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DIRECT MARKETING & DIGITAL FUNDRAISER
Fixed Term Contract (up to 15 months) to Cover Maternity Leave
Full Time – 35 hours per week
Mondays to Fridays, 9am to 5pm
Salary up to £34,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Based at The Frances Hay Centre, Banbury

We need a self-motivated individual to join our busy Public Fundraising Team on a fixed term contract of up to 15 months to cover maternity leave.  This is a fantastic opportunity to join a national charity during an exciting time of growth.

You will be the digital fundraising and direct marketing lead in the charity, with hands-on experience of building marketing campaigns - direct marketing, paid social media ads, automations, supporter journeys, funnels and conversion rate optimised landing pages that deliver against fundraising and lead generation targets.

You will be responsible for donor acquisition, retention and engagement. You will develop the fundraising team’s use of our CRM system (Microsoft Dynamics) to create supporter journeys and maximise long term support whilst providing leadership and guidance to the Public Fundraising team on Individual Giving.

You will manage our donor journeys, and develop our strategy for donor acquisition and retention, including Sponsor a Puppy product and legacy promotion, ensuring compliance with all relevant sector regulations.

We are looking for someone who has excellent organisational skills and an eye for detail. This role also requires a highly methodical and accurate approach, combined with the ability to prioritise multiple tasks in order to meet deadlines. An ability to work unsupervised and demonstrate a high level of initiative is also essential.

In return, Dogs for Good offers many additional benefits to the charity’s employees, including a generous pension contribution, income protection insurance (after a qualifying period) and 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays.

A full UK driving licence is preferred but, where applicable, we will work with the chosen candidate to find alternative solutions where reasonable adjustments are required.  An ability to work occasional evenings and weekends is essential.

Please note we are not able to employ anyone under 18 years of age.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please visit the 'Current Vacancies' page on our website, where full application instructions can be found.

Closing date for applications is noon on Thursday 1 September 2022.

First interviews will take place on Wednesday 14 September via Microsoft TEAMS and second interviews on Tuesday 20 September at our Head Office in Banbury.

Prospectus is excited to be working exclusively with the Norfolk Wildlife Trust to recruit an Interim Director of Development and Partnerships. Norfolk Wildlife Trust is the oldest Wildlife Trust in the country. The purchase of 400 acres of marsh at Cley on the north Norfolk coast in 1926 to be held ‘in perpetuity as a bird breeding sanctuary’ provided a blueprint for nature conservation which has now been replicated across the UK. NWT now have over 35,500 members, more than 100 corporate members, and eight thriving local members groups whilst providing conservation advice to a wide variety of organisations and individuals.

This role is offered on a three to six-month contract full-time basis paying £60,000 to £65,000 FTE to work in a hybrid model between home and their Norwich Office.

We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis so please do submit your CV as soon as possible if you are interested.

As Interim Director of Development and Partnerships, you will oversee the income generation teams across Fundraising, Membership, the Visitor Centres, and the Ecological consultancy. The post holder will work with the Director of Finance and Support Services to create a long-term funding plan across all four areas ensuring a sustainable financial model focused on growth. The post holder will ensure that learning and development opportunities are delivered for the team, that decision making is delegated to help build a positive culture and the team is motivated to deliver on their goals.

The successful candidate will be an experienced senior fundraising interim who is able to start in the role from week commencing August 29th and hit the ground running. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing a large team and have developed a long-term fundraising strategy aimed at delivering growth in a medium or large charity.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Adam Allnutt at Prospectus.           

If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.             

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.       

ASIRT is seeking to appoint an experienced and dynamic leader with the ability to develop and deliver high quality services for vulnerable clients. This is an exciting, creative and challenging role for someone with a strong commitment to excellence, justice, and a firm belief in the rights of migrants and refugees.

ASIRT is a small, experienced team working in a challenging environment. We provide prompt, independent advocacy support throughout the West Midlands for vulnerable and undocumented migrants and refugees. We submit representations to the Home Office, provide advice and advocacy support, influence policy, and run a specialist support service for children and young people funded by BBC Children in Need. ASIRT has a strong reputation for high-level legal work and our clients are at the heart of everything we do. Our Director will play a key role in developing and promoting ASIRT’s work, improving outcomes for clients, motivating and leading our team, and driving excellence.

You will have a proven track record of managing and developing services and people, and successful experience of financial administration. You will have excellent project, service, and people management skills, a keen eye for detail and significant experience of managing charitable services.

You will have a clear understanding of the needs of children and young people, a strong belief in children’s rights, and experience of safeguarding for children and vulnerable adults. You will be a strong and creative strategic thinker, used to working on your own initiative and motivating those around you to achieve their best.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all convictions, spent or unspent, must be declared. An Enhanced DBS check will be undertaken.

This post is supported by the Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales.

Interveiws will take place week commencing 22nd August 2022.

Please apply via the application form on our website.  CVs will not be accepted.

National Energy Action is looking for a Director of Homes who will lead the charity’s work to improve the lives of people in fuel poverty through improvements to building fabric and heating systems. It will strengthen NEA’s expertise and authority in this space across our activities.

The long-term solution to fuel poverty is for homes to be more energy efficient and more affordable to heat.  As National Energy Action’s Director of Homes, you will be at the heart of this vital transformation.  You will be part of our senior leadership team.  You will be responsible for our practical projects to improve the homes of people in fuel poverty; and you will bring expertise to critical debates on retrofit, decarbonisation and affordable warmth. 

This is a great time to join a passionate, committed and expert team.  If you think that everyone should be able to afford to keep their homes warm and safe; if you have the experience to drive our work in these areas, if you want to change for the better how people live their lives – we would love to hear from you.

This is a full time, permanent post with a flexible location in the UK.  The successful candidate will be part of the Senior Management Team, along with 3 other Directors, the Deputy Chief Executive and the Chief Executive. 

Candidates should have a demonstrable and evidenced track record of directing major programmes with complex funding arrangements, securing contracts through commercially-tendered bids, commissioning or procurement by private and public bodies.

The job description provides a list of the duties of the post and the person specification provides the list of essential and desirable criteria.

Our staff continue to work remotely on a temporary basis.  Post-holders must be resident within the UK, and be able to prove their Right to Work in the UK.  Post holders must also be willing to travel throughout the UK, including overnight stays as appropriate.

Interviews will take place on 7 and 8 September 2022, these could be in person or virtually.  Please indicate in your application if you will be available on these dates should you be selected for interview. Candidates are not expected to be present for the full two days.

Evolve is looking for an experienced professional with proven ability to manage a small team of professional staff, engage positively with a wide range of stakeholders, attract funds, and generate income through fundraising.

The Director will lead the team to provide the necessary vision, leadership, and fundraising skills which will enable the organisation to achieve its strategic and operational plans and meet fundraising targets.

The opportunity 

ImpactEd is an award-winning social enterprise that exists to help evaluate, understand and improve impact in education. Since being founded in 2017, we have grown rapidly to support over 700 schools and more than 200,000 young people. We are now piloting and launching a new platform helping schools to improve outcomes for pupils by understanding the experience and engagement of their teachers. 

An increasing body of evidence suggests that teacher engagement - how engaged colleagues are in their teaching and their experience of school - is a significant predictor of pupil outcomes as well as teachers' likelihood to remain in the profession. Understanding where and how to improve teacher engagement could therefore have a profound impact on staff retention and wellbeing, and ultimately pupil life chances. This is what the Teacher Engagement Platform (TEP) aims to achieve.

This role is an opportunity to join this new initiative at the ground floor, working as a founding Director to develop the platform, take it to scale, and act as its internal and external leader. Ultimately, this should provide the opportunity to design and shape a new product from day one while benefiting from the support of an established organisation. 

Role details

Having delivered a successful pilot of TEP with a group of 40 schools, we are looking for someone to lead the future of TEP’s development – setting the strategy, developing the concept, product and brand, and acting as its internal and external leader.

This is a senior leadership role within the organisation, reporting to our Managing Director and a project Board including our Chair. As the platform grows, the responsibilities of the role will change over time. You will be able to make that transition, having both the strategic vision to set the direction and business plan for TEP and the hands-on approach needed to support a product in the early stages of its development.

We are open to a range of backgrounds. The most important criteria are a deep understanding of the education sector, strategic leadership experience and strengths in partnership and network building. Experience and interest in product development would also be a real asset.

Why us?

You would be joining a dynamic social enterprise with opportunities for significant development in line with organisational growth. We are committed to:

• Agile and flexible working: responsive management, flexible hours, work from home options

• Personal excellence: we invest significantly in professional development, including an external mentor for every staff member, an individual CPD budget, and formal and informal training and support

• Mental health and wellbeing: access to health and wellbeing advice and free therapist support

For further details about the role, see the full job pack attached and additional details provided on the application link. The application deadline is Sunday 21st August at 10pm.

My client is an exciting new charity that has huge ambitions for the future. Focused on supporting children and families through education, they are growing rapidly both in size and geographical reach.

At present they are looking to appoint a new interim Director of Finance to support them in their development, including providing strategic financial advice and planning, as well as ensuring a fit for growth operational accounting team.

Key responsibilities & objectives:

• Acting as the most senior finance professional, responsible for overall financial management, business analysis and financial control of the charity.
• Transform finance into an outward facing business partner, providing critical financial information and insight to the business and board.
• Review and update of the current 5-year strategic growth plan.
• Invest in the development and culture of the finance team (people, systems and processes)

The successful candidate will be a qualified Accountant with a track record in the Charity sector. With strong presentation skills and an outward facing mind set, you will be very comfortable communicating complex financial messages to the board. Matching the ambitions of the organisation, you will be excited to join this organisation at such an important point in its future journey.

This role is outside of IR35 and open to candidates looking for 4 or 5 days a week assignment. My client is operating a hybrid office/ home working model, with 3 days a week required in their London office.

The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) finds and destroys landmines and unexploded bombs to help some of the world’s most vulnerable people stay safe and rebuild their lives after war. They are seeking a values-led, resilient, and experienced Director of Finance for a 14 Month Fixed Term Maternity Contract. The starting salary is normally point 1 of the scale advertised, however for an exceptional candidate we will consider appointment at a higher point in the scale, or a competitive market allowance, in recognition of the interim nature of this role.

THE ROLE

Reporting to the Chief Executive, the Director of Finance, as a key member of MAG’s Leadership Team, will provide strategic leadership and oversight to the organisation to ensure a strong, sustainable future.

Key accountabilities:

• Leadership: Lead the global finance function. Deputising for the Chief Executive as required
• Strategy: Develop, lead and direct MAG’s global financial strategy. Managing and enabling the delivery of MAG’s programmes, including new projects
• Financial Management: Ensure effective business models, financial management and reporting
• Planning: Implement strong processes for business planning and budgeting
• Regulatory: Ensure all activities are carried out in line with all relevant statutory, regulatory, and contractual requirements in all countries where MAG operates
• Risk Management: Identify risks and opportunities
• Partnering: Develop and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders. Oversee MAG's corporate relationship with financial institutions
• Change management: Facilitate and sustain growth

THE PERSON

• Commercially astute qualified accountant (ACA/ACMA/ACCA) ideally with experience of working internationally as well as a demonstrable understanding of the regulatory landscape in which MAG operates
• Strong commercial acumen, analytical, performance-driven, and solutions focused
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, able to challenge and influence in a supportive style with vision and integrity
• Proven ability to build strong relationships across a diverse and international stakeholder map, with effective people skills and gravitas to support effective delivery
• Candidates from a contract-based industry or other regulated sectors alongside those experienced in the not-for-profit sector are encouraged to apply

THE PACKAGE

• The salary scale for this role is between £71,184 - £80,544. The starting salary is normally point 1 of the scale, however, for an exceptional candidate we will consider appointment at a higher point in the scale, or a competitive market allowance, in recognition of the interim nature of this role
• Pension, Medical & Life Insurance, Flexible & Hybrid working
• Opportunity to travel internationally

Please note that as part of MAG's commitment to safeguarding, this post is subject to background checks before an offer of employment is confirmed. For more information on MAG’s approach to background checks, please click here.

MAG is committed to the principles of diversity, equality and inclusion. If you think you would be suited to one of our roles we would welcome your application regardless of your background. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive working environment where all employees feel respected and supported in fulfilling their potential.

Bayman Atkinson Smythe (BAS) Ltd is MAG’s retained search consultant for this position. Any third-party or direct applications will be forwarded to  BAS for evaluation and inclusion in the process.

Reporting to the Finance Director, the Financial and Management accountant is responsible for the production and analysis of monthly managagement accounts and statutory accounts for eight charities and three companies.  The successful candidate will have good oral and written communication skils, an in depth knowledge of UK charity and fund accounting, excellent data manipulation skills and an ability to work independently, to carry out assignments without supervision

The Financial and Management accountant will be responsible for:

• Preparing management accounts for the company (10 sets per annum)
• Managing and maintaining the ledgers, balance sheet, and control accounts for three small companies, four charitable foundations and three school charities (including consolidated accounts)
• Preparing financial forecasts and cashflow forecasts for the Finance Committee
• Assisting with the preparation of agenda and minutes for the Finance Committee (four meetings per annum)
• Preparation of statutory financial statements for three commercial companies, four linked charitable foundations, one pooled investment charity and three school charities
• Liaising with the auditor for annual year-end audits and preparation of year-end tax pack
• Review quarterly VAT reports from the Property Managers prepared by the Accounts Assistant
• Maintain and review investments register and cash accounts, liaising with the Investment Managers where necessary, to prepare quarterly reconciliations
• Review and reconciliation of corporate event income prepared by the external caterer
• Review of monthly debtors and creditors schedules prepared by the Accounts Assistant
• Review monthly bank reconciliations prepared by the Accounts Assistant
• Approve supplier invoices posted by the Accounts Assistant for accuracy and validity
• Generate BACS payment runs for the companies and charities
• Billing of company events and membership fees
• Agree annual budgets with the Director of Charities, for charitable grant spending across multiple historic funds
• Preparation of VAT returns, and reconciling VAT ledgers (including partial exemption)
• Review fixed asset registers
• Maintenance of wine stock, quarterly reconciliation of wine stock reports and production of usage and bond reports for the Wine Committee.

Executive Director of Finance required for highly respected educational institution

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified accountant required

Client Details

Executive Director of Finance required for highly respected educational institution based in East Sussex.

The Executive Director (Finance) will provide the Board, CEO, COO and senior leadership team with technical financial and accounting expertise and advice as a member of the Executive Team.

The Exec Director (Finance) will assist the COO to develop the College's financial strategy and ensure it is operationally delivered to ensure the College's financial viability. The postholder will promote excellent financial management and ensure robust internal controls so that public money is used efficiently, and effectively.

This role is responsible for the finance function within the College to ensure:

• That the Board and College Executive is provided with professional advice and guidance on finance and budgetary matters.
• The production of accurate financial reports, forecasts and analysis which takes account of the pressure of the external education environment.
• That the College procures in line with financial regulations to secure professional services that best serve students, staff and local communities to provide value for money.
• The management of all aspects of the College's taxation matters in UK and overseas jurisdictions.

The management of allocated budgets to ensure effective utilisation of resources.

Description

Ensure that the financial aspects of the curriculum are planned and controlled effectively and efficiently.

Collaborate with professional support managers to ensure that financial aspects of non-curriculum activities are planned and controlled effectively and efficiently.

Have overall responsibility for the production and provision of financial and other relevant management information.

Prepare annual financial statements and other finance records to meet the requirements of the Board, Executive Team and relevant regulators.

Act as the operational contact with the College's Internal Auditors, Financial Statements Auditors and ESFA Auditors (or any subsequent bodies

Develop and maintain an accounting system for the College and any subsidiary entities and maintaining appropriate fixed asset records.

Monitor and advise on the College's position in relation to taxation matters including Corporation Tax and PAYE matters.

Prepare VAT and Corporation tax returns including annual partial exemption/Capital Goods Scheme adjustments.

Manage the business planning process with the Deputy Principal/CEO & COO and the preparation of the annual budget for Board approval.

Produce the financial statements for audit and publication in accordance with our statutory requirements and obligations and to demonstrate exemplary practice in the use of public money.

Advise on significant business decisions to ensure that implications, opportunities, and risks are fully understood.

Produce monthly financial reports to agreed formats and timescales. These will include commentary explaining developments, variances, and risks.

Lead the production and provision of financial and other relevant management information for Board, internal customers and external agencies as required.

Providing governors and managers with management information that highlights performance against agreed benchmarks.

Monitor and report on all aspects of the budgetary control framework, including support to delegated budget holders.

Maintain and communicate the College's financial regulations and procedures. Provide training and guidance to ensure compliance with the financial regulations

Support college managers to effectively plan and procure the necessary resources.

Oversee the systems appropriate to the control of all funding streams in line with requirements.

Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements for any subsidiary entities.

Support the college's Internal and external auditors to provide information and evidence as required.

Provide management, support, and professional development for all direct reports.

Ensure that direct reports are fully deployed in tasks commensurate with their grade of post and agreed roles and responsibilities.

Providing staff appraisals to direct report staff to agreed college guidelines.

The post holder will be expected to attend and present at Board, Finance Committee and Audit and Risk Committee as required.

Commit to, promote and operate in accordance with the organisations values and goals including but not limited to: safeguarding; health and safety; diversity and inclusion.

Commit to and participate in college-wide activities as required including but not limited to enrolment; open events; development.

To undertake continuing professional development as appropriate. Take a full part in the College staff development programme including the appraisal process.

To undertake such other duties and responsibilities as may be reasonably required by your line manager with the level and grading of the post, working flexibly across other areas of the department/division and College as required.

To adhere to general standards of conduct embodied in college policies.

Profile

• Relevant professional financial qualification as a qualified accountant (CIMA or CCAB qualification e.g. ICAEW, CIPFA, ACCA, IFA)
• Demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of the reporting requirements for FE colleges.
• Demonstrate an understanding of all key performance indicators relevant to the activity of a college.
• Demonstrate sound knowledge of using computerised accounting packages.
• Proven significant experience of the management of finance in an FE college or other educational institution.
• Proven experience of working at a senior leadership and management level.
• Proven successful implementation and delivery of commercially focused, compliant finance strategies and complex income models
• Experience of developing and delivering robust financial controls which produce results and lead to a successful finance department with clean audits.
• Proven experience of producing management accounts, draft budgets, financial plans/projections and end of year financial statements in a timely manner.
• Demonstrable track record of successfully managing multiple teams, including payroll, within a college or other similar complex organisation.
• Liaison with internal and external auditors (or working as an auditor)
• Creating and maintaining partnerships with key stakeholders.
• Demonstrate advanced level of IT skills (MS Office, proprietary software etc)
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills across all levels of the organisation and with different stakeholders.
• Demonstrate ability to build strong, motivated and talented teams.

Job Offer

37 hour week

Competitive salary

Generous annual leave

Enhanced statutory entitlements

Comprehensive staff development

Excellent pension scheme with life assurance and access to a staff discounts portal which can save staff on average upwards of £500/year (launching in academic year 22/23).

Free parking

Technical Director

We are recruiting for a Technical Director to join a team in London, UK.

An experienced international director in communicable diseases control. The Technical Director is responsible for the technical oversight of programmes and activities worldwide and for the quality of the technical input into all of the charity’s work. This post has global responsibilities for directing the technical strategy across all of the offices and programmes in Africa and Asia and to lead the technical team in areas of expertise.

The successful candidate will have:

• Substantial and extensive experience in global health with a focus on communicable diseases control and universal health coverage
• A PhD, or equivalent experience, in a scientific area relevant to the charity’s mission
• Senior leadership experience in an international NGO, academic institution, multilateral agency or relevant private sector business
• Strategy implementation experience at regional or global levels
• Strong experience in mentoring senior, high-calibre technical staff
• Demonstrable experience of representation at government-agency level on behalf of an organisation
• Significant experience of writing/reviewing proposals targeted at major government development partners and foundations

We need to keep beneficiaries safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to safeguarding.

The Company:

Established in 2003, the charity is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising in the prevention, control, and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among vulnerable populations.

Their mission is to save lives and improve health in Africa and Asia through evidence-based programmes that combat targeted diseases and promote Universal Health Coverage.

About Us

Shiva Foundation envisions a world that operates on the basis of value-based leadership, where individuals are equipped with the knowledge, frameworks and tools to act in service of equity, freedom and justice. We believe it is our collective responsibility to put people before profit, centre people’s lived realities of oppression and step back to make space for marginalised voices to be heard. We recognise the need to understand where power inequalities exist in order to build a more just world. Our goal is to design sustainable models to tackle the systemic inequity impacting marginalised individuals and communities across the U.K. and India. Our role is two-fold.

1. We act as a support and anchor for those working on the frontline - this includes community groups, grassroots organisations, local councils, civil society, local leaders and businesses etc.
2. We also leverage networks and influence to enact meaningful change at the policy level, in government and across business.

We do this in four ways, by providing:

• Knowledge, frameworks and tools to facilitate concrete action;
• Resources and capacity for collaborative working;
• Expertise for impactful policy advocacy; and
• Immediate support and relief.

Our focus is across two key issue areas:

1. Tackling modern slavery and promoting labour rights; and
2. Tackling gender based violence (GBV), especially against racially minoritised women.

Please note, our website is in the process of being updated so while it captures a lot of our past work, it is not completely up-to-date with more current projects. We are happy to share more about these during the interview stage.

About our Priorities

Our work is wide-ranging and collaborative. In particular we are currently prioritising:

• Embedding labour rights and modern slavery provisions into policy. We ensure that local and national government policies meaningfully address modern slavery and labour rights violations and support survivors fully. This includes but also goes beyond the Modern Slavery Act. We work with policy-makers, local councils, government and regulatory bodies to make this happen.
• Shifting corporate practices towards more equitable power distribution. We provide expertise to ensure that business policies and practices meaningfully incorporate activities that address modern slavery and uphold labour rights. We work with small and medium businesses to make this happen.
• Improving statutory agency response to GBV against racially minoritised women. We advocate an improvement in statutory agency policy and practice when it comes to supporting racially minoritised survivors of GBV. This includes more consistent, integrated and tailored support for survivors who live at the intersections of multiple oppressions. We work with statutory local agencies, policy-makers and civil society to make this happen.
• Better resourcing racially minoritised communities. We work to equip racially minoritised communities with more and better resources to be able to respond to GBV and access support services in ways that work for them when violence does happen. We work with leaders or community-led organisations in racially minoritised communities as well as civil society to make this happen.

About the Role

The Managing Director is responsible for the management and direction of Shiva Foundation’s projects and day-to-day activities, as well as providing leadership to the team. You are also responsible for the organisation’s administration and financial management and will work closely with the Founder/Director and board of trustees to review and implement strategy, budget and business plan. You will manage the implementation of the strategic plan and will ensure this, as well as operational plans, are the central drivers of Shiva Foundation’s work. 

While some projects are well established, new areas will emerge and therefore you should have experience with strategic development and program design as well as a familiarity with project implementation. 

It is preferable that you have some knowledge of both modern slavery and labour rights as well as gender-based violence but we welcome applications from candidates that have only worked in one of these areas before. You will work with a range of stakeholders especially public sector bodies and small to medium sized businesses. It is preferable that you have experience working with both but we will also welcome applications from candidates with more experience in one than the other. The small team environment means that this role involves significant responsibility as well as the opportunity to collaborate and interact with a diverse set of senior external stakeholders. You must be comfortable with significant responsibility from the outset. 

You will work closely with the Founder/Director and will be relied upon to give well researched and thoughtful  recommendations to the board in order to drive key strategic decisions. You will report into the Founder/Director and be supported in your role on a day-to-day basis by a Senior Advisor. To begin with, you will have two direct reports - the Senior Program Manager and Communications Coordinator. This will expand over time as you build your team.

You will be expected to act as the public face of the organisation, building relationships with stakeholders from across a range of sectors including government and public sector, business and civil society. Over time, you will also be expected to develop expertise in modern slavery, labour rights and gender-based violence in order to draft briefs, present at events, feed onto national strategies etc.

Key Responsibilities
Strategic

• Providing strategic and tactical direction to the organisation, setting key goals and KPIs for both short and long term.
• Maintaining an understanding of current key insights and changes in our two thematic areas as well as how those can feed into our work and how we can add out expertise to relevant national and international conversations.
• Maintaining key relationships with experts in our two thematic areas (across business, government and civil society) to scope out future projects and identify opportunities for cross-promotion and/or collaboration.
• Setting out how the strategic plan of the organisation will be translated into activities at the project level.
• Ensuring effective tracking of strategy implementation and regular reporting to the Founder/Director and to the board.

Management

• Designing programmes that align with the strategic goals of the organisation and overseeing their implementation.
• Ensuring that the activities implemented are of a high quality and relevant to the mission and vision of the organisation.
• Developing project-specific goals, monitoring and evaluation methods with any relevant team members.
• Overseeing the design and day-to-day implementation of all project work.
• Managing the outreach and uptake of the organisation’s existing tools and resources, such as the Blueprint and SME toolkit.
• Overseeing any mapping and research for new work, such as interviews, focus groups, roundtables, desk-based research, etc.
• Leading team management, such as setting the team culture and practices, overseeing all work and creating worker-centric management practices that inspire and support individual team members.
• Personnel management, including performance reviews and 1-1s and day-to-day HR.
• Hiring, training, developing and managing staff and/or consultants.
• Acting as a key point of contact to the board for reporting and strategic purposes.

Outreach

• Oversight of the communications plan (internal and external) together with the Communications Coordinator.
• Working with the Communications Coordinator to scope, develop and implement policy advocacy campaigns emerging on the basis of our long-term work.
• Ensuring and facilitating regular reporting, communication and information exchange between team members.
• Engaging and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders to strengthen partnerships/collaboration for a comprehensive and inclusive approach.
• Developing and maintaining effective constituencies of contacts and partners to optimise information gathering and development and implementation of effective strategies.
• Writing or contributing to the drafting of timely and effective reports, briefings, position papers, correspondence, action materials, press releases and other internal and external documents.
• Representing the organisation at key working groups, partnership meetings, national forums, operational units, panels, conferences etc.
• Liaising with the Founder/Director where she can, in her wider political role, provide a platform to amplify or support Shiva Foundation’s work. This may involve drafting notes, briefings, speeches, press releases etc.

Financial Management

• Forecasting and managing Shiva Foundation’s organisational and programme-specific budgets.
• Ensuring any expenditure not pre-approved is run past the Founder/Director.
• Sourcing external funding, if relevant, and managing the relationship with donors, including timely reporting.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience
The below is a list of preferred knowledge, skills and experience for this role. We
encourage you to apply even if you only meet some of these criteria if you can show an
ability and willingness to learn new skills and grow in the role. We particularly
encourage you to apply if you are a person of colour or part of another minoritised
community.

Experience

• An undergraduate or graduate degree in human rights, gender, development, law or other relevant discipline (or relevant professional experience).
• A minimum of 7-9 years of progressive experience in a senior management role or 3-4 years in an executive director/managing director role for a similar organisation.
• Management and leadership skills demonstrated by evidence of leading high performing teams and working with individuals at all levels.
• Sound financial awareness, including experience of managing and controlling budgets and resources.
• Experience of staff management, including performance management and personal development.
• Experience with reporting to a board of trustees/senior management.
• Experience representing an organisation externally at a senior level.
• Experience working with public sector bodies, such as local councils, the Home Office, the London Mayor’s Office etc..
• Experience working with senior level business representatives.
• Experience working with civil society organisations.

Skills

• Ability to think strategically and identify new opportunities and initiatives.
• Proven experience planning, prioritising and juggling multiple demands, and openness and flexibility to take on different administrative and support tasks.
• Ability to manage a heavy and varied workload effectively, to maintain high levels of both accuracy and output.
• Effective presentation and public speaking skills.
• Ability to work self-directed.
• Excellent IT skills.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Ability to relate well within a diverse context and with various stakeholders.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the modern slavery and labour rights in the U.K.
• Knowledge of gender-based violence (or violence against women and girls) in the U.K.
• Understanding of how to scope, plan and implement policy advocacy campaigns.
• Knowledge of charity management or administration.
• Demonstrated commitment to Shiva Foundation’s mission, vision and values.

Please apply for this role by completing the form on our website by 23.59 on 21 August 2022. Please note you must have permission to live and work in the U.K. to be eligible for this role. If your application is successful you will hear back from us the week of 29 August 2022.

You will be given an exercise to complete. Successful candidates will be invited for an interview between 5-9 September 2022. If you are not available during this time, please let us know in your application so we can arrange an alternative.

If you are offered the role, depending on your availability, you will be invited to attend paid induction days at week beginning 12 September 2022.

Opora is a charity helping Ukrainians fleeing the war rebuild their lives in the UK sustainably and for the long term. Opora helps tens of thousands of Ukrainians in the UK with information, advice and practical support to rebuild their lives in the UK, addressing employability, mental health, accommodation and financial needs. Opora adopts technology-led and entrepreneurial approaches to solving charitable problems for our beneficiaries.

The Managing Director will be responsible for furthering the objects of Opora and ensuring the successful delivery of Opora’s charitable activities across all aspects of the Opora mission. The Managing Director will provide exceptional leadership to our staff, volunteers and represent Opora externally. The Managing Director will be overseeing all aspects of managing Opora’s day-to-day activities, strategic growth, fundraising and regulatory / statutory reporting and financial management. 

Opora is a very entrepreneurial and dynamic charity, focussed on technology-led solutions to achieve scale of our charitable activities and outcomes for our beneficiaries - the successful candidate will need to embody this approach and principles. We will consider all career backgrounds and candidates who can demonstrate the required skills, capacity and willingness to learn fast, problem-solve and discover innovative, technology-led solutions in support of our beneficiaries. This is a great opportunity for someone to step into a leadership role, act as an owner and help scale-up Opora’s effort and impact.

Main responsibilities 

• Overall leadership of Opora

  • Developing and implementing Opora strategies in conjunction with the Board of Trustees

  • Developing and implementing new and existing partnerships and funding initiatives

  • Pro-actively seeking and establishing opportunities to enhance and expand the impact of Opora’s charitable activities

  • Representing and promoting the organisation externally

  • Overseeing the day-to-day management of Opora, the Opora platform and online communities and supporting the team in delivery and development of charitable activities.

• Planning and development

  • In conjunction with the Board of Trustees, develop, implement and monitor the business and development plan, including the identification of new charitable projects and risks

  • Maintain an awareness of the context in which the charity is operating, including policy, legislation, commissioning, social trends and beneficiaries’ needs (especially by proactively analysing Opora’s online community engagement) and use these to develop and adapt the service and support local, national and cross government national policies

  • Translate organisational objectives into team and individual work plans with clear and realistic targets.

• Fundraising / income generation

  • Develop with the Board of Trustees, and implement, a diverse funding strategy and plan that underpins the sustainability of the organisation, and expands and diversifies the organisation's funding base

  • Ensure the funding plan is executed effectively through the development of appropriate services and projects that are attractive to funders

  • Develop and implement an efficient and effective bid identification and writing process that yields sustainable funding to support strategic service development

  • Present all funding opportunities to the Board for confirmation of fit with the organisation’s requirements 

• External affairs and public relations

  • Maintain and develop strong, effective networks and relationships in communities across the UK, with stakeholders, partners, funders and potential funders, local government, beneficiaries and within the wider community, voluntary and special enterprise sector

  • Promote and protect the aims, principles, policies, interests and reputation of the Opora, developing the profile through appropriate publicity, media and marketing activities, including public speaking, presentations and use of social media

  • Identify and develop partnership opportunities and work effectively with other organisations and consortia, where appropriate

  • Liaise with the Home Office and other Departments and contribute to their work at regional and national levels, where appropriate.

• Supporting the Board of Trustees

  • Arrange and attend meetings of the Board of Trustees, including sub committees, working groups, the annual general meeting and any special general meetings

  • Advise the Board of Trustees on financial, staffing and operational issues and on compliance with the Opora policies and Charity Commission guidance and relevant legislation, company and charity law, health and safety, employment, etc

  • Report to the Board of Trustees on progress against the business plan and agreed objectives

  • Prepare and draft Opora annual report.

• Financial management

  • Ensure day-to-day financial control of the charitable activities within budget agreed by the Board of Trustees

  • Ensure that all finances are properly administered and monitored, and that appropriate financial regulations and controls are in place and in use at all times

  • Prepare and review detailed budgets for approval by the Board of Trustees in conjunction with Trustees and / or appropriate sub-committee, accountants auditors

  • Ensure regular management reports are made to the Board of Trustees on income, expenditure and any variations from budgets

  • Oversee the correct preparation of accounts and financial statements in conjunction with Trustees, accountants and auditors

  • Ensure that all financial reporting obligations are met in relation to submissions for funding; grant aid, contracts and any other initiatives.

• Staff and volunteer management

• Ensure and promote a positive, flexible and inclusive workplace where everyone is passionate about supporting Opora’s beneficiaries 

• Ensure that the very best people management practices exist throughout the whole employee/volunteer lifecycle

• Ensure that a comprehensive trustee/staff/volunteer strategy and annual plan is developed and put in place, to include effective recruitment, training development, and performance management

• In accordance with the Opora organisational procedures, assist the Board of Trustees in implementing and monitoring employment policies and procedures 

Experience and skills

• Fluent English required; Ukrainian or Russian preferred 

• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision in a very entrepreneurial, fully-remote working environment required

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing, to represent Opora to the community, its stakeholders and partners required

• Ability to manage competing priorities and dynamically prioritise workload, ensuring all ongoing and project tasks are completed on time required

• Demonstrable knowledge charity governance, general management best practice required

• An entrepreneurial mindset, with outstanding organisational, leadership and community-building skills required 

• Prior fundraising experience from donors, grants, trusts in a small charity preferred 

• Experience in working with vulnerable groups and beneficiaries, strong knowledge of safeguarding best practice both online and offline preferred 

The St Matthews Church Brixton PCC Building Charity is looking for a new Building Manager and Charity Director with people, financial and practical skills, and a social-entrepreneurial outlook, to manage the large and visible building of St Matthew’s in the centre of Brixton in Lambeth, south London. Built in 1824 the building was converted in the 1970s and now offers substantial office and other spaces available for rent across 6 floors (including a restaurant in the crypt). The parish church of St Matthew’s Brixton, which continues to occupy a small part of the building, set up the Building Charity to promote the rest of the building as a sustainable community asset for use by community oriented organisations and charities. It is responsible for its own facilities management.

The Building Manager & Charity Director is a wide-ranging role encompassing the upkeep of the building and managing tenancies, working closely with the vicar and Charity trustees to develop and promote the building as a good place to rent, developing good local relationships, and ensuring the Charity is run on a sustainable and sound financial footing. The successful candidate will be an experienced facilities manager who is also ambitious for the future of the St Matthew’s building and how the Charity can best fulfil its vision.

22nd August: Closing date (5pm)

29th August: Shortlisted candidates informed