Finance And Hr Officer Jobs in Belfast

You will be responsible for overseeing the efficient and effective running of our three respite homes providing our wrap-round services:

• Stress busting Residential Respite Breaks, giving young carers the opportunity to make happy memories.
• Three- week SEAL education booster program including a four-day residential stay at Honeypot, to help young carers who struggle to progress in school due to poor confidence and self- belief that they can learn, to find the confidence that they can succeed in education.
• Wellbeing grants, for essential items no child should lack, such as a clean bed, or new school clothes.
• Face to face outreach including memory making days out at the beach, countryside, or fun park for young carers who never get this experience.
• Pastoral Care promoting the welfare of children and ensuring their needs are being met.
• Healthy Eating and Nutrition, for children who receive free school meals during term time but resort to sugary drinks and snacks during school holidays. Honeypot helps children to perfect a healthy signature dish and provides funds for the ingredients.
• Urgent Pastoral Care, for young carers and their families, who are struggling to cope.

As Operations Director you will be an integral part of the Senior Leadership Team with the responsibility of developing and embedding the new 3-year plan and the Charity’s values, ensuring service delivery supports the overall business strategy and plans of Honeypot, whilst meeting budget guidelines.

Please see the JD for full details.

The Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) is the national charity for people affected by cleft lip and palate in the United Kingdom.

CLAPA is looking for a Finance Officer to join our small, friendly charity to manage the organisation's day-to-day finances. This will include keeping accurate and up-to-date records of all financial activities (income, expenditure, salaries and pension contributions), overseeing stock control and stock management and assisting with the annual audit preparations.  The right candidate will also have the opportunity to expand and grow into assisting with the production of management accounts with support from the Finance and Operations Manager.

​The ideal candidate will be qualified, competent, flexible and able to work to deadlines whilst juggling multiple priorities. They will report to the Finance and Operations Manager, and will also be a key part of the wider CLAPA staff team and will work with other teams as required.

This role is home-based within the United Kingdom, with the option to work at the CLAPA Office in London (E2 9DA). A few days per year are required at the office for all-staff meetings and stock checks, with travel expenses paid.

How to Apply

Please complete the Application Form linked in the Recruitment Pack. For safeguarding reasons, we are not able to accept CVs.

Applications Close: 30th November 2023

Interviews: Week commencing 4th December 2023 (via Zoom)

Start Date: ASAP

Location: UK, Remote

Department: Business Support Team

Reports to (Line Manager): Director of Finance and Operations

Grade: UK Grade F

Contract Type: Open-Ended

For details of the job, please visit our website.

About HelpAge

HelpAge International works with partners and a diverse global network of more than 170 organisations over 90 countries, supporting millions of older people to live safe, dignified, and healthy lives. Through our partnership and collaborations, we work to ensure the inclusion of older people across society and strive to deliver a just and fair world for everyone, whatever their age.

About the Job

The Head of Finance will provide strategic leadership and oversight of HelpAge International's financial operations. This role is essential in ensuring the financial health and sustainability of HelpAge and will supervise over six Finance Business Partners dispersed in different countries globally. The position holder will be expected to have a good understanding of, and working experience with UK financial laws and policies as well managing various donors rules and regulations.

As Head of Finance, you will –

• Manage the Global Finance function (2 Senior Finance Business Partners, Senior Finance Officer, Systems & Management Accountant), to ensure a professional finance service that delivers on organisational strategy.

• Lead in the preparation of the annual income and expenditure budget, UK statutory accounts, proper accounting for VAT, annual audit.  Provide advice and guidance on donor financial reporting

• Lead on the preparation of financial management information, ensure the financial accounting system is developed and maintained to meet organisational accounting needs. 

• Produce monthly management accounts for Directors  

• Ensure adequate financial support to the localisation of countries , including overseeing the relevant financial processes and reporting.

Skills and experience required

You will be someone with:

• A fully qualified and recognised accountancy qualification e.g., ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.

• Strong hands-on accountancy experience with relevant experience working in a complex international NGO

• Experience of the production and interpretation of management accounts.

• Ability to design and implement new financial procedures.

• Proven ability to lead a diverse team of finance professionals and ability to work with senior managers on financial issues and with non finance staff.

• Knowledge and experience of the production donor reports including EC, UN, ECHO, USAID, DEC, GFFO and understanding of their compliance requirements.

Safeguarding

HelpAge International is committed to safeguarding the communities with which we work, our partners, staff and any others who we come into contact with. The post holder will also be responsible for:

· Preventing harm and abuse from our people, operations and programmes to anyone that encounters our work.

· Reporting all safeguarding incidents you see, hear, hear about or suspect, using our internal reporting mechanism.

· Complying with all safeguarding framework policies and practices.

· Completing mandatory training courses relating to our safeguarding policy framework and complying with HR vetting procedures.

SAFER RECRUITMENT

All employments at HelpAge International will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include misconduct disclosure schemes and terrorism finance checks.

We are looking for an IT & Data Security Officer with a strong IT background and the ability to engage with colleagues remotely across Oak to join our Operations team. We are a team of around a dozen specialists who work together to ensure the organisation is fully compliant with legal and UK government regulations, whilst also setting up our colleagues to do their life's best work. We do things differently at Oak and are always looking to improve our ways of working and challenge the status quo.

Oak is here to improve pupil outcomes and close the disadvantage gap by supporting teachers to teach, and pupils to access a high-quality curriculum. We work with schools, teachers and the wider education system to create and support the use of world-class digital education products built around our rigorous, high-quality curriculum.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THE ROLE EARLY IF WE RECEIVE A HIGH RESPONSE

If you have great IT and people skills and looking for an organisation with a fantastic mission, working with talented colleagues, then this might be the right opportunity for you.

Responsibilities

• Administer all aspects of day-to-day Oak IT (Google Cloud, hardware management, SaaS management).

• Introduce, optimise and retire business applications whilst maintaining excellent interoperability and service levels.

• Bring your expertise to bear across the whole of Oak, whilst playing a key role as part of the Operations team (which includes finance, human resources, business IT, information security, compliance and procurement).

• As a member of the Oak Team, contribute to the wider success and culture of the organisation.

• Support all work across the Operations team and take on other general responsibilities as required.

• Work in cross-functional and product oriented squads with colleagues from across the organisation, as required.

Knowledge, skills, and experience

• 3+ years experience of continuously improving business IT processes/systems.

• Good knowledge of collaboration and productivity tooling for a remote business including Google Workspace, Slack, Jamf, MS Office 365, end-point management systems and VPN technology.

• Experience using a zero-trust framework to secure remote teams.

• Experience of securing and/or maintaining industry cybersecurity accreditations (e.g. CE+ or ISO27001). 

• Experience of rolling out new processes to remote teams, including skills-building support, including training where appropriate.

• Experience in data protection, GDPR, and information security would be desirable.

The successful candidate will have a desire to contribute in all areas to ensure Oak is successful. You will be comfortable working at pace, with a range of digital systems (including proprietary ones as required) and you will continuously look at ways that the team can keep getting better. You will be excellent at working as part of a remote team, building relationships and managing your time effectively.

We are aiming to start interviews in early December 2023.

We are receiving some excellent applications for our roles. This may lead us to closing the role early and so if you are considering applying then please get your application in early to avoid missing out.

We are an equal opportunities employer

We are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

JOB TITLE: CEO

SALARY: £250/day

HOURS: 2 days/week (16 hours delivered flexibly across the week as needed)

CONTRACT: Freelance

REPORTING TO: Chair of the Trustee Board

LOCATION: Remote (with some travel to meetings and events in London)

DIRECT REPORTS: Outreach Programme Manager, Partnerships Programme Manager and Community Manager

JOB SUMMARY

This post offers an exceptional opportunity to develop, manage and lead Lightyear Foundation at an exciting time in our journey. Our new CEO, in conjunction with the Board of Trustees, will implement the strategic and operational direction of the charity. Key activities will include: providing leadership; managing all aspects of our programmes, staff, volunteers and fundraising; and being an effective advocate for the charity and its beneficiaries. You will manage a new core team of three (Outreach Programme Manager, Partnerships Programme Manager and Community Manager), and will be responsible for ensuring financial control and leading on good governance across all aspects of the charity.

About Lightyear Foundation

Lightyear Foundation is a small but mighty national charity committed to breaking barriers to disabled children participating in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths). Disabled children face multiple disadvantages in education, careers and life skills and are all too often excluded from STEM. We exist to ensure that no disabled child is denied the opportunity to love and learn from these subjects or to go on to contribute to society in these fields. 

We work directly with disabled children in special schools, inclusion pods and community groups, designing and delivering immersive sensory science experiences, deep learning labs and work inspiration visits to exciting STEM venues. We also work directly with STEM organisations through our SEN in STEM Network, a unique national network bringing the sector together to break down barriers to inclusion by sharing best practice and practical solutions, and through training and special projects which help STEM organisations improve access to their materials, venues, processes and activities for disabled children.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Lightyear Foundation is a small but fast-growing charity. We are now at a pivotal point in our growth and have ambitions to increase our reach and to diversify our income, enabling us to play an even more significant role in dismantling barriers to inclusion. We have been awarded a grant to secure our core team roles for three years, which has enabled us to sustainably appoint a small team for the first time. We are looking for an experienced small charity CEO to lead this new freelance team, building on the excellent work of their predecessor and the many exciting opportunities ahead of us.

Leadership

• Be the face and voice of the charity – our principal ambassador.
• Lead, support, engage and motivate all staff: we are a small team of part-time freelancers across the new core team and the wider specialist delivery team, so creating a sense of community and collaboration is fundamental to our success.
• Seek out, develop and maintain effective working relationships with all relevant organisations and individuals to promote the work of the charity and facilitate the implementation of its strategic objectives.
• Leverage networks with other charity leaders to share and gain best practices to achieve our mission.
• Be a role model for staff and partners in relation to work ethics and culture.

Strategy

• Liaise with the Board in relation to the development of the charity’s strategic vision and be responsible for leading its implementation.
• Be responsible for the development and delivery of the charity’s agreed business plans.
• Identify and assess strategic risks, issues and opportunities and take responsibility for initiating and leading associated changes.
• Seek out and implement opportunities for innovation and ensure that Lightyear Foundation remains at the forefront of positive change in increasing access to STEM.
• Establish and implement best practice for the management, development and engagement of staff and volunteers.

Operational Management

• Be responsible for the implementation of all the charity’s operational plans.
• Take executive responsibility for all functions including programmes, administration, finance, fundraising, marketing, communications and IT.
• Ensure that Lightyear Foundation’s programmes, contracts and projects are delivered to the highest standard with due regard for timescales, targets and budgets.
• Take overall responsibility for the recruitment, management and effective deployment of freelance staff, applying robust HR processes covering recruitment, performance management, appraisal and remuneration.

Finance

• Lead and direct the financial planning, forecasting, control, reporting and management of the organisation's finances and resources, to include support for, and engagement of, Trustees and sub-groups to ensure regulatory compliance and sustainable organisational growth.
• Take executive responsibility for the financial leadership of the charity, including forecasting and strategic budget leadership.
• Ensure that the charity’s financial resources are managed effectively and that Lightyear Foundation remains in good financial health, identifying risks and taking appropriate action.
• Liaise with the Board to develop and lead on the implementation of the charity’s financial plans, including setting budgets, formulating income generation strategies and overseeing all fundraising activities.
• Maintain effective financial management and control systems; ensure delivery within budgets and to performance targets and oversee production of management accounts, statutory accounts, impact reports and annual reports.

Fundraising

• Create, own and deliver Lightyear Foundation’s income generation strategy.
• Diversify income away from a reliance on grants to include greater individual, community and corporate support.
• Manage our key relationships with funders, including providing timely reports and updates.
• Proactively identify new funding opportunities, creating and submitting applications or proposals as needed.

Governance and Compliance

• Liaise with the Board to ensure that the charity’s overall governance structure, policies and procedures are appropriate and effective, taking remedial measures and implementing changes as necessary.
• Attend all Board meetings (held four times a year, usually on a Monday early evening) and prepare a written report in advance of each meeting detailing matters of interest and concern regarding the charity’s activities during the previous period.
• Ensure that the Board is made aware in a timely fashion of any matters requiring its attention.
• Develop and maintain effective operational policies and processes in all the charity’s functions. Review and update scope and content to meet legal, regulatory and best practice needs.
• Ensure that the charity complies with best practice in all areas of operation, including filing annual accounts with the Charity Commission and Companies House on time.

Health and Safety

• Oversee the safeguarding of the children with whom the charity works through rigorous DBS procedures and staff/volunteer training.
• Ensure that collection and protection of personal information complies with current Data Protection regulations.
• Ensure that all of the charity’s activities are conducted safely and that Health and Safety policies are understood and followed by everyone.
• Ensure that all major risks are identified and regularly reviewed and that systems and procedures are in place to mitigate all such risks; be responsible for the development and implementation of the charity’s Risk Register.

General Responsibilities

• Carry out any other duties as may be reasonably requested.
• Be conversant with all aspects of the operation and willing to cover and provide support across the team should the need arise.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Key Skills

• Genuine passion for Lightyear Foundation’s mission and values.
• Proven experience in leading a charity through growth, including a track record of successful fundraising and programme management.
• Strong strategic thinking and planning skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Financial acumen and budget management skills.
• Ethical and transparent leadership style.

You’ll resonate deeply with the way we understand disability and our approach to working with children and the STEM sector. You’ll be excited at the possibilities for growth that are now available to us, and you’ll have the confidence and determination to provide us with decisive leadership and drive us through a significant next step in our evolution as a charity.

Even if you don't possess all the listed experience or skills, we encourage you to apply and showcase your unique strengths and capabilities. At Lightyear Foundation we embrace diversity. We’re therefore encouraging applicants from all backgrounds and especially those from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups as well as those with lived experience of disability. 

Practicalities: Possession of a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) Check at Enhanced level will be required. The successful applicant will be asked for details of two referees. As a freelancer, you agree to take full responsibility for the payment of all income tax, assessments and National Insurance.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send us your CV and short cover letter explaining your interest in the role to Elle Wilks, Deputy CEO, by 5pm on Thursday 30th November, using the Quick Apply button. Please provide details of your notice period and/or availability to start the role if successful.

Community and Events Fundrasising Officer

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a can-do attitude to help us deliver our exciting Community and Events Fundraising programme. No previous fundraising experience is required, just an organised individual with a knack for building relationships, a passion for exceptional ‘customer service’ and a drive for uniting communities and raising money for charitable causes.

You’ll work within the charity’s passionate Fundraising and Engagement Team to raise funds to support children and families affected by the childhood cancer neuroblastoma and our vision, for a future where no child dies of neuroblastoma or suffers due to the treatment they receive.

This extremely rewarding role would suit anyone looking to take their first step in their fundraising, marketing or charity career. Don’t think your experience directly aligns? Don’t worry; we’re interested in transferable skills and attitude, so consider and show us how these apply to this role.

Summary of role responsibilities

• To help deliver the charity’s Community and Events Fundraising Programme, including special events, community fundraising, challenge events, individual giving, and fundraising appeals.
• To ensure excellent supporter and donor care and build long-term valued relationships to optimise income generation.

This is a fixed-term role offered on a one-year contract. We are looking for the successful candidate to ideally start in January 2024, but there is flexibility with this.

For more detailed information about the role, charity and team, take a look at the Recruitment Pack.

Recruitment timetable

We aim to follow the schedule outlined below:

Applications opens: 22 November 2023

Applications closes: 10 December 2023, 11:59pm

Shortlisting: 11 December 2023

Interviews: 15 December 2023 (in person in London)

If there are any adjustments that would help you engage with the recruitment process, please let us know.

​We actively encourage applications from those with lived experience of neuroblastoma and/or other childhood cancers. As an equal opportunity employer, we also welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

As a safeguarding charity whose work and practice are underpinned by safeguarding principles to protect children and young people and enhance their welfare, we always work in accordance with legislation, statutory guidance, and best safeguarding practices. All our roles require a basic criminal record check.

We’re really proud of the impact we’ve already had on behalf of people affected by blood cancer, and our fundraising strategy seeks to grow our income to help us achieving our mission of beating blood cancer within a generation. The Regional Relationship Team plays a pivotal role in this income growth and the Lead Regional Relationship Manager will be responsible for significantly growing income across their region.

You will be responsible for maintaining relationships with our current network of regional fundraising volunteers as well growing our volunteer and community group network alongside the line management of a Regional Relationship Manager who will be responsible for their own region.

This is a homebased role and you will be expected to travel across your region, therefore you must be able to drive and have access to a vehicle insured for business use.

About us:

In2scienceUK’s aim is to promote social mobility and diversity in science, technology, engineering and maths. We do this by leveraging the skills and passion of researchers and STEM professionals to support young people from low socio-economic backgrounds to achieve their potential and progress careers in STEM. 

We are in a pivotal moment of our development. With a new CEO joining in 2021, six new Trustees on our Board and a new five-year strategy launching in 2022, we are set to grow in size and profile. The team is dedicated, passionate and enthusiastic about empowering young people.

What we are looking for: 

In2scienceUk are looking for an Operations Assistant with a background in finance and administration to support our Operations Manager due to our continued growth.

The Operations Assistant will support In2scienceUK by ensuring the smooth running of financial and operational procedures and assist in implementing new policies as the organisation continues to adapt and innovate to meet the demands of our team.

You will be someone who thrives on being highly organised with strong attention to detail. You will also have excellent interpersonal skills to liaise with staff across the organisation as well as external stakeholders and suppliers.

You will be confident in providing communication of new processes clearly and effectively to all staff and ensuring that adherence is maintained with the support of the Operations Manager.

As the Operations Assistant you must be comfortable working independently in a remote environment with experience of working to deadlines and organisational objectives.

We want to hear from people who can passionately represent the interests of the diverse young people that we serve. We are not asking for particular qualifications. We don’t care what school you went to or what your parents do for work. We care about your character, your skills and potential. If you can see yourself making an impact in our organisation, we want to hear from you. 

Duties and responsibilities:

As Operations Assistant you will work closely with the Operations Manager to ensure the continued effective administration and operations of a fast paced charity. You will play a key part in the growth and development of the organisation assisting in the effective roll out of new procedures and processes by offering support and ensuring compliance. 

Your specific duties will include: 

Finance

• Basic bookkeeping, e.g. monthly reconciliation, tracking receipts and expenses, recording invoices.

• Creating invoices for funders and ensuring funds are paid in a timely manner.

• Assisting in creating reports for cross departmental budgets, external audits and Trustee Board review

• Support the payroll process

• Updating Xero and submitting accurate information liaising with suppliers, funders and external bookkeepers.

HR

• Assist in coordinating the recruitment process in line with the organisation's commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.

• Assist in coordinating the onboarding process of new employees, e.g. carry out DBS checks, setup of work from home provisions and coordinating access to charity software such as Google Workspace and Breathe HR.

• Maintaining staff records and ensuring that all training is up to date and recorded.

• Supporting the Operations Manager in updating operational documentation, e.g. staff handbook and company policies.

Operations

• Assisting the Operations Manager with implementing new processes and ways of working to streamline operations.

• Provide day to day support for all departments through managing shared accounts and be point of contact for enquiries.

• Track office equipment across the organisation and maintain an up to date asset register.

• Obtain quotes from suppliers for equipment and services. Working with the Operations Manager to negotiate the best deals for the organisation.

• Assist in scheduling and organising the logistics of team co-working days, virtual meetings and Trustee Board meetings.

• Provide support to ensure that all organisational compliance documents are kept up to date, including creating and managing an organisational calendar for renewals and reviews.

• Provide support for the organisations IT functions, including acting as a point of contact for hardware support and triaging issues to external IT support services. 

As duties and responsibilities change, the job description will be reviewed and amended in consultation with the post holder. The postholder will carry out any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job as requested by the line manager.

Person specification:

Essential:

• Experience of working in a similar role, ideally in a remote working environment.

• Experience of financial accounting incl. reconciliation, processing payments, invoices and expenses.

• Experience of file and record management

• Excellent organisational, time management skills and the ability to adapt and prioritise to changing work loads.

• A team player with a desire to support across the organisation and the ability to work flexibly and efficiently.

• Committed to safeguarding our young people.

Desirable:

• Experience of implementing new systems and processes to improve administration and operations.

• Experience with HR processes including recruitment and onboarding.

• Awareness of best data protection practices and GDPR compliance.

• Excellent IT skills- preferably with prior experience of using the following tools: Google Workspace, Xero, Breathe HR

• Experience of working in a rapidly growing charity

• Experience of building relationships with external suppliers and partners

• Knowledge of legislation around employment, equality and diversity, data protection.

Benefits:

At In2scienceUK we practise what we preach by giving all staff opportunities to progress in their careers. You will have the opportunity to develop your own bespoke training and career development plan with guidance from your line manager to get you to the next level from day one. 

Although we take our career development seriously we also value work life balance. You will have the opportunity to work flexibly from home, balancing your caring responsibilities, volunteer commitments, hobbies and anything else that makes you happy. 

You will have 28 days of annual leave per annum, plus bank holidays. 

Commitment to Safeguarding

In2scienceUK is committed to our responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults as outlined in Working Together to Safeguard Children. We are committed to recruiting candidates who share this commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment. 

The following pre-employment checks will be undertaken as applicable: 

• References

• DBS check and/or Overseas criminal records check where applicable

• Self-Disclosure

• Identity check 

• Right to work in the UK

• Evidence of qualifications applicable to the role 

• Confirmation of registration with applicable registered body where applicable

Many of our roles involve working with children and we will therefore take up references prior to your appointment. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years. Your current or previous employer will be asked about disciplinary offences relating to children, if the role involved working with children, including any in which the penalty is time expired. We will also ask if you have been the subject of any child protection concerns and if so, the outcome of any enquiry or disciplinary procedure. 

Application procedure:

Please apply to the role through the Charity Jobs platform demonstrating how you meet the competencies outlined above including a CV and cover letter.

Applications close on 8th December 2023. Interviews will be held online on 14th December 2023

The role will be focused on leading the organisation's fundraising team in order to achieve income generation targets to match the service delivery aspirations of the organisation.

This post holder will be a fundraising professional with integrity, passion, motivation and ingenuity. The postholder will be innovative and creative in their approach in an organisation that welcomes opportunities to do things a little differently.

The key focus of the post will be:

• Maintaining and expanding the current income generation of AWARE
• Developing our fundraising offer through diversifying our fundraising plans whilst focusing on those which are effective
• Supporting the strategic development of the organisation
• Responsibility for the development, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of the organisation's fundraising strategy

Closing date: 12 noon on Thursday 7th December 

Interview dates: Interviews will take place on 15th, 18th & 19th December

Please read the Job Information Pack thoroughly and then complete the Application Form for this role, ensuring you have included contact details, as well as any dates when you will not be available or might have difficulty with the recruitment timetable.

You are an experienced peacebuilder and manager of people and programmes, and have worked previously in Sudan.  You have proven ability in designing and adapting programmes, keeping them relevant and accountable in complex local contexts, ideally in Darfur.   

Concordis has worked in Sudan and South Sudan since we were formed as an organisation in 2004.  The devastation caused by the current war is heart-breaking, but it also reminds us of the vital importance of peacebuilding.   

Concordis continues to implement directly in South Darfur, with a team of eight national staff who remain in Darfur and three more working from outside the country.  The team consulted over 3,500 people before the war began and identified a network of 103 local peacebuilders across South Darfur.  We work alongside national partner Malam Darfur Peace and Development, and support local peacebuilders where conflict is fought and felt.  You’ll take on leadership of the team 18 months into the current EU grant.   

You also have a track record of engaging effectively and proactively with international donors, sharing analysis, communicating the vision and winning funds. You’ll use those skills as you adapt the current programme to meet entry points for peacebuilding, as you work with the team and local partners in designing the next steps, and as you work collaboratively with donors in keeping them on board.   

Despite the evident challenges, we see opportunities and an urgent need to support local peacebuilders in managing South Darfur’s myriad local conflicts, to prevent them escalating or from becoming instrumentalised in the war.  There are also emerging opportunities to expand on this programme elsewhere in Darfur, and with Darfuri herders displaced into South Sudan and beyond.

This will require visionary leadership and the skill and drive to navigate a way forward in the coming months and years.   Concordis’ peacebuilding programme in South Darfur is primarily about promoting peaceful coexistence amongst and between pastoralist groups and the settled population.  This mirrors our existing work over the border in Central African Republic, where we engage with some of the same pastoralists during the dry season, and complements our ongoing work along the border of Sudan and South Sudan, including in Abyei.

This work can demand a lot from all of us, and we have high expectations for the person in this post, but they’ll be part of a supportive team, leading an exciting programme, helping to make a measurable change for peace.

Please take care to complete the application form in full, as we’ll assess whether you meet the person specification based solely on the answers given in the application form.