Our Vision

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

Who We Are

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

Our four key responsibilities are:

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

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

Finance Team

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

Finance Director

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

Main Responsibilities
 

Day-to-day financial management

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

Strategic financial planning and management

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

Governance

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

Wider responsibilities

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

Person Specification
 

Education/qualifications/experience

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

Skills and Abilities

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Job Summary

Job Title: Trusts and Grants Manager

Location: This is a remotely-based role and some travel may be required.
Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full-Time or Part-Time
Salary: Up to £33,815.00 per annum

Additional Information:       We operate flexi time and flexible working. Full UK driving licence is essential

This closes on Friday 20th May and interviews will be held on the 31st May.  

About Thera

Thera Trust are a charity that support people with a learning disability. We are people-centred and we want to demonstrate that people with a learning disability can be leaders in society. You’ll see our dedication to our values throughout of our work.

It’s a fascinating and exciting time to join us as our fundraising team begins to mature, developing the foundations of fundraising programmes to support our activity for years to come.

We’re are a tight-knit, dynamic and creative fundraising team with a focus on securing the right money for the right purpose and building collaborative relationships with those who support our work.

The projects we support as a fundraising team are wide-ranging and include social enterprise, employability, independence, health & wellbeing and social isolation/loneliness. Charitable funding can make a huge impact on the lives of thousands of people with a learning disability across the UK and you can play a significant role in making it happen.

Trusts and Grants

Our Trusts and Grants Team has been in existence for two years, and in that time secured over £1m towards our work. We have established strong relationships with funders who are truly invested in our work. Now we are looking to sustain these, and build more, over the long-term.

We are looking for a Trusts and Grants Manager to lead on all aspects of our trusts and grants fundraising and be responsible for securing income to support our work. You will line manage other members of the Trusts and Grants team and work strategically with the rest of the team and our subsidiary companies to deliver the right funding for the right work.

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising, you will be responsible for investigating, researching and making approaches for new funding as well as maintaining and developing existing relationships to ensure future support.

This role is remotely based (though the team will be tight-knit, meeting regularly either in person or via phone/video calls) and an element of travelling is required. It comes with 25 days holiday + 8 days bank holidays.

We reserve the right to close this advert before the deadline.

There is currently no legal requirement for individuals joining Thera to be fully vaccinated against covid-19, however we do follow Government guidance and believe that they are an effective way to support everyone's safety. There is an expectation of anyone joining us that if vaccinations against any disease/virus become law, then you will be required to follow such guidance, and your contract of employments will reflect this.

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.

apply here

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.

Grassroots Movements Programme Manager

Are you someone with experience of being involved with social movements and work within the grant-making field? Are you excited at the prospect of being able to co-design a new funding stream to support social movements?

We’re looking for a dynamic individual to co-lead our new funding programme for social movements aimed at resourcing movements that are situated on the frontlines of social and environmental injustice, and who are striving for transformative change.

You will need to have a good understanding of both these worlds, experience of participatory processes, exceptional communication skills with the ability to build strong relationships with a range of groups and audiences

The movements fund has emerged within JRCT through a careful process of learning, listening and consultation. The fund is rooted in a movement led decision-making process and will be allocating £1 million over 3 grant rounds in 2022-23. This fund is more important than ever in the context of deep structural inequalities and injustices within our society.

For more information and to apply:

• Download the application pack 
• Send your CV and cover letter by 29th May
• Interviews will take place on the 17th June in London

We welcome all applicants and are keen to enhance our team to reflect the diversity of the UK and the communities we serve.  We would like to encourage applications from disabled people, those from LGBT and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and those experiencing other forms of marginalisation, as they are underrepresented at this level.

Please apply via our website.

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 

British Tinnitus Association (BTA) is striving for "A world where no one suffers from tinnitus." Last year the charity helped an incredible 1.7 million people living with tinnitus and continued to press ahead with its mission to drive progress towards a cure. Now is an incredibly crucial time for this life transforming organisation as they innovate digitally and enter an exciting new phase in their journey. 

We have an opportunity for a Trusts and Foundations Officer to join the fundraising team that sits at the heart of all the charity achieves. This team is successful, ambitious, and looking for likeminded people to join and help transform the lives of those living with tinnitus.

The Role 

This is an exciting opportunity to grow revenue within the incredibly important Trusts and Foundations income stream for the charity. Responsibilities will include: 

• Developing, writing, and submitting targeted funding applications to raise income from new and existing trusts and foundations.
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with new and existing trusts and grant makers.
• Conducting research for new trusts and foundations fundraising opportunities and monitoring developments in trusts and foundations fundraising.
• Providing accurate, timely and comprehensive monitoring reports and updates to supporters.

The Person 

We are looking for solution-focussed, creative individuals with persuasive writing skills and an ability to work towards targets in a fundraising setting. Ideally you will have experience in raising income from trusts and foundations, however we are also keen to speak to people looking to develop a career within this rewarding area of fundraising. Organisational skills will be integral to success in this role so you should possess the ability to manage and prioritise a varied workload and also communicate convincingly with a diverse range of people. 

This team has a wonderfully ambitious culture, creative approach to fundraising and a supportive and collaborative approach to work. If you’d like to find out more about joining this group of talented people, then get in touch for more information! 

The role can be either entirely remote, or a split between home-working and out of the charity’s offices in Sheffield. Apply here or contact Charlie or Leanne for more information. Interviews will be held on the 22nd and 23rd of June.

Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this.

Please also be aware that Charity Horizons use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all our roles and we only work with organisations that are happy to engage with us in this way.

Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition, and pregnancy.

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. 

Location: Flexible global location, remote working from home.

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 GBP 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: Executive Director

Contract Type: Permanent employment contract

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.  UMIF´s goal is to dramatically accelerate humanity’s transition to a zero-carbon world. UMIF 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, led by the Co-Executive Directors, the Senior Programme Officer will make and manage a portion of these grants. The successful candidate will be an excellent strategist and a seasoned and successful change maker. They 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 Senior Programme Officer will primarily be in a grant making role, and have a particular focus on the following:

• Establishing and maintaining good relationships with applicants/grantees and other partners.
• Networking, landscape scanning and mapping, conducting research and performing due diligence on grants and partnerships that fall within UMI Fund’s theory of change and current strategy. The Fund strategy encompasses movement building for action on climate change with a focus on ending the internal combustion engine, supporting the youth climate movement and fairer, more socially just climate solutions.
• Co-creating and supporting grantee projects and clusters of projects.
• Creating collaboration spaces for the UMI Fund community.
• Writing recommendations for funding, and monitoring and reporting on the progress of open grants which may sometimes involve travel to conduct site visits (depending on Covid-19 related travel restrictions).
• Supporting grantees with capacity building and the development of child safeguarding policies as needed.
• Assisting grantees with challenges during the grant period and drawing out lessons learned in ‘end-of-grant’ reports and evaluations when grants close.
• Working collaboratively with the full team at UMI Fund, ensuring there is cross-programme resonance, synergy, communication and learning where there are programmatic areas of overlap.
• Working collaboratively with other Grantmakers and funder initiatives as required.
• Contributing to internal reports, UMI Fund’s annual report, and board presentations as required;
• Representing the programme in a variety of settings both internally and externally.

Experience and Qualifications

The following list 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 proven change maker with demonstrated success in international campaigning and/or movement building.
• Proven commitment to action on climate change and social justice with at least seven years’ experience of working in the not-for-profit sector and/or in philanthropy, including experience in project and budget management (whether from the implementation or donor side).
• Proven knowledge and work experience in the climate mitigation, social justice and/or movement building fields as a grant-maker, advocate and/or practitioner.
• 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.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills.
• An understanding of intersectionality and inclusive approaches to grant-making.
• Ability to work independently but also flexibly and collaboratively, as part of a small team.

• Excellent workload and time management skills with the ability to manage a busy workload delivering high quality work to deadline and under pressure.

• Fluent in English; additional languages could be an advantage.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, and ability to write quickly to meet deadlines.
• A demonstrated commitment to the values of inclusion, equity and social justice.

The following skills/experience will strengthen candidacy for this role:  

• Knowledge and work experience in grant making.
• Knowledge and work experience in collective action or movement building.
• Knowledge and experience working on the agency, voice and power of women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, frontline communities, or other disadvantaged groups; particularly in the context of climate mitigation.
• A demonstrated ability to link local to global action to safeguard people and the environment.

*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 

Carers NI has a fantastic new opportunity to lead and manage our new Advocacy and Voice Project. You’ll establish forums, organise events and provide support to empower carers from across NI, from a diversity of backgrounds, to have their voices heard, and their lived experiences brought, to the heart of government and the Assembly. You will also be a key member of the Carers NI policy team, contributing to analysis of policy and strategy, developing research, co-ordinating engagement with partners, supporting campaigns and representing Carers NI nationally and locally.

About you

This role requires a broad range of skills in engaging with others and communicating at all levels. You will have excellent written and verbal communication, presentation skills, self-motivation and attention to detail. You will have an understanding of the issues facing unpaid carers and their families and ideally of the current Northern Ireland political system.

The role will particularly suit a proactive individual who enjoys working with people and creating successful networks, can multi-task and who can represent the charity to partners across all sectors, civil servants and politicians. 

In return, we can offer you a rewarding role where you can make a real difference to the lives of unpaid carers in Northern Ireland.

Diversity and inclusion

Carers UK is committed to becoming a diverse and truly inclusive organisation. We strive to create a workplace where our colleagues and volunteers can truly be themselves and feel like they belong and constantly seek to ensure all voices are heard. 

To embrace this culture of diversity, our employee and volunteer recruitment should reflect our stakeholders and the society that we serve and support, regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, physical abilities, disabilities or religious practices. We value individual diversity and are actively building diverse teams here at Carers UK and value our colleagues from a wide range of backgrounds.

As a membership charity for carers, we particularly seek employees and volunteers with a real understanding of the issues faced by carers. Reasonable adjustments can be made to the process and role dependent on the needs of the applicant.

The closing date for applications is 12pm 20 May 2022

Interview Dates w/c 13 June 2022

Digital technology helps care services spend more time caring. It helps the people we support keep control of their lives, and of their care. And in recent months, the need for information to be shared securely and efficiently between health and care services has become even more apparent. But there can be risks – for example how information is kept safe and secure, and what happens if a digital system fails.

Better Security, Better Care (BSBC) is a support programme to help adult social care providers to store and share information safely through the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT). The DSPT is a free, online self-assessment for health and care providers to evaluate and improve their data and cyber security.

The BSBC programme supports the sector with resources and assistance to help care providers complete the DSPT. It’s an ambitious programme with the aim that all CQC registered adult social care services will have completed the DSPT. The programme is delivered by a diverse group of care sector organisations, including many local care associations, with colleagues from the NHS, ADASS and local councils also involved.

About you and the role

As Policy and Grants Manager, you'll play a key role in ensuring the successful and smooth running of our programme, by providing operational assistance to the team, liaising with our partners and grantees and addressing all manner of different challenges. You'll manage programme-critical functions and will take an entrepreneurial approach to improving operations. Confident working remotely with some travel. You'll report to the Programme Director.

Here’s a taste of what you’ll do:

• Running programme projects. Taking the lead on developing, tendering and managing a programme of grant funded projects aimed at improving the adult social care sector's ability to adopt good cyber security standards through the DSPT.

• Grant management and monitoring. Making sure our grant process is fit for purpose, including Expression of Interest (EOI), grant agreement, monitoring and reporting.

• Drafting supplier and contractor documentation, liaising with suppliers to ensure invoices are in line with agreements, liaising with our project officer on expenses and invoicing.

• Stakeholder management and relationship building. Working closely alongside our policy partners to ensure the programme is involved in the development of new cyber and digital programmes involving social care.

• Tracking and managing key compliance and governance processes. Managing paperwork and reporting for the board.

• Ensuring regular communications to the grantees and stakeholders, working closely with the Communications Manager and Engagement Manager to develop the comms and publications around the programme of special projects.

• Providing reports to the board and relevant stakeholders. Managing an effective project monitoring system and proposing developments and improvements where necessary.

• Grow with the role. As the programme grows, lead the delivery of our local and regional support as well as working closely with the wider Better Security, Better Care and Digital Social Care teams to ensure the programme is embedded in the digital developments across the sector.

Your skills

You'll be the right person for this job if:

• You're passionate about solving problems, no matter if their big or small; and have a strong mindset of getting things done.

• You will have experience of working in or alongside adult social care providers.

• You will be comfortable managing multiple projects at the same time.

• You will be confident using Teams.

• You will have experience developing and managing programmes or projects from tender to completion.

• You appreciate the big picture of our mission and balance that with a collaborative mindset to prioritise your work. 

• You have excellent verbal communication and presentation skills.

• You feel comfortable dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity.

• You are willing to learn and can develop new skills and can tackle new areas.

Benefits

You'll benefit from:

• Salary £43,000 (pro rata)

• fully flexible, remote working

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Next steps

All you need to do is start the process by clicking through below to apply via the Applied platform.

You’ll answer some questions that are related to your day-to-day job. After the job closes, your answers will go through our sift process: all answers will be anonymised, randomised and then reviewed by a panel of reviewers.

If you are shortlisted, we’ll invite you to the next step, which includes a video interview. Also, we love giving feedback, so at the end of the application process, we'll let you know how well you performed.

Expected duration of this application process: 4-6 weeks

We are an equal opportunities employer

We are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic, engaging, and inclusive leader to 
join us as Chief Executive at Keep Wales Tidy. 
After completing many years’ service, the current head of our organisation is retiring. As we begin our 50th anniversary celebrations, we are looking for an inspirational leader to help us build on our achievements and cement our reputation as a leading environmental charity. 
Reporting to the Chair of our Board, you will work closely with our Trustees and executive management team to provide clear, strategic direction. You will have the opportunity to lead a team of more than 70 committed and passionate individuals, nurturing  an innovative and supportive culture.
The quality of our local environment, our green spaces, waterways, beaches, and the air that we breathe is essential to protecting biodiversity for the future and building our resilience to the global climate emergency.
Through our programmes and projects, Keep Wales Tidy has set the stage for working together with government, public bodies, schools, and local communities to take positive sustainable action. National initiatives like Caru Cymru and Local Places for Nature have opened up opportunities to engage communities across Wales, with long term benefits for our health, well-being and natural environment; while international programmes such as Eco-Schools have enabled us to share our learning with global partners. 
Do you have the qualities, skills and experience to lead an ambitious and trusted charity? If you share our vision of a beautiful Wales cared for and enjoyed by everyone, we would love to receive your application to join us. 
How to apply
Please visit our website for more information on the role and how to apply.
The closing date for applications is midday 6 June
Preliminary stakeholder meetings and formal interviews will take place during the week commencing 20 June.

We will be in touch with successful and unsuccessful candidates no later than 14 June. 
Further details 
Keep Wales Tidy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, accredited by Investors in People.
The post is part-funded through the Welsh Government Rural Communities -Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the Welsh Government and the European Union. 

Following an interim period, CP Sport is delighted to be seeking its new permanent CEO, who will lead CP Sport at an exciting time in its development. CP Sport has a board of exceptionally skilled and motivated individuals who share a belief in the potential of sport to change lives for the better and a new strategy which sets out plans for the next three years.

CP Sport is a national disability sports organisation supporting people with cerebral palsy to be able to access and enjoy being physically active throughout their lives​.  We are a successful and highly respected influencer and change maker. Every year we support children, young people and adults to experience the life-changing benefits that participating in sport and physical activity can provide. Our aim is to influence the sector & wider society so that every person with cerebral palsy has the opportunity & choice to enjoy being physically active.   

The CEO has overall responsibility for leading all strategic and operational aspects of CP Sport. They will closely with the Board of Trustees and provide strong leadership to the CP Sport team. 

Job Summary

Job Title: Fundraising Officer (maternity cover - fixed term until 28th April 2023)

Location: This is a remotely-based role and some travel may be required.

Contract: Temporary - fixed term

Hours: Full-Time

Salary: Up to £26,032.00 per annum

Additional Information:       We operate flexi time and flexible working. Full UK driving licence is preferred not essential.

This closes on Friday 20th May and interviews will be held on the 27th May.  

About Thera

Thera Trust are a charity that support people with a learning disability. We are people-centred and we want to demonstrate that people with a learning disability can be leaders in society. You’ll see our dedication to our values throughout of our work.

It’s a fascinating and exciting time to join us as our fundraising team begins to mature, developing the foundations of fundraising programmes to support our activity for years to come.

We are a tight-knit, dynamic and creative fundraising team with a focus on securing the right money for the right purpose and building collaborative relationships with those who support our work.

The projects we support as a fundraising team are wide-ranging and include social enterprise, employability, independence, health & wellbeing and social isolation/loneliness. Charitable funding can make a huge impact on the lives of thousands of people with a learning disability across the UK and you can play a significant role in making it happen.

Trusts and Grants

We are looking for a Fundraising Officer with a difference; someone with creative flair paired with impressive IT skills to maximise the potential of our fundraising CRM system and deliver on our public fundraising, securing income to support our work. You will work strategically with the rest of the team and our subsidiary companies and project teams to deliver the right funding for the right work.

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising, you will work closely with our subsidiary and project teams to develop and delivering public fundraising campaigns, support individual and group fundraisers in their efforts and researching, maintain our fundraising platforms and CRM system and developing relationships to ensure future support.

This is a fixed term, maternity cover position, ending 28th April 2023.

This role is remotely based (though the team will be tight-knit, meeting regularly either in person or via phone/video calls) and an element of travelling is required.

We reserve the right to close this advert before the deadline.

There is currently no legal requirement for individuals joining Thera to be fully vaccinated against covid-19, however we do follow Government guidance and believe that they are an effective way to support everyone's safety. There is an expectation of anyone joining us that if vaccinations against any disease/virus become law, then you will be required to follow such guidance, and your contract of employments will reflect this.