Summary of Role

This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your finance skills to this vibrant and growing heritage charity. The Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust is a separate entity to the SVR Holdings Company who operate and run this much loved attraction.  The Trust’s focus is to help secure the future of the Severn Valley Railway through donations, grants and sponsorship.  The position of Finance Manager will be an integral part of the team and responsible for the efficient co-ordination and maintenance of the charity's accounts, ensuring the smooth operation and financial compliance of the Trust.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the finance function of the organisation and will work closely with the Trust’s Director of Development and Fundraising Co-ordinator.  There is a part-time finance administrator to support with processing.
 

You will be solely responsible for maintaining the Trust’s financial records including: processing transactions; preparing and maintaining the Trust’s nominal accounts; monitoring bank accounts; contributing to funding applications and financial reporting.

 
The charity is VAT registered, so an understanding of VAT as well as Gift Aid issues, or a willingness to learn, will be essential.  You will have excellent attention to detail and be able to communicate well both within the organisation and externally. You will be an integral part of the team and will need to be able to clearly explain financial requirements to colleagues without a financial background. You will ideally have experience of Xero accounting system and Access CRM packages.

Main Responsibilities

• To lead the finance activity within the Trust, managing all accounting and finance activities, and ensuring ongoing financial viability.
• Assist in preparing annual budgets.
• Provide monthly financial information to the Director of Development and Trustees.
• Production of monthly management accounts and end-of-year reports.
• Prepare and monitor monthly cash flows for the Trust and projects managed by the Trust.
• Working with an external chartered accountant to ensure the timely production of statutory accounts.
• Management of bank balances and credit card facilities.
• Monitoring Charity Commission, Companies House and HMRC records and submissions.
• Prepare and submit quarterly VAT returns.
• Ensuring financial compliance of the Trust including operating within VAT limits.
• Maintain the fixed assets register, including recording acquisitions and disposals, and process annual depreciation charges.
• Monitor monthly processes including AR & AP (accounts receivable & payable) and payroll.
• Produce ad-hoc reports as required.
• Providing financial information for grant and other funding applications.
• Contributing to the financial reporting and claiming to external funding agencies.

• Create and maintain financial procedures manual.
• Any other duties commensurate with the grade and responsibilities of this post.

Person specification

Experience

• You will be a qualified accountant or working to qualifications, with a mixture of financial and management accounting experience at a senior level, with significant experience in the main duties as outlined above.
• Good understanding of the charity SORP, VAT, taxation and company legislation.

Skills and abilities

• Strong organisation and time management skills. Able to plan / prioritise own work and meet agreed deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and methodical approach to tasks.
• Competent use of MS Outlook, Excel, Word and the Internet.
• Strong numerical / budgeting skills.
• Strong data processing skills.

Attitude and Personal Qualities

• Motivated, reliable and professional.
• Flexible, able and willing to respond to changing priorities.
• Strong team player with collaborative working style, who enjoys individual and team working.
• Willing to participate in all activities relevant to the role.
• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends.
• Commitment to the principles of Equality and Diversity.

Overview

The Active Wellbeing Society (TAWS) is a community benefit society and cooperative working to develop healthy, happy communities living active and connected lives.

Our vision is for a society where people have the autonomy, capacity, resources and skills to become the architects of their own destiny; where our individual wellbeing is recognised as being bound up in our collective responsibility to and dependency on each other; and where all of us feel empowered as agents of social change to make a difference – whether at an individual level or more widely.

By working collaboratively with communities we aim to bring about sustainable change on an social, environmental and economic level; to do the social knitting required to create stronger and more resilient communities and to support communities to identify, mitigate and remove the barriers that prevent them from living active and connected lives.

This role will support the Director of Knowledge and Insight (DKI) to make business-critical decisions and manage and develop staff to ensure that the day-to-day business in this directorate runs effectively. The person in this role will utilise their strong leadership qualities and organisational skills  to represent the DKI and TAWS at senior levels and develop and implement strategic plans and processes. They will also identify and realise income-generating opportunities in this directorate and wider. This role will also directly lead the Marketing Team and Research, Performance and Insight Teams and must have proven extensive track record of successfully managing similar functions as well as a strong data, research and analysis skills and knowledge of marketing and communications.

Main responsibilities:

• Work with the Director of Knowledge and Insight to lead and develop the functions in this directorate and identify and implement opportunities to expand the team. This includes recruitment and training activities.

•Lead the marketing, research, performance and insight functions, developing first-class skills and capacity that provides evidence and insight to inform strategy and delivery.

•Prioritise and manage resources and budget effectively, in line with finance policies and processes.

•Provide subject-matter expert knowledge across a wide breadth of research, performance and insight matters for the organisation and external stakeholders and partners.

•Lead on the development of robust marketing, research and insight strategy and policies in accordance to our vision and values.

•Lead on the development and implementation of performance measurement frameworks to monitor and report on progress across our projects and contracts, and inform decisions and planning of services.

•Manage collaborative partnerships that expand the geographic footprint and influence in which TAWS delivers. Work to ensure established relationships with current funders and partners are consolidated and maintained.

•Identify, develop and successfully realise business and consultancy opportunities, supporting the directorate to generate income as well as build a reputation for TAWS as market-leader in marketing, data, research and insight services.

•Work closely with the function leads in the directorate to ensure the effective management and co-ordination of processes and projects and provide effective support across the organisation.

•As part of the Leadership Team work to embed the organisational culture required to implement the mission, aim and values of the society and provide leadership and direction for TAWS.

•Line manage staff, following staff policies and procedures, conducting1:1s and appraisals, monitoring absence and attendance, and assigning tasks. Ensure staff are managed effectively.

Strategic Scope:

•Leads on formulation and application of strategy.

•Has extensive experience of delivering strategy for an entire function and operating at a senior managerial level (but below board level) in an organisation.

•Leads the function in following the organisation's strategic plan.

•Makes decisions critical to the organisation's success.

Business Skills:

•Heads a major function within the organisation.

•Accountable for financial performance in several specified areas

•Has a broad and deep knowledge of their technical or professional specialty and is able to apply that knowledge and its implications to the wider business.

Complexity:

•Represents the company and/or their industry at high levels (ie nationally or internationally).

•Understands, explains and presents complex technical ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences at all levels in a persuasive and convincing manner.

Autonomy:

•Establishes organisational objectives and delegates responsibilities.

•Accountable for actions and decisions made not only by themselves, but by subordinates.

Benefits:

· Bring your own device - £20 towards your phone bill monthly.

· Health Shield – discounted health benefit against eye examinations/prescriptions.

· +Plus EAP (counseling and DRs on call 24hrs a day)

· Death in Service – 4 times your salary paid to beneficiary.

· Nest Pension – 8% paid by TAWS 3 % paid by employee.

· Annual Leave – 25-29 days AL plus 5 wellbeing days

· Flexible working.

 

Please note - In order to apply candidates must sent a completed Application Form, CVs and Cover letters will not be accepted. 

Maternity Cover – Administration Assistant

Thank you for showing an interest in working with Emmaus. Emmaus is a fantastic organisation, helping people who have experienced homelessness to re-gain lost self-esteem by providing them with a stable home and meaningful work in one of our social enterprises, which are predominantly charity retail based. We understand that a home is more than just a roof over your head; it’s somewhere to belong, where you feel part of a community. And that’s what Emmaus offers.

This role is with Emmaus UK, the federation office which provides support, guidance, training and central services to the Emmaus groups in the UK. The post is based in Birmingham although at the moment the Emmaus UK team are working from home and this is the plan for the foreseeable future. We are looking for an experienced administrator to join our team supporting our central staff and the 34 groups across the UK.

The role is a fixed term contract as maternity cover and is based within the administration team, answering the phone, responding to emails and managing the administrative functions as well as coordinating important meetings, working closely with the senior management team and Board of trustees and supporting the wider Emmaus UK team to deliver their activities.

This is a core role that underpins the organisation so we are looking for someone who is experienced, proactive and able to deal with multiple conflicting deadlines. The ideal candidate is enthusiastic and engaged, organised and professional, with a high attention to detail. We are looking for someone who enjoys working within a small but passionate team and thrives using their skills to enable others. Anyone applying for this role should be able to clearly explain how their previous experience demonstrates these qualities.

If you are interested in the role, please submit a completed application form that clearly evidences how you meet the personal specification. We will not accept CV’s or cover letters for this role and if they are submitted, we will disregard the application.

The deadline for applications is 10pm on Sunday 09 August 2020. Decisions will be made by Friday 21 August and interviews will be held between on Thursday 27 August and Friday 28 August 2020. We anticipate these will take place over Microsoft Teams or Zoom.

Emmaus UK is committed to equality and inclusion and welcomes applicants from all
backgrounds. If you have any questions or would like to arrange an informal discussion about the role, please email.

Yours sincerely,
Maria-Angela Wells
Executive Assistant & Governance Manager
Emmaus UK

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking for a new challenge in the West Midlands.

Arden Place is a brand new supported living accommodation for adults with learning disabilities and autism in Tile Cross, Birmingham.  Arden Place is a Bromford My Place Service. My Place, is a unique Supported Living model created to provide appropriate accommodation for people with long term conditions such as learning disabilities or autism. Bethphage are the care provider, providing on site care and support for people living at Arden Place and helping them to connect with their community through meaningful activity.

These brand new purpose built flats are designed to meet people's current and future needs, providing a safe and secure long-term home in the heart of the community. The scheme has 14 purpose built self-contained one bedroom apartments.

Arden Place has a community hub with a lounge, meeting room and kitchen which not only provides a social area for people living in the scheme, but it also provides facilities to deliver training, employment advice and activities to both the people we support and the wider community.

This great opportunity has opened up for an Assistant Service Manager in our Supported living services in Birmingham.

As well as supporting the service manager in Arden Place, we require you to also support with our established supported living services for four adults with learning disabilities in North and South Birmingham. 

The people we support in all these areas have varying needs of support some of which require personal care. All services will be supporting people with Learning disabilities, Mental Health and Autism. The Assistant Service Manger will also be expected to support in all of these areas. 

Evening and Weekend Work may be required as part of the role and participating in our on-call rota.

All services will focus on a person centred approach and promoting people’s independence

About our organisation 

Bethphage is a registered charity which was established in 1994 and provides support to adults with learning and physical Disabilities in Shropshire and the West Midlands.
Everything we do is individually designed to enable people to achieve their potential and meet their objectives and need for support. The people that we support may live in their own home, a home that is shared with other people, their family home or a shared care home.
It is the aim of Bethphage to provide outstanding care and support throughout the organisation so it essential that you will be dedicated to providing the highest levels of care that you can.

You will be required to create a team that champions excellent support by actively coaching and modelling respectful positive approaches to achieve the greatest possible independence and quality of life for the people we support, based on an understanding of what is important to and for them.

If this opportunity sounds like you, and you can demonstrate the following attributes, please get in touch

• Open and Honest.
• Committed.
• Person Centred Approach.
• Proactive and innovative

Essential Requirements

• Level Three in Health and Social Care
• Previous Supervisory Experience
• Driver
• Car Owner

Desirable Requirements 

• Experience of developing new services for adults with a learning disability, Autism and/or Mental Health
• A good understanding of partnership working.

Benefits of Working for us

• Competitive pay
• Simply Health Cash Plan
• Long service rewards
• Contributory Pension scheme
• Development opportunities
• Recruitment awards
• Paid enhanced DBS certificate
• Paid training

*Please note, interested applicants must complete an application form

Closing date - 14th July (this may be extended) 

Interview Date - 22nd July - (this may change)

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Healthcare Coordinator

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

Position: Lasting Power of Attorney / Continuing Healthcare Coordinator
Location: Birmingham (Tricorn House)
Contract type: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £19,964 – £20,770 per annum depending on skills and experience

Closing date: 20 August 2020
Interview date: TBC

About the role:

This is a key co-ordination role within two volunteer-enabled services which the Society offers. Both use trained volunteers to support people with dementia. The first helps them to make a Lasting Power of Attorney using the online tool provided by the Office of the Public Guardian and the second to appeal NHS Continuing Healthcare decisions.

The role supports the supervisor of both services to manage access to them and to deliver high quality information, as well as managing records and waiting lists. It also provides core technical and administrative support to the volunteers.

About you:

Do you want to support people with dementia to exercise their rights and help them gain more control of their lives?

Are you a good communicator who can quickly absorb complex information, and explain it clearly but in a kind and empathetic way?

Are you organised with strong attention to detail and ability to problem solve?

Can you work within limits of strict confidentiality and as part of a team?

Would you find delivering an excellent service to people with dementia fulfilling?

If so, and if you are educated to degree level or equivalent or have extensive relevant work experience, this could be the role for you.

You may have experience of the following: Dementia Support Worker, Care Assistant, Caseworker, Special Needs Assistant, Social Worker, Social Care, Community Care, Helpline Coordinator, Volunteering Officer, Support Worker, Dementia Adviser, Mental Health, Dementia, etc.

This role is 3 days per week and the salary is £20,000 to £23,000 pro-rata.

Working with the project delivery manager you will have:-

 The ability to talk to a range of people, including presenting to groups.  Exceptionally strong administration skills including reporting and monitoring finances.  A passion for working with volunteers and sharing stories across communities, using an array of communication platforms, including social media.  Strong writing skills to create web, social media and internal content.  Experience of planning, organising and evaluating local events, ideally within the heritage sector or the local community. We are seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic individual who is proactive and results driven, who will learn quickly and become a key team player in the delivery of the project.

This is your chance to join an amazing local charity that is committed to safeguarding the Severn Valley Railway for future generations whilst further developing your skills. 

Job Purpose

To support the project delivery manager to deliver both the restoration and the educational elements of the Falling Sands Viaduct; a project, including this role, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Duties and Responsibilities  Assist in organising the ‘reopening’ events programme with the operation team at the SVR, including the events coordinator  Liaise and support volunteers.  Assist the project delivery manager in developing relationships with external partners and stakeholders to improve community engagement in the project and organise events.  Provide strong administration and co-ordination skills to monitor and report on activity.  Raise awareness of the project, writing strong and engaging copy to inform all stakeholders and using all communication platforms to share the news.  Keep donors updated on the progress on the project.  Undertake monitoring, reporting and administrative role maintaining good records of activity and interpretation progress against the agreed HLF action plan and budget

Key Accountabilities

 Report to the Falling Sands project delivery manager.  Provide timely information on progress, assisting in completing Heritage Fund progress reports.  Perform within targets and timescales.  Engage with staff to maximise the publicity and engagement of the project.  Ensure that the capturing of any data meets the requirement of the General Data Protection Regulations (2018).  Follow the Trusts safeguarding policy and report any concerns in accordance with the safeguarding procedures.  Actively participate in supervision and appraisal sessions, identifying your own learning and development needs and participating in learning activities relevant to the Trusts commitment to providing high quality services.  Work at all times with due regard to the policies and procedures of the Trust, including financial regulations.  Carry out other tasks as reasonably required by the Director of Development.

Qualifications, knowledge and experience required

 Exceptionally strong administration skills (essential)  Trained and experienced in the use of MS Office software (essential)  Experience in planning and organising events (desirable)  Experience of motivating and managing volunteers and/or working with a range of people  Understanding of using social media in a work capacity.  Experience in presenting to different audiences (desirable)  Experience of working or volunteering for a heritage organisation (desirable not essential)  Knowledge of GDPR regulations – or a willingness to learn to a high standard. 

We will offer  Free parking.  Subsidised meals.  Flexible working hours.

As a volunteering organisation, we ask staff to volunteer 5 days per year during our busy season.