We are recruiting to a new Head of Finance & Resources role to support the leadership and growth of our charity.

The Head of Finance & Resources is responsible for the management of Age UK Merton’s finances and core operational functions. This role is accountable for the finance department; overseeing day to day finance operations; managing financial monitoring and control including preparation of the annual budget, management accounts and forecasts; and preparing for the annual Independent Examination.

This role will also work collaboratively with the Finance Committee, and the Board to deliver sound financial advice and support to contribute towards strategic decision making. In addition, the role will oversee core operational functions, including facility management, supplier contracts and administration.

The postholder works closely with the Chief Executive and Head of Services as a member of the Senior Leadership Team.

The postholder attends and manages the business of the AUK Merton Finance Committee and briefs the members on strategic financial planning, financial performance, treasury management and risk management.

Key responsibilities

Finance

• Line management of the Bookkeeper, providing supervision, quality control and support
• Support and oversee the Accounts Receivable function for At Home services, which provides support for older people in their homes at an hourly rate
• Oversees the Charity’s outsourced payroll provider
• Ensure that an accurate and timely organisational annual budget is prepared for approval by the CEO & Trustees in February each year
• Prepare quarterly management accounts, variance analysis and forecasts for presentation to the Board
• Develop and maintain an accurate cash flow position/forecast and funding pipeline
• Support the CEO and Head of Services with grant funding and contract bids by preparing full cost recovery budgets and providing other financial information
• Support the CEO to analyse financial performance, address threats and capitalise on opportunities across all income streams
• Prepare fund reporting information to support the CEO and Head of Services with monitoring reports for funders
• Ensure that the organisation is fully prepared for its annual independent examination including preparation of year end file, payroll reconciliation and liaising with the Independent Examiner
• Supporting CEO to prepare the Annual Report
• Ensure the Independent Examiner recommendations are considered and implemented
• Ensure statutory reporting is completed for Companies House and Charity Commission
• Ensure appropriate risk management policies and processes are embedded throughout the charity and maintained within the Risk Register
• Work with the CEO and Service Managers to review and support the implementation of required new financial processes
• Ensure that the financial policies and procedures are fit for purpose and up to date.
• Work with service managers to ensure understanding, implementation and compliance with all financial procedures

Facility, Systems & Resources

• To ensure that satisfactory personnel records are kept in relation to sickness, leave, working hours (including flexible work-times and time off in lieu) and staff performance.
• Liaison with our contracted HR advisors.
• To manage supplier relationships and service contracts for utilities, IT, communications, office supplies, printing/copying etc. reviewing expenditure against budget and seeking new suppliers as required
• To manage the Office Administrator, ensuring that day to date operational and administrative functions are conducted efficiently to enable high quality service delivery
• In conjunction with the CEO and Head of Services, develop and update Age UK Merton’s operational policies and procedures in line with review dates and updates to relevant legislation
• To act as Data Protection Officer for Age UK Merton and support the charity to remain compliant with Data Protection legislation
• Through the Office Administrator manage induction and agreements for new room hire customers

Equal Opportunities

Age UK Merton is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. We strongly value diversity, promote equality, and challenge discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds and people with lived experience of disability.

The Selby Trust wishes to appoint a Finance Manager to act as lead manager for the financial management processes and implementation within the Selby Trust.  This role is a new post which supports the CEO to implement the board’s transformational agenda over the next 5 years.

The postholder will manage the Head of Reception & Finance. Provide financial reports and advice to the CEO and Board of Trustees to ensure that there is effective financial management of the organisation. To oversee the overall financial management processes and systems and ensure that they are complete and timely reports, providing clear cash flow forecasts and status on creditors and debtors.

At The Maypole Project we are committed to providing the best support to families who have a child or young person with complex medical needs.

Without the commitment and professionalism of our staff, we would not be able to provide the full range of much needed services.  This role will make a difference to the lives of children and families at The Maypole Project.

The role of Finance Officer is key in delivering accurate and timely management accounts and will act as a vital contact between the CEO and Head of Development. You will be responsible for the financial health of a company or organisation. 

Within the finance model, there’s great opportunity to expand beyond the normal operating arena, exploring projects, reserves management and other areas that support our day-to-day results.

As Finance Officer, you’ll be responsible for delivering month end reporting within our finance system, completing provisions where appropriate. You will be working within a team to ensure the finance systems and processes are up to date and accurate, in terms of both the financial data within the accounts and the administration of the finance set up within the system.

Finance Manager

Could you head up the finance function for the membership organisation and charity representing public health professionals across the UK and around the world, and have an impact on the health and wellbeing of local communities and national populations?

Position: Finance Manager

Location: Combination of remote working and office based at the Faculty of Public Health, London.

Hours: 21 hours per week (minimum of 1 day in the office)

Salary: £44-46,000 (pro rata) plus a generous benefits package

Background:

The UK Faculty of Public Health (FPH) is a professional membership organisation with charitable status, concerned with all matters relating to improving population health and wellbeing. We have approximately 4,000 members worldwide.

We help develop, and set standards for the public health workforce.  We oversee the training of the next generation of public health consultants, including setting and managing their post-graduate public health exams.  We also support their further development through the rest of their career.  We are a place for public health professionals across the UK and internationally to seek advice from others working in the same area and to share ideas, new research, best practice and learnings. We also campaign to improve the public’s mental and physical health and wellbeing, seeking to help influence a broad range of public health topics – from tobacco to transport, children’s health to climate change, violence to viruses.

Appointment of a Finance Manager

This is an exciting time to join FPH as we seek wider engagement from our membership and to strengthen our role through our workforce strategy. The Corporate Affairs team is responsible for the organisation’s infrastructure including finance, facilities and IT as well as membership.  The Finance Manager role is pivotal to the functioning of this department and the organisation.  It will be a challenging and rewarding role providing the appointee with an opportunity to increase their skills in the area of systems, reports and processes.  This may well be a career step for someone looking to move into a more senior role.  This year we also secured Board approval to upgrade our membership systems so you will join us on this journey to modernise the way we provide services to our members. 

You’ll be a qualified accountant with excellent administrative skills and be able to hit the ground running in delivering a busy programme of work. You’ll be able to juggle a range of different activities and be good at collaborating with others and developing new ideas to improve the way we work. It is essential that you have skills in and understanding of Sage 50, CRM, Excel and Word. 

We are a small staff team of just 18 staff with passionate and expert members and we are all active participants in the development and delivery of our current strategy.  You will need to engage with our membership in order to support our objectives.

While we have all been working remotely over the course of the pandemic we do have plans in place to return a hybrid working environment when the time is right.

Application is by CV and a covering letter which should indicate why you are interested in applying for the role and how you meet the role requirements.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

The closing date for applications is Friday 19th November but applications will be considered as they come in so, please do apply at your earliest convenience. Shortlisting interviews will take place through November. Interviews with FPH will take place week commencing 29th November.

FPH is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion within the recruitment process.  we work to ensure that the recruitment approach is fully inclusive and reaches a diverse range of potential candidates. We warmly welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

The opportunity

We’re looking for a Finance Analyst to join and support our Retail Finance Business Partnering Team.

About the role

As a Finance Analyst you’ll provide finance support, advice and challenge to our Retail teams, to develop successful and effective relationships in order to deliver great analysis and insight. 

As Retail has exciting new plans for the next year, including continued online growth and new store openings in a variety of new formats, you’ll be a critical and influential member of the Finance team. 

You’ll take a proactive approach to identifying the finance needs of the Retail teams, delivering new solutions and data led insights to help grow the retail business.  You’ll be expected to be both challenging and supportive in assisting Retail to achieve the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) strategic goals.

This is a dual location role, with your working time split between your home and our Claygate office. This will allow us to unlock our best work for our cause, blending the best of home and office working.

About you

Part qualified CCAB or CIMA accountant, or with significant retail or charity finance experience, you’ll have a core understanding of technical accounting fundamentals, preferably with intent to attain full qualification.  This will include relevant experience of management accounting/reporting, forecasting, budgeting and analysis.

You’ll have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, able to have those difficult conversations with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation. With strong analytical skills you’ll be intellectually curious and challenging, comfortable and skilled in explaining the financial issues to non-finance people.

Excellent MS Excel skills are a must for this role, and you’ll have high quality standards and a positive ‘can do’ attitude and will be able to work independently but also contribute and collaborate as part of a team.

About us

When people affected by heart and circulatory diseases are in need, they turn to us. With our research we give people hope. With our expert advice and training, we give people knowledge and support. And with our campaigning we help build a healthier world for everyone.

We celebrate diversity and make inclusion part of what we do every day. Diversity and Inclusion forms a main pillar in our People Experience Strategy. Our aim is for all of our colleagues and volunteers to bring their true self to work, so we can continue to fund life saving research. 

Here at the BHF we understand that you might need a little help balancing your work and home life.  Many of our people work flexibly in many different ways. Please feel free to talk to us about the flexibility you may need; we’re happy to explore what’s possible for you and the role.

What can we offer you

To find out more about benefits available at the BHF please download our benefits document at the bottom of our applications page. 

Interview process

The interview process will be held over MS Teams.

• Work for Hubbub, a fast-growing environmental charity
• Lead the finance function for the organisation

About Our Client

Hubbub, founded in 2014, is a fast-growing and award-winning environmental organisation that runs creative campaigns to encourage positive everyday actions.

These campaigns concentrate on things you're passionate about and are relevant day-to-day, like fashion, food, the homes we live in and the spaces around us. We keep things simple, offering practical and realistic solutions that help cut waste, make clothes last longer, save money and create cleaner spaces to live and work in, and more often than not bring people together.

We're a small, experienced team of doers. We have a diverse mix of backgrounds but all share a curiosity of the world and a desire to create change. We aim to empower the mainstream to take environmental action through powerful collaborations, promoting community-led action, using playful language and good design to change behaviours. We were recently awarded the Charity of the Year at The Charity Time Awards in 2020 for our work, and listed as the 28th best organisation to work at (in the world!) by Escape The City.

Job Description

Role Responsibilities

To lead on the budgeting for Hubbub, to oversee reforecasts and to present these budgets and reviews to the Directors.
Support development of financial strategy, including establishing and analysing key performance KPIs.
To provide broad expertise and advice to the Directors to enable them to make fully informed decisions. This includes insight on financial trends and legislative changes such as inflation forecasts or the impact of Brexit.
To oversee relationships with stakeholders who have an interest in the financial performance of the organisation including the bank and key funders.
To provide reports and management information which enable Directors to measure the financial performance and profitability of individual projects.
To actively participate in identifying financial risks, to work on mitigation plans with the Directors and Trustees, and to implement Financial Controls to reflect any changes. This may include ensuring value for money in procurement and reviewing costs and expenditure against budgets.

• To support funding bids for major contracts; to assist with pricing our work.
• To review key contracts to ensure that they are compliant and in the best interest of Hubbub.
• To recruit, manage and oversee the performance of the finance team and any contractors recruited to support the finance function.
• To ensure compliance around all financial reporting requirements, including the annual audit and accounts, all grant funding and all regulatory returns and compliance such as VAT

The Successful Applicant

You will be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) that has provided regular support to non-finance staff. In addition, you will have led teams and delivered excellent financial management and control for an organisation, including the preparation of statutory accounts.

Experience working within an organisation that runs various projects, contracts or partnerships would be highly beneficial.

Not-for profit experience is not essential, but a passion for the environment and alignment with our values is crucial
 

What's on Offer

Salary circa £62,000 plus benefits including generous holiday and Christmas office closure.

We are open to discussing flexible working patterns, including four days a week. We do not have a set policy on time working from home or the office. While you will need to be able to come to our central London office on a regular basis, at the moment many of us are spending more time at home.

All applications will be reviewed by Joe Harris at Michael Page.

For more info you can also visit the Hubbub website.

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Are you a proactive, analytical and organised individual with a proven track record of working in a professional and efficient Finance team? Looking for a highly rewarding new career opportuntity?

If so, St Giles Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Finance Officer to join our high-performing Finance and Fundraising team, where you will provide a high level service to staff across the organisation, external funders and stakeholders, plus manage volunteers.

About St Giles Trust

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

St Giles is now a kickstart employer, so we are part of the scheme which provides job opportunities for 16-24-year-olds who are currently on Universal Credit and are at risk of long-term unemployment.

About this exciting opportunity

As Finance Officer, there is a broad range of essential duties to fulfil, including the monthly reconciliation of bank accounts and balance sheet codes, identifying differences, and investigating and resolving in agreement with Financial Controller. You will also monitor expenditure and income, and support project managers in completing returns to funders and provide financial information and designing templates to assist in the preparation of budgetary information, monitoring, forecasting and controlling expenditure.

Processing supplier invoices, preparing and raising customer invoices, and preparing monthly accruals, prepayments and deferred income are all key deliverables, as is preparing monthly payroll and assisting in the coordination of the year-end file. You will also provide cover for the Finance Assistant during periods of absence.

What we are looking for

• Significant experience of working in a similar Finance role in a professional Finance team at a similar level
• Experience of preparing and monitoring cash flows and balance sheet reconciliations
• Financial knowledge to ensure effective financial management of budgeting, planning and forecasting
• Experience of accounts payable and receivable process and of preparing payroll
• Experience of manipulating financial data accurately, familiarity with collection, and reconciliation
• Degree and commitment towards working to an accountancy qualification (AAT, ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA).

• Excellent IT, interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
• A flexible, proactive and professional approach to your work

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, childcare vouchers, season ticket loan
and much more.

For further information, or to apply, please visit our website via the ‘Apply’ button.

Closing date: 11pm Thursday 4th November 2021. Interview date: Wednesday 17th November 2021.

The Finance and Resources Manager will be responsible for the management of Paul’s Cancer Support Centre’s finances and core operational functions. This role is accountable for the finance function; overseeing day to day finance operations; managing financial monitoring and control including preparation of the annual budget, management accounts and forecasts; and preparing for the annual Independent Examination.

This role will also work collaboratively with the Finance, Fundraising and Risk Committee (FFRC), and the Board to deliver sound financial advice and support to contribute towards strategic decision making. In addition, the role will oversee core operational functions, including facility management, supplier contracts and administration.

The postholder will report to the Chief Executive and work closely with Paul’s Fundraising Manager and with our Service Manager as a member of the Senior Leadership Team.

The postholder will attend and manage the business of the Finance, Fundraising and Risk Committee  (FFRC) and brief the members on strategic financial planning, financial performance, and treasury management.

We are seeking a pro-active individual with charity sector experience to run the financial operations team at Blood Cancer UK. 

Not afraid to roll up their sleeves, the finance manager will deliver a first-class finance service to the organisation, responsible for payments, income and for ensuring quality control over all financial transactions and how they are recorded. By maintaining an efficient and effective finance operations team, you will be central to supporting the charity’s aim of beating blood cancer within a generation.

As the Finance Manager you’ll lead on all day-to-day aspects of the finance operations team. This includes overseeing the monthly payment runs and making sure our various income streams (including investment income and royalties) are correctly accounted for. You will ensure timely, accurate, compliant and consistent financial information is available from the SUN accounting system at all times. 

Supporting the Financial Controller, you will be the leading member of the team on overseeing our accounting processes and ensuring quality control over all financial transactions and how they are recorded. You will also be supporting the yearly audit process and developing and documenting financial procedures.

You will manage a team of two finance officers. You will actively nurture and develop them on their path to progress as finance professionals.

The wider finance team at Blood Cancer UK looks after all aspects of finance, planning, procurement and risk. Your role is part of the Financial Control team within that team. You will be contributing to and shaping our financial control environment, working closely with the Financial Controller and the rest of the finance leadership team. You will also be championing our continuous improvement culture in the wider finance team in the delivery of a first-class finance service to the whole organisation.

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

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

Domestic abuse has blighted women’s lives throughout history. We’ve been helping women in London recover from its effects since 1996. Our specialist counselling transforms the mental health and wellbeing of women who have suffered physical, emotional or sexual abuse, financial exploitation or coercive control, and we have assisted well over 15,000 people to date. Add your skills to our all-female team and you can help thousands more on the road to recovery. 

In this role, you will primarily focus on bookkeeping and other general finance tasks, whilst assisting the Finance Manager. A self-starter with enthusiasm and initiative, you will be educated to degree level or studying towards an accountancy qualification.

In this role, some of your duties will include:

• Maintaining the charity’s accounting records using QuickBooks
• Ensuring that the QuickBooks accounting package is operated accurately and efficiently, and kept up-to-date
• Ensuring all payments and expenses are correctly procured, authorised, processed, and paid, including monthly salary payments, PAYE & NI and pension payments
• Acting as primary point of contact with bank, suppliers, and clients. Responsible for resolving all queries with project managers/coordinators about invoices and contacting suppliers with queries where necessary

In return, you can expect exceptional career satisfaction plus a package of benefits including: 

• Flexible working
• 25 days’ holiday rising to 30 after five years (pro rata for part-time working) 
• 3% pension contribution 
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle-to-work scheme 

To find out more and apply with your CV, please visit our website via the apply button.   

Closing date: 9am on Friday 12th November 2021

Applications will we be reviewed and interviews scheduled as they come in.

This post is open to women only. Section 7.2(E) of the Sex Discrimination Act applies. 

Shadwell Community Project (SCP) is a charity delivering play sessions at Glamis Adventure Playground in Shadwell, providing free, open-access, inclusive play opportunities for children aged 5 – 15. Children participate in building play structures, dens, swings and tree houses. Changes are discussed with the children and we keep to the traditional “adventure play” way of running the playground, which means the children have access to tools, timber, paint, nails and so on. 

We are seeking someone to underpin the work of the charity, supporting the organisation through monitoring for grants and allocation of financial resources as well as organising payroll and staff hours. 

Salary: £25,480 pro rata (0.4 FTE) / £14 per hour

Contract: 14 hours per week 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• To understand the existing organisational infrastructure of the charity, and further develop this
• To gather and organise quantitative and qualitative data, e.g. collating numbers of children using our playground and café each month to support funding applications
• Using accounting software Xero to administer invoices and payments.
• Monitoring spending and allocating costs for grants
• Reporting on grants
• Organising payroll and administering of staff timesheets, including pension, HMRC, annual leave and sick pay, as well as processing new and leaving staff. 
• Website administration
• To assist the Playground Manager, Senior Playworker or Sessional staff with any other admin task, as and when needed, to fulfil the purposes of the charity

Person Specification:

Essential:

• Experience of administration
• Excellent computer literacy
• Experience of Google Drive, including Google Forms
• Experience of record-keeping and able to contribute to reports relevant to the role
• Highly organised and able to work independently
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to communicate effectively with children, colleagues, carers and other professionals
• Ability to work in a team
• Committed to improving play opportunities for children and young people 

Desirable:

• Experience with a website manager such as Wix 
• Experience using an accounting software and/or payroll system
• Experience of grant report writing
• Experience of fundraising

Job Title : Finance Business Partner – Artistic & Development 

Department : Finance

Salary : Circa £45,000

Contract Term : Permanent

Allen Lane have partnered with The Southbank Centre. The UK’s largest arts centre and one of the UK’s top visitor attractions, in their recruitment of Finance Business Partner to join the organisation on a permanent basis.

The Southbank Centre occupies a 17 acre site that sits in the midst of London’s most vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames. Existing to present great cultural experiences that bring people together and achieving this by providing the space for artists to create and present their best work and by creating a place where as many people as possible can come together to experience bold, unusual and eye-opening work.

The site has an extraordinary creative and architectural history stretching back to the 1951 Festival of Britain. Southbank Centre is made up of the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery as well as being home to the National Poetry Library and the Arts Council Collection. It is also home to four Resident Orchestras (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment) and four Associate Orchestras (Aurora Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Chineke! Orchestra and National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain).

 We are looking for an experienced and proactive Qualified Finance professional who has a key interest in the Arts who is looking to step into a Finance Business Partnering role; Working with a variety of Stakeholders including the new Artistic Director in providing financial guidance.

This is a great opportunity for a candidate who is confident in collaborating with non-finance teams, providing financial management and delivering projects.

Reporting into the Head of Finance and Reporting you will be responsible for providing financial guidance and support to the Artistic and Development departments:  Managing all areas of income and expenditure including monthly reporting, annual budgeting, forecasting and risk analysis , the Finance Business Partner works closely with the rest of the team to improve the quality of information and processes in relation to artistic areas and identify and work on financial and business issues arising from artistic activity.

The ideal candidate will be a fully qualified accountant (ACA , ACCA or CIMA) with previous experience of working within a Management Accountant or Business Partnering position. Additionally you will have a track record with dealing with senior Stakeholders and experience in either supervising or direct management of 1 or more within a finance position. 

This role would be a great fit for a candidate coming from a smaller charity who is looking for a larger platform to work on, or someone who works for a global not for profit organisation who is looking to take the next step in their career. We are looking for someone who is flexible in approach but firm when necessary, who can work on their own initiative and thrives when thinking and acting proactively; With excellent communication and influencing skills.

We present work for everyone and we welcome applications from everyone. We particularly welcome applications from people from a BAME background or those who are Deaf or disabled as they are currently under-represented in our workforce.  If you wish to discuss reasonable adjustments for this role please indicate this on your application form and we will be in touch with you.

By attracting people to work for us from a broad range of backgrounds with diverse attitudes, opinions and beliefs we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things.  We offer a stimulating and professional environment in which to work - and the pace and scale can be breathtaking. This is a remarkable place to work and our people require the ability to work in The Southbank Centre Way - to think, act and learn with speed and agility.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please send your CV and Covering Letter to Tiffany Richards at Allen Lane 

Closing date for applications: Sunday 7th November

Open to flexible working arrangements (eg. Flexible hours, partial home working, or 4 days per week considered)

This is a fantastic role for someone seeking an overarching Head of Finance role who can offer both strategic and operational strengths.

Praxis is an award-winning, dynamic human rights charity supporting refugees and other migrants at-risk to overcome the barriers they face to integrate, develop, and thrive in the UK. This is a time of growth and transformational change for the charity.  You must have a passion for our work and a commitment to diversity and inclusion. 

The Head of Finance and Resources reports directly to the CEO- Sally Daghlian and is a member of the Senior Leadership Team alongside the Head of Services and Head of Fundraising and Communications. The role combines strategic thinking and operational activity, including management of all support services; premises, finance, policy, IT and HR. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing corporate services whilst playing a key role in moving forward several key projects. Managing a strong team of three, the Head of Finance and Resources will be passionate about supporting Praxis as it delivers on a new, ambitious strategy to further support communities across the UK.

Essential Requirements:

• Relevant professional qualification in accountancy (CIMA, ACA, ACCA, CIPFA)
• Line and project management skills with a proven track record  
• Ability to think strategically and create plans to deliver against the charity’s strategy
• Ability to communicate complex financial and legal issues clearly to non-finance experts and develop effective financial management systems
• Knowledge of charity accounting SORP and experience managing a finance function
• Experience working across corporate services, ideally with IT, premises or HR

If you are interested in this position, please contact Ivy Rock Partners for more information. To apply, please submit a CV and Covering Letter by the 14th of November

Praxis are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage applications from those with lived experience of migration, and from diverse applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital/civil partnership status, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or pregnancy/maternity leave status.