Every day in the UK, 13 babies are stillborn or die shortly after birth.

Sands is the leading stillbirth and neonatal death charity and exists to reduce the number of babies dying and to support anyone affected by the death of a baby, before, during or shortly after birth.

We are looking for a collaborative and enthusiastic Bereavement Care Resources Officer to help us deliver Sands’ aim of improving the quality and consistency of the bereavement care provided by professionals after pregnancy loss or the death of a baby.

This a newly-created role which exists to ensure that staff in hospitals and other settings providing bereavement care have access to the best possible resources, as well as updating and promoting Sands’ bereavement care resources plus embedding bereavement care standards into key national frameworks such as NICE guidelines.

You will have an in-depth knowledge of the current practice, policy and guidelines in healthcare and bereavement, as well as experience of creating and updating guidance materials and written resources which remain responsive to the changing needs of internal and external stakeholders.

Additionally, you will be a great communicator with excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to reach out to, and engage with, diverse communities.

With a highly organised approach, you will have demonstrable experience of successfully managing and co-ordinating projects including the reporting, monitoring and measuring of outputs and impact.

In addition to the above, you will be able to absorb and understand complex issues and communicate them effectively to public and professional audiences.

The successful applicant will work closely with the Support Line Manager and team to deliver support for anyone affected by sarcoma. The post holder will be part of a growing Support Line team and be part of the continued expansion of the service as we grow in exciting new directions in 2022/23. This is an ideal role for someone who wants to expand their knowledge and experience in a role that can make a real impact for people affected by sarcoma and their families.

Information and support for those affected by sarcoma is at the heart of our charitable objectives. Thanks to the amazing generosity and support of the sarcoma community, Sarcoma UK’s profile and influence has grown significantly in the past four years. This has enabled us to grow our Information and Support Services.

Support

In February 2016 we launched our nurse-led Support Line. We have answered over 13,000 queries from patients, carers, family members, friends, and health professionals. We are independent and confidential, offering time and a listening ear, and help people to find the right answers for them. We help regional and national peer support groups to run effectively across the UK. These groups offer a lifeline to people affected by sarcoma. We offer annual grants to each group, attend group meetings to give presentations, provide speakers and give support and advice to group leaders.

Information

Sarcoma UK provides health information to those affected by sarcoma, their families and friends. Our range of patient guides cover diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and many other issues faced by those affected by sarcoma. Our information is very well received by patients and health professionals.

In March 2018 we launched the Sarcoma Clinical Trials Hub on our website. It is an accessible way for the sarcoma community to find out about sarcoma clinical trials in the UK.

Sarcoma UK aims to produce the highest quality information for the sarcoma community. We work in line with NHS England’s certification scheme, The Information Standard, to ensure the information we produce is clear and reflects the most up to date clinical guidance. We involve sarcoma experts and people with personal experience of sarcoma as reviewers of our information to ensure our information is accurate and relevant to our target audience.

Support Line Advisor

Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Location: Home based. The post holder will be required to come to the office occasionally for meetings (Angel, London EC1V).

Benefits:

• Flexible working
• Up to 5% matched contribution to Sarcoma UK pension scheme
• Sarcoma UK life insurance scheme
• 25 days holiday entitlement per annum plus bank holidays, the working days between Christmas and New Year and your Birthday
• Interest-free season ticket and bicycle loan
• Monthly clinical supervision and one to one therapy sessions if required

Job purpose

The purpose of the role is to provide expert support and information to people affected by sarcoma through the effective delivery of Sarcoma UK’s confidential Support Line service.

For further information, please click on the Application Pack where you will find the detailed job description and person specification. 

At Cycling UK, we imagine a country where everyone is able to cycle. Where the streets are free of congestion and the air is clean to breathe. 

As the UK’s cycling charity, we inspire more people to ride, making our streets safer for cyclists and opening up traffic free routes to reach our vision of millions more people cycling across the UK. 

The Scotland Cycle Repair Scheme is a fantastic initiative which works with organisations across Scotland to enable those most in need to access a cycle repair. The project supports more adults and children to either continue or return to cycling, especially those least able to afford cycle repairs, an outcome which will further our vision to get a million more people cycling!

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly organised individual with strong attention to detail, and robust IT skills to enable success for this high-profile programme across Scotland. We need an excellent team worker with strong communication skills to work collaboratively with our managers and head of development Scotland to deliver this project successfully.

We are seeking proactive candidates with good knowledge and experience of Microsoft excel and who have the ability to manage large data sets comfortably.

Tell us why you are the person to drive success in this role.

Swindon Carers Centre provides advice, information and support to unpaid carers aged 5 and upwards who look after a family member or friend who due to age, physical or mental illness, addiction or disability cannot manage on their own.  We recently won the Wiltshire Life Charity of the Year Award 2022.

We are seeking a passionate, effective, and committed individual to become part of our friendly, professional team. The post holder will develop and grow our grant-funded programmes and lead on overall grant management, monitoring reports, project evaluation and communicating the impact of our work.

Key Responsibilities

• Write compelling applications to funders, selling Swindon Carers Centre as a high quality, reliable, dynamic service
• Project manage the entire process for impact and evaluation reporting, including facilitating cross-team discussions; liaising with all members of the Senior Leadership Team to inform the writing of reports that satisfy funding body needs
• Collate and evaluate monitoring reports, data and impact-based information from the Senior Leadership Team and the Management Team and ensure reports to funders are completed and delivered to timelines
• Oversee and quality assure all grant information and submissions to be included in impact reports
• Develop work plans, timetables and deadlines to achieve deliverables.
• Analyse grant, impact and monitoring reports for success and progress stories, learning and reporting of accurate data
• Oversee and maintain a calendar of proposals and report deadlines, ensuring that funder needs are met effectively, efficiently and on time by planning key milestones and deadlines for data collection
• Assist the Media and Communications Manager with the creation of externally facing grant-related documents and impact reports
• Work to the achieve the agreed yearly unrestricted income set by SLT 

  Flexibility - Swindon Carers Centre offers employees the opportunity to work flexibly, with a mixture of working from our office location and from your home address. This role can be a mainly remote working post, but occasional travel within Swindon/Wiltshire will be required at times.

Title: Grants and Investment Manager
Employment Status: 5 days a week
Salary: £35,000 
Location: Remote in the UK. Offices in Tottenham and Bermondsey, London.
Deadline: 3 June 2022, 11.59pm
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Thank you for your interest in the Grants and Investment Manager post at Do it Now Now (DINN). This work is specifically related to our grant fund, Common Call. 
The job description below describes the main responsibilities of the post; the person specification relates directly to the job description and is a list of the skills and experience that we consider necessary for the post. Please read the information carefully. The applicants who fit the person specification most closely will be shortlisted for an interview, so please make sure you tell us everything relevant to your application in your CV and covering letter.
DINN is committed to a policy of equal opportunities, and we ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and equally. We are committed to safeguarding children, young people, vulnerable adults and the elderly. All postholders are subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

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About us and the context for this role
DINN is an open innovation organisation committed to bringing social empowerment to Black communities across the globe. We bring charities, social entrepreneurs, startup teams, social innovators, investors, and philanthropists together to address social challenges, solve problems and support the development of under-represented groups and Black communities specifically. Find out more on the Do it Now Now website.
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In 2021 we wanted to better achieve our mission by building upon the creation of Common Call. We have had the opportunity to connect with some fantastic, Black-led impact organisations in the UK that deliver transformative services in their communities. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, these organisations have had to pivot and change how they respond to their communities’ urgent needs. It has not always been easy, but they have pulled through, continuing to make an impact during this uncertain time. The position of Grants and Community Support Manager plays a pivotal role in this. You can read our recent report on our Common Call work here.
As the postholder, you would need to work collaboratively as part of our dedicated team. You will be a self-starter and will be aligned with our core values, sharing our passion for delivering change in an enterprising and empowering way. The role is an excellent opportunity for someone with an interest in social change, charities, and social enterprises to apply their experience and skills to further our purpose to of improving Black people’s lives in the UK.

Purpose Statement 
The Grants and Investment Manager will be responsible for the smooth running of grants systems, payments, and processes in addition to community building to engage our grantees and grantee pipeline. Between grant-making calls, the post-holder will contribute to the management of any funding programmes being run across the organisation, monitoring and evaluation, research projects, thought leadership and represent DINN in key spaces to grow a deeper understanding of Black-led charities and social enterprises across the UK.
The role holder will work closely with the Director of Investments and Grants, Finance and Executive teams to provide a joined-up Grants administration function.

Key Responsibilities

• Management of the grant application process for all funding streams, including communication with applicants.
• Scope new opportunities to innovate and elevate our processes to ensure we are always following best practice.
• Adopt best practices such as participatory grant making and other key practices
• Grow networks of key stakeholders to ensure our grant management work is always well connected to the wider community of funders, VCSEs and other stakeholders.
• Run process evaluations and work to the theory of change/logic model that has been adopted for the work.
• Provision of assistance in monitoring the progress of grants awarded and ensuring adequate evaluation of impact and timely reporting to the SMT and Board.
• Production of papers on recommended grant applications for consideration at the Investment Committee and production of relevant papers for the Board Pack.
• Assisting the Director of Investment and Grants in monitoring the progress of grants awarded and ensuring evaluation and impact systems are adhered to by grantees.
• Curate and coordinate our events and workshop programmes 
• Management of the grant reporting process to external funders, including liaising with Finance, Executive and other teams to coordinate information and responses.

Administration 

• Production and dissemination of the Grants Committee pack to staff and Board.
• Developing and supporting the application processes for other grant programmes without direct responsibility.
• Managing the grant payment process in collaboration with colleagues.
• To support Executives with ad hoc assignments, and to represent DINN as necessary.
• Ensure the CRM is kept updated with grantee information and payment data to ensure accurate financial reporting and forecasting.

Essential Skills/ Abilities 

• Strong analytical ability
• Strong IT skills - user of full Microsoft Office suite including Excel and PPT
• Ability to work positively with a wide range of individuals
• Ability to work independently and flexibly
• Self-motivated, with strong customer service skills
• Ability to use initiative and anticipate requirements
• Excellent organisational abilities
• A team player, willing to collaborate with colleagues
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate with confidence, tact, and clarity with a range of individuals and groups in a variety of settings, including phone, video call, face to face, and email.

​About You 

1. You’re highly organised and self-motivated. 
2. You are an ambitious leader. You recognise the importance of what we are trying to achieve and see your role in that. 
3. You’re resourceful. You know how to find things, solve things, answer questions, reach people.
4. You are passionate about the cause. You have a demonstrated interest and motivation to support young Black people to succeed in the digital and creative industries.
5. You have sound judgement. You work independently, and when faced with issues react calmly and logically.
6. You're a positive, solutions-oriented, and entrepreneurial individual with a drive for excellence.
7. You can engage remotely and with autonomy.
8. You’re a team player and manager, with strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Do it Now Now is dedicated to the belief that all lives have equal value. We’re committed to creating a workplace where employees thrive both personally and professionally. We also believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to serve—in race, gender, age, cultures and beliefs—and we support this diversity through all of our employment practices.

​Thank you for your consideration.

Grandmentors Project Coordinator

Fixed Term Contract
Job Ref: V398
Hours/Days per week: 35 hours per week – (Flexible days/hours)
Salary: £24,000 plus attractive employee benefits package
Start date: ASAP
Location: Homebased (regular travel around Surrey)
Closing date: 22nd May 2022
Interview date and Location: Week commencing 23rd May, Microsoft Teams

Volunteering Matters

At Volunteering Matters we use volunteering’s unique power to bring people together and build stronger, more resilient communities across the UK.

We bring people together to resolve some of society’s most complex issues.  From social isolation and loneliness; improving health and wellbeing; building skills, confidence, and opportunity; to ensuring young people can become change makers in their community, the impact that we make is great.  And we won’t stop until everyone in the UK has the opportunity to thrive.

People-led and impact driven, we are a national charity that is deeply embedded in local areas across the UK.  We operate in five regions: London and the South East; Wales and the West of England; East of England; the Midlands and North West England; and Scotland and North East England.  We also have an Employee Volunteering Team with over 25 years’ experience, acting as a broker to provide tailor-made solutions to employers. We turn local knowledge and energy into action and progress, building stronger communities and a better future for all.

This is an exciting time to be joining the team.  We’re changing the way we work to meet new ambitions and make sure our impact continues to grow alongside out business.

Role Purpose

To work alongside our existing Project Coordinator to develop and deliver all aspects of our Grandmentors project in Surrey, ensuring it achieves its aims, objectives, outcomes, and targets. The post holder will work closely with the Virtual College and Leaving Care teams within Surrey County Council and local volunteers to ensure that we improve and empower the lives of care leavers (aged 16-25) through the unique power of inter-generational mentoring.

Key Duties Responsibilities

• To effectively deliver the service to ensure the project meets its agreed targets and millstones.
• Maintain effective relationships with stakeholders and local authority staff at a day-to day level.
• To ensure volunteers are recruited, appropriately trained and supported in their role; this will involve processing volunteer expenses, DBS checks and maintaining databases.
• To ensure regular communication between project staff and volunteers is maintained and that regular supervision for volunteers is provided.
• To work with your line manager to ensure project expenditure is in line with the budget.
• To maintain accurate administration, for all aspects of the project.
• To maintain accurate records on all aspects of the project and submit data onto a secure database.
• To manage and maintain effective monitoring and evaluation records to capture impact and outcomes and ensure contractual compliance.
• To implement and maintain appropriate risk assessment management processes.
• To prepare regular reports including quarterly progress updates, impact reports and end of year reports for both internal and external purposes.
• To develop relevant information to promote and raise the profile of Volunteering Matters locally.
• To promote and adhere to Volunteering Matters Equality and Diversity Policy and all other Volunteering Matters policies which relate to the work of Grandmentors.
• To comply with the applicable Health and Safety and Safeguarding regulations.
• To contribute to joint working and teamwork across Volunteering Matters.

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise a demanding and developing workload
• Ability to assess risk and carry out risk assessments
• Evidence of good administrative and IT skills and the ability to maintain project monitoring and administrative records
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, stakeholders and partners
• The ability to motivate, enthuse and empower yourself and others.

Experience Required

• Working or volunteering directly with young adults
• Recruiting, training and managing volunteers
• Understanding of and commitment to Equal Opportunities
• Understanding of and commitment to GDPR and confidentiality

Qualifications

Relevant experience and values alignment is more important for this role than specific qualifications.

This role requires an enhanced DBS check which will be undertaken with the successful candidate before starting.

Location

With a flexible working policy, the postholder can be based from home or within one of the Surrey County Council offices. The postholder will need internet access to enable remote working. I.T. equipment and infrastructure will be supplied. There is an expectation to travel across Surrey in the role.

Our Values & Way of Working:

In all that we do, we embrace a philosophy of ‘Freedom within a Framework’ and are guided by our values: Empowering, Inclusive, Compassionate, Positive & Straightforward.

This job description is intended to include the broad range of responsibilities and requirements of the post. It is neither exhaustive nor exclusive but while some variations will be expected, these will be at an appropriate level for the role.

Diversity & Inclusion

Volunteering Matters welcomes all applicants and are keen to ensure our team reflects the diversity of the UK and the communities we serve. We encourage applications from disabled, LGBT and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, along with candidates with any protected characteristics and from disadvantaged groups.

Disability Confident & Reasonable Adjustments:

We guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the role. Please provide evidence in your application, which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required in the “Experience/Skills” section of this advert. To be considered for a guaranteed interview or to discuss any reasonable adjustments during the process, please state this in your application or contact our HR team for more information.

We have also committed to the following pledges which positively encompass our recruitment and selection processes and methodology: The Promise, Show The Salary, Salary History.

Benefits

Our employee benefits reflect our culture which is built on an approach of full flexibility with accountability, and designed to let you make your most positive contribution; we offer Flexible Working by Default (re hours & place of work), Unlimited Annual Leave, Employee Pension scheme, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loan, Employee Assistance Programme, enhanced sick and family leave. We are also open to discuss job share applications.

GDPR Statement

If you apply for a role with us, we will retain your contact details including your name, address, email address and phone number to help us manage your application for up to 6 months.  We will not use your personal data for any other purpose or share it with any third party. You can contact us at any point to update your personal information or ask us to delete it from our records.

To Apply - please see our website 

These unique and rewarding freelance audit opportunities would suit experienced experienced audit professionals that are flexible, love diverse travel experiences(post pandemic/ international safe zones), meeting inspiring people and supporting very worthwhile causes. AfID is recruiting on behalf of a leading specialist in assurance services for international institutional donors such as the UN, World Bank, FIFA, DFID & The Gates Foundation. Short audit assignments would suit experienced qualified audit professionals with grant audit / management experience, ideally in a not-for-profit/ international development context.

Role overview

Complete international grant expenditure audits for a diverse range of projects (grant recipients) funded by international donor institutions ranging from emergency aid, to long term development in areas such as agriculture, health or infrastructure, to more commercial projects such as SME development or technical research. Assignments are 1-3 weeks in length and based across the European mainland and the developing world. These are offered on an assignment by assignment basis, one to two months in advance. Please note there is no guaranteed period of work within the contract. Contractors can be based outside the UK on the European mainland but must be able to work within the EU. 

Requirements

• Qualified ACA / ACCA or equivalent – 5+ years post qualified experience
• Grant management and audit and reporting experience with international institutions. Preference given to individuals that have worked on UN or EC grant assurance assignments
• Diplomacy and cultural sensitivity while working with a hugely diverse range of clients and beneficiaries
• A real interest in international development and associated funding structures
• Fluency in a second language Spanish, German, French, Arabic, Portuguese, Mandarin, Russian or Turkish
• Excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills in English.
• Resilience and adaptability

​ Personal attributes:

• At least 5+ years of relevant audit experience
• Ability to work under pressure; Strong planning, organisational and time management skills
• Sound technical and analytical skills, report writing and presentation skills

Passionate about international travel and development and willing to work in international locations. Individual must be prepared to travel to challenging location when it is deemed safe to do so. Individuals must also be able to demonstrate effective past working practices when working remotely with a range of clients. 

Help transform billions of lives. Including yours.

Compassion in World Farming International is a powerful global movement dedicated to ending factory farming and radically changing our food systems to reduce reliance on animal protein, before it’s too late. With headquarters in the UK and offices throughout Europe, in the USA and China, we are an influential organisation whose supporters and partners throughout the world help us deliver on our initiatives.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the global CEO team at Compassion in World Farming. We are looking for a confident, experienced administrator to help support the smooth running of the department. As a key member of the team, you will be helping the CEO and other senior team members to operate at the highest level toward achieving the organisation’s strategic objectives.

About the role:

Working closely with the CEO’s executive assistant, you will support the day-to-day running of the Global CEO office and will perform a variety of duties, some of which include facilitating meetings and events, compiling briefings, monitoring communication channels, responding to communications, maintaining contacts on a central database, preparing contracts/grant agreements and other documents, booking travel and accommodation, as well as developing processes and systems to enhance the effectiveness of the CEO team. There will also be opportunities to attend and support external events.

You will need excellent interpersonal skills, both oral and written, good computer literacy and you should have experience of minuting meetings and diary management. Tact, diplomacy and discretion are vital, as is the ability to juggle a variety of tasks to tight deadlines.

The successful applicant will be able to work autonomously, but will also enjoy working as part of a team.

How to apply:

Please complete the online application form and upload your CV and covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification detailed in the Job Description.

Please note that we reserve the right to commence interviews on a rolling programme.

In order to comply with legal requirements, as part of our selection procedure we ask all potential employees to prove their eligibility to work in the UK.

Why work for Compassion in World Farming?

• For animals, people and planet: We are on a mission to end factory farming and create a world where fresh air and sunshine are natural parts of any farming system.
• To expand your current skills, develop your career and make a difference to the lives of billions
• We offer 25 days paid holiday
• 45 minutes by train from London Waterloo, our international headquarters are in Godalming near Guildford, a picturesque market town on the banks of the River Wey.
• We occupy modern, bright open plan offices just two minutes walk from Godalming station
• Free parking

Location: Godalming, Surrey, UK (hybrid working with at least 2 days per week working in the office)
Contract type: Full time, Permanent
Hours: 37
Salary: circa £24,000-£28,000 (Depending upon experience)

Closing date for applications: 20th May 2022

You may have experience of the following: Administrative Assistant, Administrator, Customer Service, Office Assistant, Outlook, Data Entry, Administrative Support, Admin Assistant, Office Administrator, Administration Assistant, etc.

Ref: 132 262

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer

Location:  Flexible location, remote working from home.

Salary:  GBP 40,000 - 45,000 for UK location, adjusted based on the cost of labour for the country in which the candidate resides. Salary will be determined based on experience and qualifications. Candidates must have the right to work in the country they are applying from.

Reports to:  Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning manager.

Contract Type: Permanent employment.

Background

The Urban Movement Innovation Fund (UMI Fund) works to connect, align, and strengthen people power for a more socially just, zero carbon future.  Drawing together and amplifying the efforts of NGOs working on technical solutions, or working with policy makers, with those of campaign or grassroots groups and movements working to increase citizen engagement and activity.  UMI Fund´s goal is to dramatically accelerate humanity’s transition to a zero-carbon world. UMI Fund is a convenor of the field, an advisor to philanthropy, and a grant maker.

UMI Fund believes that people-powered movements are critical to creating a zero-carbon world, generating the drive and popular support necessary for huge political, cultural, and technological shifts.  In order to grow in our set direction and meet our strategic plan, we are in urgent need to build a team to help us strategically reach our goals. 

The UMI Fund team is small, with a large portfolio of grants. As part of the team, reporting to the MEL manager, the MEL officer will work with the whole team to help monitor and manage a portion of these grants and the associated grantee relationships and needs. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to explore various climate change linked issues and to work with truly inspirational partners from all over the world. This position is full-time and home-based; being part of a fully remote working and internationally distributed team.

Primary Responsibilities

UMI Fund has a small team that operates collaboratively and flexibly with sometimes overlapping responsibilities. Team members have specialisms, but we avoid being siloed in work delivery. Within the team, the MEL Officer will have a particular focus on the following:

Grantee partnership

• Assist with co-developing MEL plans for new grantee projects and for UMI Fund’s grant-making as well as implementing MEL activities for the Fund as directed.
• Coordinating meetings under the direction of the MEL manager (e.g., scheduling across multiple time zones, ensuring meeting purpose and agendas are set, sending invitations, update, and logistics emails, note taking and following up on meeting actions).
• Surveying, collecting and collating feedback for all meetings and convenings as directed.
• Conducting UMI Fund’s annual movement health survey (including sending out surveys, prompts/reminders to complete, synthesise feedback).
• Summarise meeting / convening notes, workbooks, zoom chats etc - synthesise key takeaways / points to follow up on per meeting and share with participants.
• Assisting the MEL Manager and programme staff in undertaking grantee check ins and gathering input for quarterly board updates.

UMI Fund evaluation, learning and impact

• Collaborate with colleagues to help find the most effective ways of communicating UMI Fund’s impact (e.g., case studies, graphs etc.) and contribute to the development of impact reports.
• Grant proposal development support, particularly on MEL, where appropriate and directed.

• Assisting with moderation / administration of an online resource hub.
• Organising periodic MEL related convenings as directed in collaboration with Events Manager and other teammates.
• Producing regular grantee updates for the website, newsletter, and other reporting.
• Regular programme / project documentation for internal and external sharing.

Data management and processing

• Maintain project documentation including liaising with the UMI Fund administration manager, grantees and the UMI Fund fiscal sponsor to ensure contracts and other necessary information have been received, facilitating grant processing and management.
• Supporting grants administration as directed by the MEL manager (e.g., ensuring reporting dates / timelines / grant info / budgets etc is agreed with grantees).
• Where requested, advise on data collection and storage and proactively research new methods and systems to improve our approach to managing information.
• Undertake survey design and develop survey and feedback engagement strategy as directed.
• Database administration / management.
• Check the quality and accuracy of data. Support colleagues to enhance and/or streamline data management processes where possible.
• Ensure data is stored effectively and upholding data security alongside the rest of the UMI Fund team.
• Dealing with data requests.

Experience and Qualifications

The following offers an aspirational view of our ideal candidate profile; however, we encourage applications from candidates with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented groups.

• A good understanding of the principles in monitoring and evaluation.
• Competence in MS Office or Google Suite, with experience of data analysis using Excel/Sheets.
• Experience of internal impact monitoring and evaluation in a similar organisation.
• Experience of working with project data or in a monitoring and evaluation capacity, ideally in the context of projects funded through grants and contracts.
• Experience analysing complex information (quantitative and qualitative) and translating it into clear, understandable formats, for a variety of audiences, using a range of methods and tools.
• Experience of working with Theory of Change and other outcome-based frameworks.
• Experience of working in diverse and international teams.

Skills and Attributes

The following offers an aspirational view of our ideal candidate profile; however, we encourage applications from candidates with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented groups.

• Tact, humility, flexibility, openness, and a good sense of humour.
• Proven experience in building and maintaining positive work relationships and partnerships.
• Excellent collaborative and facilitation skills.
• Excellent workload and time management skills with the ability to manage a busy workload delivering high quality work to deadline and under pressure.
• High level of attention to detail. 
• Able to write clearly, adapting styles to meet the needs of different audiences with a proven track record in writing accurate, concise, and powerful reports for funders and other stakeholders.
• Commitment to teamwork, with the ability to develop positive relationships with colleagues across the whole organisation.
• Problem solving and adaptive approach to dealing with data gaps and incomplete data sets.
• Clear communication, both written and oral, appropriate to a variety of audiences.

• Fluent in English; additional languages could be an advantage.
• A demonstrated commitment to the values of inclusion, equity, and social justice.

*For all locations: Applicants must have the right to legally live and work in the country where they wish to be based.

UMI Fund is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, as detailed in our child and adults-at-risk safeguarding policy. We expect all staff to share this commitment. Please note that the successful candidate may undergo reference checks and be required to provide a police record prior to starting employment.

The deadline for applications is Sunday 5th June 2022

Daryl Upsall International actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. In recruiting candidates, we seek candidates with the proven skills required, irrespective of race, gender, religion or belief, age, disability, or sexual orientation.

About the role

We are looking to recruit a Funding Officer to join our London and South East Team. Working in the Solent and Surrey Team, led by a Funding Manager and working alongside three other Funding Officers.

As a funding officer you will assess requests for funding and manage grants using local knowledge, best practice, thematic expertise, and the experience of customers and stakeholders to improve our grant making and inform our decision making. By working closely with people and communities you will understand what matters to them and where our funding can make the biggest difference.

Outreach and engagement is a key part of the role of a funding officer, as we seek to make our funding inclusive for all, including for those who have historically found it more difficult to access. 

Ideally, we would like you to be able to cover areas of Surrey and by getting to know a defined geographical area you will be able to increase the effectiveness of our decision making and improve how we support our communities. (Applications are also welcome from anyone living within Hampshire, Surrey and the Isle of Wight).

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 Hours per week, flexible working considered

Interview Date: W/C 6th June

Location: Mobile working within Hampshire, Surrey and Isle of Wight with some travel outside the patch on occasion. We are particularly looking for somebody to work across Surrey. 

Please click through to our website to find contact details of the hiring manager, should you have any questions.

Essential critieria

• Relationships: Ability to build and maintain excellent relationships at several different levels with a strong commitment with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion
• Written and Communication Skills: Ability to assess a high volume of applications and manage a caseload; analyse accounts and numerical data; write reports, challenge when appropriate and manage risk
• Analytical Skills: Ability to absorb a wide range of information including financial health and make judgement-based decisions with confidence
• Communication skills: Strong listening, written and verbal communication with an emphasis on written communication for assessment purposes

Desirable critieria

• An ability to use your initiative and manage your own workload working comfortably with competing priorities and deadlines and a can-do attitude
• Be responsive to emerging issues and trends which impact on your work, the work of your team, or the Fund
• Understanding of our communities and voluntary sector within Hampshire, Surrey and the Isle of Wight. We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with knowledge of Surrey

For you

We seek to develop our staff and offer a wide range of personal development opportunities.

We offer a wide range of generous benefits including:

• Generous annual leave and company pension scheme
• Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals
• Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Season ticket and cycle to work loans
• Paid volunteering leave

Equal opportunities

Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.

We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. We are committed to being an inclusive and great place to work, and recognise our people come from diverse backgrounds.  As such we particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBTQ+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and will proactively make reasonable adjustments if needed through the recruitment process and during employment. This can be related to a physical and mental health conditions.

We are also proud to be a Stonewall Diversity Champion, supporting our commitment to being a great place to work for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) staff.

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

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

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

Key tasks and responsibilities

Financial Management, Statutory and Internal Reporting

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Fundraising and Donor Reporting

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

• Accurately record both unrestricted and restricted income from donors;

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

• Maintain electronic files of funding agreements and contracts;

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

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

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

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

Experience and capabilities required

• 5 years experience in working in a finance role.

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

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

• Proficiency in managing accounts payable effectively and expeditiously;

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

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel;

• Able to prioritise and manage concurrent deadlines;

• Previous experience of Quickbooks accounting software;

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

• Diplomatic telephone and interpersonal skills;

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

• Comfortable working autonomously and independently, using self-initiative

Desired knowledge/skills and personal attributes

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

• Team player, enthusiastic and approachable;

• Flexible and proactively supportive to the wider team and stakeholders

You will work with:

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

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

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

Prospectus is delighted to be working with British Gas Energy Trust to recruit a Monitoring and Insight Analyst who will manage the monitoring cycle for around 40 front line projects, working with the in-house grant management system to communicate with funded organisations and obtain data ahead of deadlines.

British Gas Energy Trust is an independent charitable Trust (funded solely from donations from British Gas) who contribute to the relief of poverty, with a particular focus on fuel poverty. The Trust runs two main funding streams, the first is a programme that helps families and individuals experiencing hardship who are struggling with gas and electricity debts by awarding grants to clear those debts; and secondly through large grants to not-for-profit organisations across the UK.

Please note this role is offered on a part-time basis (30 hours a week) and can be worked fully remote, from the UK.

The main responsibilities of this role include preparing all monitoring data through the grants portal and supporting grantees to ensure data is received in a timely manner. You will collate and analyse quarterly monitoring data to identify patterns and trends in funded organisation service delivery and produce reports containing quantitative and qualitative data for CEO report and Board report.

To be successful as a Monitoring and Insight Analyst you will have an enthusiasm for innovative process changes, learning and sharing knowledge. You will have experience presenting statistical findings, be comfortable working with large data sets and have the ability to clearly extract, present and explain data to highlight key issues.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

In order to apply, simply submit your CV and begin preparing a cover letter explaining why you would make a good fit for the role. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and arrange for a call to discuss the role further.

You will be mentored by our Fundraising Manager who is a Diploma Certificated member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising. After completing a satisfactory probation period there will be an opportunity for you to be enrolled onto the Certificate in Fundraising, delivered by the Institute of Fundraising, to gain a foundation qualification in Fundraising.

RASASC is a registered charity which has been providing support to male and female victims of rape and sexual abuse (both recent and non-recent) and young people aged over 13, from across Surrey since 1992.

We provide an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) Service. ISVAs support survivors to help them overcome the abuse they have suffered and to rebuild their lives. This service also includes supporting the victim to seek justice through the judicial system, should they wish.

We also provide one-to-one counselling, youth counselling and family support programme, a national Telephone Helpline, and self-confidence and esteem programme.

Volunteers are an important part of the work we do. Volunteers staff our Helpline and our qualified counsellors work on a voluntary basis with survivors of rape and sexual abuse.

Main purpose of role: 

To support the Fundraising Manager with all aspects of fundraising, with a particular focus on donor stewardship, and small grants/trusts/community fundraising. 

The role will be hands on within a busy team and has the potential for you to learn and develop a variety of fundraising skills

Responsibilities and key tasks:

• To research and draft applications to small grants and trust for amounts up to £10,000
• To oversee the stewardship of individual fundraisers to ensure that they are engaged with the charity, and their efforts/support recognised
• Proactively use the fundraising database to develop and manage supporters and ensure all activities are recorded accurately and in line with GDPR
• To assist the Fundraising Manager with the reconciliation of our income and financial processes, including the distribution and collection of our community collection boxes
• To assist the Fundraising Manager with the planning and collation of the annual and biannual major funders monitoring reports requests
• General fundraising/administration duties, as and when required
• This role is expected to generate an income (donations, grants etc) of a small financial target of £33,000 per year.

Personal Specification

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work independently and a strong team player
• Ability to deal with information in a confidential manner
• Highly organised with ability to prioritise a varied and demanding workload 
• Confident IT skills including Microsoft Office

Desirable

• Project management skills
• Strong relationship building and interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with a diverse range of people
• Experience working in a voluntary sector organisation

This is an excellent opportunity to join a small and friendly team.

The Almshouse Association which nationally supports, promotes, and represents over 1,600 independent Almshouse charities! Guiding on all aspects of Almshouse management, supporting member charities with the provision of up-to-date policies and governance advice, seminars and training, grants and loans and representation, as well as offering a single point of contact helpline!

General Description of Responsibilities:

• You will provide administrative and direct support to delivering the fundraising strategy.
• You will enjoy organising events and will be involved in the co-ordinating of fundraising events.
• You will excel in establishing and maintaining individual contacts to assist with raising funds for the charity.

If you are driven and passionate about the industry and looking to make a real difference in your next role, then we would love to hear from you.

• We are looking for a confident communicator, someone who will be an excellent ambassador for the charity.   
• Can demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Be self-motivated!
• Have an ability to contact potential donors directly and establish good relations and rapport with them
• Have the instinct to natural attention to detail
• To be comfortable undertaking detailed research and to make a tailored fundraising pitch is desirable
• Effective at building relationships
• A born natural team player
• Able to show initiative
• Passionate about customer service

 Tasks:

• Oversee delivery of the fundraising plan
• Co-ordinate with our fundraising consultants
• Manage and co-ordinate donor events
• Establish and maintain donor relations
• Establish a legacy campaign and maintain legacy relations
• Arrange CEO meetings with high-net-worth individuals
• Maintain a fundraising database of existing and potential donors
• Seek and manage sponsorship opportunities
• Establish and maintain warm contacts with potential donors
• Research and approach new donors
• Co-ordinate events looking to build relationships with donors
• Write to and maintain records of contacts for funders

• Hours of work are 9.00am to 5.30pm (5 days per week)
• Salary £30,000  
• Employers pension contribution of 10%
• 28 days holiday
• Office location Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
• Job Type: Full-time