Director of Finance 

Kidney Care UK has recently launched its new five-year strategy and is looking to continue its transformation and take the organisation to the next level. Following a period of significant growth, in which we have grown from 10 to over 40 members of staff, we are seeking an experienced and inspirational Finance Director to join the Senior Management Team to lead our organisation’s professional financial development and operational excellence.

With a proven track record and experience of strategic and operational financial management, you will be instrumental in working with the Chief Executive and Finance Committee to develop and implement the Charity’s ambitious financial strategy, review and upgrade our finance operations and systems and ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the Charity.

You will have the vision, knowledge and skills to provide financial insights into the performance of the Charity and identify risks and opportunities that can be converted into positive outcomes to achieve the organisation’s strategic aims. You will be equally comfortable conveying financial information in a practical and insightful way to different audiences, as well as someone who enjoys combining technical and strategic expertise with the ability to inspire and lead others.

HOW TO APPLY
If you have the qualities, we are looking for and would like to play a key role in Kidney Care UK’s future we invite you to apply with your CV and a covering letter.

• Closing date for applications is 10th November 2021
• Starting date is as soon as possible

We encourage you to apply early as applications will be reviewed as soon as they are received, and we reserve the right to close this job advert sooner subject to finding a suitable candidate.  

Would you like to develop your skills in grants administration, deliver a successful portfolio of schemes and help to create new programmes to develop talented researchers?

The Academy of Medical Sciences is seeking a capable and enthusiastic Grants Officer to join our dynamic grants team.  The post is available immediately and is to assist in delivering an expanding portfolio of grant schemes.

The Academy delivers a number of bespoke funding schemes to support biomedical researchers. We work in partnership with other like-minded organisations, and we are generously supported by the UK Government, Wellcome Trust, The Health Foundation, the Medical Research Council, the British Heart Foundation, Diabetes UK, Versus Arthritis and others to provide grant awards.

The Grants Officer will be responsible for the administration of the application process, peer review and selection panels for a sub-set of the Academy’s grant schemes. As a member of the Academy’s grants team, the post-holder will also provide administrative assistance to a portfolio of other activities to support clinicians and scientists already involved in research.

The successful applicant will be educated to first degree level, preferably in biomedical sciences, and have an interest in administering grant schemes. Excellent communication and IT skills are key attributes for the post, as is the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. General knowledge of medical research and the UK healthcare sector is desirable.

We are recruiting for one role on a permanent contract and two roles on a 12-month fixed term contract. All roles will be full-time.

Excellent benefits include: generous leave allowance, Academy pension scheme, and travel assistance amongst others. The Academy is located in refurbished offices near Oxford Circus.

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

We are reviewing applications as and when they come in so early application is advised.

Do you want to be part of changing people’s lives, supporting the smooth running of Action Hampshire’s finance operations in Hampshire? We are seeking an enthusiastic, organised and effective finance assistant to support our finance team. We are looking for someone who is self-motivated, with excellent financial management experience, and effective communication skills. This is a fixed term maternity cover contract from November 2021-November 2022.

For 70 years, Action Hampshire has been supporting voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations to deliver great services to local people and communities; speaking up for the changes they would like to see; and shaping the future of where they live and work.

Our overarching mission is to listen to, connect, and equip people, so they flourish and make great things happen. We achieve this mission by providing a range of specialist advice and information services together with practical help, encouraging equal partnership between the VCSE, public and private sectors, and providing a voice for Hampshire's VCSEs and its communities, both urban and rural.  Our ethos is to help people to help themselves. 

We are recruiting an experienced and motivated Senior Finance Officer with a proven track record of delivering to deadlines in a busy and dynamic environment. This is a varied role that will process transactions, perform reconciliations and help ensure that financial controls and policies are followed across the charity and its trading subsidiaries.

For more information about the role, please read the Job Pack. 

Who we are

Peace Direct is an international charity with a big mission: to work with local people to stop violence and build sustainable peace in some of the world's most conflict affected countries.  More than that, we want to change the international system so that it better supports the role that local people and communities play in preventing violence and building and sustaining peace.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Programmes Finance Officer, available to start ASAP.  This permanent position is based in our small, friendly London office and is well suited to an individual that is looking to work in a very hands-on role in a welcoming and supportive workplace.

The closing deadline for applications is 31st October 2021. 
CV and cover letter only at this stage.  Shortlisted candidates will then be asked to complete an application form.

Interviews will be held during the week commencing 01 November 2021.

The Benefits

We offer a salary of £35,000

Our benefits package includes:

• 25 days annual leave, plus paid leave when the office closes between Christmas and New Year.
• Study support - time off for exams, exam fees, study materials and professional body membership
• 6% Pension Contribution
• Training budget available for all staff
• Flexible working opportunities

The role involves occasional overseas travel to Peace Direct partner countries (up to 4 times per year), sometimes to remote locations, as required (post-Covid). You will have the chance to build on the strong relations we have developed with our current and potential partners and funders, identifying new opportunities and driving us forward, navigating a rapidly changing environment.

In return, we can offer you excellent benefits and a variety of activities and social events to promote health and wellbeing and enable our teams to enjoy a positive, cohesive work environment.

About You:

To join us, you will need

• Part or full accountancy qualification
• At least 2 years’ experience in charity finance
• A good understanding of UK charity SORP and fund accounting
• Experience in working with a range of donors (FCDO (DfID), SIDA, PPL, GHR, USAID and the EU) and understanding of their financial compliance

• Experience of working in a complex, multi-entity, multi-currency financial environment
• An understanding of the financial risk environment within the international development sector
• Experience in creating multicurrency budgets and in reporting in donor currency (USD or EUR)

In addition to fluent English, written and spoken French would be beneficial to your application.

Still interested?  Take a look at the job description to see full details about the role and whether they match your skills and experience.
This post is only open to those with the right to work in the UK.

Peace Direct strives to be a diverse and inclusive employer, with equality of opportunities regardless of personal identity, and we are committed to improving our systems and ways of working to support this, including creating a Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) working group, DEI strategy and recruitment guidelines. We strongly encourage individuals from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds to apply, including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), LGBTQ+, people with disabilities and people with mental health challenges.

Job Description

Role summary:

You will be a highly motivated and experienced Grants and Individual Giving Fundraiser with a track record of successfully raising funds. Your role as the main fundraiser will be to maximise income from grants, and individual and business partner giving as part of the charity’s strategy to diversify our fundraising income.

Reporting to the CEO, you will lead on generating new income to meet an agreed annual target for the charity. You will be responsible for developing a grant fundraising plan to meet KCAH’s funding requirements and for writing funding bids. You will lead on increasing income from individual giving by managing the relationship with our existing pool of donors and creating a compelling case to persuade others to donate to KCAH.

Specific responsibilities will include:

Grant fundraising

• Develop a fundraising plan to meet our grant fundraising target, working with the CEO and others to identify our funding needs and identifying potential grant making organisations.
• Write high quality, creative funding applications to grant making organisations, working with other teams to ensure bids are compelling and accurate.  
• Develop good relationships with funders, including by maintaining regular contact with them so they understand what we do and our impact, and ensuring all reporting requirements are met.
• Work closely with the CEO, accountant and other teams to ensure all grants are correctly used and conditions and targets are met.
• Maintain accurate records and information about all Trust and Foundation applications and ensure that KCAH’s database and records are kept up to date.

Individual and corporate fundraising

• Define the KCAH ‘supporter journey’, and lead on its implementing it in order to bring in new donors, increase donor retention and donor giving.
• Support the KCAH communications team to plan communications and events in support of our fundraising strategy
• Work closely with the KCAH communication team so that their communications plan and events are informed by our fundraising objectives in relation to individual donors.
• Communicate promptly and effectively with our donors, including acknowledging all income generated.
• Define our requirements from a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, identify and lead the implementation of the best CRM system to meet KCAH’s needs. In the interim, ensure that accurate donor records are kept in line with GDPR.

Other Requirements:

• Understand, uphold and work within the ethos, aims and objectives of KCAH
• Keep abreast of key fundraising trends and issues and the regulatory environment around fundraising
• Develop strong and productive working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders
• Manage own learning and professional development
• Undertake any other duties which may reasonably be required in this post

• Permanent, full-time post
• Based at CMS House, Oxford, with some flexibility for home working
• Starting salary £47,390 and generous pension contribution: up to 15 per cent employer contribution on annual salary
• As an equal opportunities’ employer, we particularly welcome applications from women and individuals from minority groups as they are currently underrepresented within our organisation at this level. All appointments are made on merit of skill, experience and potential as laid down in the job description and person specification.

Do you have a passion for both mission and management? A love of spreadsheets as well as spreading the gospel? CMS is looking for a servant-hearted leader to join our senior leadership team (SLT) in Oxford. The post holder will be responsible for strategic development in the area of finance, leading and coordinating policy for financial planning and budgetary control. In addition, they will take responsibility for corporate strategic development and leadership of the ICT and facilities teams (including property management, pensions and risk management). As a member of the SLT they will play a full role in developing and implementing the CMS mission strategy.

The post will continue the work towards financial sustainability, while further developing excellent relationships with other teams within CMS and the wider CMS mission network. They will be a prayerful, discerning Christian who will nurture a healthy mission spirituality within CMS.

It will therefore be a requirement for the post holder to be a committed and practising Christian who would uphold CMS’s values and ethos.

Reporting directly to the CEO, the ideal candidate will be a chartered accountant or equivalent, a member of an accounting body with at least five years’ relevant experience in a senior role, a proven track record of working in finance in a business or charity context and experience of leading, developing and motivating others.

For the past two years CMS has been carrying out an organisational strategic review to address three key issues:

1. A need for greater focus and clarity of purpose
2. A need for clarity of identity and role
3. A need for financial sustainability

Further details can be found in the job description and person specification available to download.

This post has an occupational requirement for the post holder to be a practising and committed Christian, committed to the aims, values and the ethos statement of CMS. Occasional travel may be required.

Closing date for receipt of completed applications:

•  Midnight 14 November 2021

Interview dates:

• First round of interviews will be held on 29 and 30 November 2021 via Zoom.
• Final round of interviews will be held in person at CMS House, Oxford, on 9 and 10 December 2021.

You will be joining PEAS at an exciting time as we move into implementing our new ambitious strategy, PEAS 2022-2026 – Growing PEAS schools. Supporting all schools. During this period we will grow our school networks to double their size, launch in a third country and expand our wider impact by strengthening education systems.

As Finance and People Administrator, you will be a key support to the UK Finance Manager in delivering strong financial management objectives, whilst ensuring the effective functioning of the UK team. You will support the People and Culture Lead in HR and governance to ensure that we have the right systems to support our people and organisation.  

To be successful in this role, we are looking for an individual who is a go-getter, has experience in finance administration and strong people skills. This is a great role for an individual who is looking for a dynamic role to take lead in.

We welcome applicants from varied backgrounds, you do not necessarily need to have a financial qualification but must have experience who is strong with numbers, a keen eye for detail, numerate, and a quick learner. We also offer flexibility in working patterns. We offer a blended style of working with 3 days working remotely from your home and up to 2 days a week in our office in London (currently based in Borough)

If you are excited by the opportunity of the role at PEAS and have the experience and skills we are looking for, please read the full candidate pack and follow the link to apply. 

We offer a blended style of working with 3 days working remotely from your home and 2 days a week in our office in London (currently based in Borough) 

You will be joining PEAS at an exciting time as we move into implementing our new ambitious strategy, PEAS 2022-2026 – Growing PEAS schools. Supporting all schools. During this period we will grow our school networks to double their size, launch in a third country and expand our wider impact by strengthening education systems.

As Grants Officer, you will support with the grant management and grant finance for PEAS' major grants, which are essential to the success of PEAS. We are looking for a driven individual who has experience in financial management and accounting, and who is looking for a dynamic role where they can get more hands-on with supporting programme delivery.

Role and Responsibilities 

Grant Management

• Actively work with in-country and UK colleagues to ensure delivery of programmatic activities is on-track, discuss challenges / roadblocks with the team, and assess course correction strategies where necessary.
• Collect inputs from in-country and UK colleagues to prepare and submit high quality programmatic and financial reports in a timely fashion.
• Assist with donor relations, including participating in calls with select donors, representing the PEAS team at donor meetings and ensuring timely response to donor requests.
• Working closely with in-country Grant Leads to co-ordinate monthly Grant Steering Committees for each country.
• Understand, communicate and monitor compliance with donor contract rules and regulations, and advise other team members on compliance.
• Develop grant management tools and templates to make grant delivery as clear and simple as possible.
• Build capacity of colleagues through design/strengthening and delivery of resources, systems and training to reinforce grant management, and ongoing coaching and support to in-country Grant Managers.

Grant Finance

• Work with in-country Finance teams to review, track and analyse project expenditure.
• Lead discussions on the investigation of Budget versus Actual variances, as highlighted by monthly financial reporting.
• Support with the development of proposals and budgets for grants, including designing grant budgets to support PEAS’ strategic objectives.
• Lead on the linking of grant accounting to PEAS’ consolidated management accounts, to ensure efficient year-end grant funds movement reconciliation.
• Lead on co-ordination and preparing information for project audits.
• Provide technical support and guidance on grant requirements to budget holders during the annual budget planning process as well during the budget reforecasting process.
• Supporting in-country teams including the UK team with Grant Finance Trackers, including donor code and tracking of donor spend across PEAS’ financial systems.

The ideal candidate  

Has

• A bachelors degree or equivalent
• AAT qualification or equivalent experience years experience in a related role
• Experience of project accounting and donor reporting, or similar types of financial management
• Experience of working in grant-funded environments
• Strong project management, financial, and data analysis skills
• Strong written skills, able to write in a succinct and engaging way for high-stakes reporting
• Strong attention to detail
• Effective time management, able to prioritise and deliver to strict deadlines

Should be

• Collaborative not competitive - interpersonal and communication skills to build relationships with peers across multiple departments across multiple countries of operation
• Open minded – willing to listen to others and consider new ways of approaching problems
• Resilient and professional – works well under pressure; deals with challenges professionally and calmly and doesn’t let setbacks hold them back or discourage them
• Egoless – prepared to get stuck in
• Entrepreneurial – excited by the opportunity to join a fast growing, fast changing teams; adaptable and able to work flexibly

Working at PEAS

No matter what the role, team, context or country, we are all guided by our values, intrinsically motivated and energetic. We work collaboratively across functions, facing the challenges of balancing access, quality and sustainability together to deliver the best quality outcomes for students.

• Have impact - opportunity to really stretch yourself and contribute to having real impact in improving the life chances of all children through educational opportunity. 
• Part of the PEAS Pod - joining a small team who are extremely effective, proactive, supportive and values aligned
• Collaborative cross-organisation working style - enables employees to develop skills and knowledge outside of their core role
• Flexible working – Typical flexible working options can include working from home and/or flexible hours and we are open to discuss any possible flexible options with employees.
• Annual leave - 28 days for full-time employees, pro-rata for part-time plus bank holidays
• Pension - Eligible employees are auto-enrolled into PEAS contribution-based pension scheme with up to 6% matched employer contributions
• Wellness and wellbeing – Employees have immediate access to an employee assistance programme (EAP) through Health Assured. The EAP provides access to both proactive and reactive wellness and wellbeing services to you and your immediate family 24hrs a day, 365 days of the year.

How to apply

If you are excited by the opportunity of the role at PEAS and have the experience and skills we are looking for, please read the full candidate pack and follow the link to apply. 

Seamab is a unique charity committed to transforming the lives of some of Scotland's most vulnerable children.  Our work gives children back their childhood, making sure they feel safe, loved and happy.  Making sure they feel joy.  We are looking for a Grants Manager to join our team, who will raise income from grants, trusts and foundations for our charity.  If you would like to help our children reach their full potential and enjoy the childhood they deserve, apply now.

Beyond the Streets is a small charity with a big determination to see routes out for women experiencing exploitation within the UK sex industry.  Your role is to lead on the maintenance and development of a strong pipeline of grant funding and relationship development of future and existing funding partners, including major donors.

We are looking for someone with great communication skills, high attention to detail, and a track record in building new partnerships and securing high-level funding from grant making trusts and foundations.

This is a full-time job, but with the possibility of a 4 day a week post for the right candidate. We have offices in Southampton and London and are open to flexible arrangements, including home working. We have the experience to invest in people who are interested in this work. 

You will be passionate about supporting women facing multiple disadvantages, as well as being able to support and motivate staff. You will have great communication skills and be able to champion the cause.

Your role will include:

 - leading on the ongoing development of the Beyond the Streets trust fundraising strategy;

 - overseeing the delivery of the Beyond the Streets trust fundraising strategy, ensuring that our relationships with large grant making trusts are well managed;

 - ensuring that all trust fundraising activities are coordinated and delivered to deadline with the Development Officer;

 - leading on the development of a major donor programme

Beyond the Streets is a charity inspired by Christian values. This belief inspires us to work with acceptance, value and mutual respect for all. We promote a healthy work life balance and regularly reflect on our boundaries and our strategy for the year. We genuinely seek to work as a team and ensure that no one is ‘rescuing’ or working outside their allocated hours.

EHRAC Finance and Grants Officer

£28,302-£31,537 per annum including outer London weighting

Hendon

LAW152-R

Are you passionate about human rights? Do you have experience in finance and/or grant management? The European Human Rights Advocacy Centre based at Middlesex University is looking for an exceptional Finance and Grants Officer to join our team.

EHRAC was set up in 2003 by a team of human rights lawyers and experts with a wealth of experience of taking cases to the European Court of Human Rights. We are an independent, organisation that provides legal support to victims of human rights abuses.

As the Finance and Grants Officer, you will support our team by carrying out financial support tasks and day-to-day grant management, helping EHRAC deliver a range of projects in collaboration with human rights lawyers across Russia, Ukraine and the South Caucasus.

The role requires experience of grant management, financial experience in a non-profit organisation and proficiency in Excel. We're looking for someone who can multi-task, and has excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.

You will join a small, friendly team based within the School of Law at Middlesex University, London.

We value diversity and strive to create a fairer, more equitable work environment for our staff and students.

We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff diversity networks, campus facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds.

Closing date: 23 October 2021

Finance and Grants Officer, Temporary (3 months) £22 - 25 per hour (Umbrella)

For an international NGO based in central London, we are recruiting a Finance and Grants Officer to provide grant accounting for funds received in the US, and basic bookkeeping and accounting to ensure Donor, State and Federal compliance, including managing payroll and benefits payments. Ideally candidates will have experience in US government and foundation grants financial management and office accounting.

Main Duties:

• Monitor cashflow and ensure month end procedures are robust.
• Produce management accounts and review variances
• Produce Donor reports against project budgets
• Complete cost reports for Donors on a regular basis
• Review PO and process invoices for US office including expenditure linked to each project
• Process US payroll, pension, and control accounts with an external Bureau
• Work with the Executive Director to produce annual budget for the US Operations
• Reforecast income and expenditure according to Donor contracts
• Support audit processes and manage audits affecting the US region

What will you bring to this role?

• Part qualified CCAB with excellent understanding of accounting for restricted income and expenditure
• Experience managing grant income from US government and US foundations
• Experience in budgeting and preparing grant proposals
• Management accounts, internal controls, and compliance experience
• Access Dimensions experience
• International NGO experience

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The young people, children and families that we support are at the heart of everything we do at Mermaids. The work that we do has significantly expanded and we now need a highly effective and experienced grants & fundraising officer to join us to build relationships with key stakeholders locally, regionally and nationally, generating income from trusts and grants.

We encourage applications from those with lived experiences (directly or indirectly) and/or close ties to the LGBTQ+ community.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop Mermaids’ grants and foundations streams

• Achieve agreed income targets through researching and identifying suitable bodies to apply to current and new trust and foundation supporters

• Plan, organise and execute own workload of fundraising approaches to a variety of regional and national trusts 

• Use a broad range of research tools to identify new potential funders, matching them strategically to the work of Mermaids

• Account manage and steward trust and foundation supporters through email, telephone, written proposals and other forms of communication with the aim of ensuring their on-going and increasing support and developing good working relationships with them 

• Collect and save key grant documentation and information in the relevant files and on Mermaid’s donor management system, Raisers Edge

• Creating and maintaining trust records using CRM

• Ensure projects are managed in accordance with grant conditions and that reports are produced in a timely manner with up to date information on Mermaids’ activities to increase donor involvement, loyalty and funding

• Monitor progress against targets in line with the fundraising strategy

• Keep accurate and accessible financial records for forecasting on an ongoing basis

• Stay up to date with external developments that may impact on your area of work

• Advise on likely fundraising or reputational risks and recommended courses of action