staff and stakeholders that community development and service delivery are the foremost priorities for the organisation

• Ability to delegate effectively and to hold people to account

• Organised, with excellent time management skills and high levels of self-motivation

• An effective communicator orally and in writing, able to articulate our work to a broad range of stakeholders and to negotiate well

• An entrepreneurial approach - able to use resources effectively and develop new ideas and gain buy-in to implement successfully

Other requirements

• Flexible with a willingness to work outside normal office hours.

My client is a high profile, nationwide charity and a household name, frequently featured in the news. We are looking for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join the organisation at a time of transformation in a newly created post, acting as a deputy to the Head of FP&A.

This is a fantastic opporutnity for somebody looking to advance their career and make a name for themselves in the sector.

We are looking for somebody with a strong sense of commercial acumen and a passion for change and improvement. You will have solid background in financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting, preparing business cases and supported change programmes. The successful candidate will likely come from a charity/third sector background, ideally with experience of supporting Children's Services. 

For more information and to apply, please send your CV via the link or contact Bryony Feeney via the agency website.

Kidney Research UK is partnering exclusively with Robertson Bell to recruit to a head of finance role on a permanent, full time basis. Kidney Research UK is the largest charity dedicated to kidney research in the UK and their vision is to free lives from kidney disease. With a head office based in Peterborough, this brilliant charity is now seeking a new head of finance to join their team in this key role.

Kidney Research UK fund research into all aspects of kidney disease, from understanding the condition, to how they can prevent and treat it. The charity’s mission is to discover better and kinder treatments. Kidney disease still affects three million people in the UK and one million of those don’t know they are at risk. Kidney Research UK is here to be heard, to make a difference, to change the future and to end kidney disease.

The key responsibilities will be:

• Work closely with the executive directors to develop the charity’s financial strategy to deliver the recently updated charity strategy.
• Manage, motivate, and develop the finance team to realise their full potential.
• Support the executive directors and trustees in financial decision making.
• Lead the annual statutory accounts preparation and independent audit and contribute to the Annual Report.
• Provide technical expertise to the finance team and wider charity and ensure adequate systems and controls are in place and operating effectively to minimise risks.
• Identify improvements in procedures, processes, and policies.
• Develop the charity’s rolling forecast and budget and oversee the management and planning of cash/investments.
• Provide legacy case management oversight and review legal contracts’ terms and assist with commercial negotiations oversight.
• Maintain a clean annual audit report, and accurate statutory accounts reflecting the management accounts.

The organisation:

Kidney Research UK have four key values which underpin everything they do.

• Ambition. To achieve more. Sooner. We want to make change happen bigger, faster and

bolder than ever before, grounded in the hopes and needs of the kidney community.

• Bravery. We’re not afraid to stand up to be counted. We’re going to expect more of ourselves, of the Government, of the NHS, of our researchers.
• Passion. We care and we want the kidney and research communities to know that we do. Our passion comes across in our actions, desire for change and determination to do better by people suffering from kidney disease.
• Urgency. Every day brings added misery and pain to more people as the number of kidney disease diagnoses rise. Too many lives continue to be ruined. We have to step in and help right now. 

This head of finance position would be based at Peterborough. Managing a team of four, this head of finance will need to live a commutable distance from the office so they can meet the minimum expectation of two or three days working in the office. Working from home on the remaining days will be offered.

The successful candidate will:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Experience in a senior finance role
• Experience of managing and developing small teams
• Experience of effective use and development of finance systems and reporting tools
• Knowledge of terms of legal contracts and experience of contract/commercial negotiations
• Ability to think strategically and plan accordingly
• Ability to provide meaningful and actionable positive and corrective feedback to others
• Great interpersonal skills

Previous charity experience is desirable but in no way essential.

The closing date for applications is 23 May with first stage interviews taking place the week commencing 31 May. Applications will be under constant review before the closing date so please submit your application to our exclusive search agent Robertson Bell. Apply now to be considered!

Saferworld is an independent international organisation working to prevent violent conflict and build safer lives. We work with people affected by conflict to improve their safety and sense of security, and conduct wider research and analysis. We use this evidence and learning to improve local, national and international policies and practices that can help build lasting peace. Our priority is people – we believe in a world where everyone can lead peaceful, fulfilling lives, free from fear and insecurity. We are a not-for-profit organisation operational in 12 countries across Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

The Commercial Funding Manager to join the newly re-formed funding team and support the growth of Saferworld’s commercial income, and contribution towards a more diversified funding base. The post-holder will identify, prioritise and work closely with affiliates and colleagues in country programmes to engage with and cultivate relationships with commercial agencies and potential donors.

The post-holder will:

•  Identify, map and prioritise opportunities to grow commercial income
• Assess internal processes and systems and recommend areas for strengthening/refinement to better support commercial activity
• Offer support and advice and, if necessary, training to colleagues on approaches to commercial bids
• Review and co-ordinate donor/partner reporting and ensure timely submission
• Keep up to date and share information on trends and developments in the commercial contracting market

Director

• based in Cambridgeshire and surrounding areas
• home-based
• part-time - this role is primarily offered with a view to the individual working 2.5 days per week, however due to the nature of this role and the needs of the charity, flexibility is required and therefore you should ideally be available to work up to 3 days per week, including 4 Saturdays a year for Trustee Board meetings
• flexible working policies and practices

Evolve Counselling (working name ‘Evolve’) is a long-established charity with a successful track record. Our business model is to provide high quality counselling to corporate clients at full cost, generating a surplus to pay for low-cost, high quality counselling for private individuals who can’t afford going rates for counselling sessions. 

We have been steadily growing for the last 43 years and over that time the environment in which we operate has changed dramatically. Under the outgoing Director we have largely completed a far-reaching programme of governance, management and systems reform. We now require a leader to manage and grow the charity, to develop and implement a comprehensive fundraising and income-generation strategy and to ensure robust governance.

Like so many charities we were hit by Covid19, but we have comprehensive recovery plans in place. One of these is to place increased emphasis on business development and fundraising. The new Director will work closely with the Business Development Manager and fundraising consultants to diversify and increase the charity’s income.

Evolve is looking for an experienced professional with proven ability to manage a small team of professional staff, engage positively with a wide range of stakeholders, attract funds, and generate income through fundraising. The Director will lead a small and dedicated team to provide the necessary vision, leadership, and fundraising skills which will enable the organisation to achieve its strategic and operational plans and meet fundraising targets.

If you have experience in the voluntary sector, an understanding of mental health challenges and have the ability to lead, collaborate, network and inspire we would love to hear from you. An enhanced DBS check is required for the role.

MLC Partners are working with a large-scale children’s care home provider to recruit a Finance Business Partner into a newly created position. Having recently restructured the finance team, this role has been created to help the organisation expand their offering in this area. With the growth of this area being critical to the charity, the role will have a lot of senior exposure and offers a great opportunity for future growth.

Main responsibilities of the role include:

• Conduct investment appraisals at all stages of the development of new care homes, ensuring this is clearly communicated to the wider business.
• Business partner with a variety of stakeholders across the organisation, flexing your style for different areas of the business.
• Work closely with the MD of the care-home business to identify commercially viable options for future homes.
• Carry out cashflow and balance sheet modelling, in addition to scenario and cost modelling.

The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant with significant experience of capital investment appraisals. To carry out these investment appraisals, you’ll need to be an expert Excel user with substantial modelling skills using large amounts of data. To successfully deliver the targeted growth in this area, you will need to bring a commercial mindset and a self-starter attitude. Experience in the charity sector isn’t necessary, although having carried out investment appraisals within a care home environment would be ideal.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants more autonomy and strategic direction in their role and will be a great role to have on your CV, opening doors both internally and externally. This role will likely be filled before the advert closes, so please do not delay in applying.

For more information, please contact Jamie Elliott at MLC Partners.

Want to use your skills in developing high quality commercial proposals to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere?

Join WaterAid as our Commercial Bid Manager to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. On top of that you'll be joining a 2020 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation.

The WaterAid Institutional Funding and Partnerships Team has been tasked with leading WaterAid UK's ambitious new strategy to grow the size of its programmes through restricted income. It is expected that this growth will primarily come from institutional partnerships with some of the world's leading bilateral and multilateral development agencies, including FCDO, USAID and SIDA.

As the Commercial Bid Manager in the Bid Management Team, you will work with key stakeholders to support the development of high-quality bids for opportunities with institutional and non-institutional donors that act like institutions (e.g. trusts and foundations). You will lead on WaterAid's approach to many aspects of tendering for commercial contracts, e.g. negotiating agreements, payment mechanisms, financial risk plans, etc. You will contribute to developing organisation-wide commercial policy, creating templates and resources to support practice.

This is an 18-month fixed term full-time position, although requests for flexible working will be considered. It is expected that the role will involve up to 4-8 weeks travel each year (when circumstances permit), and will include some varied and unsocial hours. The post holder should be located in the UK or any WaterAid programme countries with a reasonable overlap in working hours with the UK.

In this role, you will work with Country Programmes on developing high quality proposals, supporting project costing and other commercial aspects for complex, high-value, and/or high-risk opportunities.

You'll also:
* Lead on commercial negotiations with partners and donors
* Develop organisation-wide financial and commercial approaches
* Work with Country Programmes to support embedding of costing approaches
* Lead training and capacity strengthening activities related to commercial proposal development
 

To be successful:

• The ideal candidate will be an experienced bid manager with a commercial background, or significant experience bidding for commercial contracts, ideally for development projects in low income countries.
• They will have demonstrative experience working with Private sector partners, with a thorough understanding of different approaches to pricing and cost recovery.
• Excellent business acumen and ability to negotiate and influence are crucial, and a sound understanding of bid management best practices is desirable.

Salary: UK salary of £43,400 - £48,950 for UK based candidates subject to experience with excellent benefits. Salaries and benefits for different locations will vary in line with WaterAid's country salary scales.

WaterAid benefits vary depending on the country of the successful candidates. For UK-based posts this includes

• 36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
• We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Wide range of flexible and agile-working arrangements
• Season Ticket Loan
• Free annual eye tests
• Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave
• Sabbaticals
• Volunteer Day

How to Apply
To see the full job pack, please click 'Apply'. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter into the same document in either Word Document or PDF format. Applications will close 23:59 on 31/05/2021. Availability for interview is required w/c 07/06/2021.

Additional Information
WaterAid is currently located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base if you live in the UK. Due to current restrictions on office capacity the majority of our staff are working from home. All aspects of this including how we are supporting homeworking and the office transition will be discussed at the interview stage with you.

We are unable to provide sponsorship or relocation for this post. In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the country to which you wish to work.

WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid reinforces a culture of zero tolerance towards any form of inappropriate behaviour, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of any kind. The safeguarding of our beneficiaries, staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf, is our top priority and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff and volunteers are required to share in this commitment through our Global Code of Conduct. We will conduct the most appropriate pre-employment references and checks to ensure high standards are maintained.

WaterAid is an equal opportunities, disability-confident employer and committed to achieving the highest standards of diversity, fairness and equality. Should you have a disability and require any additional support, please contact us.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of the senior leadership team of Harper Adams Students’ Union. Working with a unique university and student community, located in beautiful Shropshire, where you can make a real difference to student life at Harper Adams University. You will be a leader and manager who truly believes in empowering people. A leader with the energy and commitment to deliver the Union’s vision – ‘To be a more active and inclusive Union with a powerful student-led voice; delivering meaningful change for our members across their Harper Adams experience’.

A leader who listens and understands the Harper Adams community. You will be a relationship builder, an engaging communicator with the proven ability to build collaborative working relationships and influence a wide range of stakeholders. You will support and work alongside the President and Vice President and lead and manage a team of six people who are responsible for an interesting portfolio of activities. This is a role for someone who is happy developing strategy, exploring ideas, working with university senior management and then supporting their direct reports at an operational level when needed, helping to turn strategy into reality.

With a track record in practical budgeting and planning, you will be a leader of people who knows when to delegate and when to support. With strong listening and influencing skills you will bring new ideas and encourage the ideas of others, while bringing fresh perspectives and thinking to innovate and grow the Union to achieve its vision.

As Union Director you will work with the Board of Trustees and play a pivotal role in providing strategic leadership and guidance to the Union’s full and part-time staff. You will thrive on change, enjoy working in a team and believe in creating and supporting a diverse community, which enriches the student experience.

You may or may not have worked in a Students’ Union, what’s important is your belief in our vision and the skills to engage with all stakeholders. You are likely to be an experienced manager or head of, who is ready for the next step and wants a new challenge, where you can make your mark. This really is a role where you can identify, create and lead change. You might also be an experienced Director who wants to shape the future of the Union working with a highly respected university and student body.

Due to this being such a great opportunity, we are happy to explore this vacancy with anyone who feels they have the right skills and values, who can build on the Union’s successes and become an even more successful Students’ Union which is relevant to its existing and future members.

Applications should consist of a CV accompanied by a covering letter of no more than two pages, addressing the criteria in the Job Description and Person Specification. The deadline for receipt of applications is strictly midnight Friday 21 May. Interviews will be held on Tuesday 15 June with a panel interview and tour of the university campus (following covid safe rules).

A well known and pioneering art museum is looking for a management accountant to join them for a maternity cover. Being part of a prestigious organisation requires someone who has attention to detail and can bring a commercial intuition to the role.

Client Details

A very well-known museum, with a focus on culturally inclusive and artistically adventurous art, deliver galleries across the UK. Gaining an audience across the world, helps them influence thinking around art and the value it gives to the world. At the core they champion the right to enjoy the abundance and magnificence of art for everyone.

Description

• The maintenance, development and production of management reports and other reporting packages.
• Engage with managers at all levels, working closely with the heads of the audience division.
• Provide financial information to directors, budget holders and project managers
• Produce and send out the weekly attendance report by liaising with estates and the box office.
• Assist with the statistics reporting for DCMS.
• Assist with the management information packs.
• Provide input into planning processes in both a financial and non-financial manner.
• Gather, monitor and report on key performance measures.

Profile

• You will need to be a fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CCAB) with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• You have strong interpersonal skills to work with the wider organisation at all levels.
• Any sector is welcome, those that have not for profit and commercial exposure are desirable.
• You will have finance business partnered in the past.
• You will have a maximum notice period of 3 weeks, those that are immediately available are desirable.

Job Offer

• Fully working from home up until August and flexible working from home beyond August.
• £43,000 per annum with a potential for day rate.
• Exposure to the whole of the organisation.
• Fantastic civil servant pension.

We are looking for a new Director to join us this autumn when our founder, David Tootill, retires. This is a fantastic opportunity for a new leader to further develop the UK’s only school dedicated to this beautiful, historic and resurgent art form.

Our small team includes respected figures in the mosaic community and we currently offer specialist higher education, short and community courses in all aspects of mosaic design, fabrication and history. We are also leading a significant construction development to provide new affordable artists’ studios at our vibrant site in Gospel Oak. 

In addition, we have a strong network of volunteers working on numerous ongoing practical mosaic projects to enhance our local built environment and support vulnerable groups and our local community life, as well as paid-for mosaic commissions from a variety of clients.

As we scale up, the future offers even more possibility for a new leader to shape the next chapter for our school, harnessing the momentum and reputation we have already started to build.

We are looking for someone to bring a combination of leadership and management experience, financial acumen, understanding of the educational and charity contexts, a commitment to social impact and practical experience of arts or crafts.  We recognise different candidates will bring different strengths from this list and encourage anyone excited by this brief to contact us. Not having experience of mosaic-making does not rule you out, provided you could make a commitment to get to know this exciting and varied medium. We particularly welcome applications from those with diverse experiences and backgrounds.

Check out more information on our website for how to apply or to arrange for an informal chat.

Location: US, Kenya, Thailand, Australia, and UK. Candidates must have the right to work in the country they apply from.

Salary:  £85,000 - £95,000 for UK, salary for other locations available via email.

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

Manages: Key functional reporting lines for; Fundraising, Marketing & Communications

About World Animal Protection

World Animal Protection's vision is a world where animals live free from suffering. 2021 is a transformational year for the organisation as we embark on our new 10-year strategy with a singular purpose and determination to overturn the entrenched global systems that cause so much large- scale suffering and anguish to animals. Over the next 10 years we will move to disrupt and transform these systems, reversing their direction and ending the animal abuse inherent within them.

We will give voice to the voiceless and give hope for the future for the billions of animals which live together with us on this planet. We will elevate animal welfare to become a priority issue of global importance, shifting animals and the destruction of their habitats is inextricably linked to our own wellbeing. We will focus and amplify the growing number of voices of people who are no longer satisfied with piecemeal, short-term solutions and who, like us, want change in the global systems that are the root causes of inequality and suffering. Our focus on two systemic strategic objectives, food systems and wildlife, will enable us, within this strategy period, to deliver significant and sustainable outcomes.

Food Systems: In our focus on food systems, we will create a world where respect for animals and nature sits at the heart of our food systems, we will change the predominant global system of factory farming to one that produces humane and sustainable proteins, and we will mobilise people to show their reduced acceptability of factory farms and encourage and support them to make better consumer choices.

Wildlife: In our focus on wildlife, we will change the extractive system that allows wild animals to be cruelly exploited for human/commercial purposes by driving down the social acceptability, demand, supply, and availability of wild animals, and we will transform the current and develop new, protective systems that create intrinsic value for wild animals in their natural habitats.

This systemic approach, coupled with a clear and unambiguous outcome focus will ensure that we purposefully direct all of our time, attention, and resources to deliver significant impact. To support this transformational change, we are seeking to recruit a Global Director of Fundraising and Engagement.

Purpose of the role

This is a new role for the organisation, to strengthen our Global Leadership Team (GLT) and add capability at a strategic level, providing global insights to ensure we have a seamless integration of fundraising, marketing, and communications with supporter engagement at the heart of our approach.  This role is critical to help us achieve our ambitions for animals and we are seeking an exceptional individual to help us.

The post holder will be accountable for global strategy and leadership for Fundraising and Engagement, championing, designing, implementing, and continuously improving strategies to drive a world-class strategic development programme for fundraising and engagement that will secure the income to deliver World Animal Protection’s 2020 – 2030 strategic plan to:

• Double our resources to enable growth goals;
• Increase substantially our reach and visibility;
• Deliver annual overall increases in income of between $20m -$40m per year by 2030;
• Increase funds from across our income streams and every entity in our network – towards raising more from each dollar invested into fundraising;
• Double engagement - reaching more people who stay longer, do more, and give more;
• Double the number of people who believe animal protection matters and are aware of us and trust us to drive change;
• Optimise the proportion of unrestricted funding received from donors and partners.

Accountabilities and key requirements

The Global Director of Fundraising and Engagement is ultimately accountable for global strategy and leadership – including strategy design & development, implementation and governance and will:

• Lead a strategic development programme to identify and cultivate high-level alliances with key partners, donors, and supporters.
• Provide high level global insights to inform best practice and drive a seamless and integrated approach for fundraising, marketing, and communications in the global organisation.
• Ensure the integration of marketing, fundraising and communications by design to ensure strategic growth targets are met/exceeded.
• Develop an extended network of collaboration partners to ensure that insights are generated, and opportunities identified to progress the strategy to create systemic change.
• Comply with the organisation’s policies and procedures.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead an ambitious global marketing, fundraising and engagement strategy by working closely with senior leaders and teams, external partners and the GLT to deliver income in line with strategy and latest multi-year business planning and create synergy, connection, and alignment with our growth ambitions.
• Represent marketing, fundraising and communications as a member of the GLT to all external and internal stakeholders including the Board of Trustees.
• Work closely with the Global Director of Strategic Delivery to ensure alignment of approach.
• Lead on development of creative new funding streams to diversify income and align, support, and enhance our systemic approach to change.
• Act as a custodian of the World Animal Protection brand, growing and developing our brand values and making World Animal Protection a dominant global voice for animals to maximise impact. Actively participate in building our brand and maintain the integrity of our brand to support our profile, lead generation, income, and engagement.
• Oversee the integration between marketing, fundraising and communications and other functions, to ensure efforts are coordinated across all offices and teams to implement the director’s strategic vision.
• Ensure the Group’s resources and processes are in place to deliver the strategy; in particular, compliance with the fundraising regulator and GDPR.
• Identify, cultivate, and manage high level, strategic alliances with key partners, donors, and supporters to facilitate the achievement of strategic aims.
• Lead on creation and development of world-class marketing and fundraising campaigns which are fully integrated across the organisation.

Finance

• Oversee the development of the department’s budget in liaison with the Finance team.
• Take overall responsibility for the effective and efficient management of delegated budget in accordance with World Animal Protection’s financial procedures and local governance regulations.
• Manage the allocated income and expenditure budgets.

Organisational responsibilities

• Delivery of World Animal Protection’s Global Strategy across the core themes of Mission, Movement & Transformation in a global, matrix environment.
• Work cooperatively with external organisations, teams within World Animal Protection and in the wider animal welfare movement to pursue programme objectives and wider organisational goals, including those relating to brand, communications, fundraising and resource management.
• Actively participate in building our brand and maintain the integrity of our brand to support our profile, lead generation, income, and engagement.
• Help secure resources (income) and reach (people and partnerships) by actively contributing to our supporter relationships, fundraising, communications, and donor reporting.
• Build team capabilities and contribute to a learning culture and create a positive working environment for employees being a role-model our values and behaviours at all times.
• Support the organisation to ensure that we manage our resources (financial, people and IT) efficiently and effectively by improvement of systems, reporting and compliance.
• Take responsibility for their own health, safety, and welfare, comply with H&S policy and procedures, and not act in any way that compromises the safety of themselves, colleagues, or the public. 
• Ensure collaboration and integration with programmes team to ensure that all communication and content supports the programmes teams’ output to add maximum input to strategic initiatives.
• The post holder may be required to travel internationally to provide support or participate in World Animal Protection’s activities as and when required.
• The role holder will from time to time be required to undertake any other duties that are within the scope of this role.

Skills and Experience

• At least 5 years’ experience in a senior marketing and fundraising position at Executive level, preferably working across a range of markets and audiences and with high profile partners.
• Working in a complex international campaign environment.
• Proven track record of strategic marketing and fundraising leadership to increase our engagement, visibility and income including high value funding with a track record in giving from individuals and partners in a campaigning and change context.
  • Evidence of building a strong brand to support broader organisational and fundraising goals.
  • The ability to truly listen and build authentic, productive partnerships and relationships.
  • Able to demonstrate having led and developed a high performing team.
• Be able to design, secure approval for and recruit any new fundraising and engagement capability to deliver our strategy and successfully integrate capability within the organisation.
• External networking and thought leadership.
• Seeking corporate affiliations with businesses/organisations in relevant sectors.
• Knowledge of the funding landscape globally and the ability to position World Animal Protection to maximise funding opportunities.
• Ability to develop a compelling growth vision and culture for World Animal Protection, with the ability to inspire employees across the organisation to implement our fundraising, marketing, and digital strategies.
• Strong marketing skills, including an understanding of how to grow a global brand with strong digital engagement and implement effective brand marketing, digital communications, content development and campaign strategies to increase awareness and build support and funding.
• Proven financial planning and management skills.
• Ability to work calmly and creatively and to respond to a dynamic and changing environment.
• Excellent and fluent written and verbal English.
• Building and managing high performing global marketing and fundraising teams to meet ambitious targets in a campaigning and change context.
• Engaging and developing employees and volunteers at all levels including working with Boards.
• Working with and alongside executive teams to develop and deliver organisational strategies.

Qualifications

• BA Honours degree or equivalent.

Desirable

• A marketing or fundraising qualification, such as Certified Fundraising Executive certificate (CFRE(dot)org) or diploma / advanced diploma (coif(dot)org) or equivalent.
• Fluency in a second language.

My client is a globally renowned organisation with an ambitious future strategy. We are looking for a dynamic and commercially astute Deputy Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

We are seeking a dynamic, self-motivated, CCAB qualified finance professional with strong people management and leadership skills, to lead a team of Finance Business Partners and management accounting staff to provide a high quality strategic business partnering service to the organisation, underpinned by excellence in core financial reporting and planning activities.

You will ensure the delivery of timely and accurate financial planning and reporting processes, maintaining consistent service levels and developing enhanced reporting packs incorporating relevant analysis appropriate to the needs of each department (e.g. dashboards, KPIs etc.). You will work with other members of the Finance team to implement appropriate technology solutions to improve the efficiency and quality of reporting and planning processes.

You will have excellent interpersonal skills, able to build effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. You will also have highly developed analytical skills, and be able to provide value-added strategic decision support to your internal clients. You will be passionate about delivering best practice and growing a high performing team. You will also promote collaborative working across the Finance department to ensure high standards of service for our customers. This would be a fantastic opportunity for someone with a commercial background looking to make their first move into the sector.

37 hours per week
£65,000 per annum
2 year fixed term contract 
 
Closing Date: 26th May 2021
Interviews will be held on 3rd June.
 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Director of Transformation and Development to join Milestones Trust. We are a not-for-profit charitable organisation with a 35 year history of offering person-centred support to vulnerable people with learning disabilities, mental health needs and dementia.

Here at Milestones Trust we are known for our values, our commitment to the people we support and the quality of our services – with over 96.6% rated good or outstanding.
 

We have an exciting new strategy, focusing on maintaining our quality while also ensuring that we transform how we work. We are developing new and innovative service models to meet the future needs of people we support while also ensuring financial sustainability in an increasingly difficult financial climate enabling us to grow and develop.
 
The role:
 

We are looking for a Director of Transformation and Development to help us to achieve this. The post-holder will work across the organisation, facilitating and contributing to the implementation of joint objectives within Operations, Finance, IT, HR and Estates to optimise our systems and processes. You will ensure that all business support functions are actively working with our front-line services to meet the objectives of the future needs of the people we support with creativity, relevance and financial sustainability.
 

You will line manage the Business Development team, working with SMT colleagues to develop a strategic plan for sustainable growth. This will involve market analysis and developing the capability and capacity within our support functions to work alongside operational teams to secure additional business.

The overarching aim of the post will be to ensure that we have a growing and sustainable business model for our care and support services.
 

About You
 

Highly experienced in best practice within learning disability/mental health services, business development and commercial acumen, you will create an environment to inspire and motivate teams.You will have the ability to move easily and confidently from strategy to detailed implementation.
 

You will bring strong interpersonal skills which enable you to develop and nurture successful working relationships with ease. You will have the ability to deliver change, creating a shared vision and ensuring that the aims of joint working are developed across all departments.

Essential Critieria:

The successful post-holder will have: 

• Experience of working as a senior operational manager with learning disability services within the not-for-profit or private sector
• A degree, professional or post-graduate level qualification, preferably within Project Management e.g. Agile or Prince 2 practitioner
• Excellent analytical skills, able to identify market and performance trends
• Extensive proven experience in change management

Why work with us?
 
At Milestones Trust we recognise that without the hard work, commitment and passion given by our staff, we wouldn’t be the charity that we are today. Being a part of the Trust Office team, means playing a crucial role in the success of our services and the care of the people we support. In return, we are committed to rewarding you with a competitive pay and benefits package including:

• 26 days’ holiday and 8 days’ bank holiday entitlement
• Family friendly/work-life balance policies
• Company pension scheme & health cash plan (BHSF)
• Free parking at most Trust services
• Access to all levels of training appropriate to your role and career progression with the Trust.

If you would like to read more about the work that we do at the Trust please visit our website

Milestones Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all the individuals that it supports, it expects the same commitment from all employees. If successful at interview an enhanced DBS check will take place. (Formerly CRB) A criminal record is not necessarily a barrier to recruitment. Committed to Equality and Diversity for all Registered Charity No. 294377.

We are looking for an ambitious and experienced individual to join us as Retail E- Commerce Manager. In this key role, you will develop new and existing online revenue streams and work with Save the Children's Digital Team to showcase our retail high street presence online, including the use of social media as a channel that can drive engagement, affinity, awareness and support.

Working in more than 120 countries, we do whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. Our Marketing and Fundraising divisions exist to inspire millions of people – from individuals to large corporate organisations – to support our quest for change. Together, we save children's lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.

As Retail E-Commerce Manager you will be responsible for pulling together the different stakeholders from across Save the Children UK to drive forward the Retail Digital Strategy, developing new capabilities ensuring online supporter journeys are optimised for all aspects of the Retail offering. Reporting into the Head of Product you will lead, define, develop and manage the Retail Team's digital strategy, ensuring there is a plan that stakeholders can access, understand and buy in to. You will also drive the performance of Digital Retail channels to meet contribution targets, driving income whilst managing expenditure. Experienced in budgeting and forecasting, you will manage expectations whilst analysing performance and planning to increase contribution and gain efficiencies. In addition you will:

• Develop a social media strategy across trading propositions, with the Retail Brand & Marketing Manager and Digital Department and delivers against targets.
• Effectively manage relationships with the digital team and all other contributors/stakeholders including the development team and UX designers.
• Hands on management of the ongoing development and day-to-day running of the online shop including site content, supply chain, warehousing, fulfilment, customer service and marketing.
• Work in partnership with the Retail Buyer to develop a clear bought-in goods strategy for the e-commerce platform.
• Be an advocate for online, championing e-commerce across Retail and the organisation, keeping up-to-date with the latest industry news and opportunities.
• Facilitate, develop and manage the set-up of third party sites /  marketplaces.

To be successful you will have relevant experience of designing and implementing a digital strategy and a commercial focus and approach to Charity retailing, with strong entrepreneurial skills. A problem solver with strong decision making skills and excellent communication, relationship building and influencing skills, you will be innovative and have the ability to adapt well in different situations. With relevant experience of effective stakeholder management, you will be target driven and be self-motivated with a high level of initiative. In addition you will have:

• Relevant experience of designing and implementing an e-commerce strategy.
• Proven experience in planning and managing digital marketing strategies and campaigns, including experience across a mix of PPC, SEO and Email marketing. Relevant experience in developing a social media strategy.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of website metrics and metric tools e.g. Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics.
• Experience managing budgets, targets and KPIs and strong numeracy and analytical skills.
• Proven project management experience with the ability to work under pressure to deliver to deadlines.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure. 

Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date: 16th May 2021

Please note - whilst this role is advertised as office based, Save The Children UK will remain a remote-working organisation until at least 30 June 2021.

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBT+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as these are underrepresented at Save the Children UK.