Employment Type: Fixed-term (3 years)

Posting: Unaccompanied

Application Deadline: 06 November 2020 - applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and interviews will be organised according to availability. As such, the application window will close if a suitable candidate is appointed.

NOTE: Due to the current travel restrictions as a result of the COVID pandemic, applicants will ideally need to be already situated in Myanmar, as this role will not be able to be carried outside the country for a long period of time.

Summary of Role

The Country Director will provide dynamic leadership and management to develop and deliver MA-UK ‘s strategy in Myanmar, with a focus on leading and building a high-performing, diverse team and developing strong relationships with external stakeholders that are critical to the organisation’s growth and reputation in the country.

About the Role

The main responsibilities of this role will be to:

1. To ensure the country office’s programme strategy is responding to the country’s critical development and humanitarian needs, and is also aligned to organisation’s global strategy, mission and values.
2. To enhance MA-UK’s reputation and brand through maintaining positive relationships with other stakeholders, including government, donors, UN bodies, other INGOs, and local NGOs.
3. To build and maintain positive and professional relationships with existing and potential partners.
4. To seek new funding opportunities through in-country and external relationship building including with bilateral and multilateral development partners, embassies and high-net individuals.
5. Organise successful audits of any donor funded programme which is audited by external auditors of donor agencies in consultation HQ.
6. Maintain an overview of the political and security context, noting how developments may affect programme work. To ensure regular reporting to the UK office on these matters.

About you

To be successful in this role:

1. Understanding of the drivers of poverty and a first-hand understanding of Myanmar.
2.  Proven experience of working in a country director or other senior level leadership/management position in an INGO environment.
3. Considerable experience of international development work, including project or programme management.
4. Experience of multiple donor grant management and reporting to major donors.
5. Experience of networking with key stakeholders particularly for fundraising and influencing.
6. Experience of working with organisations in developing countries, ideally in South and Southeast Asia.
7. Experience of multiple donor grant management and reporting to major donors.

Why you should apply

Our Myanmar Country Office is growing and if you are a focused, confident and inspirational leader who is ready to contribute to the growth and take the Country Office to the next level, then this is the role for you. Please ensure that you review the job description before applying.

How should you apply: 

All applicants are required to complete an application form  Please forward the application form with the subject title "CD Myanmar app form." We DO NOT accepts CVs. 

We have an immediate opportunity for an Accounting Manager to join our UK-based team.  The role is to provide a pivotal role to support the Trust’s finance team with accounting, reporting and financial management and implementation of Oracle PeopleSoft modules.

Please note applications will be reviewed as they are received. 

The RZIM Zacharias Trust is a UK-registered Christian charity with a friendly, welcoming culture and a warm working atmosphere.  Our organisational vision and mission is to provide thoughtful answers to difficult questions.

As a successful applicant, you will report to our global Chief Financial Officer (based in at RZIM Headquarters in Atlanta, USA) and will be responsible for the timeliness and effectiveness of the Finance and Accounting functions in the Trust, leading and ensuring the accurate and timely preparation of Actuals, Forecasts, and Budget reports for both internal and external distribution, as well as effective supervision, development and oversight of the UK finance department.

You will also have the opportunity to become a member of a stimulating Christian community, where you will take an active part in the prayer life of the team.  Your main responsibilities would include:

• Leads preparation of monthly financial statements annual budgeting process to enable its submission to the Board of Directors for approval and funding.
• Collaborates with the Headquarters Finance Team to ensure alignment with finance processes and procedures to achieve global reporting consistency and cohesiveness.
• Interprets the Trust’s monthly financial results/variances to communicate them to key internal contacts and works with budget owners to prepare and deliver forecasts and financial analysis as needed and champions global internal control policies, processes, and procedures.
• Leads the Zacharias Trust annual independent external audit.
• Ensures full compliance and accurate reporting as required by external parties and acts as the main liaison for the Charities Commission, Companies House, UK SORP, insurance, banks, and other vendors or relevant in country government authorities.
• Processing and record keeping of all employees’ National Insurance (NI), payroll taxes, including pension deductions, and Gift Aid recovery.
• Leadership of UK Finance function.

To be successful in this role you will be an experienced finance professional, of graduate calibre (preferably with a degree in finance or accounting), with extensive experience of Microsoft Office Suite applications and PeopleSoft, Hyperion Planning, or other financial reporting software.  You will also have an ACCA, equivalent qualification in accounting or full CIMA membership and committed to uphold financial integrity and achieving timely, high quality results and service, with a proven ability to work effectively with both finance and non-finance professionals to inspire sound stewardship and financial decision making.  You will also be skilled and experienced in the area of Finance and Administration, with strong working knowledge of UK charities financial reporting under UK General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), FRS 102 and UK Statement of Recommended Practices (SORPs) as well as knowledge of British General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The ideal candidate will be well organised with the ability to set priorities, displaying resilience and remaining calm under pressure, and meet timely deadlines.  The successful candidate will be self-motivated, with a strong work ethic, and will have a proven ability to work alone but also to build strong collaborative working relationships with colleagues across functions and organisational levels and securing trust and respect of colleagues, using positive influencing and relationship building skills. They will have well developed interpersonal and communication skills to effectively communicate evidence a high level of emotional intelligence.  In particular, they will be able to use a high degree of tact and sound judgment in dealing with financial and other sensitive information while maintaining high levels of confidentiality. They will display the leadership qualities that will enable them to lead and develop the finance team and are likely to have managed staff.

In return we offer a pleasant working environment, a friendly and open team atmosphere, generous pension scheme, death in service scheme and a range of other work benefits.

Please note: as a result of our Christian ethos, this post is covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) under the Equality Act 2010. The successful applicant will be expected to be a practicing Christian with a mature faith and to clearly demonstrate a personal commitment to the statement of faith and values as well as the mission, principles and practices of the Trust.

You will also need to provide proof of your right to work in the UK as part of the application process.

 This role is also likely to be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) standard check.

If you are interested in applying, please email your CV, together with a covering email outlining your suitability, details about what your Christian faith means to you and motivation for the role.

Theatre for a Change is a registered charity in the UK, with a unique approach to sexual and reproductive health and rights. We have become a respected brand with international funders, global INGOs and within the local communities in which our work is delivered. 

At this particularly exciting point in our organisation’s development, we will be appointing a new Executive Director, with overall responsibility for the leadership and management of the organisation.

The successful candidate will be an outstanding individual with strong relevant experience and alignment to our mission, values and approach, and will be experienced in the development and delivery of organisational strategies and business plans. They will have experience of developing leadership and management teams, and bring a substantial track record of leadership mentoring, training and development.

We highly value our collaborative culture and the successful candidate will work closely with all members of the leadership teams, and also with the Board of Trustees and Directors in the UK and Malawi.

Salary: £55,000 per annum.

Letters of application and CV’s by 31st October 2020.

As an equal opportunities employer, we particularly encourage applications from women and people of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently underrepresented at this level in this area. All appointments will be made on merit of skill and experience relative to the role.

INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS COORDINATOR (YOUTH AND SAFEGUARDING)

ST JOHN INTERNATIONAL

From £30K Up to £32K depending on experience + 11% pension contribution

The Order of St John (also known as St John International) is a prestigious chivalric organisation with a rich history and is an international development Charity. It aims to support its members and its establishments around the world in delivering first aid and health care services in more than 35 countries. The International Office of the Order is a small but busy organisation that serves as the secretariat for the global organisation and is on the cusp of expansion. It is looking for an experienced International Networks Coordinator. This is a mid-level role in the organisation, with real scope to help shape and drive change in a global organisation that reaches and engages millions of people every year.

 St John International is currently undertaking a Strategy Review and the post holder will take an active part, both in the Review and developing their own job specification.  The organisation’s role, as the international secretariat, is to provide services that enable linking up and synergy to develop between all 40 of the organisations within the family of St John, while encouraging a movement towards internationally consistent standards in all areas of organisational delivery. Functions of St John International in line with this include facilitating the development of thematic working groups to build consensus for subsequent action across all organisations.

The post holder will need to be comfortable in a role that involves considerable network building, developing consensus among peers, and using that consensus to define and enable further actions. The role would suit someone who is able to build strong peer relationships among thematic groups and able to guide a working group towards delivery of their purpose. It requires an ability to provide absolute clarity in communications and decisions, along with a willingness to hold peers to a deadline or agreement. 

This role is orientated around two specific themes of Youth involvement in governance and building a world class safeguarding system in all St John organisations. It will be necessary, however, for the post holder to recognise that these themes will evolve over time, and they could be called upon to address other themes in the same facilitation role.

This role is chiefly facilitating two developing areas of the Order of St John: The International Youth Advisory Network (40%) and development and implementation of an Order safeguarding strategy (40%). The remaining time will be involved in other network functions, such as supporting an international community of practice that is identifying good practice in volunteer management. (20%)

Although still developing in structure, aid and support for many of our smaller organisations around the world will come from the larger St John organisations based in the region.  The post holder may be required to work closely with the regional leads, linking their work with the requirements of the International Office.

International Youth Advisory network (IYAN): Facilitate the meetings of the IYAN group as per the IYAN ToR, and coordinate support discussions with youth staff managers to enable IYAN. Assist IYAN members to understand their role and encourage development of a vocal and empowered IYAN cohort.

Methods:

1. Provide a secure online space for IYAN members to use. Respond to IYAN opinion and needs in development of this space and ensure that all members are fully able to use it.
2. Develop an IYAN culture and infrastructure that is youth friendly and responsive to young people’s needs, to encourage participation.
3. Encourage discussion, remind members of deadlines, prompt engagement where necessary
4. Provide access to information as requested by IYAN members (consulting with Head of development if necessary)
5. Ensure IYAN members remain true to their purpose as described in the ToR.
6. Provide a secretarial role to IYAN as necessary, although encourage members to create their own material and minutes as much as possible.
7. Relay questions about strategy development from IEM to IYAN, and vice versa
8. Assist IYAN in producing formal documents that clarify the support that IYAN needs from staff (in the event of further youth consultation for instance)
9. Assist IYAN in delivery of their purpose in any other way
10. Coordinate peer meetings of priory youth management staff meetings, to ensure they are aware of IYAN’s discussions, and that they are prepared to assist IYAN members in delivering their purpose.
11. Facilitate IYAN in putting members forward to join other governance committees of the Order and ensure those members are adequately aware of the issues and discussions to be able to contribute meaningfully.

Safeguarding: Coordinate delivery of a safeguarding strategy for the Order, including management of a consultant to provide an indicative baseline assessment of the Order’s current situation and roadmap for improvement. Ensure that the Order strategy adequately responds to the risk from poor safeguarding, and that resources necessary to provide a world class safeguarding strategy are planned and ultimately put in place for the Order.

Methods:

1. Advocate and discuss the strategy for safeguarding development across the Order with all Priories and regional management teams. Build awareness and adherence to the strategy means and method.
2. Manage an internationally experienced safeguarding consultant, able to understand the complexities of safeguarding in international organisations that work in LMICs. The consultant should:
   1. Conduct baseline assessment of safeguarding policies, procedures and culture in at least 1 Priory and 1 Association.
   2. Provide a presentation to the trustees of the Order that highlight the current status of the Order’s safeguarding risk, the requirements and responsibilities of the trustees from a legal and moral standpoint
   3. Develop a roadmap for the improvement of safeguarding to a world class system in all of the Order’s establishments
3. Build consensus among all Priories for the safeguarding roadmap, or a variation of it. Ensure the actions identified within it are resourced and built into the Order development strategy
4. Lead in the development of any secretariat functions with regards to the agreed safeguarding strategy

Volunteer Management Community of Practice: The Order has engaged several staff managers from around the world in an effective community of practice (CoP) that discusses the subject of Volunteer management. The post holder will be required to support the continuation of this CoP

Methods:

1. Schedule and communicate with all CoP members about next meetings
2. Facilitate a rotating chair to create lively and engaging discussion around preferred issues
3. Document discussions, identifying good practice, ideas, areas requiring research, etc.

An ideal applicant would have experience in:

1. Managing a support function for an international organisation or network of organisations.
2. Working to facilitate disparate groups of people around the world to come together with a shared understanding of purpose
3. Driving committees towards clarity of decisions and purpose and holding them accountable.
4. Working with and to empower young people, particularly working with them to encourage their involvement in governance type roles.
5. Managing consultants in a timely and effective manner.
6. Using a baseline survey to evidence needs and developing costed action plans to address those needs.
7. Working successfully in a variety of countries and cultures, particularly the LMIC’s within the commonwealth.

Along with technical knowledge of:

1. Safeguarding in organisations, especially those working in resource poor settings.
2. Using digital applications to facilitate collaboration, particularly MS Teams
3. Consultancy contract management

The role will have an expected element of travel, including to LMIC countries from time to time. It is estimated that this will not exceed 6 weeks a year. The global reach of St John means that the post holder will occasionally be required to be flexible with working hours to match different time zones.

The Order of St John are committed to increasing diversity in the workplace and across our practices. Applications from all minority ethnic or under-represented groups will be very welcome.

To apply, please send a CV and a brief covering letter outlining your relevant experience and skills and providing your current salary.

Applications will be accepted until 1700hrs on Friday 30 0ctober 2020.

INTERVIEWS:

Video interviews will take place on 4-5 November 2020.

Face to Face interviews will take place on Thursday12 November (subject to Covid19 restrictions)

Our vision is of a world where no one is blind from avoidable causes and where visually impaired people participate equally in society. Each year, we improve the lives of millions of people in the poorest parts of the world.

Position: Finance and Support Services Manager (FSSM)

Location:  Freetown, Sierra Leone Country Office

Salary: Competitive, local terms and conditions will apply

Contract: Two-year Fixed Term Contract

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Finance and Support Services Manager to join our team to oversee the management of the Sightsavers Finance and Administration at the Sierra Leone Country Office. Reporting to the Country Director you will be responsible for monitoring the country resource management and identifying risks or issues. The Finance and Support Services Manager will develop or propose solutions to financial or support related problems and will assess consistency and quality of financial management in collaboration with colleagues.

Key accountabilities:

This is an involved role and under the supervision of the Country Director, the Finance and Support Services Manager (FSSM) will be in charge of:

• Ensuring competent financial management and risk mitigation by ensuring compliance with local regulations and adhering to the organisational Financial Framework with specific respect to implementation of: financial management and controls; financial planning and budgeting; financial monitoring and audits; monitoring and retaining accurate financial records.
• Leading in support services to the country office through managing logistics of procurement of supplies, delivering or overseeing administrative functions i.e. payroll and ensuring IT equipment functions effectively all in line with organisational policies and procedures.

• Working collaboratively with programme and finance teams to support and strengthen the financial management, accountability and capacity building of partners. 
• Supporting finance and programme teams with joint review of programme/project reports, planning and analysis
• Supporting proper financial and resource management of programmes with the joint review of project planning and monitoring reports, auditing of funds provided, analysis of programme delivery and grant management reporting.

Qualifications and experience:

• Relevant professional accounting qualification or degree (MBA) in Finance/Accounting.

• Extensive working experience ideally gained in an INGO environment, but experience of audit and government organisations would also be advantageous
• Extensive experience in financial management, programme/ project management and administration
• Project financial management, budget and data analysis skills
• Strong experience in grant management including EC, DFID, Irish Aid and USAID
• Excellent communication skills (both oral & written)
• Ability to work with minimum supervision

Full details may be found in the job description

As an equal opportunities employer we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted shortly after the closing dates.

We anticipate that interviews, including a role-specific Excel based assessment will take place from 20 November 2020.

Organisation: Lively Minds. UK Registered charity 1125512

Position: Country Director, Ghana

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer & Chief Operating Operator

Based: Tamale, Ghana (with frequent travel to Accra)

Hours: Full time

ABOUT US

Lively Minds is an award-winning NGO working to get preschoolers in rural Ghana & Uganda school-ready.Over 250 million children under 5 years globally do not get the early childhood care and education (“ECCE”) they need, leading to poor health, poor education, lost life opportunities and poverty. We believe that one of the main barriers to ECCE is that parents in remote resource-poor villages lack the information, education and aspiration to provide basic and affordable opportunities for their children. We have developed an innovative behavior-change programme that empowers marginalized, poorly educated Mothers to run educational Play Schemes for preschoolers and to provide better home-based care, using cheap local resources.  Not only does this result in positive outcomes for child development, but also has positive impacts for the Mothers too.

These are exciting times for Lively Minds. In Ghana we have recently received results from a Randomised Control Trial conducted by independent evaluators Institute for Fiscal Studies and Innovations for Poverty Action  which demonstrate the programme has a positive impact on a wide range of child and mother outcomes. We are now finalising a partnership agreement with Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service to integrate the programme in to the national kindergarten system and scale across 60 rural districts in the northern regions of the country, reaching approximately 4000 kindergartens and 1.1million children.  During this period, Lively Minds will act as technical consultants ensuring the programme is embedded into and sustained at district, regional and national government levels. 

Elsewhere, our programme in Uganda is in a test and position for scale stage with the long-term aim of national roll- out. Our long-term goal is for the programme to be adopted in several countries in the global south so that it can have a large impact in tackling the global early childhood development crisis.

The Ghana Country Director will lead our Ghana team as we grow our organisation, scale up the programme and manage the partnership with government. The Country Director will initially have 4 direct reports – Deputy Director, Learning and Quality Manager, IT Manager and Policy Associate. They will be in charge of recruiting and on-boarding a Financial/Administrative Manager and HR Manager who will report directly to them. They will also be in charge of setting up new offices in addition to our 2 current offices in Tamale and Bolga. The Country Director will be based in the Ghana HQ in Tamale. The Country Director will be part of the multi-disciplinary Lively Minds global senior management team and report directly to the COO and have a secondary line of report to the CEO.

Key responsibilities for the Country Director include strategic and operational planning & implementation, staff management, financial accountability and developing and maintaining strong relations with government, funders, and stakeholders at national level.

Our partner is a recognised humanitarian orgnaisation. They are seeking a senior accountant to lead all aspects of the accountancy function, including the production of management and statutory accounts for the UK and global entities. This is a newly created role.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the production of the annual and revised budgets for the UK , consolidating these into the global budget.
• Oversight of the monthly closure of the accounts process, and lead on the production of monthly management accounts, including analyses, forecasts and narratives.
• Monitor cashflow and currency flows.
• Produce the statutory financial accounts for the UK and global offices
• Oversight of payments, payroll and income functions.
• Review and strengthen accounting & financial management systems.

Requirements

• CCAB qualified accountant with a strong background in financial and management accounting & reporting, developing and strengthening accounting systems, and charity SORP.
• Experience working in an international organisation, specifically of producing and managing group budgets, consolidated accounts and treasury management in a multi-currency environment.

The role offers flexible working options. For full job description and candidate profile please apply &/or email AfID with a copy of your CV

Are you comfortable in an evolving digital landscape? Do you care about those dealing with skin conditions and the subsequent medical, emotional and social challenges? 

If you also answered yes to these questions,  please read on!

The Vitiligo Society is a London based charity with a global reach whose aim is to support people with the skin condition, vitiligo. Vitiligo affects 1-2% of the world's population and not only causes visible difference but can also have a detrimental psychological effect on people's lives.

We are a volunteer-led charity with a small group of friendly and supportive trustees seeking our first Charity Director that can take strategic ownership of charitable objectives as well as manage daily operations.

The Society is a progressive organisation that for the last two years has been executing on a digital-first strategy which included becoming a fully remote organisation (no office) and moving all of our IT infrastructure to the cloud. We’ve also experimented with artificial intelligence and mobile apps to find innovative ways to deliver greater impact to those living with vitiligo.

Please read the detailed job description for further information on what the role entails, what we're looking for and what we're able to offer. 

Please note that we are only able to accept applications from candidates who possess the right to live and work in the United Kingdom.

Job Overview

Finance manager for a Global Membership Body based in North London

£40,000

• 26 days’ annual leave plus public holidays
• Flexible working
• 5% generous matched pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme (EAP)

Responsibilities

A Global London-based membership body is seeking a Finance Manager to join their finance team to manage the finance function of the organisation. Reporting directly into and working closely with the Director, you will enjoy a very high level of responsibility and autonomy.

This is an excellent chance to build upon previous experiences and develop your career within a well-known organization, by taking a hands-on role within the finance function of the charity.

This exciting opportunity will see the successful candidate handling a varied workload, ranging from risk management, preparing accounts on a monthly and annual basis, debt management, financial planning, budgeting, reporting and preparing the Statutory accounts.

Qualified accountant who has good understanding of the charity SORP, VAT, taxation and company legislation is essential. Candidate must have previous charity experience, be flexible, adaptable and comfortable to hit the ground running.

The client is open to the professional background of the candidate.

Qualifications/experience required

Part Qualified CIMA or ACCA

What’s on offer?

£40,000

Founded over a decade ago, we provide excellence in music education and performance. World Heart Beat is fast becoming one of the most prominent music charities in the country for providing grassroots, non-selective, richly diverse, music education programmes for children from a vast array of backgrounds. We are proud that in 2018, we were awarded National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) status by Arts Council England.

World Heart Beat Music Academy provides music tuition and personal development opportunities after school, in the evenings and on weekend and school holidays. 350 children and young people between the ages of 5 and 25 years, who are based in Wandsworth and the surrounding London boroughs, come to us every week (many of them more than once). Wandsworth is one of inner London’s largest boroughs and it suffers from extreme social polarisation. We remove barriers by providing bursaries and free instruments and work closely with partners to engage those most in need.

Opening a vibrant new music education centre and venue

Selected by London Borough of Wandsworth and developers Eco-World Ballymore from a competitive field of 42 cultural organisations, World Heart Beat has been awarded a 750 m2 building in Embassy Gardens in the heart of Nine Elms, on London’s south bank (part of the largest regeneration area in Europe). The facilities will comprise 110-seat auditorium, state-of-the-art recording studios, 3 x teaching / rehearsal spaces and a community café and will enable us to provide a world-class music-led education and performance centre that promotes a global music programme, extends our reach to audiences and promotes social cohesion.

Construction of our music education centre and venue is set to begin in November 2020 and we plan to open in June 2021.

Overview - Job Purpose

Reporting to the CEO and working with and supporting the Fundraising team and Artistic Director the role is to be first contact point for financial matters in preparation, overseeing and reporting on the budgets for grant applications and accounts for the organisation.

The Finance Manager is a key member of our small team during this important expansion period and responsible overall financial management of the organisation and responsible for producing the annual accounts and managing the audit process. The role also includes  reviewing and implementing financial procedures, overseeing day-to-day and month-end financial management and accounting processes, cash and credit card management, and supporting the CEO with VAT and direct tax matters.

Responsibilities also include producing accurate and timely financial information for budget holders, and business partnering with stakeholders across the organisation.

The post holder will manage the book-keeper in the delivery of World Heart Beat’s statutory, legal and validation requirements, via liaison with auditors, validating bodies and external financial and legal advisors; and working with the CEO in the preparation of reports for the Board of Trustees and the Executive.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• Grant management Membership of a recognised accounting body
• Develop tools and systems to enable effective grant management
• Support Budget Holders with preparing donor financial reports, including justification of allocation of costs to projects in accordance with grants terms and conditions
• Work closely with the Directors and Project Managers for accurate and timely allocation and recording of expenses to the appropriate grants
• Support Budget Holders by providing monthly budget versus actuals reports, addressing any over/underspends and ensuring activities are carried out as planned
• Oversee the management and coordination of all financial reporting, including production of annual report and accounts and filing with regulators and including to funding agencies, with development and monitoring of contract and grant budgets
• Be responsible for ensuring all reporting and accounting requirements are fulfilled with regard to grants and subsidies
• Provide informative reports for funders and stakeholders

Internal controls and policy development

• Ensure financial and resource accountability and effective management of records as required for auditing
• Coordinate any statutory or donor audit and ensure completion of annual audited accounts in a timely manner
• Implement audit recommendations in a timely manner
• Review internal controls and update policies and procedures as required in consultation with the Director
• Create monthly management reports (or more frequently if requested), financial statements and cash flow projections for use by Executive management, fundraising team and Board of Trustees.
• Oversee the maintenance of the inventory of all fixed assets
• Carry out quarterly budget revisions and forecasts to ensure budgets closely reflect planned/approved activities
• Managing internal audit process

Financial planning

•  Financial planning and budgetary control, including the development and maintenance of a comprehensive budget model covering income and expenditure, balance sheet and cash forecasts. 
•  Ensure the annual accounts of the preceding year are prepared in time for the October Trustee meeting. 
•  Oversee all purchasing and payroll activity for staff and participants
• During the development phase of the World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens 2020- 2021) you will work closely with CEO to be the main point of contact for making payments  made for work completed. You will effectively project manage the finances for this development.

Essential Knowledge & Experience

• Membership of a recognised accounting body
• At least 5 years’ experience in financial and grants management of large and complex projects
• Strong financial analytical skills and thorough knowledge of non-profit accounting principles
• Ability to analyse, interpret complex data and make recommendations
• Experience with computer accounting packages, and excellent computer literacy in MS Office Packages, with excellent Excel skills a must

Essential Skills

• Highly detailed oriented and strong skills in administration, organisation and planning
• Good interpersonal and team working skills, within a multicultural setting
• Excellent command of oral and written English, and ability to communicate clearly and effectively 
• Proactive approach to work and able to work with limited supervision, resourceful, efficient and focussed
• Able to cope with high levels of pressure in meeting strict deadlines and situations requiring critical decision-making
• High integrity, unquestionable character and openness coupled with commitment to good governance
• Willing to take on additional responsibilities from time to time as appropriate to support the team
• Flexibility, patience and a can-do approach to tasks and the ability to adapt to a changing and challenging environment

Desirable Knowledge & Experience

• Experience with accounting in Zero
• Experience with DFID grants is an advantage
• Experience in working with Art organisations Trust fund- reporting

Pay, Hours, and Holiday

2/3 days a week

Salary £36,000 pro rata (depending on skills and experience)

Flexitime hours

20 days holiday (pro rata) plus bridging days between Christmas & New Year

DBS checked (or happy for this to be organised).

HOW TO APPLY

To apply, please apply online with CV and cover letter to Sahana Gero ,Artistic Director: 

Tearfund have an opportunity for a Systems & Data Officer to work in our Global HR Team. This is a critical role, specialising in HR system maintenance and development and providing accurate and timely data.  If you have experience of working with systems and databases and also have an interest in working with people data to make a real difference to the way our people are managed around the world, this could be the role for you.

The role will include:

• Management of the HR database and the supplier relationship
• Provision of accurate and timely data for use by HR colleagues in management reports
• General HR System / Data support as required, including training of system users

Do you have experience of building, managing and improving an HR database and are you familiar with HR Analytics. Excel and SQL?  Are you interested in organisational people management, do you have the ability to analyse and report on data and are you a team worker, used to providing a service and working to deadlines in a fast paced environment? If so, we'd love to hear from you! 

This is a part-time role (28 hours) and flexible working arrangements will be considered. 

The full-time salary for this role is £32,500 (£26,000 for 28 hours per week)

All applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs. 

The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding issues. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a Watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure. 

TRAFFIC is a leading non-governmental organisation working globally on trade in wild animals and plants in support of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. We have been making invaluable contributions to conservation for decades. Although there is still much to do, our past successes provide a strong foundation for the future. 2021 will be a pivotal year for international agreements on priorities for the environment, and TRAFFIC aims to contribute effectively to their delivery in the years ahead.

We are looking for our next Executive Director, who will be a collaborative, progressive and dynamic leader for the next chapter of our organisation’s growth and development. We are looking for an inclusive and inspirational leader with strong alignment to our mission. The successful candidate will be able to inspire, manage and develop a diverse, international and high-performing team of specialists in their fields, steward the financial health of the organisation and develop a strategy to address an increasingly competitive landscape.

The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to our principle of influence through evidence and an understanding of the issues within the environmental, conservation and illegal wildlife trade arena. You will demonstrate experience in leading and managing technically driven organisations, strong fundraising experience, excellent communication skills, and a track record of partnership building and influencing. Reporting to the Board of Trustees, you will shape and evolve TRAFFIC’s strategy, systems, structure and campaigns, while nurturing its culture and encouraging innovation and integrated delivery of results to fulfil the mission of the organisation.

TRAFFIC wishes to encourage applications from experienced leaders drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds who can drive and inspire change and lead an organisation seeking to create significant and lasting change in the field of illegal wildlife trade.

If you share our passion for the natural world and want to help us achieve our vision, we’d love to hear from you.

Perrett Laver will conduct an executive search process in parallel with the public advertisement of the role. To apply, please upload a curriculum vitae (including comprehensive details of key achievements and responsibilities) along with a covering letter of application summarising motivation in applying and addressing the role description, key competencies, and person specification via the Perrett Laver website, by clicking the Apply button and quoting reference 4818. Applicants are asked to provide full daytime and evening contact details.

The closing date for applications is Monday 2nd November 2020 at 9am GMT.

Following this, Perrett Laver will meet with the Selection Committee to agree upon a Longlist of candidates. Longlisted candidates will be invited to discuss the role and their candidature further with Perrett Laver in mid-late November. The final interviews and assessment exercises will take place in London, or virtually.

The position is expected to be based in the global headquarters in Cambridge. TRAFFIC would consider alternative arrangements for an exceptional candidate who would wish to be based for part of their time in one of TRAFFIC’s country offices. The salary is competitive with the seniority of the appointment and will be £95-115k.

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Our partner is a recognised organisation working to offer greater safety to people in conflict- affected communities, and the opportunity to rebuild their lives, livelihoods and futures in the aftermath of war. They are seeking two Regional Finance Officers to support in the provision of financial leadership to their global programmes. Both are newly created positions, and are an excellent entry-level roles for finance professionals looking to work in international charity finance.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Regional Finance Manager in the financial monitoring the portfolio of grants and contracts across the region, supporting in the development of appropriate controls, processes and tools to ensure effective management of these.
• Support in the production of timely donor reports, and in monitoring project costs to completion.
• Provide support in developing donor budgets, and country budgets.
• Support in the day-to-day programmes finance – entering monthly journals, reviewing and reconciling country cashbooks, and reviewing and reconciling payment requests and reports from implementing partners.
• Assist in monitoring of compliance against donor regulations, the organisational requirements, and overseas statutory regulations.
• Assist in preparing for grant and external audits.

Requirements

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant with strong accounting, financial management, and risk management skills.  
• Strong finance business partner, able to coordinate and review information from country offices and implementing partners.
• Grants compliance, management and reporting experience, specifically experience of managing DfID, ECHO and UN funds.
• Astute & succinct, with excellent communication skills, and demonstrable experience of working with finance and non-finance staff.
• Resilient and culturally sensitive, willing to work in a challenging environment.
• Previous experience of working in a finance role in a humanitarian context is highly desirable.

The role offers flexible working options. For full job description and candidate profile please apply &/or email AfID with a copy of your CV.

Job Title:  Senior Programme Manager - Afghanistan

Principal Location: Kabul

Contract: Full Time, 2 year fixed term contract with possible extension

Salary: $40,000 - $50,000 USD per annum depending on experience, plus benefits

Street Child are searching for a dynamic programmes professional, preferably with a great background in child protection and/or education, to drive our diverse, growing portfolio in Afghanistan. This Kabul-based role reports to the Head of Asia Programmes; and will lead Street Child Afghanistan's key stakeholder engagement, business development, operational delivery, monitoring and reporting.

Street Child (via its subsidiary, Children in Crisis) has a proud 25-year history of achieving results for children in Afghanistan with the support of multiple partners including UK, US, UN, EU and philanthropy. In recent years the charity has been best known in Afghanistan for its work in juvenile justice, which remains important; however the primary mid-term strategic focus of the team is education-in-emergencies, which this role is expected to strongly support. Livelihoods, anti-trafficking, and dedicated child protection services for at risk categories (e.g. returnee refugees), and COVID-19 response activities are other aspects of the recent/live portfolio.

This role will work in close collaboration with the local team and partners, providing surge and capacity strengthening support as required. The program manager is the country representative and will monitor the finance, M&E, security, admin and logistics structures, work closely with the project managers and support on project implementation, and will be responsible for external liaison with national and international partners, government officials, and donors. The 'partnership approach' is key to Street Child's philosophy - and the ability to drive results through purposeful, respectful engagement with local NGO partners is critical to success. Ideally the role holder is able to provide strong technical support in child protection and / or education programming.

A full job description can be found attached.

Benefits

Attractive benefits are included – details available on request. Please note that this role is unaccompanied and not suitable for candidates looking for a family posting.

Apply Now

Please click 'How to Apply' to see how to send your CV and short cover letter application for this role. Deadline for applications is midnight UK time on Friday 30th October. We will review applications as they are received and reserve the right to bring forward the closing date. Pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy. Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.