Our Vision

A world where all young people flourish, regardless of their background.

Who We Are

LTSB is a social mobility charity that works with bright young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, ensuring they find meaningful, skilled careers – and that firms get positive, effective employees who can make a difference from their first day.

Our four key responsibilities are:

• Promoting opportunities to those from backgrounds that are not normally reached
• Preparing young people for the workplace, and the workplace for young people
• Providing context for their application, and stewarding the hiring process
• Pastoral care – an additional support network for the first phase of their career

We don’t just get young people jobs. We launch careers. When diverse talent is given preparation and support, they don’t just get by, they thrive – and that means more representative management which can better train and retain a more representative workforce.  For historic information, please see our Impact Report on our website: www.ltsb.charity

Finance Team

The Finance team consists of a Finance Director and a Finance Administrator role.

Finance Director

Reporting to the Chief Executive, the Finance Director is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day financial management of the LTSB, and provides commercial focus, leading on financial compliance and governance and overseeing strong and effective financial administrative functions and reporting. With overall responsibility for the charity’s finance function, you will play a significant role as a senior member of the leadership team to ensure the charity can achieve its mission in the most effective and efficient way possible. The FD manages the Finance Administrator who undertakes the day-to-day financial administration.

Main Responsibilities
 

Day-to-day financial management

• Ensure relevant and accurate records are kept, filings made, and taxes paid as required by HMRC (in respect of Payroll, corporation tax and VAT), pension agencies, Companies’ House and the Charity Commission.
• Develop and enhance the financial and management reporting systems to meet the strategic and operational needs of the Trust including the identification and implementation of suitable software, and upgrades to existing software and office systems to improve processes and systems to bring about efficiencies.
• Ensure compliance with statutory accounting and regulatory requirements of financial and charity governance matters.
• Prepare the annual accounts in accordance with relevant statutory and accounting reporting standards and auditing requirements.
• Liaise with external auditors in relation to the annual audit and any management recommendations raised by the auditors.
• Oversee the management and reporting of all funds received from external funders. Ensure that accurate restricted fund accounts are maintained and that the financial records comply with funder reporting requirements.
• Supervise the Finance Administrator.
• Keep the CEO and Finance Committee informed of material developments on a regular and ad-hoc basis as required.
   

Strategic financial planning and management

• Prepare quarterly and annual management accounts, including income and expenditure accounts, balance sheet, cash flows, financial performance indicators and supporting notes for the Finance Committee and Trustee Board quarterly meetings.
• Be responsible for the budgeting and forecasting process for the organisation and provide appropriate reporting, variance analysis and support for decision making to the CEO, SLT and Board.
• Developing and leading LTSB’s finance strategy, optimising the charity’s financial performance and strategic position.
• Providing strategic leadership in relation to LTSB’s finances, advising on matters of compliance, risk, and contract performance.
   

Governance

• Accountable to the Finance Committee of the Board for all financial, risk and audit matters working closely with the CEO and Board to achieve a high quality of governance for LTSB.
• Ensure LTSB’s legal and governance responsibilities are undertaken and executed in a robust and transparent way, with trustees updated on any relevant legal and/or governance changes.
• Maintain up-to-date corporate documents and ensuring that all required documents are filed at Companies House and Charities Commission within the requisite deadlines.
   

Wider responsibilities

• Undertaking any other duties and projects as may be assigned by the CEO or the Board of Trustees.

Person Specification
 

Education/qualifications/experience

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with strong financial systems and experience working as a finance director.
• Outstanding and influential leader with the ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels.
• Demonstrable commitment to LTSB’s vision and values.
• Experience of financial statement preparation and audit process management.
• Experience of preparing board papers and presenting to boards.
• Experience of managing grant finances and contract compliance.
• Commercially aware.
• Experience of preparing and submitting VAT returns under the partial exemption method.
• Experience of working in the charity sector with good knowledge of charity accounting.
• Experience of overseeing the development of organisational policies, procedures and systems.
• We have recently moved from Quickbooks to Oracle Netsuite accounting software so candidates with a good working knowledge of at least one of these systems would be ideal, although experience of using any similar cloud accounting system would be advantageous for the role
   

Skills and Abilities

• Strong technical financial and management accounting skills.
• Strong IT skills with advanced Excel skills.
• Ability to work to deadlines with good prioritisation and time management skills.
• Proven financial analysis, cashflow management and forecasting ability.
• Excellent communication and reporting skills (verbal and written).
• Proven ability to produce and interpret management accounts
• Proven ability to provide support, and guidance to non-financial managers and colleagues.
• The ability to manage a varied and pressured workload.
• Highly motivated and autonomous.
   

This job description is intended to summarise the main duties and responsibilities of the post and is not intended to be a full and exhaustive list of tasks. All LTSB staff members are expected to demonstrate flexibility and willingness to perform appropriate tasks when the need arises.

This role is ideal for an experienced Finance Director who is seeking flexible hours and home working. Although the FD would need to attend meetings in London they could be based anywhere in the UK. This is a home-based role, and our team works independently with no central office.

To apply, please submit a CV and cover letter in Word format, when prompted to attach documents, explaining how you meet the person specification and why you would like to work at LTSB in this role.

Please note, all candidates will need to have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this position.

The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 29th May 2022. Applications received after this point will not be considered.

First stage interviews will be held by Zoom during w/c 6th June. Second stage interviews will be held in London on Wednesday 15th June.

My client is a very passionate international children’s organisation. At present they are looking to recruit some additional support for their finance team as they look to set up a new programme of support for the Ukrainian crisis. This role can be completed on an entirely remote basis with travel to a central London office roughly once a month. 

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Reconcile balance sheet accounts required, identify discrepancies and proposing journals to correct and maintain the integrity of the general ledger in line with the month end timetable
• Maintain metrics around processing times and departmental performance for review by the Director of Finance & Resource 
• Input and code invoices to the organisation’s finance system ensuring authorisations are made by the appropriate budget holder.
• Maintain the purchase ledger set up new existing accounts and manage the organisation’s payments to ensure that invoices are paid in line with payment terms

The Successful Candidate: 

Will be someone proactive, who can demonstrate experience within a broad role. Part Qualified or QBE is desirable. 

Our partner is an award winning UK based charity, which is promoting different solutions to the issues facing international aid and the WASH sector including standalone social impact businesses and programmes to improve hygiene, sanitation and nutrition for under-fives; designed to increase resilience and self-reliance and improve the lives and life chances of farmers, families, women, girls and young children.

We are recruiting a Head of Finance and Governance to support Chief Executive and provide strategic management and operational oversight of finance, HR and business support functions and to ensure that everything is done in the most financially effective manner and in compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements.  The incumbent will be supported by qualified accountants in the UK and overseas and their local teams. 

This is a part-time role, which would suit an experienced accountant/company secretary, seeking to work flexibly.  The 2/3 days we anticipate this role requiring could be spread over 5 days, if the incumbent found this more convenient and all the requirements of the role can be met. 

JOB PURPOSE

• You will be the ultimate responsible person for all of the charity’s external and statutory financial reporting, including reports to funders, trustees and regulatory bodies, though the bulk of this work will be delivered by the finance teams in the UK and Africa.
• You will provide strategic budgetary and financial management support to the Chief Executive in London and the Managing and Finance Directors overseas, assisting them to develop compelling bids for fundraising and inward social investment and will liaise, if necessary, with the financial managers/reviewers of any potential funders/investors.
• You will provide advice and guidance on HR, contractual, corporate and statutory matters to the senior team in the UK and overseas, consulting/liaising if necessary with our lawyers, auditors, and other service providers in both countries.

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

1. Finance

1.1. Financial strategy

Supporting the development of financial strategies under a variety of scenarios for internal management, trustee discussion and presentation to potential funders/investors.

Leading on financial discussions with trustees and prospective funders/investors.

Developing the financial competence and confidence of PA/BW’s senior teams.

1.2 Financial oversight

Ensuring that monthly management reporting, budgeting and forecasting is accurate and timely and supporting the needs of management, trustees, project managers, funders and donors.

Reviewing the annual budget proposals raising issues, challenging assumptions and, ultimately, agreeing same with the local teams.

Reviewing the monthly financial returns submitted/presented by the finance teams querying anomalies and overspends and agreeing/requiring actions to be taken.

Updating the rolling forecasts of income and expenditure (reflecting actuals to date), monitoring the bank positions and using this to approve or reject requests for ongoing or exceptional expenditure.

1.3 Financial management

Maintaining up to date Financial and HR Policy and Procedures Manuals and responding to requests for variations thereto or divergence therefrom.

Being the principal signatory and authorised administrator for all UK bank accounts and approving changes to the mandate for bank accounts overseas.

Approving and signing off all cash transfers

2. Programme support

2.1 Programme budgeting

Preparing, discussing, reviewing and agreeing the financial budgets for individual projects and/or generic programmes.

Assisting the teams with costing, pricing, taxing and other financial sales related issues.

2.2 Programme reporting

Maintaining cumulative records of expenditure by funder and overseeing the preparation of funder reports and audit completion statements confirming the full dispersal of funds.

Submitting financial claims to statutory funders as and when required.

3. Corporate obligations

3.1 Statutory reporting

Being the principal point of contact between the external auditors the Treasurer and the board.

Agreeing the annual audit timetable and priority audit areas with the external auditors

Reviewing the draft statutory accounts produced by the local finance teams, agreeing the split between restricted and unrestricted programmes, calculating carried forward balances and agreeing same with auditors.

Confirming the appropriate use of restricted income, writing the trustees’ annual review, securing an unqualified audit report, responding to the annual audit letter, convening and managing the AGM.

Reviewing and signing off all statutory filings and ensuring compliance with all regulatory restrictions and statutory obligations.

3.2 HR and legal

Ensuring compliance with all legal, statutory and regulatory requirements in the UK and all other countries of operations.

3.3 Trustee management

Preparation of board papers and management of board meetings.

PERSON SPECIFICATION (Desirable)

Educated to degree level or equivalent

Relevant financial, HR and legal experience and qualifications

Familiarity with complex donor reporting and of managing restricted/unrestricted funding

Experience of working in an international and highly regulated environment

Awareness of investor relations in a social investment and entrepreneurial context

Understanding of managing business support systems, including ICT and procurement

A thorough knowledge of HR systems and processes

An understanding of staff management and a willingness to support staff development

Experience of managing organisational development and systemic change

Excellent written and oral communications skills

RTW in the UK essential 

Are you an experienced and dynamic finance professional looking for a broad, hands-on exciting position in a growing charity? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

We are looking for an agile and experienced Head of Finance to lead Brake’s operational finance function and also maintain and develop our financial systems and operating processes. We are looking for someone who has previous hands-on experience; ideally in a similar-sized or larger organisation. Reporting into the Chief Operating Officer, this role is a very hands-on finance role leading on all aspects of financial accounting across the charity, providing clear financial insight at all times. The Head of Finance will work closely with our leadership team and undertakes the most senior finance role within the organisation.

Currently the finance team consists of the Head of Finance and a Finance and Admin Officer (who reports into the Head of Finance). While nothing is guaranteed, there is potential for growth across the charity and therefore we are looking for a Head of Finance who can demonstrate experience and capability to step up into a more senior finance role, overseeing a more complex finance function with additional line management responsibility. 

Who we are

Brake is the national, acclaimed charity tackling the daily, horrific carnage of deaths, injuries, and air pollution on roads. Traffic is the biggest killer of young people worldwide, poisoning our lungs and contributing hugely to the climate emergency. Brake’s vision is that people get around in safe and healthy ways. Our values require us to be evidence-based, aim high, and work collaboratively.

We have a 25-year reputation for shouting out for positive change, advising government, encouraging action in communities, and delivering the UK’s National Road Victim Service for bereaved and injured families.

Key tasks

• management and administration of book-keeping using Xero;
• operation of Sage Payroll and pensions for c.45 staff;
• preparation of management accounts and financial reporting information for the charity’s finance committees monthly. Attendance at monthly finance committee meetings;
• preparation of the annual budget and monthly forecasts;
• processing of invoices, arranging supplier payments, resolving queries and debtors;
• managing bank accounts holding the charities’ working funds and its reserves, both online and offline;
• working alongside the auditors (managing the audit process end to end) and the Treasurer, generating year end accounts documents and submitting returns (including VAT returns, GiftAid claims etc) to the relevant authorities (including Charity Commission and Companies House) ensuring they are compliant with charity legislation;
• leading the identification and implementation of improvements to finance processes, as agreed with the Chief Operating Officer;
• working closely with all budget holders, supporting colleagues with financial matters, notably in preparing and checking a) budgets and b) financial expenditure reports required by sponsors and statutory funders; and
• line management of one member of staff.

You bring

• experience of working in a similar hands-on role in a finance management capacity in the not for profit sector;
• a recognised accounting qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA);
• excellent knowledge of financial processes;
• experience of using Xero and Sage software and adept at Microsoft Office;
• the ability to produce high quality financial reports;
• an analytical mindset, able to work as a financial adviser for non-finance functions, providing insightful analysis and guidance;
• the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple responsibilities;
• proactive, problem solving ability and strong interpersonal skills; and
• a values-driven approach to life; you want to work for a charity.

About the team and how we work

• You will be joining a skilled, dedicated and friendly team.
• Our team works remotely and encourages use of sustainable transport.
• Brake actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We employ based on skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
• Employees are subject to driver licence checks. If you drive, please note we do not accept applications from serious traffic offenders due to the nature of our work.

An Exciting New Opportunity at CPSL Mind: CPSL Mind is a vibrant, values-led charity that supports local people in their recovery from mental health issues, promotes wellbeing and campaigns against stigma and discrimination. 

Head of Finance
Hours: Flexible between 30 – 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent (subject to probation)
Salary: £40,678 per annum (Full Time Equivalent)
Based in Cambridge or Peterborough with hybrid working options

We are seeking a dynamic, proactive and experienced Head of Finance to join CPSL Mind’s Senior Leadership Team.

The successful applicant will be a fully qualified Accountant (for example ACA, CIMA, ACCA) with significant experience managing budgets and providing detailed reporting on financial performance/forecasting in a fast-paced environment. Strong management accountancy and communication skills are essential, alongside a collaborative approach to working closely with a wide range of internal stakeholders (including Managers, Senior Managers and Trustees).

If you are passionate about excellent financial management and possess the experience and competencies outlined in the Person Specification, then we would love to hear from you.

Closing date: We actively monitor applications for employment and will shortlist as applications are submitted
Interviews: Thursday 26th May 2022

To Apply and for more information:

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button to be directed to our website, where you can complete your application for this position.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

As a Mindful Employer, we place importance on the health and wellbeing of our staff.

No agencies please.

We are delighted to be working with the University of Cambridge in recruiting to the exciting role of Head of Finance within one of their largest and highest profile divisions. reporting into the COO.

This role will lead the financial and management accounting duties and push towards a business partnering concept.

Leading a team of 6, you will be tasked with leading a restructure of the finance function. Finance is going through an exciting transformation across the University and you will be heavily involved with their digitalisation journey and move towards a more modern finance function.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious Head of Finance to work in a truly world class institution.

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We are looking for a Finance Executive with a professional bookkeeping or accountancy qualification. This is a central role in the organisation with the postholder having responsibility for delivering highly effective financial management, internal systems and controls, as well as producing financial reports and budgets for the Directors, Senior Management Team and CIC members, the Trustees of the Foundation, as well as for a range of institutional donors, sponsors and other funders. 

This is a fast paced, demanding role so it is important that you can manage your own workload, use your own initiative and have strong, accurate skills. You will be working across the entire team to provide financial support and may liaise with our Global Network teams too.

The role would suit someone that has experience of financial and administrative systems, is a highly organised problem-solver and great with people. You must also be competent with IT systems although we will provide you with training on the software you will use in your role.

Key tasks and responsibilities

Financial Management, Statutory and Internal Reporting

• Deliver effective financial management, internal systems and controls, financial processing and reporting, including preparation of monthly management accounts for review by the Directors team and SMT, working with different currencies to present accounts in GBP where relevant.

• Support the Managing Director in the preparation and submission of budgets and financial statements to CIC Members and the Board of Trustees.

• Lead on multi-year and annual budget setting, with regular revision and re-forecasting process with budget holders;

• Ensure that internal controls are in place and operating properly, including month-end and year-end control procedures;

• Oversee all finances relating to the procurement of goods and services at Fashion Revolution: Maintain a log of accounts payable invoices and liaise on relevant queries; Ensure transactions are properly recorded and entered into Quickbooks; Verify that transactions comply with financial policies and procedures; Ensure that invoices are approved in line with the authorisation limits; Ensure that invoices are processed accurately and on a timely basis; Ensure that invoices and relevant documentation are filed in the correct places and attached to the relevant transactions; staff expenditure processing; Bank reconciliation of GBP and currency accounts.

• Ensure filing, record updating, routine returns take place on a regular basis

• Oversee the T-sheets timesheet system, including flexitime, holiday and reporting to Managing Director, line managers and team.

• Oversee the management of the monthly payroll process, liaising with PAYE processing and Head of Operations and Governance

• Oversee annual stocktake of fanzines and any other relevant stock, assets etc for annual accounts.

• Ensure all regular payments are maintained without interruption, updating card details as required.

• Ad Hoc finance and book-keeping tasks and troubleshooting to ensure the smooth running of financial operations.

• Communicate effectively with all other staff and contractors as necessary, assisting with general finance queries.

Fundraising and Donor Reporting

• Work with the Managing Director, Board of Directors and Fashion Revolution Team to compile budgets, in different currencies, for restricted income grant proposals or for sponsorship purposes.

• Accurately record both unrestricted and restricted income from donors;

• Monitor expenditure and staff/contractor hours on programmes funded from any restricted income;

• Maintain electronic files of funding agreements and contracts;

• Prepare timely financial grant reports to donors and other funders, including collating financial information and pipeline funds, conversion to relevant currencies and adapting reporting in accordance with donor requirements. 

• Process and send donation receipts and donor invoices when required.

• Attend up to 3 in person meetings per year, travel expenses are covered.

Fashion Revolution is reviewing its five year strategy in 2022, ahead of preparing a new strategy for 2023-2027. As part of this, we will be reviewing the structure of the team which may result in some small changes to the responsibilities of this and other roles.

Experience and capabilities required

• 5 years experience in working in a finance role.

• Excellent attention to detail: highly organised, thorough, accurate and able to meet deadlines

• A qualification in bookkeeping or accountancy such as AAT, ACCA, CIMA, ACA, CIPFA;

• Proficiency in managing accounts payable effectively and expeditiously;

• Experience of maintaining accurate records and developing budgets of income and expenditure in multiple currencies;

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel;

• Able to prioritise and manage concurrent deadlines;

• Previous experience of Quickbooks accounting software;

• Self-motivated, resourceful and able to work under pressure and react quickly and calmly during difficult situations;

• Diplomatic telephone and interpersonal skills;

• Good written & verbal skills to aid communication of financial information to lay people.

• Comfortable working autonomously and independently, using self-initiative

Desired knowledge/skills and personal attributes

• Understanding of remote working tools such as T-Sheets (Quickbooks) Zoom, Slack, Trello and Google Drive
  Dependable, reliable, discreet, trustworthy 

• Team player, enthusiastic and approachable;

• Flexible and proactively supportive to the wider team and stakeholders

You will work with:

You will report to the Managing Director and work closely with the Head of Operations and Governance and Board of Directors.

You will support and be in contact with the rest of the UK based central team 

You will liaise with customers, global network and external project partners and current and potential funders.

Independent Advisor

We are seeking a new Independent Advisor to join the Investment Committee.

Interested in this role?

As part of the charity’s succession planning, we are seeking an independent advisor to join the team in bringing strong investment oversight, management or governance experience, to help the organisation make astute use of the reserves to generate investment returns, while helping manage financial risk.

Position: Independent Advisor

Location: Nationwide

Contract: Voluntary (3-5 day per year)

Closing Date: Tuesday, 14 June 2022

Interview Date: Friday 24 June 2022. Interviews will be held via TEAMS conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.

The Role

As Independent Advisor you will work closely with the chair of investment committee, other external investment advisors, the CEO, Executive Director Finance and other staff as necessary to ensure there is good

governance of the charity’s investment activities.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensure the charity’s cash and investment policy reflects investment objectives and is reviewed and updated to reflect changing internal and external requirements
• Work with the chair of investment committee to ensure trustees are kept up-to-date on the business transacted at Committee meetings, including recommendations for approval by the Financial Performance Committee and current issues under consideration by the Committee
• Ensure the Committee oversees the appointment, performance and fees of the charity’s external investment manager, and fulfils all responsibilities towards the external investment manager as set out in the Terms of Reference
• Ensure the Committee reviews the investment portfolio’s performance and reports to Financial Performance
• Committee and the Board in accordance with the Terms of Reference
• To obtain independent legal and/ or professional advice about matters within the responsibilities of the Committee and the discharge of the Committee’s duties, provided this is authorised by the Board

In addition, the management of the investments are delegated to Investment managers, and as part of your early role, you will support the Chair of the committee to review current investment management arrangements and make recommendations on who future investment managers will be, and the investment objectives they should work towards.

It is expected that the role will require a commitment of approximately 3-5 days over a year. This includes; two Investment Committee meetings, out of committee work, working with the chair and pre-reading.

About You

As Independent Advisor, you will bring strong investment governance experience, to help make wise and astute use of the reserves to generate investment returns, while helping manage financial risk

As Independent Advisor you will have experience of the oversight, management or governance of multi-million-pound investment portfolios along with:

• Understanding of asset allocation, portfolio construction and risk management from
• a multi-asset class perspective.
• Strong understanding of alternative assets
• Experience with ESG approach to investing
• Preferably CFA Charter Holder
• Strong communication skills.
• Collaborative approach.

To apply please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.

About the Organisation

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.

Everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.

The charity provides specialist support, funds critical research and campaigns to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.

The organisation is working to improve the diversity of the team.  Because individuality leads to a richer experience for its people and better support for those affected by stroke.

People from all backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. And particularly applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities.

Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help rebuild them and join the team.

In 2019, the charity developed a bold new corporate strategy so that they can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help deliver the strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!

You may also have experience in areas such as Governance, Governance Manager, Investment Governance, Investment, Finance, Financial, Board Member, Committee Member, Trustee, Chair, CEO, COO, Finance Manager, Finance Director, Head of Finance, Financial Advisor, Accountant, Business Accountant, IFA, Independent Financial Advisor, Financial Advisor.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Project Director

Victoria, London/Home working - 4 days a fortnight in the office
£85648 plus excellent benefits

• Are you a fully qualified Accountant or Auditor and an IFRS technical expert?
• Are you a Senior Technical Manager or above in professional services and/or;
• Are you in a senior Finance position in industry and produce the financial reports using IFRS?

If so, my client will be interested in talking to you. This organisation influence and contribute to the research and development of high-quality international financial reporting standards and their adoption for use in the UK

The role

The role involves delivering allocated projects. This may include projects that are part of due process or involve the assessment of new or amended IFRS for UK endorsement or research projects. Projects (unless very small) are usually allocated to a small technical team, which the Project Director will be expected to manage.

Other duties will include:

• Developing a project plan with key milestones and clearly set responsibilities.
• Co-ordinating and reviewing the work of allocated project teams
• Engaging with the international debate including the IASB's proposals and decisions, identifying and analysing any issues and concerns, and developing solutions, together with relevant technical arguments to support your analysis.
• Gathering evidence and assessing stakeholders' views on the project and any proposals e.g. by performing desk-based research on the existing material, outreach with stakeholders and other standard setters, using formal and informal means as appropriate. This may include presentations to stakeholders.
• Preparing and presenting high-quality technical papers for the organisation, discussing with project team and Technical Director, and revising as appropriate, within project deadlines.
• Developing draft comment letters and draft Endorsement Criteria Assessments for input from organisation and for public comment.
• Preparing impact assessments and Feedback Statements, as appropriate to the stage of the project.
• Arranging for publication of documents.

The Person:

A relevant professional qualification and at least five years post qualification experience are required. The ideal candidates will have:

• Good knowledge and understanding of the financial reporting environment for listed companies and a keen interest in IFRS.
• Ideally, experience in technical accounting work or standard-setting or the ability to demonstrate a clear interest in these activities.
• Superior written and communication skills.
• Ability to create and maintain key external relationships.
• Ability to interact effectively and respectfully with stakeholders.
• Ability to analyse competing positions and develop practical solutions.
• Experience within utilities and/or financial services is desirable (although not essential)

You will enjoy working with subject matter experts within a supportive, diverse and "family-feel" culture. Excellent benefits are offered including a very strong work/life balance

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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

Do you have experience of managing and coaching teams to deliver consistently high performance within a complex multi-site operation?  Are you a fantastic communicator who can lead you team to achieve great results?

Dogs Trust are recruiting for a Head of Operations to lead our rehoming centres in the North to achieve high standards of dog welfare, customer service and operational procedures to maximise rehoming possibilities for dogs in our care.

Dogs Trust is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity and normally cares for around 14,000 dogs across its network of 21 rehoming centres in the UK and one in Dublin. Dogs Trust will never put a healthy dog to sleep, and believe ‘A Dog is for Life’.

Accounting for 62% of the Dogs Trust workforce, the Operations Directorate is responsible for achieving the mission of Dogs Trust through the intake, rehabilitation and rehoming of dogs. The Directorate is split between four functions; rehoming centres, the Contact Centre, a field-based team and a team in the London office.

This is an exciting role with huge scope, as you will need to get to grips with all aspects of the rehoming centre operation (previous animal welfare experience isn’t essential) to contribute to the achievement of continuous improvement in logistical and rehoming processes as well as our (already high) canine welfare and customer experience standards.  You will contribute to the development of the operational strategy and its implementation in support of the wider Dogs Trust strategic aims, ensuring continuous improvement in performance across all Operational areas to support more dogs being cared for and rehomed.  

As an inspiring and experienced leader, you will manage, motivate and develop a group of Centre Managers, focussing on building management capacity throughout Operations and enabling managers, through the development of a coaching culture, to effectively handle all management issues, encouraging innovation and new initiatives, as well as identifying and dealing with underperformance where necessary.

The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator with significant experience of managing and coaching a team of staff to deliver consistently high performance, ideally having managed staff remotely in previous roles.  This experience will include recruitment, performance management and supporting managers with complex HR issues. You will be highly numerate with experience of managing budgets and will have the ability to analyse complex data to make management decisions and make recommendations for future action.

The role will be home-based, within the north and there will be significant travel, including some evenings and weekends.

To apply for this position please click the APPLY NOW button. Our application process requires you complete an application form and a covering letter explaining your interest and suitability for the role.

Interviews will take place on 6th and 7th June in Manchester (first stage) and 13th June in Darlington (second stage).

Argyle Street Housing Co-operative

Part Time Housing Co-ordinator – 24 Hours per week

£29,285 - £33,949 Pro rata (based on 32 hour working week)

ASH Co-op is a thriving tenant-managed housing co-op in Cambridge. We have two part-time staff, one of whom is leaving the role, and are looking for a focused, committed, self-motivated and enthusiastic person to join us.

This is a varied front-line role involving collecting rent and taking enquiries, including maintenance requests and applications for membership. It also involves monitoring budgets, some basic accounting and general office administration. You must be IT literate with a good working knowledge of excel and will ideally have previous experience of housing work, working for a coop or community centred admin.

The successful applicant will be a core part of the coop structure, supporting members to run their own housing, build the community and improve the site together. There will be plenty of opportunities to develop or apply skills and work around sustainable development, community and process work, coop networking etc.

The closing date is 22nd May 2022.

We need someone Wales based, willing to work on their own initiative, who can be flexible to our needs and is an experienced administrator.

Day to day tasks will include fielding emails, maintaining external communications channels, minute taking, filing and some simple bookkeeping.

Are you an inspiring and innovative leader with entrepreneurial experience in setting up and scaling up successful new initiatives? We'd love to hear from you!

Director of Commercial and Nature Based Solutions
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Contract: Permanent
Working hours: Full time
Location: Remote working

We are looking for a strategic thinker with proven business management, project management and people management skills, to develop and deliver SWT (Sales) Ltd's business development strategy.

This role will involve establishing governance, legal, commercial and delivery models, as well as developing propositions to match the different corporate and financial models to Somerset Wildlife Trust's strategic objectives and ethical standards.

You will work closely with the Senior Leadership Team and First Ecology Manager, providing support to help develop and grow capacity, whilst meeting the needs of new investment models and strategic investors needs.

This is a new, very exciting role. We have an ambitious growth plan for SWT Sales Ltd to develop end-to-end services for emerging markets in nature-based solutions such as Biodiversity Net Gain, carbon and water quality, that help restore nature at scale.

This is a permanent full-time position, with hot-desking at our various offices and flexible home working.

The closing date for applications is 9.00 am on Monday 6th June 2022.

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the button to be directed to our website.

Please note that we will review applications throughout the advertising period and may close the advert early if a suitable applicant is found.

At Somerset Wildlife Trust we are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

No agencies please.

Location: Germany, France, UK, Denmark, the Netherlands, preferred, other European countries negotiable.

Remuneration: Depending on experience (including unpaid and other experiences) and capacity to take on responsibility, the base salary range, if based in London, £45,000 - £60,000 p.a. If the successful candidate is outside of London, UK, the salary will be adjusted based on local market equivalencies. 

Overtime Status: Exempt (hours, country dependent)

About Us

Driven by a passion to solve the climate crisis, The Sunrise Project U.S. is a team of experienced change-makers with a mission to scale social movements to drive the global transition beyond fossil fuels. With affiliated programs and staff in Australia, the United States, and across Europe, we have developed a unique model of grant making and campaigning that supports networks of organizations to drive powerful change towards our mission.

We have a dynamic and nimble organisational culture. We’re serious about supporting our people to thrive as we tackle the urgent climate challenge.

We believe that a diversity of experiences and perspectives will help us build stronger strategies, teams and movements. We take the broadest possible view of diversity and encourage First Nations people, people of colour, people living outside of cities, people living with disabilities, neurodiverse, and LGBTQIA+ people to apply. We are continually working on becoming a better workplace for everyone. You can read our commitment to this work here. 

About The Role

The Finance Action Organisers Network (“Finance Action”) is a global network of independent hubs in key finance locations made up of NGOs, grassroots groups, individuals and activists.  Together in their local communities, and across the world, Finance Action is uniting for climate justice by building grassroots power to shift major financial institutions away from funding fossil fuels. The Sunrise Project builds the capabilities of Finance Action, supports hubs with funding and technology, and provides guidance on strategies and actions. 

The Coordinator will uplift the work of those they are supporting to connect local communities to global hubs to grow a social movement that aims to end fossil fuel funding to address climate change.  The Europe Coordinator will work with local finance hubs to deliver key elements of work, as well as collaborating on the collective work within Finance Action by: supporting capacity building; connecting mobilisations to sustained powerbuilding; running strategy sessions and planning workshops; connecting trainers to organisers to support local needs; directing funding/grants; and leveraging the exchange of knowledge and skills. On a day-to-day basis, the role undertakes a variety of organising activity from working with local organisers to share and amplify calls to action; to providing training and support on: organising, campaigning and storytelling, and capturing and sharing lessons learned with the broader global community.

About You

First and foremost you are a passionate organiser, with hands-on experience helping activists and groups mobilise and organise to build social movement momentum.   You’re an intersectional relationship builder, who engages deeply with others and can bring diverse groups of people along the campaign journey. You believe in horizontal leadership and have a knack for enabling future leaders and empowering activists to take their next step.

You’re articulate and comfortable presenting and training small to large groups of like minded people, either virtually or face-to-face.  You understand the political and economic drivers of social campaigns and can lead, motivate and engage with people across a large network spanning many countries.  You’re adaptive and responsive to those you are supporting.  You understand that organising from the bottom up ensures local voices and needs are listened to and are reflected in campaigns to help shift people from achieving small wins to gaining wins at scale . You’re an engaging and inclusive storyteller, who believes in the power of sharing local struggles to support global powerbuilding.

Key Responsibilities

• Strengthening and growing organising hubs in key financial centers by working with organisations on campaign strategies, plans, timelines, and tactics.

• Identifying local organising needs and taking action to build their capabilities by delivering training, running workshops, connecting trainers and organisers to each other, directing funding support, and collaborating with hubs in other locations.

• Convening local network meetings and facilitating calls designed to build greater connections and achieve  growth in the movement.

• Collaborating with hub partners and organisers to build, expand, and maintain networks and high level relationships with NGOs, potential partners, grassroots groups, social movements and civil society in key areas.

• Utilising online and offline tools to share the experiences and learnings of hubs including writing website copy, curating and publishing stories, developing toolkits and trainings.

• Managing budgets, directing funding support and small grants for European hubs.

• Collaborating with the broader Sunrise Project team to identify and support opportunities for synergy across program areas and campaigns to ensure we have the biggest collective impact possible.

• Aligning programmatic strategies andObjectives and Key Results (OKRs) with Sunrise’s Values.  

Required skills and experience

• Significant experience developing and implementing long term organising and/or campaign strategies, preferably within Germany, France, Netherlands, the United Kingdom, or other European countries.

• Strong skills and experience in using digital campaigning and digital tools to mobilise effort, build momentum and bring about social change.

• Demonstrated experience in building capabilities and/or supporting a network in organising and running campaigns via training, workshopping, running meetings, coaching new leaders, developing toolkits and sharing learning resources.

• Well-developed cross cultural verbal communication skills including, presentation, training, facilitation, conflict resolution, and influencing skills.

• An ability to write engaging content e.g. storytelling skills.

• Flexibility with the ability to pivot and leverage different types of organising strategies and tactics.

• A collaborative mindset and a proven ability to work effectively in alliance with diverse stakeholders.

• A passion for action on climate change and a commitment to social justice.

Job requirements

If you meet some but not all of the criteria for this position, are unsure, but you’re keen on the role - please get in touch. We value and recognize experience that has been unpaid, from the grassroots or is lived experience.

• You must have legal work authorization for the country in which you will be working. The Sunrise Project will not sponsor applicants for employment visas.

The following requirements may be required - please check for details: 

• Intermittent travel with advanced notice

• Employment background checks may be required

• COVID-19 vaccinations in accordance with local legislation and/or Sunrise policy

How Sunrise supports its staff

The Sunrise Project is committed to creating a workplace that supports our staff to do their best work and develop professionally. We have the following in place to help us achieve that, noting that benefits listed may vary in accordance with the Professional Employment Office (PEO) we engage with for this role.

• Statutory benefits and entitlements of the country in which you are employed.

• Sunrise may provide additional benefits, where in-country entitlements are less than our standard package, where applicable including:

  • Birthday leave (if it’s your birthday, you get a day off)

  • Solidarity and community leave up to 1 week p.a.

  • Floating public holidays (cultural leave)

  • Gifted leave (during Christmas and New Years public holidays)

  • Flexible work policy

  • Employee Assistance Program

Additionally, our offering includes:

• A commitment to your professional development

• Coaching and management support with regular 1:1 meetings

• Performance reviews and feedback to support you and the team to reflect and grow

• A co-developed initial 3 month work plan to set goals and provide clarity on your role and responsibilities