Merlin's Magic Wand and the SEA LIFE Trust are two fast-growing global charities that have a huge positive impact on children’s lives and marine wildlife respectively. We’re both partnered with Merlin Entertainments - the name behind world famous attraction brands including LEGOLAND, SEA LIFE, Alton Towers Resort and Thorpe Park.

We are offering an excellent opportunity to play a key role in the growth of these two organisations as we are looking for an experienced Head of Charity Finance Operations to provide oversight and strategic leadership of the financial management and governance of both charities as they continue to grow and expand and increase impact across the world.

Key objectives of this role are to…
 

Provide oversight and strategic leadership to ensure the charities' continued and on-going financial health and put structures in place to meet future growth needs.

• Provide oversight of the financial and legal affairs of the charities, ensuring all financial activities are carried out in compliance with statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements.
• Building and maintaining good relationships with network of Finance Directors across Merlin, promote and guide commercial awareness, identifying, advising and directing on effective growth opportunities.
• Ensure strong governance and robust internal practices and culture to minimise risk to the charities. 
   

We are looking for the following skills and experience…

• You will be a fully qualified accountant with experience of both Financial and Management Accounting within a global charity context.
• Strong understanding of charity operations and policies coupled with an understanding of factors affecting performance.
• Strong systems skills to manipulate and present data effectively.
• Able to prioritise, work under pressure, planning and managing tasks ensuring costs are maintain under control.
• Practical understanding of accounting systems, ideally including Navision.
  Ability to present and negotiate at all levels.

The Benefits…

We’re growing fast and alongside a fun and friendly environment, we offer a fabulous package and amazing prospects – ideal if you’re already fantastic and can quickly become even better (our magic can help here).  Benefits include Pension, Life Assurance, discretionary company bonus, 25 days’ holiday and, of course, a Merlin Magic Pass which gives you and your friends and family free admission to all of our attractions worldwide, as well as 25% discount in our retail shops and restaurants and 40% discount on LEGO.

Overview:

Women for Women International works in some of the most dangerous places to be a woman. We serve women survivors of war in conflict and post-conflict areas around the world in 8 countries including Afghanistan, Iraq, Eastern Congo, and Northern Nigeria. Our core belief is that stronger women build stronger nations; and with access to knowledge, resources, and a support network, a woman rebuilds her life and improves her community.

Our model works and we have the data to prove it. In our 26-year history, Women for Women International has reached over half a million women. The women we work with across 3 continents earn just $0.81 a day when we enroll them. At graduation, it’s $2.11, nearly tripled.

Our impact goes beyond income. The number of women who say at least one household member went to sleep hungry in the last four weeks has gone from 18% to 5%. And more women say they speak out against women's abuse: 26% report having publicly spoken in the last 6 months against physically abusing women.

When women have the right tools, they realize the power within themselves to transform their lives, their families, their communities, and finally their entire nations.

Purpose:

Women for Women International has the ambition to dramatically increase grant funding to support programming that has been proven to be transformative for marginalized women survivors of war in fragile and conflict affected countries. The Director of Global Business Development will collaboratively weave together existing strategies at national and regional level into a comprehensive Global Business Development Strategy that can guide business development across the geographic footprint of the organization. This position will be responsible to ensure that the strategy is adaptive to a dynamic and sometimes disruptive global context, supporting the global organization to build the relationships and partnerships needed for global BDU staff and staff in county to go after the most strategic opportunities. This position is responsible to ensure that the Global Board of Directors and the Executive Leadership Team remains informed of progress towards targets and engaged, as appropriate or advantageous, in BDU activity.

In addition to strategic coordination and leadership, the Director of Global Business Development will take an active role in identifying suspects, cultivating prospects, leading proposal development processes as needed and ensuring effective stewardship of current funding partnerships. The global organization has strong teams that carry forward business development from the first identification of a prospect all the way through to the final grant report. This position is envisioned to help ensure that all the teams and the processes continue to work smoothly, efficiently and effectively. Given an ambitious growth strategy, a high volume of opportunities, proposals and activity, the ideal applicant will also have demonstrated experience in contributing to the nuts and bolts of successful proposals and the willingness to take part in any part of the process to ensure success.

Women for Women International offices around the world are increasing their business development capacity and, in some instances, hiring dedicated professional business development staff. The Global Business Development Director will support the continued capacity building of the global fundraising operations and help to ensure that country offices get the support they need to grow their capacity to raise money locally. In addition, this position will help to ensure that implementing country offices can have the most efficient and streamlined engagement with business development staff globally.

The location for this position is flexible with a preference for candidates from a region where WfWI currently works (Africa, Central Asia, Middle East, Europe or the US).

Duties and Responsibilities:

Global Business Development Strategy

• We have an adaptive and rolling strategy process. Keep track of global trends and new developments and draw up analysis from each fundraising operation in order to update and implement a multi-year strategy and an annual business development workplan that will enable WfWI to meet ambitious revenue targets.
• Ensure that the Global Pipeline is regularly updated and serves to help teams track progress towards revenue targets and informs decision-makers on progress toward goals.
• Report progress to and discuss challenges with the Leadership Teams and appropriate Board committees and the Global Board of Directors.
• Work closely with key fundraisers, program staff and other teams across WfWI to implement effective strategies and approaches to grow funding and scale our programs.
• Work across all parts of the organization that are engaging in various forms of partnership to ensure that we can leverage these partners in global BDU efforts, including identifying and cultivating strategic partnership relationships.
• Coordinate fundraising activities of relevant WfWI actors.
• Support Country Office and program staff to understand and implement best practice in fundraising and partnerships with governments, institutions, foundations and corporations.
• Builds strong relationships across the organization to strategically deploy programmatic experts, staff and leadership towards implementation of the Global BDU Strategy, including support to the CEO and other Executive Leadership and staff in country offices in efforts to build relationships with donors, steward current philanthropic partnerships and achieve strategic goals.

Identify Funding Sources and Cultivate Donors

• Manage business intelligence collection efforts by staying abreast of overall funding developments and understanding overall funder priorities and calls for proposals.
• Coordinate & manage the research and strategy for pursuing viable funding opportunities from foundation, corporations and government donors.
• Build and maintain an active pipeline of prospects, in keeping with revenue targets.
• Develop leads on promising funding opportunities by initiating outreach and strengthening relationships with current and potential donors, as required.
• Identify and build partnerships with other NGOs for joint proposals.
• Regularly communicate with country offices to gather business intelligence and keep them abreast of new areas of business development and ensure that each country has a comprehensive donor mapping and a business development strategy.
• Ensure that there is a strategic approach for key priority funders including mapping our approach to funding.

Prepare Proposals

• Depending on the size and complexity of the proposal, serve as lead coordinator, proposal reviewer, and/or lead writer on submissions.
• When coordinating a submission, manage technical writer, researchers or consultants where applicable, and anyone else directly involved in the application to produce compelling and competitive proposals.
• Train other staff members to coordinate all aspects of proposal development and to write high-quality proposals.
• Develop and cultivate relationships with technical specialists, subject-matter experts, and professional writers to contribute to technical solution designs, reviews, and analysis of proposals and business development strategy.
• Contribute to technical solution design processes as needed.
• Ensure that relevant internal stakeholders contribute to proposal design and that, when appropriate, relevant staff approve the final proposal.
• Liaise with colleagues in the development of a coherent budget, ensuring adherence to grantor criteria in relation to accepted costs, percentages, and format.

Support Country Office Business Development

• Coach and mentor Country Office teams to pursue local opportunities.
• Support Country Offices with updating of their business development plans
• Identify resources needed to strengthen fundraising capacity in countries.
• Develop a plan for strengthening business development in each Country Office.

Communication & Teamwork

• Prepare and communicate analysis and trends to the Leadership Team and Global Board of Directors.
• Communicate with colleagues in Global Programs Unit, Finance, Development, and the UK office. Must be able to operate in an environment with over-lapping roles.
• Develop an effective process for sharing proposals, templates, and cases for support so that all WfWI fundraisers can access material helpful to support their fundraising efforts.
• Participate in internal meetings and processes to represent the global BDU teams as needed.
• Performance manage direct reports in line with WfWI’s performance management framework, including setting of annual performance objectives, development plans, appraisals throughout the year, and regular one-on-one meetings
• Responsible for training, developing, managing and leading staff as well as hiring appropriate staff
• Ensure safeguarding measures are implemented within area of responsibility
• Follow up, and address Code of Conduct or Safeguarding issues appropriately
• Adhere to WfWI’s Code of Conduct and Safeguarding Policies and report concerns

This position will require regular national and international travel, estimated at 25% but subject to change.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree required and Master’s degree preferred, in a relevant subject, or the equivalent in experience.
• At least ten years of experience in fundraising with hands on experience across at least two funding channels (i.e., foundations; corporate partnerships; or government (bilateral or multi-lateral) for an international NGO.
• Proven track record of success in fundraising with evidence of personal engagement and leadership of successful, large, and complex proposals and pitches.

• Proven successful grant writing experience.
• Adopts a growth mindset and has demonstrated experience in relationship-based fundraising strategies.

• Experience managing staff and working cross-departmental, cross-country contexts with a proven record of building, managing and working with virtual teams and creating an enabling environment.
• Current and strategic understanding of the global humanitarian, development and gender funding environment and future trends.
• Excellent spoken and written English to include research, writing, and communication skills.

• Editing experience and strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated experience building the capacity of staff in country offices.
• Independent, but good at working with a team and ability to coordinate with others to produce material on deadline, usually managing multiple deadlines.

• Proven ability to build consensus and support across, up and down the organization.

• Excellent budget management skills including the ability to oversee complex program budgets in compliance with donor requirements.
• Certification or formal credentialing in nonprofit fundraising management or philanthropic leadership a plus.

• Proficiency in French, Arabic, Swahili or Dari is a plus.
• International work experience delivering restricted/unrestricted funded projects a plus.
• Commitment to and respect for Women for Women International’s mission and values
• Computer skills including working with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Email
• Ability to travel as required and have flexible work schedule which may include early mornings, evenings and weekends. May be required to occasionally work beyond normally scheduled hours.

Organizational Values:

Adhere to WfWI’s Code of Conduct and organizational values -

Empowerment, Integrity. Respect. Resilience

The duties, responsibilities and activities of this job description may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

RESULTS is recruiting for a Head of Operations that delivers leadership, oversight, and implementation of the operations and processes that ensure RESULTS is an efficient, effective advocacy organisation. This role is a member of the five-strong Management Team of the organisation and will play a major role in strategy development and rganisational management. In practice, the Head of Operations will provide leadership on three main functions: Finance Oversight; Resource Mobilisation; and Office Management and HR. 

We are looking for someone who can use their experience to drive continuous process improvements in all the operational areas described above. The post-holder will also work with the other Management Team members to ensure effective coordination of our Operations, Grassroots, Policy and Parliamentary Advocacy, being generous with sharing of knowledge, expertise, and contacts.

Please take a look at the full Job Description and Person Specification and apply by sending a CV (maximum 3 pages) and cover letter (maximum 2 pages). In your cover letter, please state where you saw the job advertised and describe and give examples of how you meet the requirements in the Person Specification. The subject of your email should be “Head of Operations”, followed by your Surname.

The application deadline is 09:00 am on Monday the 28th of September, with first-round interviews the following week and second-round interviews subsequently.

Role description:

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated Operations Manager who has attention to detail and great project management skills.  Managing and ensuring our IT, HR, Database functions run well and ensuring all aspects or reporting are readily available to staff and Trustees. The post holder would be expected to work from the office and during COVID from home as agreed. The role will also include the supervising of IT Administrator and relationship building and development with our church partners and key stakeholders.

Main role responsibilities

Office Management

• Ensuring the smooth running of an office on a day-to-day basis and may manage a team of administrative or support staff.
• Organising meetings and managing databases
• Booking transport and accommodation
• Organising charity events or conferences
• Ordering stationery and furniture
• Dealing with correspondence, complaints and queries
• Preparing letters, presentations and reports (Annual Report, Board Reports, NOMR)
• Supervising and monitoring the work of administrative staff
• Managing office budgets
• liaising with staff, suppliers and clients
• Implementing and maintaining procedures/office administrative systems
• Delegating tasks to junior employees
• Organising induction programmes for new employees
• Ensuring that all policies are updated on our board circle
• Ensure the health and safety of Oxhill Hub.
• Using a range of software packages
• Attending meetings with senior management
• Assisting the organisation's HR function by keeping personnel records up to date, arranging interviews and so on.
• Oxhill Hub Bookings (“meet & greet”).
• Designated Safeguarding Officer (Training to be provided).

Operations (with Support of IT Administrator)

• Maintaining all databases, files and ensuring all operations run smoothly.
• Ensure inter-department integration flows
• Monitor and manage the integrity of our IT (for example Microsoft Office, Office 365, Zoho Expenses, Donor Perfect) and also be our Data Controller (GDPR complaints/queries go to) - Sage Accounts will be monitored by the CEO)
• Ensuring Office 365 user security, permissions at top level are accurate to allow correct and appropriate visibility, as is necessary and in compliance with GDPR
• Manage IT contracts
• Investigating new IT initiatives that enhance the charities work and supporting all departments to utilize well
• Collation and production of all KPIs for the board, monthly reports from all departments and annual report
• Become proficient in Donor Perfect (DP) & Weblink forms layout management to ensure all relevant information is captured correctly that affects all departments hearing and assisting staff to achieve best utilization of DP
• Design and setup appropriate reporting as required by departments in Donor Perfect
• Ultimate responsibility for HR overall compliance and current legislation
• Maintain and Manage a robust “Help” arm for staff
• Regularly monitor and review the quality of our provision;
• Undertake administrative tasks, maintain effective recording systems and respond to queries;
• Act as an advocate for young people's interests;
• Train other Hub leaders and volunteers in churches, community groups and schools around best practice and our YLP Model.
• Other tasks as your line manager requests
• Grants & Partner bids applications submission & monitoring / coordination.

Initially, with the currently COVID19 restrictions, this role will be home-based. Nevertheless, applicants must live in travelling distance from our office in Oxhill.

In the light of our Christian ethos and purpose, we reserve the right to recruit Christians where there is a genuine occupational requirement (GOR) to do so.

Chab Dai UK is recruiting for an exciting new role in its international program office.  This role of International Operations and Development Director will work closely with the Executive Director in the UK, as well as with the National Director in Cambodia and Chab Dai’s US office.  

Chab Dai is looking for a dynamic, competent, self-motivated, emotionally and culturally intelligent candidate who will have had experience in the charity sector as well as working internationally.  

This is a work from home position, requiring international and UK travel with a compensation of £35,000 per annum.

Please apply with your CV. 

Goodman Masson is pleased to be partnering exclusively with a large international charity to recruit their new Global Director of Finance and Resources

As the Global Director of Finance & Resources, you will manage and support the Global Finance & Resources function, which includes the finance, IT, governance and procurement activities.

Working collaboratively as part of the Global Leadership Team, you will ensure that colleagues across the organisation are supported to deliver their responsibilities to a high standard, decisions are financially robust, compliance obligations are met and risk is effectively managed.

You will make sure that all audits, controls, budgets, KPIs, risk registers, forecasts, management accounts and reports are developed and delivered coherently, to a high standard and in a timely manner.

Additionally, you will:

• Contribute to the strategic direction of the organisation
• Lead on the preparation of financial planning, annual budgets and the investment strategy
• Manage the global treasury
• Provide strategic financial planning, modelling and analysis
• Collaborate with, develop and support your team

About You

• Previous experience of successfully reviewing, designing and delivering change to/in a finance function
• Experience of delivering improvement and innovation, including systems of financial control, at an organisational level
• Experience of providing expert advice and guidance at board and executive level and of shaping strategic decision making
• Previous experience of providing guidance and management to a cross-functional team
• Experience of providing support, direction and managing in other areas of expertise where there may be information asymmetry, such as IT or procurement
• Knowledge of the financial and regulatory considerations of both a global organisation and a charity
• To be an ACA or ACMA qualified accountant
• Experience of working for a not-for-profit organisation would be beneficial to your application.

Could you thrive working in a start-up phase? Do you have a global mindset?

Prospectus is delighted to be working with a progressive and proactive foundation that aims to tackle the global climate emergency. They are looking for their new Operations Associate to play a pivotal role in building out systems, structure and approaches to maintain impact at scale. Our client is committed to being a diverse and inclusive place of work and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

The Operations Associate will work closely with the COO, Co-Directors and key support teams from the parent company to understand and develop a robust architecture to support an ambitious grants portfolio. To achieve success they will work across grants systems, finance and reporting, contracts and legal and ensure that there are lower barriers to the free movement of funds to the world changing initiatives they support. They will work to improve the grant cycle, increasing efficiencies in how information is tracked and reported for Finance at the same time as providing reassurance and process to the oversight of contracts and compliance with obligations such as GDPR. The role does not require a Finance or Legal professional, more someone who can facilitate the smooth workings of a rapidly growing organisation, both at the strategic and day to day levels.

The right candidate will be comfortable working in a shallow hierarchy, taking responsibility for their areas but thriving in the support of others as the organisation starts up. With an exemplary track record of working in Operations, they will have demonstrable technical skills spanning finance or grants management, data and databases and outstanding attention to detail for the contract review. The post requires not just incredible organisational skills, but the ability to work in ambiguity and create positive improvements to structure and ways of working. The organisation is looking for someone with a global mindset with a strong empathy to what a valuable role this will be in facilitating their objective of tackling the global climate emergency.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply.

With 10 years to achieve Agenda 2030, the Sustainable Development Goal 6 on access to water, sanitation and hygiene is among the furthest behind. Achieving universal, sustainable access to clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene will require a major mobilisation of resources, public demand and political will. Challenges such as confronting the climate crisis or securing global health in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic are starkly bringing into focus the urgent need for sustainable public services to protect us all, and especially the poorest and most vulnerable people who are being left behind.

We are looking for an exceptional and strategic leader to become WaterAid's Global Policy and Research Director, with proven track record of leading global teams to achieve ambitious policy change in challenging political contexts. The successful candidate will be a recognised, credible thought leader, with extensive experience in international development covering water, sanitation and hygiene issues (especially the agenda around strengthening the WASH sector), development economics, economic justice and inclusion and equality.

Excellent communication and influencing skills, and the ability to convey complex ideas and robust policy positions simply and compellingly are essential, as well as experience in representing organisations at senior technical levels across multiple networks including governments, international institutions, think tanks, research bodies and key opinion formers.

This role requires someone who thrives in collaborative working environments, working effectively across functions and geographies, to bring together diverse groups of people and with other senior leaders to achieve WaterAid's ambitious mission. The candidate will have demonstrable experience of working at a senior level in global organisations.

Candidates will need to have experience in matrix, remote or distance management, with the ability to coach, motivate and develop a high performing team to deliver change. You'll be joining a 2020 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation.

The post can be based in London, Delhi, Addis Ababa , Kigali, Dakar or Pretoria.

UK salary: £68k-£75k subject to experience, with excellent benefits. Salary and benefits for other countries will vary in line with that WaterAid country's salary scale.

To see the full job pack, please click 'Apply'. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter into one document in either Word Document or PDF format.

Applications will close one minute before midnight (UK time) on 30 September 2020.?The assessment period will be throughout the whole of October and candidates should be available for interview and assessment within this time.

We are unable to provide sponsorship or relocation costs for this post. In order to apply for this post,?you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in London / Delhi / Addis Ababa / Kigali / Dakar / Pretoria.

WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid reinforces a culture of zero tolerance towards any form of inappropriate behaviour, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of any kind. The safeguarding of our beneficiaries, staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf, is our top priority and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff and volunteers are required to share in this commitment through our Global Code of Conduct. We will conduct the most appropriate pre-employment references and checks to ensure high standards are maintained.

Head of Nature-Based Solutions

£50,000-£60,000pa

Living Planet Centre Woking, Surrey

Our planet is in peril. We are facing a triple challenge. Averting dangerous climate change, feeding and providing sustainable livelihoods for a growing global population and creating space for nature. At WWF UK we are front and centre in meeting these challenges and are scaling up the deployment and financing of nature-based solutions to protect, manage and restore natural capital.

This new strategy has created an incredible opportunity for a senior level programme deliverer to become our Head of Nature-Based Solution (NBS) Programmes and drive the development of the needed systemic infrastructure to reduce transaction costs and drive higher volumes of NBS activity.

In close collaboration with our strategic partner and corporate donor, you will take responsibility for the smooth running and growth of this programme. Leading a small team, you will ensure work is developed and delivered to a high standard as well as oversee budgets. You will identify NBS projects, promote NBS solutions at events and conferences as well as make sure programme KPI’s are met. We will also look to you to drive growth by attracting significant co-funding through finding new investors and partners.

To succeed, you must have a track record of managing successful programmes in an international organisation. Comfortable motivating and inspiring teams to deliver you will be effective at building partnerships and coordinating activities across international boundaries. You will have a broad understanding of business planning and financing too. You will also be familiar the realities of delivering conservation and social development programmes.

A strategic thinker, you will possess strong communication and influencing skills as well as a general understanding of the technical aspects of NBS, including relevant regional and global policies. Naturally, you will have a passion for, and understanding of conservation and development issues.

How to Apply

If you are committed to the natural world and possess the skills to deliver this exciting new strategy, please click on the link and apply via our website. Complete the online registration and submit a copy of your up to date CV with cover letter highlighting what makes you a good fit for us.                                                                                                              Closing date: 9 October 2020

At WWF-UK we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment, where diversity is valued and there is equality of opportunity. We therefore welcome applications from all sections of the community and we offer a range of benefits to encourage a work life balance.

Our world needs you like never before. We are the first generation to know we are destroying the world and we could be the last that can do anything about it. We’re looking for people who are passionate about making it politically, socially and economically unacceptable to destroy our planet’s natural resources. We need you to join us in the fight for our world.

We are looking for an ambitious professional who has deep experience in  low-resource school settings serving low income students in the Global South, has significant understanding of knowledge sharing and capacity building, is keen to work for a rapidly growing social startup, and has a strong desire to design, lead and deliver member programmes for Global Schools Forum.

This is an exciting time for an experienced education professional to join the team as we shift gears to accelerate our impact and increase our scale through our member programmes and services. This role offers the unique opportunity to engage with and support innovative and inclusive school networks and intermediary organisations working towards the same mission of quality education for all children. The Programme Director sets the vision for, and leads  the design, development and delivery of our member offer, from identifying the thematic focus areas to designing the appropriate modes of delivery to executing the delivery, to evaluating the offer’s effectiveness in order to continuously improve.  An integral member of a small entrepreneurial team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to a one-of-a-kind global organisation that is focused on transforming education outcomes in developing countries.

Key responsibilities will include:

GSF Capacity Building Programme Design and Delivery

Create, design, develop and deliver programmes and services to our growing member base and the global education community in a timely and professional manner

Programme Design

• Understand members’ needs, priorities, strengths and gaps to determine content that is responsive to their diverse needs and contexts
• Initiate and set goals for the programme, aligned to GSF’s strategic objectives
• Identify focus areas to design, develop and deliver programming for GSF members, including for example, school leadership, classroom pedagogy, re-opening schools post COVID-19, child protection, finance and operations, and building effective school networks for scale
• Design content that is relevant and useful

Programme Delivery

• Deliver content through a variety of mediums and modes, engaging for adult learners
• Engage proactively with members to co-create and curate resources for each member programme, including, member led content based webinars and toolkits
• Build and manage links with external experts and partner organisations to deliver professional development to GSF members
• Facilitate virtual joint working groups and communities of practice to foster collaboration and shared resources amoung GSF members

Programme Evaluation

• Engage members in ongoing feedback cycles to improve the overall quality of the programme

Events

• Lead on the design and delivery of member only events and develop a regular programme of activities for members, including in-person and virtual events
• In partnership with the Executive Director, plan wider GSF events, such as our Annual Meeting and Study Tours, to ensure programming is aligned to member needs and priorities
• Deliver a series of virtual events designed as global public goods, and open to the global education community

Connections and Collaboration

• Engage with our members to understand their areas of need and facilitate connections amongst members and /or with external organisations and experts where helpful
• Actively seek and develop opportunities for collaboration amongst members

Budget

• Hold budgetary responsibility for the Capacity Building programme including monitoring and reporting on expenditure

Additional responsibilities might include:

• Line manage and provide guidance to Programme Manager
• Support the Advocacy and Communications Manager with member recruitment and engagement

• Create relevant content for internal and external communications

Required experience

• Over ten years of relevant work experience working in high-achieving schools and school networks, ideally in a low or middle income country
• Deep understanding of how schools and school networks operate and the levers that will strengthen the organisation’s approach
• Strong understanding of current trends and innovations in K-12 school education delivery

Required knowledge and competencies:

• Strong capability and experience with knowledge sharing and organisational capacity building
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain strong relationships with multiple stakeholders including members and external partners
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Self-starter with demonstrated ability to work on your own initiative
• Ability to work in a changing and flexible organisation and willing to learn new skills
• Strong leadership, project management and organisational skills; able to manage multiple concurrent activities and projects
• Comfortable with international travel (around 10-15 percent)

Desirable competencies:

• Masters degree in relevant field desirable
• Deep professional networks in the Global South across school networks, service providers, funders, investors and ecosystem players
• Monitoring and Evaluation experience
• Familiarity with approaches to virtual learning

​How to Apply

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis till 25th September, with an anticipated start date in mid-October, 2020. Your cover letter should be one page, providing details of why you think you would be a good fit for the position; why your experience, expertise and interests are relevant to the role; why you want to work for Global Schools Forum; and how what you’ve done to date is relevant to what we’re looking for. You are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Please direct any questions or queries to the same email. Note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

GSF seeks to be a diverse and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of race, age, disability, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or faith.

Audit Manager

About Internews:

Internews empowers people worldwide with the trustworthy, high-quality news and information they need to make informed decisions, participate in their communities, and hold power to account. Our vision is to unleash human potential everywhere by turning on the bright light of information.

For more than 35 years, in more than 100 countries, Internews has worked to build healthy media and information environments where they are most needed. We have proudly launched hundreds of sustainable organizations, bolstered the skills of thousands of media professionals, activists, and citizens, and helped our partners reach millions of people with quality, local information.

Internews is a non-profit organisation operating internationally, with administrative centres in California, Washington DC, London and Paris as well as regional hubs in Bangkok, Kiev and Nairobi. Formed in 1982, Internews currently has offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.

Development of the Audit Role within Internews:

Internews Europe has grown its income over the last few years since it took on UK Company and Charity Status in 2011 and 2012 respectively and as of December 2019 recorded £12.8m m in turnover compared to £3.8m in 2015. With income growth, also comes the challenge of establishing and sustaining increased controls and regulatory oversight. The UK regulatory environment has also (over the years) required organisations working in the sector to become more stringent in the ability to demonstrate efficiency and value for money.  The year 2017-2018 saw the emergence of new requirements around GDPR, Safeguarding, prevention of Terrorism etc. in addition to increased reporting by the non-governmental and other sectors, all requiring regular monitoring and oversight.

Internews Europe has experienced massive growth over the last few years which has also informed a need to grow its supporting systems and technology. To this end, management has taken steps to implementing the Business World (formerly known as Agresso), Enterprise Reporting Planning system from 2020.  

These growing developments have  informed IEU’s management of the exigent need to seek dedicated personnel to ensure the establishment and efficient running  of financial and other (Human Resources, Administration and Grants oversight) controls  that are fit for purpose, compliant with the general UK regulatory environment and aligned to the broader objectives of the global Internews.  .

The Audit Manager will have responsibility for building the financial capacity of Internews Europe’s Country offices, through the efficient running of financial and other operational processes.  The post holder will be required to  review existing procedures and work processes making  recommendations for change where necessary at both Head Quarter (HQ) and Country levels. The software migration to Business World over the next 18 months will demand dedicated time of the Audit Manager to ensure compliance, processes and procedures that work.   Due to the nature of the role, there is ample room for flexibility regarding work location.

Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities 

• Prepare Annual Risk assessments for Internews Europe’s projects and HQ operations including detailed plans of Audit reviews to be undertaken in the year. 
• Conduct risk-based field trips (and in collaboration with Internews US), where required such as shared programming.
• Carry out risk-based desktop (at HQ) reviews on sampled/selected countries
• Undertake periodical (monthly) desk top Audits for Internews Europe HQ operations
• Prepare periodical reports   for presentation at meetings of the Board of Trustees.
• Establish and maintain clear processes for smooth  relationships with Internews US and Internews Europe’s subsidiaries, Internews International (II)  and Internews Media Development (IMD)
• Support the migration to the new Accounting Software, with subsequent regular oversight for efficiency
• Conduct training on various ethics and UK regulatory requirements (such as GDPR) for both HQ and Country staff
• Producing and updating manuals and training materials (for specific audiences) as required by the UK regulatory environment.
• Reporting Audit reports at meetings of the Finance and Audit Committee (FAC).
• Ownership of the donor project audit processes ensuring smooth workflow, between teams.
• Support   the final Statutory Audit process

Skills and abilities needed to perform role

• Good financial understanding of financial systems across sectors.
• Experience of working in an Internal Audit and Advisory capacity.
• Good grasp of financial accounting
• Good report writing, verbal communication skills
• Experience in presenting and discussing information in a logical, professional and objective manner, and to manage discussions to effectively build consensus and drive forward looking actions
• Strong knowledge of technical auditing concepts, business processes and internal control systems 
• Working knowledge of UK and US GAAP
• Good understanding of other areas of compliance, due diligence etc.
• Ability to use Microsoft applications
• Experience of ERP software is desirable.
• Availability for  field travel
• Good knowledge of the NGO sector
• Track record of effective interaction with colleagues
• Good track record in building relationships across a diverse organization.  

Qualifications

• Professional qualifications – are essential - (CCAB). Candidates who are part qualified with relevant experience will also be considered.
• Relevant Degree 

Recruitment Timeline

• Closing date for applications: 04 October 2020

Location: London or Washington DC or (or remote based in UK or US)

*40% Travel to RI International Operations

Relief International (RI) is a leading non-profit organisation working across 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure the well-being, and advance dignity.  We specialise in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises, and chronic poverty. This role’s primary focus is Middle East, where we operate in the following countries; Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Yemen.

The Program Development team is dedicated to building high impact programming by raising income from institutional donors (like the USAID, DfID, EC, GAC and the UN). The Programme Development team is based across our global support office in Washington and London and supports Country Offices by helping them to design high-quality programmes, and by raising funds from institutional donors needed to implement them. You will thrive in an entrepreneurial senior team dedicated to building high-impact programming.

The Program Development Manager – Middle East is critical in bringing significant impact and opportunity of funding to our country programme. Reporting to the Senior Programme Development Director, your role will be supporting country teams and will be key in leading in donor liaison and engagement and capture management. A large proportion of your time will be supporting country teams in proposal development. 

To be successful in this role, your approach will be entrepreneurial and will bring proven experience in building high impact programming though programme design and proposal development. Bringing a strong network of contractor, donor relationships and understanding of donor tends. Your excellent written and verbal communication skills will be critical to this role.

*Travel

This role is expected to travel (at least 40%) to field sites as well as other RI countries as needed once the organization determines it will be safe to begin regular travel.

Due to COVID 19, RI policy currently limits international travel and this role is expected to be initially based remotely from home. The organisation is undertaking regular reviews and risk assessments to review travel restrictions on a global and local level. 

How to apply.

• To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button in the job advert page
• You will be asked to upload a CV and Cover Letter.  The cover letter should be no more than 2 pages long and explain why you are interested in this post with Relief International and how your skills and experience make you a good fit.

Closing date. Please apply immediately we will be reviewing applicants on a rolling basis, therefore may withdraw the position for the job board closing date.

Please apply by uploading your cover letter and up-to-date CV on our website.

Due to limited resources, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Note to external agencies, we will not be accepting CVs from third parties.

Relief International is committed to protecting our staff and the communities we work with from abuse and harm including sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and sexual harassment.

All staff are expected to abide by our Code of Conduct.

Recruitment to all roles in Relief International include a criminal records self-declaration, references and other pre-employment checks, which may include police and qualifications checks.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Relief International is committed to diversity and gender equality, we strongly encourage applicants from the global south and female candidates to apply.

Food Business Manager – Asia

We are looking for a proven relationship / account manager who will work to integrate higher farm animal welfare standards into the supply chains of leading global food businesses with supply coming from Thailand and of Thai national brands. The right candidate will be responsible for developing existing partnerships and establishing new ones with leading Thai food companies and producers, using existing key Compassion initiatives including the Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards, the Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare and our work on cage-free systems for laying hens and Better Chicken Commitments for broilers..

Food Business Manager Requirements:

Passionate about humane, sustainable food, you will also have experience of project management and be an excellent communicator. A strong understanding of the commercial sector is essential, and a track record of working with or for food businesses, particularly with a focus on Sustainability or Corporate Responsibility issues, is highly desirable. Knowledge of the technicalities of measuring and managing animal welfare is an advantage, but not essential.

This is a vital role within Compassion, helping to ensure farm animal welfare is adopted as part of a sustainable supply chain and incorporated in the corporate policies of the world’s leading food businesses. The role offers a fantastic opportunity to make a tangible impact for farm animal welfare within a dynamic team and influential organisation.

About CiWFI - Compassion in World Farming International:

Compassion in World Farming International is the leading international farm animal welfare organisation. Factory farming affects billions of animals – and every human on the planet. There are humane alternatives to this global crisis. Will you help us tell this story?

In an age where the debate about food provenance, sustainability and safety has never been more urgent, the challenge for Compassion in World Farming is to combat the spread of factory farming and ensure that animal welfare becomes a fundamental consideration within the global food system.

Due to the current Covid-19 situation, interviews may take place via video link and the successful candidate may be required to be home based initially before moving to be based primarily at the Compassion in World Farming international headquarters in Godalming, Surrey. Whilst there is some flexibility for home working the role will be mainly office based.

Location: Godalming, Surrey GU7 1EZ and will require significant travel to Thailand, with potentially additional travel to other countries in Asia Pacific

Job type: Full Time, Fixed Term Contract for 21 Months

Salary: £30,000 – £40,000 (dependent upon experience)

Closing Date: 8th November 2020

No Agencies please.

You may have experience of the following: Food Business Manager, Account Manager and Partnership Manager, Charity, NFP etc.

Ref: 94419

Chief Operating Officer for leading media campaign organisation fighting FGM

The Global Media Campaign to end FGM (GMC ), which began at The Guardian in 2014, directly empowers grassroots FGM campaigners, many of them female survivors, to use local, national and international media to end FGM.

Supported by a small team based in London we now have a network of over 350 FGM media campaigners in 9 countries. and staff support that extends through Mali to Kenya.

Due to population growth, climate-driven poverty and CV-19, FGM is increasing in a world where at least 200 million women are living today with genital mutilation.

In accordance with GMC’s Business and Governance Plan we will expand our current operations in *9 countries into a further 3: Egypt, Djibouti and Sudan from 2020-2023. As the COO you will be responsible for ensuring we have the operational and financial capabilities in place to meet our ambitions and commitments.

Deadline for responses: October 13th. Send letter with details of how you fit this Job and Person Spec and full CVs 

Interviews: Week beginning 19th October.

Role:

Reports to: Location: remotely) Hours: Travel: Salary:

Chief Operating Officer (Responsible for all internal management functions finance, fundraising support, risk, HR, legal, compliance, IT, administration)
Executive Director

London initially (but also working

Although this is a full-time post, flexible working will be considered eg 4 days a week 5 % international travel
c £60,000 based on experience

Key responsibilities:

A member of the Senior Leadership Team of Global Media Campaign, reporting to the Executive Director.

• Strategy: Alongside our Executive Director and the board of trustees you will have key input into our strategy and long-term goals.
  Financial Management: responsible for budgeting, accounting, management information, cash management, internal controls, supervision of Annual Audit and production of Annual Report and Accounts

• Fundraising support: responsible for financial aspects of all external proposals, developing project timelines, monitoring progress against budgets and timelines; researching potential funders including UN and international development agencies

• Corporate and HNW fundraising: developing a strategy for corporate and HNW fundraising and attracting social investment; managing programmes (in conjunction with the Executive Director) to implement this strategy

• Overseeing risk management, HR processes, legal, compliance, IT and administration .

  Required Skills and Experience

• Financial management and presentation of management information

• External Report writing and proposal writing skills

• Fundraising support and research

• Management of risk, HR processes, legal, compliance, IT and administration

• Relaxed and competent under pressure

• A passion to want to make a positive difference in people’s lives

• Ability to think strategically but also roll up sleeves and do the detail

  Desirable Skills and Experience

• Impact Management experience an advantage.

• Ability to speak french, an advantage

• Superb at financial management.

• Deeply organised.

• Relaxed and competent under pressure

• Able to manage and grow a team.

• A problem solver.

  *GMC currently supports and trains networks of grassroots media activists in:
  The Gambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Somalia, Mali, Ethiopia and Guinea