• Do you have a proven track record in fundraising, development, and communications, and would you like to join an innovative, place-based partnership?
• Do you thrive on rolling your sleeves up and personally getting stuck in, as well as working collaboratively with partners, teams, and boards?
• Are you passionate, as we are, about addressing issues around poverty and inequality?
• If so, then you might be just the person we are looking for to lead our ambitious development and communications strategies for Islington Giving and Cripplegate Foundation.

About you

The new Director of Development and Communications, in addition to having a strong track record in fundraising from a range of donors and sources, will need to be consultative, with strong listening skills and respect for the opinions of others. They will need the confidence and expertise to advise and guide their small team, board, and governors. They will need to be able to relate to the big picture and vision, whilst also being able to consider the detail. We would be delighted to hear from you, especially if you:

• Have a strong track record in fundraising and development.
• Enjoy rolling your sleeves up and leading and implementing fundraising and development plans yourself, as well as guiding others.
• Are flexible, collaborative, and work very well as part of a committed team within a small organisation.
• Have experience of leading and managing.
• Are a strong communicator and relationship builder.
• Have a commitment to ensuring that Islington Giving and Cripplegate Foundation continue to flourish.

We value diversity, equality, and inclusivity. Applications are especially welcomed from underrepresented backgrounds, including but not limited to gender, race, age, sexual orientation, disability, and religion. Please let us know if you would like any additional support with this application, or the role.

Find more information in application pack or on Islington Giving webpage

The Grants Administrator with this substantial charitable grant giving foundation has an essential role in supporting  grant giving programmes including database input and maintenance, correspondence with applicants and benefiting charities, ensuring that files are up to date and in good order, dealing with enquiries and initial grant applications and maintenance of the Foundation’s website. Please see attachments for further details.

York Museums Trust (YMT) is an independent charity created to manage and look after the City of York Council’s collections and assets including York Art Gallery, York Castle Museum, Yorkshire Museum, York Museum Gardens, and York St Mary’s

Grants and Sponsorship Fundraising Manager

Salary: £30,956 - £37,530 (YMT Scale Points 32-39)

Contract:   Permanent, Full Time – 37 hours per week

These are exciting times to join the Trust. Following our multi award winning redevelopment of York Art Gallery and as we plan a major capital project at York Castle Museum to transform its visitor experience, we are developing a new fundraising team.

We have a new opportunity for a Grants and Sponsorship Fundraising Manager to join the team, working across all sites to develop and drive York Museums Trust Grants and Sponsorship Strategy in line with our ambitions and priorities.

Founded in 2002, the Trust has a strong record of fundraising and this post is designed to build on these foundations. We are seeking an experienced and successful Grants and Sponsorship fundraiser who will develop, manage and co-ordinate a portfolio of statutory, trusts and foundations and corporate supporters, cultivating strong and long-lasting partnerships.  Managing the Trust’s CRM system, you will ensure successful relationship management and enjoy inspiring and developing relationships with our staff, managers, trustees and our donors and supporters.

You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with an experience of developing, writing and submitting large grant applications for major projects. You will also be able to demonstrate a proven track record of securing grants and achieving financial targets alongside proactively searching out new funding streams through research and networking.

This role will work from home temporarily in line with other YMT staff.  In the long term this role will be based in York, but with the option to work flexibly.  Attendance at fundraising events and stakeholder meetings in York will be part of the role.

How to apply

Access the job description at  About Us, Jobs Vacancies page on our website.

Send:

• your CV,
• a covering letter explaining how you meet the criteria in the Knowledge, Experience, Skills and Behaviours section of the JD, and
• the Equal Opportunities form

to the email address on our website. Applications should be submitted in a Word compatible format.

CVs can only be accepted from candidates who have permission to work in the UK.  If, after applying, you have not heard from us by two weeks after the closing date, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

As an organisation York Museums Trust is committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity amongst our workforce. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Dates to bear in mind…

Closing date for applications is Monday 1 February 2021 at 9am

Interviews will take place online on Monday 22 February 2021

The Funded Team, a division within EduKit, is a fast-growing social enterprise that helps charities to raise funds. We have a virtual team based around the globe who have supported hundreds of charities to achieve their fundraising goals. Within our team we have a sales person, a client account manager who deals with client queries and researches grants and matches these to clients, 6 experienced grant writers, a quality assurance manager who reviews all grant applications pre-submission and a back-office assistant who ensures that all of our processes run smoothly.

With an impressive track record of successfully securing funds for clients (with fantastic testimonials and case studies of the work that we have done) and a growing number of clients, we are now looking to bring on another experienced, professional grant writer to join our team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a great team of fundraisers on a mission to help impressive charities to scale their work and support more people and communities in need. The role is entirely home-based and we are open to freelance or PAYE (full-time/part-time) arrangements.

Requirements:

• Excellent grant fundraiser with experience of successfully raising funds for charities or social enterprises
• Hands-on experience of working within one or more charities would be helpful 
• Excellent oral and written communication. Able to speak and write English fluently
• Own computer, webcam/mic and internet at home
• Excellent time management, a professional attitude and attention to detail
• High-quality and professional client relationship skills. Able to work independently with clients
• Proficient with Google Suite (Docs/Sheets)
• Good organisation and administrative skills
• Resourceful and able to think creatively with strong problem solving skills

Terms:

• We are looking to trial candidates for one month in a freelance capacity. After evaluating your performance we will determine long-term arrangements with you.
• We would consider candidates willing to work 4 or 5 days a week
• We are looking for someone able to start asap

EDUKIT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER AND WELCOMES APPLICATIONS FROM CANDIDATES WHO ARE BAME, DISABLED OR LGBT+.

Our close partner is providing financial services guidance to a number of large institutions around the world, the International Development team works closely with global clients – such as UNICEF, The World Bank and the Gates Foundation – particularly those involved in international development, grant-making and grant-funded programmes.

The Assistant Project Coordinator has to assist in providing project coordination for the full life cycle of any assignment offered to our clients; from the proposal process, contract management with the client, assignment planning, through to assisting with the report writing, and ultimately billing the client.

Contract Responsibilities

·Assist with proposal and tender submission, including preparing project budgets and schedules, liaising with prospective staff and ensuring all proposals are submitted within the respective deadlines

·Ensure that contracts are as per the issued proposals, that all terms agreed are in best interests of org and support the Managers/Partners in any contract administration required

·Assist with planning the fieldwork of the project, including agreeing dates with the beneficiary, liaising with internal and external staff to ensure they can perform the required service on the agreed dates and that all parties have the necessary information to ensure the project fieldwork runs smoothly

·Assist with  the drawing of contracts

·Monitor and track project progress and on our ‘Control Schedule’ to ensure all stakeholders are kept up to date with any project developments

·Act as the point of contact for all stakeholders (including the client, the beneficiary, internal/external teams and management)

·Assist the manager in any report-writing tasks that may be required & deliver final product to client

·Monitor internal staff working hours & expenses incurred, to ensure project budgets are adhered to

·Check and process external suppliers’ invoices, making sure all days worked and expenses incurred are within the agreed budget, liaising with finance as and when issues arise

·Assist in client billing, ensuring that all bills issued are as per the contractual terms between the firm and the client, that all costs are accounted for, and that bills are paid by the client in a timely manner

·Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation for future use, ensuring that all projects are properly logged and can be used in future proposals/tenders

·General: translate documents, maintain filing system of documentation by client and by assignment, archive files when necessary

Requirements

Essential

·Fluent English in both verbal and written with excellent communication skills

·Second language, French

·Competent using MS Office

·Strong organisational and time management skills with ability to prioritise and multi-task

·Able to meet deadlines

·Good numeracy skills

·Able to work under pressure with accuracy and focus

·Good eye for detail and the ability to follow through tasks

·Able to be a self-starter and work on own initiative

·Able to demonstrate problem solving skills

·Comfortable within a changing and developing environment

·Able to apply relevant skills to new scenarios

Our partner has played a key role in supporting the most vulnerable people during the COVID-19 crisis in the UK. As a result of an increase in the demand for the crucial services they provide, they have grown rapidly. They have received a large number of new funds; additionally, they have incurred a large amount of unusual expenditure for pandemic-specific projects, some funded by restricted funds and some not. With this, they require additional support around income recognition and accounting for restricted funds; they are seeking an experience financial accountant to support them in getting ready for the year-end and audit.

Responsibilities

• Review restricted funding received to determine the correct income recognition and allocation of costs, to ensure that the restricted reserves position for the year is materially correct in the accounts and individual donor/grant reporting is correct.
• Undertake monthly review of control accounts to help ensure integrity of the general ledger.
• Support with VAT returns.
• Support Head of Finance with the preparation of statutory accounts and with the statutory audit.
• Review fixed asset register and ensure correct capitalisation of new assets purchased during the year, and that depreciation rate is in line with policy
• Support on generation of some monthly reporting for budget holders, management accounts.
• Support Head of Finance with other ad hoc tasks that may be required.

Requirements

• A qualified accountant with experience in fund accounting, income recognition and VAT requirements in charities. 
• Experience of looking after a general ledger, performing balance sheet reconciliations, reviewing control accounts, preparing statutory accounts (charity SORP), and preparing for an external audit.  Experience of grants management and charity finance is desirable.
• Good systems experience, intermediate/advanced knowledge of Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, specifically  experience of preparing and presenting reports to a wide range of audience and stakeholders.
• Experience of working in a growing, changing organisation.

They are seeking someone to start within 2-3 weeks, so we can only consider applications from those immediately available to start a new role. Whilst this role is home-based, it is for a UK-based charity, and therefore we can only consider applicants with the right to work in the UK. 

Our partner has emerged as a key targeted healthcare service provider in Cambodia. In addition to offering treatments, it runs an education programme for nurses and doctors in-country. They are seeking a Head of Finance to oversee their finance function.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee and maintain an effective finance function, ensuring a sound control environment and reviewing, improving & streamlining accounting & financial management processes as required.  
• Manage compliance with regulatory and audit requirements.
• Lead on the preparation of the annual organisational budget and long-term forecasts.
• Oversee all aspects of financial reporting for the Executive Committee, Board, internal departments and external stakeholders, including donors.
• Risk management
• Undertake special projects, including support with a new system implementation and lead on the introduction of a fee-based service.

Person Specification

• Experienced senior finance professional, with strong technical background, a commercial mind, and experience developing financial management strategies in complex environments.
• Strong analytical background, with experience in financial modelling and analysis.
• Experience of system implementation, and strong computing skills.
• Experience of grant management in a complex NGO, knowledge of developing bids & proposals, grant compliance, management & reporting is highly desirable.
• Strong finance business partner, ability to work effectively with the executive team, junior staff and a variety of external stakeholders, including donors and government officials.  
• Experience of working in the healthcare sector is highly desirable.
• Able to provide leadership, culturally sensitive, resilient, flexible and self-motivated

Our partner, an award-winning organisation, focusses on a range of different areas to offer children and adults opportunities to be educated, have access to proper healthcare and wellbeing, earn sustainable livelihoods and become empowered to take their place in society as leaders. They are seeking a project accountant to take on a broad role focussing on support in developing project proposals for grants and project reporting; this role has scope for career progression once the probation period has been successfully completed.

Responsibilities

• Support in the development and preparation of budgets for donor proposals, and review the financial implications of donor contracts.
• Oversee the control environment, accounting processes and restricted funds to ensure that these meet grants compliance and reporting requirements.
• Produce quarterly donor and other reports
• Support in the development of the annual budget for the UK office.
• Prepare quarterly reports for the trustees and board members, and monthly management accounts and cashflow forecast.
• Prepare the statutory accounts for filing with the Charity Commission and Companies House.

Experience

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant with extensive experience in project and management accounting & reporting, specifically within the not for profit sector.
• Experience of preparing statutory accounts and in year-end audit preparation, specifically experience of Charity SORP.
• Experience of developing suitable controls and accounting systems.
• Able to manage a varied workload with different priorities and deadlines.
• Strong IT and systems skills, including Excel, Quickbooks and Salesforce.

We are recruiting for a part time purchase ledger assistant for a grant giving charity , the role is 3 days a week and they are fairly flexible on the days but if a Wednesday would be preferable , the role will be remote working .

The Role
Enter supplier invoices and credit notes into the Purchase Ledger for either the Charity or the subsidiary.
Ensure all invoices are coded accurately, and are correctly authorised for payment by the authorised budget holder, and have correct VAT treatment including zero-rating (medical VAT exemptions), standard, or reduced VAT when appropriate. Withhold payment if necessary until correct authorisation is recorded, before entering them into the purchase ledger system.
Coordinate the correction of any errors, making contact with suppliers where appropriate.
Create accounts for new suppliers as necessary, ensuring appropriate authority to use the supplier has been received and all due diligence has been carried out.
Reconcile supplier statements and contact suppliers for duplicate invoices if not previously paid.
Answer queries over non-payment of invoices promptly.
Operate anti-fraud controls diligently - Contact the senior leadership of any supplier who changes their bank details, to verify that changes are valid. Withhold payment until changes have been properly verified.

The Candidate
Purchase ledger
Processing of invoices
Accounting systems experience , Great Plains or XLedger
Attention to detail

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

Role purpose:

To develop and grow grant income, managing and overseeing four to six-figure donations from Trusts, Foundations, and other grant giving organisations.

Maintain oversight and strategy of income stream, working alongside Philanthropy Fundraiser to share learnings and workload.

Cultivate, steward, and manage a portfolio of funders, creating tailored written applications for funding and update reports, and building strong and compelling relationships with funders.

Seek grants from new funders to grow the charity’s income, conducting research for new opportunities to build and develop pipeline of new prospects.

Support wider Fundraising and Communications when needed and supporting the Fundraising Manager throughout the year where appropriate.

What we are looking for:

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the wider fundraising team to develop an existing and successful income stream.

We are willing to consider transferable skills, so are looking for someone who has strong experience in writing/communications or proven success and experience fundraising from grant making trusts.

Very good attention to detail, excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to tailor writing style for different audiences are all essential.

We would love to hear from candidates who are passionate about fundraising, building relationships and supporting the Trust’s strategic ambitions of helping to rebuild young lives after cancer.

Who we are:

The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust is a national charity that inspires young people aged 8-24 to imagine a new future through and beyond cancer treatment. When treatment ends our work begins, as for many young people simply picking up where they left off before their diagnosis just isn’t possible.

Through sailing and other outdoor activities, the Trust empowers young people to make friends with others who have had similar experiences (often for the first time), learn new skills, push their physical and mental boundaries, rebuild confidence and rediscover independence. Crucially, they stop feeling like the ‘only one’ and realise what they are capable of again. They can start looking positively towards the future.

The Trust has two bases - in Cowes on the Isle of Wight and Largs on Scotland’s West Coast – and employs a full-time team of 19. A number of seasonal staff are also recruited for the Trust’s main trip season (June-September). We work closely with the leading young people’s cancer charities and our NHS hospital partners to try to ensure every young person who needs support after the end of their treatment can join a trip, and stay involved, with the Trust.

Join a passionate, motivated, and collaborative organisation and help drive our three key strategic Ambitions to:

• Make meaningful connections with more young people
• Secure a diverse and robust income stream
• Improve the impact of our work

An exciting time to join, this new role will lead on our ambitious Trust and Grant income stream, working alongside the Philanthropy Fundraiser to share learnings and workload. Joining a small fundraising team, this role will have a meaningful impact in helping achieve our ambitious strategy and make a significant difference to young people living through and beyond cancer across the UK.

Why us?

The Trust is a close-knit and friendly organisation, which has a wide network of committed and passionate volunteers, and this ‘Trust family’ extends to our dedicated supporters and beneficiaries. Joining the Trust team provides the opportunity to see first-hand the ways in which the funding you secure enables young people to start to imagine a new future through and beyond cancer. From joining a trip during the summer, to attending the annual volunteer training day or fundraising events, staff can get fully involved and play their part as an integral member of the wider Trust team throughout the year.

Application process:

The successful applicant will be required to undertake a satisfactory enhanced DBS / PVG check and annual safeguarding training. References will be required.

We value equality, diversity and inclusion and oppose prejudice. We strive to be more representative of all of the young people we support from across the UK and are committed to being an anti-racist organisation.

If you share these values and think you are well suited to this role, but for whatever reason, feel underrepresented by anything in this advert or on our website, we strongly encourage you to apply to help us be better.

Please apply by submitting an updated CV and covering letter of no more than two pages by 11:59pm on Sunday 7th February 2021. Please contact us if you have any questions or requests for an informal phone call about the role, we will aim to respond within 24 hours.

New Year , new challenge? As an experienced Finance Officer you would provide strategic financial information to Municipal Charities. We run 5 almshouses and the Relief in Need charity in Stratford Upon Avon.  

We are seeking an experienced Finance Officer to provide strategic financial information to the staff team and the Trustee body, of Municipal Charities. Municipal Charities is a very long-established group of charities whose objects are to provide housing for local people in need and over 58 years old. In addition to forty-six almshouses, the oldest of which dates back to a Royal Charter granted in 1553, the group also operates a grant-making charity for the benefit (Relief in Need) of residents of the Town of Stratford upon Avon. Additionally, the group owns a small portfolio of freehold interests in commercial properties. The group is looking to expand further in terms of more almshouses, as opportunities present themselves. The Trustees are looking for a Finance Officer to support the group forward into the next chapter of its 468-year history.

The Finance Officer has the following specific responsibilities:

• Financial Oversight and providing financial information to the Board of Trustees
• Entering all transactions onto the SAGE accounts package
• Producing monthly management accounts including accruals and cash flow statements
• Producing annual budgets
• Producing annual accruals accounts ensuring that they are compliant with the current Charities SORP;
• To deal efficiently and effectively with all invoices and bills; obtain authorisations as required and obtain countersignatures as required;
• To deal with banking issues  and initiate online bank transactions and being a cheque signatory;
• To co-ordinate the bank accounts arranging for online payments
• To undertake bank and other monthly reconciliations;
• To act as an internal resource for financial information, budget monitoring, internal audit and accountability;
• To process and pay staff salaries
• To maintain the petty-cash system and process staff expenses
• To make adjustments as required between the various charities
• Ensuring that appropriate accounting procedures, controls and risk management procedures are in place
• Helping to manage the Portfolio of freehold property interests to maximise their value for the owning charity and its beneficiaries.
• Helping the Finance and Risk committee to develop and  implement appropriate accounting, reserves and investment policies for the Charities

The charities are regulated by the Charity Commission and the Regulator of Social Housing. The postholder will be expected to help ensure compliance with current and future legislation; working closely with the relevant professionals and advisors is central to discharging these duties.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following:

• Financial experience working at a senior level as an accountant, book keeper in the public, private or charity sectors including experience of reporting to a Board.
• Awareness of the charity SORP 2015.
• Experience in producing management accounts.
• Excellent understanding of financial accounts and budgeting.
• Experience of preparing accruals accounts
• Experience of using SAGE or another accounts package
• Experience of Office procedures 
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience of payroll packages e.g. 12Pay
• Knowledge of investment,
• Knowledge of the almshouse movement is desirable as is an understanding of the social care sector and issues facing older people.

The ideal candidate will be a team player who is able to demonstrate the highest levels of integrity and standards, and someone with extensive life experience and a desire to “give something back”. You will have the ability to work on your own initiative, be able to give financial guidance and advice to the staff team and Trustee Board to keep the charities financially compliant and viable.  .

Head of Fundraising

Are you passionate about the environment, wildlife and open spaces? Do you love the idea of helping make London a city alive with nature? Are you a strategic fundraiser with experience of managing at least six-figure income targets and motivating a team?

We are looking for a Head of Fundraising to lead a vibrant, supporter-focused and unified high performing team: driving growth in individual giving and membership and overseeing the continued success of our grants programmes and corporate partnerships in line with the Trust’s five year strategy, Your role will also involve: 

• Oversee the delivery, evaluation and updating of the Trust’s Fundraising Strategy 
• Lead the ongoing development and implementation of individual giving programmes, including appeals, direct mail and digital
• Lead the development and implementation of membership (regular giving) acquisition campaigns
• Oversee fundraising from grant funders and corporate partners
• Work closely with the Head of Marketing and Communications to  develop and maintain long-term relationships with existing and new supporters, and develop and enhance multi-channel supporter journeys

This is an exciting role and you will be joining London Wildlife Trust at a very significant time for the environment sector – the pandemic has brought into focus just how valuable local wild spaces are to our communities, and we know that people are more concerned about the natural world than ever before.

What’s in it for you?
Salary: £44,396 per annum 

Tenure: Permanent

• 25 days annual leave pro rata plus statutory holidays
• A host of wellbeing benefits including an Employee Assistance Scheme, free counselling and support service, and premium Headspace membership for all employees
• Supportive and inclusive policies including enhanced flexible working policy
• ‘Staff Day’ once a quarter where you can get involved in conversation work on one of our site
• Yearly residential trip

About us
 

We are London’s leading nature conservation charity and part of a national movement of 46 Wildlife Trusts. We’ve grown significantly in the past 5 years establishing new iconic nature reserves such as Walthamstow and Woodberry Wetlands and education centres like Camley Street Natural Park in Kings Cross. With c55 staff and over 1000 volunteers, we care for 36 nature reserves across London. As part of the national Wildlife Trusts we also campaign tirelessly to make London a more nature-rich place to live, sharing our expertise and educating the public, developers, local authorities, and policymakers about responsible land management. We work hard to make sure Londoners from all walks of life have better access to wildlife. Join us and help make a London alive with nature, where everyone values and takes action for wildlife.

Our Fundraising Team

The Trust’s Fundraising department raises around 60% of the Charity’s total income. Working with colleagues across the organisation, we provide members of the public and organisations with opportunities to engage with the Trust and to support our work. Through continued investment in fundraising and marketing over the past few years, we are growing our profile and increasing our supporter base., The fundraising team raised c£2.2m in 2020, and we plan to continue to grow our fundraising to make sure the Trust can support London’s nature now and in the future.

We are looking for a confident fundraising professional to lead our Fundraising Strategy and take our fundraising programmes to the next stage.

Our vision is a London alive with nature, where everyone can experience and enjoy wildlife. In order to achieve our goal of engaging everyone in protecting London’s wildlife for the future, we know that our staff team needs to better reflect and represent all of London’s communities. Therefore we particularly welcome applicants who identify as being from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background, and disabled people, as these groups are currently under-represented at London Wildlife Trust.
 

Our efforts extend beyond recruitment. Our policies are designed to support our people including an enhanced Flexible Working policy and an inclusive Talent policy which includes our commitment to giving fair opportunities to ex-offenders.
 

We are a charity supporting people, over 18 who live in Hertfordshire, who have been affected by a traumatic brain injury. This includes those with the brain injury and also their close family and the carer now looking after their loved ones. This is vital work but as a charity we need to maintain professional financial systems to ensure we can continue to operate effectively and make every pound we have work for the betterment of those we try to care for and support. The finance officer role is a vital cog in making sure everything works really well. Please refer to the Job description attached for full list of roles and duties. Contract is part time for 10 hours a week over 2 days a week

Home-based initially. Flexible working options will be available thereafter. 

Embrace the Middle East is an international Christian charity helping people of all faiths and none to free themselves from a life of poverty and injustice. Our work and the work of our Christian partners, in Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Syria and Iraq, who run hospitals, clinics, schools and centres for people with disabilities, really does make a difference. Together we lift up the vulnerable and marginalised, serving families escaping violence or persecution, people living with all kinds of disability, women and children deprived of access to vital education and health services.

The Charity enters a new 5-year strategic period (Hope in Action) in a strong financial position.  We have ambitious plans for growth, building on the achievements of our previous five-year strategy to deliver the greatest possible positive change consistent with, and inspired by, our theory of change. Our vitally important work is contingent upon maintaining first-rate financial control and management.  To help us achieve this, we need to recruit an experienced Head of Finance to lead an effective, collaborative and happy team. Working closely with the CEO and the Board, you will be a key member of the Charity’s Leadership Group, leader of the Finance team, and a Director of the Charity’s small Trading Company, providing strategic advice and ensuring sound financial operational management and control of Embrace the Middle East (the Charity) and Embrace the Middle East (the Trading Company).

Main responsibilities:

• Member of the Leadership Group and a key adviser to the CEO and the Board of Trustees (particularly the Treasurer)
• Inspire and lead the Finance team
• Manage the charity’s financial operations including income accounting, payroll, pensions, grant payments, insurance and VAT
• Prepare and present accurate, timely and easily assimilated financial management information and advice, as well longer-term financial forecasts
• Financial oversight of the Charity’s Trading operations
• Prepare the Charity’s and the Trading Company’s annual accounts
• Manage the annual audit process, and other relevant external reporting requirements eg charity commission, VAT, Corporation Tax

About you: 

We are looking to recruit (and welcome to the team) a collaborative team leader, who has senior financial management experience, overseeing all aspects of financial operations and controls for an organisation with an annual turnover of approx. £5m.  Suitable candidates will hold an accountancy qualification with one of the UK accountancy bodies, or equivalent.  As a key advisor to the CEO and the Board, suitable candidates will have a natural flair for providing strategic financial advice and will be able to contribute to the strategic direction of the charity.  You will have experience of managing annual accounts, audit process, budgeting and re-forecasting, as well the preparation and presentation of financial management information to the Board. Previous experience of working in the charity sector would be helpful, but not essential. Candidates with a genuine passion for the sector are encouraged to apply.

As a faith inspired organisation, suitable candidates will be inspired by Embrace’s mission and be comfortable working in a faith inspired environment. 

This is a collaborative team role, where you will be part of an organisation that values everyone’s contribution, pays a fair wage as well as attractive benefits, and is committed to support your continuing professional development. 

How to apply:

To apply for this role, kindly send through a completed online application form, via the link on our website, attaching a copy of your CV and covering letter outlining your suitability and your motivation for the role. 

We will contact all shortlisted candidates either before or shortly after the closing date for applications. Early applications are therefore encouraged,

Embrace the Middle East is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to child protection.

Please note that in order to be considered for this position you need to have the right to work in the UK, either through nationality or relevant work visa.

The successful candidate will be required to complete a medical questionnaire and undertake a disclosure check as part of the Charity’s safer recruitment policy.

Closing date for applications: 17 February 2021