We’re looking for a Director of Operations to ensure the smooth running of People & Planet, and create a working environment in which job satisfaction and personal development thrive.

Our ideal candidate will be experienced in management, human resources, charity governance, operations, logistics and finance. We encourage candidates who haven't had any direct experience in an area to highlight the relevant transferable skills that they have.

A full description of the role, and a person specification, can be found in the Job Description (on our website or as a download below).

Please visit our website to find out how to apply and to download an application form.

Post title: Operations & Facilities Manager

Salary: £32,000 - £36,000 (pro rata if part time)

Hours: available full time (35 hours per week) or part time (21 hours per week) depending on the preference of the candidate – the role will be modified accordingly

The role:

High Trees Community Development Trust is a community anchor charity based in Tulse Hill in Lambeth. We deliver a range of services focused in 4 key areas – Community Action, Children, Young People and Family Services, Community Education and Training and Employment and Careers. All our work is focused on improving the social and economic welfare of the local community.

Our Operations & Facilities Manager plays an integral role in ensuring the smooth running of our buildings and the organisation’s back office functions, enabling us to deliver high-quality services to the communities in which we work. Our Operations & Facilities Manager is supported by a dedicated team, making sure the day-to-day running of our four busy community buildings and offices are taken care of and compliant with all current legislation. Equal focus to continual organisation improvement and efficiencies is essential, ensuring our policies and procedures are examples of best practice and implemented across the organisation, whilst also devising and implementing plans to ensure the revenue growth through venue hire and strong CSR partnerships.

You will manage a small team of 2 - 4 staff, taking the lead within the organisation on facilities management, matters of organisational/operational policy and income generation related to venue hire and meaningful CSR engagement.

This role will give an excellent oversight of how charities, and organisations, operate and what is needed to allow them to function – it combines managing community facilities, staff management, embedding policies and procedures with income generation and growing the CSR activity of the charity. As part of the management team, you will be expected to contribute to the strategic growth and oversight of the organisation and help us implement best practice across the organisation.

About you:

High Trees needs a highly skilled, passionate, proactive and dynamic Operations & Facilities Manager who will be capable of balancing the fast-paced operational requirements with a strategic approach to ensuring the organisation and the service teams have all they need to operate effectively.

To join us as an Operations & Facilities Manager, you will need to be an extremely well-organised and gifted administrator who can lead on compliance, facilities/operational budget management and reviewing and updating operational policies. Overseeing the health and safety of the organisation, you will ensure all health and safety procedures are in place and being adhered to.

This is a varied and fast-paced role which lies at the heart of the work High Trees does and allows the organisation to function at its best.

Further details can be found in the Job Profile, which can be downloaded by selecting the apply button shown.

How to apply:

Please select the button shown to send a CV, covering letter (no more than 2 pages), the applicant monitoring form and an additional information form.

All applications must be received by 11:30pm on Monday 13th January 2020.

Other organisations may call this role Facilities Manager, Operations Manager, Site Facilities Manager, Site Operations Manager, Community Facilities Manager, or Building & Facilities Manager.

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We are looking for a talented finance professional to take on this exciting and varied role as a Finance Officer at the UK’s leading blood cancer charity.

You will take on a variety of accounting tasks across income and expenditure and be the first point of contact for finance operations. We’re looking for an enthusiastic and pro-active individual who is keen to develop and progress their career in finance.

Reporting to the Financial Accounting & Systems Manager, the Finance Officer provides financial operational support to colleagues across Bloodwise. As a part of a team of two Finance Officers you are responsible for carrying out an interesting and diverse range of accounting tasks: The two Finance Officers are jointly responsible to cover accounting and processing tasks across income and expenditure (including payment runs), as well as bank and balance sheet reconciliations for review.

For many people you will be the first point of contact for finance operational needs and the role therefore requires a proactive and courteous approach to supporting the organisation’s financial needs. Relationship building and an analytical approach to problem solving will be essential to a successful Finance Officer at Bloodwise.

Over the next year we are also reviewing the use of our finance systems and you will have the opportunity to play a key role on process and system improvement projects. 

If this sounds like you send us your current cv and cover letter outlining your experience and what you can bring to this role by: 9am on Monday 13 January 2020

Please note: Applications will be reviewed on receipt and for this reason we may bring forward the closing date at our discretion

Operations Director
 

Salary: £71,050

We aim to make people’s lives better. Do you?

Framework is a registered charity delivering housing, support, health and employment services to people with a diverse range of needs. We assist rough sleepers and those who need help to keep their home. We support excluded youngsters as they make their way into adulthood and those starting or returning to work.  We provide access to treatment for people with mental health issues, those misusing alcohol or illegal substances, and join up services for homeless people with multiple and complex needs. 

Through approximately 70 services across the East Midlands, Framework is both a safety net and a platform for change. Each year more than eighteen thousand people approach us for help.  Responding to their needs, respecting their choices and empowering them to achieve, we aim to make life better for our service users and those around them.

We are seeking an additional member of our Senior Leadership Team to further enhance and expand this work.  Reporting to the Chief Executive, our new Operations Director will lead the delivery of our front-line services.  The transformation of these to meet the changing needs of staff and service users is a key part of our future strategy.

If you have the attributes to meet this challenge we would love to hear from you. This is an opportunity to join an organisation driven by values that takes responsible risks to tackle poverty, injustice and exclusion. We would support your professional development, involve you in our biggest decisions and give you the autonomy to make a real difference to the lives of others.

Experience of leadership in the housing, health, employment and/ or care sectors would be an advantage.  Of greater significance is the blend of commitment, resilience and leadership skills that we are seeking.  Above all, we need someone whose concern for those we exist to serve will drive innovation and change in their best interests.

For further information about Framework and the Operations Director post, please email recruitment team to request an application pack.

Should you have any questions in regard to the position please contact Tracy Lowe Sheppard, HR Transactional Manager
 

The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 29th December 2019.  Shortlisting will take place on Friday 3rd January 2020 and Interviews will be held on the Wednesday 8th January 2020.

What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.

Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.

97% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.

Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.

As a Disability Confident Leader we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application

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Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: Newcastle

As Operations Manager for the North East, you will join three experienced managers to help deliver our ambitious plans to provide the very best support to the young people of the North East. You will be responsible for the line management of a team of executives who engage directly with our young people, partners and volunteer colleagues.

As we embark on our new strategy we have an ambition to become the very best organisation within the sector. You will be required to continually innovate, review and adapt our operations to ensure we deliver the very best for young people across the North East. You will effectively manage those areas of operations assigned to you and support and develop our operations executives to do their best work.  

You will collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders and ensure that our delivery commitments are achieved in our effort to reach more young people through the highest possible quality provision that delivers impact.

You will be responsible for the accurate planning, phasing and resourcing or our regional activity. You will effectively manage assigned budgets and support contract delivery as well as supporting fundraising colleagues with various reports, visits and events.

We are particularly interested in applicants with experience of supporting young entrepreneurs and business start-ups.

To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

About The Prince's Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince's Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince's Trust Behavioural Framework.

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Operations and Governance Manager - Full Time - 2 years fixed term contract initially

Location - Central London, with some travel within the UK and potential for international travel. Flexible working available

Salary - £35,000 - £38,000 + Benefits

Reporting to Chief Executive

Overall purpose of job

To support the Chief Executive and team in delivering the strategic objectives of the Society.

The Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM) is one of the world's leading microbiology societies. It is recognised internationally for the support it provides the microbiological community, the scientific integrity and quality of its academic journals and its accurate and evidence-based communications.

Key responsibilities:

The Operations and Governance Manager will provide key support to the Chief Executive (CE) and Executive Committee (EC) of trustees to achieve the strategic objectives set out in the Society’s strategic plan through the following but not limited to:

Governance

• Management of all governance tasks, such as the filing of the annual return and accounts and updating Directors/Trustees registration with the Charities Commission and Companies House
• Contribution to, and collation of, all high-level papers and briefing documents for EC and all subcommittee meetings
• Minute-taking at all EC and subcommittee meetings 
• Co-ordination of the writing and delivery of the Annual Report and Accounts

Operations

• Management of liaison with Biochemical Society and/or LABS regarding operational premises-related issues
• Assistance to EC with any necessary travel/accommodation requirements
• Management of incoming and outgoing mail • Maintenance of CE’s contacts database
• Maintenance of the society’s asset registers
• Management of external contracts ensuring they deliver optimum value for the Society
• Full briefing of CE in preparation for internal and external meetings
• Collation and preparation of presentations for CE
• Organisation, planning and preparation of internal and external meetings and activities as directed by CE

Compliance

• Leading on the provision of information on matters relating to GDPR, Data Protection and compliance issues
• Ensuring the organisation complies with all relevant legislative requirements and best practice standards
• Undertaking the role of Health and Safety Officer; ensure that essential policies are in place and that the policy and staff training are kept up to date

Person specification

You will be able to demonstrate proficiency in the following:

Essential

• Graduate qualification
• At least 3 years’ relevant experience of working in operations management and/or charity governance
• Knowledge and/or understanding of wider charity governance issues such as information governance and risk management
• Working knowledge of governance issues affecting charities
• Practical knowledge of data protection related legislation and compliance best practice
• Highly developed interpersonal skills with diplomacy and the ability to influence: credible and able to deal comfortably with key individuals at all levels
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong organisational skills and meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent administration skills including proven ability to take accurate and informative meeting minutes
• Ability to work autonomously for significant time periods
• A proactive work style with demonstrable ability to use own initiative
• Ability to time-manage effectively and to prioritise work, working well under pressure
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications
• Ability to build sound and diplomatic working relationships with others and in particular the ability to liaise with a wide variety of stakeholders
• Experience of health and safety management

Desirable

• Interest and/or knowledge relevant to microbiology
• Working knowledge of the function of learned societies and/or professional membership organisations

We are committed to drawing on a wide range of knowledge and experience and strive to maintain diversity in all areas of our work (BAME, career level, disabilities, gender). For more information on the Society’s commitment to diversity and inclusion please see our position statement.

Personal responsibilities:

You will ensure:

• That you present a professional image at all times, both in the office and to members and external suppliers and act as an ambassador for the Society
• That you understand the consequences of your actions for the Society and actively share responsibility with the Chief Executive, Trustees, Managers and office team for the success of the Society’s work
• That you treat all colleagues fairly, working according to the principles of equal opportunity as outlined the Staff Handbook
• That you are willing to work in excess of usual working hours when the balance of the Society’s work or allocated responsibilities requires this. We do not expect excessive working hours, rather we require flexibility when there is a clear benefit to the Society
• That you are aware of basic employment and health and safety law
• That you are compliant with all legal requirements relevant to your role

Team participation responsibilities:

To ensure the following:

• That you understand the Team Objectives and your own Personal Objectives;
  • Can explain the expectations of your role and the measures of success
  • Attend one-to-ones on a regular basis to ensure your individual objectives are clear and up to-date
  • Help and support new staff into their new role as appropriate
• That you take ownership of work and contribute to making decisions
• That you are a team player by supporting your colleagues as appropriate
• That you seek to continuously improve performance by learning and developing new skills and keeping up to date with latest developments in the sector
• That you undergo appropriate levels of coaching, development and support when needed; helping to identify your own:
  • Development needs
  • Development activity
  • Expectations as a result of the development activity
  • Actions to support the development activity
  • Performance against business objectives as a result of the development activity  

For more information, please visit our website.

Please send a CV and covering letter by email via the button below.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Closing date: 17th January 2020.

The Society takes the security of your data seriously. It has internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused or disclosed, and is not accessed except by our employees in the proper performance of their duties.

Please note that due to limited resources it is not possible for the Society to acknowledge receipt of applications. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. 

“We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United Kingdom. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.”

30 Hours per week

The Operation Manager will lead, direct and manage service and business operations across the organisation. The post holder will work with external partners and linked providers and be responsible for all aspects of service operations ensuring delivery of services in line with contract and funder requirements achieving high quality and positive outcomes for service users.

This is a senior role within the charity. The post holder will have wide ranging responsibilities for the performance and development of internal services and operations. The post offers significant opportunities for innovation, development and growth of existing services, working closely with counterpart roles in other organisations, and contributing to joint development and working groups locally and regionally. The post holder will also work with the Director of Operations (DOS), as part of a Management Team, to implement the strategic plans and overall management of services, ensuring the successful strategic development of the organisation, including business planning, internal policies, procedures and quality standards, cross-departmental working and external relations. The Operations Manager will be required to represent the organisation at a senior level both internally and externally.

The post holder will require business and financial acumen to ensure that current and future operations continue on a sustainable and viable basis and can evidence positive outcomes and value in the market we are operating in.

For more Infomation on the Job Description, please do click on Additional Documents below.

PHG Foundation is looking for an experienced manager to lead and operate our corporate services including finance, facilities, HR and governance. We are a well-respected policy think tank, advocating for and providing leadership on the translation of modern and emerging biomedical technologies to improve healthcare. 

You will be educated to degree-level with relevant continuing professional development and have a good record of successfully managing people and corporate services. You will be able to demonstrate strong financial literacy, excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a very professional team. A clear thinker, planner and practical problem solver, you will be pro-active, adaptable and resilient. Knowledge of the company secretary role and/or charity governance requirements would be highly desirable.

The Foundation is a linked exempt charity of the University of Cambridge

The deadline for applications is 3 January 2020

Interviews will be held in Cambridge on 15 January 2020.

Head of Finance for a leading arts organisation in London

Client Details

Head of Finance role for an internationally recognised arts organisation. The organisation holds exhibitions and events that are widely acclaimed within the sector. Having gone through a number of years of growth, the organisation is in a strong place and is looking to bring someone in to manage and develop a high performing team and take ownership for the organisation's financial management.

Description

• Manage a finance team of 3

• Overall day to day financial management for the organisation

• Working across the organisation with senior stakeholders to provide excellent financial information delivery

• Budgeting and forecasting

• Production of year-end financial statements with the Senior Financial Accountant

Profile

You will be a CCAB qualified accountant that has experience of managing a team and working directly with senior stakeholders. This role will include knowledge of charity SORP accounting and practical experience of the preparation of statutory and management reporting to a high level is essential. An understanding of how to interrogate systems to develop and build strong reporting would be highly beneficial.

Job Offer

up to £70,000

Pension

Good holiday and benefits, including flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: Edinburgh

As Operations Manager for Edinburgh, you will help deliver our ambitious plans to provide the very best support to the young people in Central and South East Scotland. You will be responsible for the line management of a team of executives who engage directly with our young people, partners and volunteer colleagues.  

As we embark on our new strategy we have an ambition to become the very best organisation within the sector. You will be required to continually innovate, review and adapt our operations to ensure we deliver the very best for young people across Central and South East Scotland. You will effectively manage those areas of operations assigned to you and support and develop our operations executives to do their best work.  

You will collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders and ensure that our delivery commitments are achieved in our effort to reach more young people through the highest possible quality provision that delivers impact.

You will be responsible for the accurate planning, phasing and resourcing or our regional activity. You will effectively manage assigned budgets and support contract delivery as well as supporting fundraising colleagues with various reports, visits and events.

We are particularly interested in applicants with experience of supporting young entrepreneurs and business start-ups.

To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

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Reporting to Southern Brooks Chief Executive and member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) the post-holder will work to develop and manage the Company’s accounting systems and procedures, ensuring the efficient and effective operation of all financial matters.
The postholder will also provide line management to the Finance Administrator. The role will require someone who is willing to work flexibly and independently, with minimal Supervision.
The ideal person must be adaptable and comfortable working within a rapidly changing environment. Aspects of this role will require a high level of confidentiality and the ability to act accordingly.
Main duties and responsibilities
• Support the CEO, Senior Management Team and Board in business planning, strategic and organisational development, to deliver a sustainable future for the organisation.
• Work with the Treasurer and Finance Committee to develop strategies, processes and procedures to improve operations and ensure compliance with legislation and best practice.
• Undertake analysis of the Company’s financial performance and provide regular, up to date financial information to the CEO, Treasurer, Finance Committee and Board of Directors.
o Attend and provide written and verbal reports as required to the Board, Finance Committee and quarterly review meetings.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation; HMRC tax returns, corporation tax, Charity Commission, PAYE.
• Contribute to the senior management team as an active member.
Key tasks (Management Accounts)
• Prepare financial statements including quarterly Management Accounts (profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow forecast) and provide commentary for management and board.
• Compare and assess actual performance against forecast performance.
• Assist with the Audit of annual and long-term organisational forecasts to support strategic plans and work programmes.
•Produce annual accounts in line with all SORP and statutory requirements and work with the CEO and Chair of Trustees to produce the annual report.
• Provide the Auditors with all relevant information.

Key tasks (Financial Management)
• Manage Partners Funding.
• Manage day to day financial operations including bank payments and reconciliations, invoicing, submissions and exemption calculations and petty cash.
• Assist managers, project leads and budget holders to develop and monitor fully costed project proposals and budgets, using full cost recovery methodology.
o Use appropriate cost drivers to ensure the correct apportionment of overheads and direct costs.
• Assist in assessing income generation activities and funding applications.
• Record, analyse and collate financial information to ensure funders’ monitoring and claiming requirements are met.
• Maintain the Company’s financial risk register in consultation with the Director.
• Prepare and process monthly payroll, including pensions.
o Ensure correct returns to HM Revenue & Customs and pension providers.
• Line manage designated staff.

The London Community Foundation (LCF) is dedicated to improving the lives of London's most disadvantaged. Child poverty, unemployment, isolation, homelessness, domestic violence and gang crime are just some of the issues being tackled through grant making. To date they have raised over £100m for community-based organisations, deploying more than £80m in grants and building up an endowment of £20m.

The Director of Finance and Operations is a key leadership role within The London Community Foundation, and includes Company Secretary responsibility for the charity. As a senior professional, this post is also expected to bring sound knowledge of general business operations, HR and employee management.

As Director of Finance and Operations you will report to the Board on the Finance and Operations function. You will deliver first-class financial management of donor advised fund investment management and ensure effective controls and compliance on fund deployment and donor reporting. You will also take the lead on developing new systems and processes. Your project management skills and experience of managing outsourced providers will support the organisation in preparing and executing change programmes including leading on LCF's digital development across functions

The Person

A CCAB recognised accountant committed to first-class financial leadership, you have a thorough understanding and experience of financial management within a complex financial environment, including charitable sector experience. You're commercially astute with a desire to drive LCF's impact through the success of our Finance and Operations You will thrive operating within the strategic and operational challenges of a leading small organisation with diverse revenue streams and operations.

Critically you bring significant experience of building and managing financial procedures; supply chain management, project management skills and digital expertise to lead LCF's digital transformation project, engaging both internal and external stakeholders.

With previous SMT experience (or Middle Management within a large, complex organisation), you are experienced in contributing to strategy development, collective accountability and driving organisational culture.

Focused on driving improvement through your direct team and the wider organisation, your people skills help inspire and drive performance and you ensure financial management is transparent and accessible to non-financial teams.

You are resilient and comfortable in managing complexity and experienced in supporting teams through periods of change. Like us, you will be ambitious for London and its communities.

As Building Manager, you’ll be looking after an utterly unique space in the heart of London. You’ll need a passion for caring for beautiful spaces, an eye for detail, an ability to research and come up with creative solutions, a high level of independence, and strong experience of building management. 

You’ll be joining a dynamic, values-driven team. You will bring both practicality and a love for beauty to the role, as well as an ability to create an environment that is welcoming to people of all faiths, and none..

Diversity is important to us, and we especially welcome applications from from people with a diversity of faiths and from BAME communities.

This is a part-time role (2.5 days a week, ideally split over 5 mornings, timing negotiable).

Salary: £34k pro rata.

Deadline:  5pm 28th December.  Interviews in early January. 

To apply, please send a covering letter, saying what you will bring to the role, and your CV. 

St Ethelburga’s Centre:

About our work: St Ethelburga’s is a thriving voluntary organisation running programmes that inspire people to work across faiths and cultures, becoming peace-makers in their own contexts and lives. We address three core needs of our times:

• community polarisation 
• refugee integration
• climate breakdown

About the space: St Ethelburga’s is an oasis of peace hidden amongst the glass skyscrapers and economically-driven activity of the City. In 1993, an IRA bomb detonated on Bishopsgate, almost completely destroying the church of St Ethelburga’s. But vision and creativity ensured that it was rebuilt and ten years later it opened its doors with a new purpose – as a Centre for Reconciliation and Peace. In the secret courtyard garden can be found the extraordinary Bedouin tent, built as a peaceful response to 9/11. The tent is welcoming to all, bringing Eastern and Western architecture alongside one-another. It is a space where differing perspectives can be explored and groups of all faiths and none are welcomed.

Our work emerges from the unique history of the space. For many, St Ethelburga’s is an iconic symbol of the opportunities for growth and evolution that are hidden within crisis and conflict, where diverse narratives and belief systems fruitfully co-exist.

Duties will include:

One-off projects:

• Manage, supervise and coordinate the work of contractors for complex renovation projects and building improvements

Day-to-day:

• Manage planned maintenance to keep a high level of upkeep, décor and cleanliness throughout the building and garden (including calculating and comparing costs, supervising works, and following up on any deficiencies)
• Deal promptly with maintenance issues and any building related urgencies as they arise
• Monitor spending and manage the building budget
• Manage relationship with neighbouring corporate contractors
• Manage equipment, storage (tech equipment, furniture etc)

Health and safety:

• Health and Safety  -  keep policies up to date, keep procedures current and relevant, report to the board
• Lead or coordinate team trainings and updates to reinforce staff practices
• Undertake fire alarm tests, organise team practice evacuations
• Improve energy efficiency where possible and work towards silver eco-church status

Security:

• Coordinate building security
• Respond to occasional out-of-hours emergencies

Team involvement:

• Be the first point of contact for the team for any building related issues
• Attend a monthly team meeting
• Coordinate volunteers where needed

Possibilities for the role

There’s scope for the role to evolve around the interests of the successful applicant, and some possibilities include: 

• Fundraising – preparing funding applications for discrete building improvements and projects
• Design and decoration projects
• Developing a team of practical building-care volunteers
• Leading history and story-telling projects

Meetings and supervision

1. Your line manager will be the COO
2. You’ll work closely with the office manager and venue hire manager on day-to-day issues
3. A member of the board of trustees will be responsible for overseeing H&S

The Royal Foundation is the primary philanthropic and charitable vehicle for The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Our programmes currently revolve around five main themes of work; mental health, early years, wildlife conservation, young people and the armed forces community.

We are currently seeking a values-driven Director of Finance and Operations to work with our Executive, Board and Principals to deliver our ambitious strategy and our vision to make a real and lasting impact in our priority areas. The successful candidate will be instrumental in helping to shape the next chapter of our organisation as we move into our second decade. You will have a broad remit covering finance, governance and operations while supporting not just the Royal Foundation but also the exciting and innovative programmes we incubate. This role will need someone with excellent people skills as they inspire their team, support the wider organisation and build strong relationships across a diverse stakeholder map.

The Royal Foundation wishes to encourage applications from experienced professionals who will bring skills and expertise and passion for the causes we work on. Reporting to the Chief Executive and as an integral member of the Foundation’s Senior Management Team, you will advise on all aspects of strategy and operations with a particular responsibility for providing incisive business intelligence, strong financial and management accounting and robust governance. You will partner with the CEO to lead the organisation through an ambitious phase in its programme development, providing appropriate and constructive challenge on financial assumptions and asks. The Director will be a key advisor to our Board of Trustees, assisting them in their work to guide the Foundation to success.

To apply and download the appointment details, please click Apply now and quote reference 4467. The closing date for applications is Thursday 16th January 2020 at 9am GMT.

The role will be based in London and the salary is commensurate with the seniority of the appointment.

The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees. We are happy to talk about flexible working and we promote a workplace where you can be your authentic self and achieve success based only on your merit.

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