The US-UK Fulbright Commission is a not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to advance education, promote civic engagement and develop compassionate leaders through education exchange between the peoples of the US and the UK.  With core support from the UK and US governments, the Commission offers prestigious Fulbright awards for postgraduate study and academic research in the US and the UK, as well as an Advisory Service.  As part of the EducationUSA advising network, the Advisory Service is the only official source of US study information in the UK.

As part of our advising mission, we deliver the Sutton Trust US programme. Working in partnership with the Sutton Trust, one of the UK’s leading social mobility charities, the ambitious programme gives talented state school students a taster of US culture and higher education through an annual programme of support, including UK-based residentials and a week-long summer programme at a US university campus (when COVID allows). Those students interested in pursuing a full undergraduate degree in the US receive one-to-one guidance and application support from the team throughout the admissions and financial aid process in the autumn.

This role supports three programme managers and the director to work with the students, by helping to administrate the programme – including supporting programme selection, residential coordination, US admissions advice, through to pre-departure programming before students enrol at a US institution. The programme is administered by the Fulbright Commission, and the assistant sits in the Advising team within the Commission.

You will offer a passion for higher education and a willingness to learn. You’ll have a great eye for detail, be organised and be efficient. You’ll be able to spot problems before they arise and excel at ensuring processes are followed – all while being sympathetic to our students. Essential for the role will be experience of working with young people either in a professional or volunteering capacity. Given the mission of our organisation and the nature of the Sutton Trust US Programme, candidates with personal experience with the US higher education system will be at an advantage.

The US-UK Fulbright Commission offers exceptional opportunities for people interested in international education and who are committed to our mission and vision. New staff join a small and friendly team who are highly motivated, entrepreneurial and passionate about cross-cultural exchange.Our staff benefits include 29 days holiday (including 3 US holidays and 3 Christmas closure days) plus bank holidays, pension scheme (employer contribution of 5%), employee assistance programme, flexible working and excellent learning and development opportunities.

We welcome and encourage job applications from diverse candidates, including people with disabilities, people who identify as Black, Asian and/or Minority Ethnic, and people who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, non-binary and/or Queer. As part of our focus on social mobility, we also encourage applications from those who are the first generation to go to university in their family.

Please note, you must have the prior legal right to work in the UK. 

Location: Central London office at least 2 days a week, home working the rest of the time.

Closing date: Monday 13 June 2022 (9am BST)

MAIN PURPOSE OF POST

The Fundraising Partnerships and Trusts Officer, is responsible for the implementation and maintenance of a rolling programme of prospect identification, research and nurturing of relationships, specifically for: Trusts, Foundations, Corporates. The post holder will assist in maximising support from these fundraising streams, drafting and submitting applications and other approaches to prospective funders and donors to increase income. In addition to developing persuasive cases for support in line with organisational priorities, the post holder will ensure that the activities for which funds are sought are impactful, measurable and can be effectively reported on to funders. The post holder will also be required to support with and attend fundraising events with the purpose of relationship building, nurture and networking.

The post holder will develop and maintain both internal and external contacts and will need to develop a thorough understanding of Women’s Aid’s work, business plans and strategic priorities.

DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
 

1. Fundraising
   1. To take responsibility for and lead on the completion of a number of core and restricted funding applications to large and small Trusts and Foundations, contributing to the team’s annual fundraising targets.
   2. Assist in the development of, and help to implement a strategy for maximising income from Trusts, Foundations, Corporate partnerships.
   3. To be responsible for maintaining a portfolio of potential funders through regular research, identifying new income streams from Trusts, Foundations and Corporate partnership opportunities and potential Major Donors.
   4. To be responsible for maintaining the Trust/Corporate prospect pipeline, ensuring information is accurate and up to date and risks to the pipeline are flagged
   5. To support with the development and nurture of relationships with high value individuals, including planning and attending fundraising events.
   6. Use research findings to support the fundraising team in a range of formats, from detailed briefings to short biographies.
   7. Support the Trust team with compiling large fundraising bids.
   8. To be responsible for maintaining records on all reporting and re-application deadlines, working closely with Finance and project teams as required.
   9. Supporting with the development of funding proposals for prospective and existing Major Donors and Corporate partners.
   10. Support with recruitment and relationship management of small corporate partnerships as required.
   11. To be responsible for creating a reporting schedule and template for project teams to feed into.
   12. To business partner with other teams within the organisation to support with building robust business cases.

1. Information management, monitoring and evaluation

1. Take responsibility for ensuring that full records of contacts are maintained on the Fundraising database, the trusts tracker and relevant reports are produced, in line with GDPR best practice
2. Establish appropriate means of monitoring and evaluating activity, and ensure that funder reports are delivered to meet deadlines.
3. Work proactively cross organisationally to keep abreast of new developments within Women’s Aid and new funding opportunities.
    

1. Financial
    
   1. Ensure that donations are quickly and correctly processed and acknowledged and that reports are available in the appropriate format.

4. Information management monitoring and evaluation
 

4.1 Provide time management to assist with cross department projects based bid research and development.

4.2 Keep abreast of new developments and funding opportunities.
 

5. Contact and liaison
 

5.1 Develop and manage supporter relationships, sharing information and leads as appropriate.

5.2 Work closely with other members of the Women’s Aid Fundraising team and support with key donor accounts which span multiple fundraising disciplines, ensuring that approaches to prospects are co-ordinated effectively for the long term benefit of Women’s Aid.

5.3 Liaise where appropriate with external agencies and suppliers.
 

6. Quality control
 

6.1. Take responsibility for ensuring that applications and reports are completed to the criteria and standard as specified by the funder and that they are reflective of Women’s Aid’s mission and values and conform to Women’s Aid’s branding standards.

6.2. Ensure the highest level of standards of data capture, in accordance with GDPR regulations, are maintained on the organisations CRM, ensuring a complete accurate and up-to-date information on all donors and prospects. This includes but is not limited to information on giving history, relationships, contacts, proposals submitted etc.
 

7. Expectations
 

7.1 To travel to meetings and events throughout the UK, which may require overnight stays.

7.2 To occasionally work unsociable hours e.g attending evening or weekend meetings/conferences or travel to other Women’s Aid offices.

7.3 To be responsible for maintaining the quality and consistency of Women’s Aid’s message within the scope of fundraising and for ensuring that all activity is undertaken in such a way as will not compromise the good name of Women’s Aid or its legal or financial liability.

7.4 To attend and contribute to team and departmental meetings.

7.5 To attend and contribute to the supervision and appraisal process.

7.6 To uphold and promote Women’s Aid’s policies ensuring that their intention and spirit is followed.

7.7 Other duties that may from time to time, be necessary and compatible with the nature and grade of the post.
 

PERSON SPECIFICATION: Fundraising Officer

EXPERIENCE

Essential:

• Proven track record of effective prospect research building a varied fundraising portfolio.
• Experience of researching and developing targeted proposals for presentation to prospective funders.
• Experience of fundraising from Trusts, Foundations and/or corporates
• Experience of researching and developing targeted proposals for presentation to prospective funders.
• Experience of developing and maintaining long term relationships with funders/wealthy individuals.
• Experience of writing detailed reports to funders.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Essential:

• Excellent written skills including writing persuasive copy for funding proposals.
• Ability to monitor and evaluate patterns of support ensuring that full records are maintained on the database.
• Good interpersonal skills, ability to liaise with people at all levels, on the telephone, face to face and in writing, together with the ability to make presentations on fundraising ideas and the work of Women’s Aid to diverse audiences.
• Demonstrable initiative and determination.
• Proven ability to work alone and as part of a team.
• Proven ability to prioritise work.
• Good attention to detail and accurate record keeping.

KNOWLEDGE

Essential:

• Experience of writing reports on activities, summarising and analysing figures to make recommendations

• Experience of working within agreed budgetary constraints, ensuring that expenditure is maintained within budgets, and income is closely monitored.
• Knowledge of the Women’s and Domestic Abuse sector.
• Experience of using a Fundraising database, such as Raiser’s Edge.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential:

• Able to demonstrate a commitment and sensitivity of the aims and objectives of Women’s Aid;
• Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and equal opportunities;
• Willingness to work occasional unsocial hours as required.

SUMMARY OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Terms of appointment:  Offer of employment is subject to receipt of a satisfactory DBS check at the appropriate level and a satisfactory Pre Employment Health Questionnaire at the expense of WAFE. Confirmation of appointment will be subject to the satisfactory completion of a probationary period.  This will normally be of six months (less for short term contracts).  During this time an employee will be expected to establish their suitability for the post. During the probationary period employment may be terminated in writing, giving one week's notice by either party (this may be waived by mutual agreement). Only any statutory dismissal procedure will apply during the probationary period. There is no probationary period for contracts of under 3 months.

Salary:  £26,895. (On an incremental scale guided by the WA pay scale points 29-33) + benefits.  Salary is paid in arrears through bank credit by the 25th of each month.  Part time staff receive pro-rata payment based on hours worked.

Working hours:  The standard working hours for this post are 37 hours per week, based in Bristol (or London); benefits include a generous bank holidays and annual leave package and contributory pension scheme.

Support and supervision:  Women’s Aid has a commitment to providing regular supervision and support to staff with annual appraisals forming a key part of staff development.  We have a training policy in place and encourage staff to take an active role in their career development plan.

Pension:  Women’s Aid is enrolled with the People’s Pension scheme. Women’s Aid normally contributes 7% of salary and the employee contributes 3% towards the group pension scheme. Eligible staff will be automatically enrolled on the scheme when they have successfully completed the 3 month interim probationary review.  .

Annual Leave:  Women’s Aid offers an annual leave entitlement of 25 days per year rising by one day per year until 30 days annual leave per year is reached.  In addition, we offer 8 days public holidays plus 2 additional days in March and August. All leave entitlement is calculated pro-rata for part time employees.

Other leave:  Employees have contractual rights to time off for reasons of sickness, maternity and other circumstances. 

Period of notice: 1 month after your probationary period has been completed.

Union:  You have a right to membership of a trade union. Women’s Aid recognises Unison.

Asylum and Immigration Act 1996:  To confirm your right to work in the UK, Women’s Aid will need to see the original of at least one document from a specified list. Most commonly this is a British Passport.

Additional information is available on request.

* The salary range is £25,928 to £30,696plus London weighting if applicable).

* 25 days, plus 3 additional days in the Christmas/New Year period, plus all public holidays per annum.

* NEA offer a money-purchase, non-contributory pension scheme. 11½% of basic salary will be paid by NEA in the pension. NEA also offers death-in-service cover to state retirement age and enhanced sick pay.

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to work in a small but highly effective charity Business and Partnerships team? In this role you will generate income to deliver initiatives that will make a real impact on the lives of vulnerable energy consumers.

As the Energy Crisis tops the news agenda, our work has never been more needed. Our figures, which have been widely reported in national, regional, and local media show that since April 2022, 6.5 million UK households are now in fuel poverty – that’s one in four.

Our Business and Partnership team lead on securing funds which support the charity’s advocacy, research, and operational work to improve the lives of people struggling to keep their homes warm and safe.

Candidates will have experience to help us develop and maintain our relationships with key stakeholders and charity donors. With the energy crisis continuing to see more people pushed into fuel poverty, you will help us identify new opportunities for the charity at a time when our support has never been more vital to people struggling to cope with the rising costs of energy.

Candidates should:

• Be educated to degree level or have equivalent experience,
• Have a proven track record in income generation and be able to evidence your experience in fundraising or business development
• Be creative
• Have excellent communication and people skills and the ability to write for a variety of audience
• Have good numeracy skills and the ability to draft a budget
• Be enthusiastic, able to work as part of a team and have empathy with NEA’s charitable aims.

The job description provides a list of the duties of the post and the person specification provides the list of essential and desirable criteria.  The location is flexible across UK, and our staff are working on a temporary remote basis. PLEASE NOTE WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCEPT CVs, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO APPLY. 

Prospectus is excited to be working with the Change Please Foundation as they recruit an Interim Trusts and Foundations Manager. Change Please is an award-winning social enterprise operating in the homelessness sector. They launched in November 2015 and have grown nationally and internationally to five countries. They have a simple 'jobs-first' approach to ending homelessness. A sustainable and permanent job provides sustainable income, self-reliance and dependence, access to services, improved confidence and wellbeing and the foundation from which people experiencing homelessness can rebuild their lives.

This is a remote role, offered on a part-time, 6-month contract basis with a salary of £40,000 FTE. Change Please will also look at a day rate option for the right candidate.

Working closely with the Head of Fundraising, the Trusts and Foundations Manager will play a central role within Change Please, developing and implementing the trusts and foundations strategy in order to generate maximum income from grant-giving organisations.

They are looking for someone with exceptional writing and communication skills, with an ability to convey detailed information in a concise and compelling way. The ideal candidate will have experience of developing compelling proposals and securing grants from trusts and foundations, or other funding organisations.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Ariha Semontee at Prospectus.     

If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.     

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.   

Are you passionate about helping others, as well as making real and lasting change? Are you a successful fundraiser, with strong funder relationships and an appetite to enable real change in a small ambitious charity? 

MKHP is a network of organisations who connect to prevent and end homelessness in Milton Keynes. MKHP is ambitious. We encourage and facilitate innovative ideas on how to end homelessness, with a focus on prevention rather than cure.

There has never been a better time to join Milton Keynes Homelessness Partnership (MKHP). The charity is in an exciting period, during its formative years, and our new strategy needs a dynamic, self-motivated and experienced Fundraising Manager to turn our vision of preventing and ending homelessness in Milton Keynes into reality. 

Reporting directly to our Chief Executive, the Fundraising Manager is a pivotal role in our small staff team, enabling MKHP to deliver its purpose and strategic priorities. The role’s overarching responsibilities are to develop and deliver MKHP’s fundraising strategy across trusts, foundations and other grant giving bodies.  The postholder will extend the strategy to include individual and corporate supporters, as well as inspire our local community to support MKHP as their charity of choice.

The key role responsibilities are to:

• Develop and deliver MKHP’s fundraising strategy to achieve agreed income targets across all activities
• Research potential grant and trust funding opportunities (local and national); work with relevant staff on the development of applications/proposals, building relationships with and reporting to supporters
• Ensure each funding application/proposal meets the criteria, deadlines and requirements of the trust/ grant fund and represents the values of the organisation
• Promote corporate fundraising opportunities within the local business community, engage with and develop relationships with companies and staff teams
• Ensure that all fundraising activities are cost effective, in line with strategic priorities and with the best possible ROI and profit
• Confidently present the key messages and organisational values of MKHP
• Represent for MKHP at networking events, community events and speaking at these where required
• Build a strong collaborative network, communicating with a wide range of supporters and stakeholders, including exploring and leading collaborative or joint funding prospects on behalf of MKHP
• Liaise with wider team to generate press and social media coverage and news in support of planned fundraising initiatives
• Ensure all relevant staff and volunteers are briefed on fundraising activities
• Acknowledge donations adhering to the SLA (service level agreement) set within the organisation, following fundraising codes of practice
• Ensure accurate records are maintained according to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations)
• Be aware of and adhere to the Institute of Fundraising Codes of Conduct and Codes of Best Practice and GDPR
• Regularly report to the Chief Executive on income generation/fundraising activities, and opportunities in an established funding pipeline as well as prepare reports to the Board of Trustees as required
• Complete other duties as required, commensurate with the role.

We expect a real commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, ensuring the voice of individuals with lived experience is really heard. So, if you are a passionate, committed individual who understands the complexities of working in an environment with hard-to-reach communities, are great at what you do and want to influence change, then we want to hear from you!

Overview

For over 500 years, we’ve been a constant in London’s ever-changing landscape, at the leading edge of health. We’re looking for an adept and enthusiastic Interim Legal Counsel (approx. 4 years PQE) to work closely with our team focused on creating innovative partnerships to reduce health inequity in Lambeth, Southwark and beyond, advising on a variety of legal issues and negotiating agreements with our partners. This role is vital to delivering on our ambitious goals by providing invaluable support to colleagues across the Foundation as a whole.

As an independent foundation, we invest, partner, engage and influence to come at big health challenges from all angles. We collaborate with our communities, partners and hospitals, and use our assets to transform lives. In this role, you will join the Foundation’s legal and governance team to assist our work in making an impact across all these areas, supporting Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and empowering your colleagues to improve health. 

You will be working with a dynamic and highly motivated team at a time when supporting the NHS and other health focused initiatives are never more important. You’ll primarily be advising colleagues around structuring of projects and will be putting together new contracts documenting our project work across our four innovative impact-led health programmes (Impact on Urban Health). In addition, you will be providing legal advice and guidance to colleagues across the Foundation, including in respect of our work with Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.  We are looking for an approachable self-starter with commercial contracts experience and a keen interest in working as part of an ambitious in-house team.

About us

At Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation, our mission is clear – to build the foundations of a healthier society.

As part of our team, you will work alongside talented people from a mix of personal and professional backgrounds. We are a Living Wage employer and support flexible working, part-time roles and job shares. Though our ambitions are serious, this is a friendly place to work with lots of opportunities to meet and socialise with colleagues. We believe there is immense power in diversity and aim to recruit and nurture talent who think and act differently.

There is more information about working with us on our website, where you can read about:
 

· how we approach recruitment

· our team, culture and values

· the benefits of working with us

and our approach to diversity, equity & inclusion, health & wellbeing, and learning & development

The team:

The Legal and Governance team sits within the Operations directorate at the Foundation. We are a small, agile unit, looking to turn our hands at anything that comes our way to assist the organisation and our colleagues to achieve our charitable mission.  As a team, our work covers a broad spectrum of legal and governance matters, from commercial contracts and grant agreements, to advising on intellectual property, charity law requirements around restricted funds, fundraising, campaigning and political activity through to commissioning and collating Board and committee meeting materials and company secretarial duties. This new role is key to the development of our team and the support we are able to give across the Foundation.

Key responsibilities:

Charitable partnerships (Impact on Urban Health)

· Structure, assist colleagues with drafting and negotiate agreements for a wide variety of partnerships and projects, including commercial contracts, grants, IP licenses, novel investment models, revenue-sharing arrangements and data agreements

· Act as a thought partner with the team to advise on the structuring, legal risks and strategic implications of partnerships and future opportunities

· Maintain and appropriately file correspondence and documentation relating to commercial contracts.

Procedure and policy efficiencies

· Draft, maintain and update our internal guidelines, policies and standard-form documents

Tailored partnerships

· Consider legal considerations, and appropriate processes, for collaborating with certain partners (e.g., regulatory, private gain, data protection, policy), including advising on due diligence procedures and tailoring our standard form templates

· Work with cross-functional stakeholders on longer-term projects to change our partnership models to cede power to the communities we work with, whilst balancing this against our charity law obligations

Cross-functional work

· Work with cross-functional stakeholders, including communications, policy and influencing, evaluation and the Executive Team to advise on cross-team collaboration, opportunities, issues and risks relating to our charitable partnerships

· Support teams such as property, endowment and HR on their legal needs, including drafting, negotiating and agreeing documents

Governance and legal

· Support the Foundation’s Legal Counsel & Company Secretary in advising colleagues on legal and governance matters

· Undertaking research into specific legal issues or matters of best practice.

· Identify need for, organise and run training sessions on key legal and compliance issues to Foundation staff

Skills and experience:

  Experience in drafting and reviewing commercial contracts (Essential)

- Legal research skills (Essential)

- Preparation of guidance notes and training materials (Essential)

- Experience using the Microsoft Office suite (Essential)

Knowledge and qualifications:

 - Sound knowledge of the law of England and Wales (Essential);

- Familiarity with commercial contracts and contract law (Essential);

- Sound working knowledge of intellectual property and data protection matters (Desirable)

- Familiarity with the charity sector and charity law (Desirable);

- Some familiarity with basic financial and grants related terms and concepts (Desirable).

Abilities and attributes:

- Self-starter who is adaptable, works with integrity, and exhibits the Foundation’s enterprising, collaborative and delivery-minded cultural and behavioural values

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Detail oriented

- Good interpersonal skills and able to effectively liaise with both internal and external communities

- Problem solving skills, able to use initiative and actively seeks pragmatic solutions

- Good planning and organisational skills, able to work to multiple prioritised tasks, targets and deadlines, with careful attention to detail.

- Team player, with an ability to support effective working relationships.

- Committed to embedding diversity, equity and inclusion in everything we do.

Title: Fundraising Manager

Employer: Pancreatic Cancer Action

Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 (FTE)

Contract and hours: 6-month temporary role; full or part-time possible

Location: Hybrid, office based in Oakhanger, Hampshire; fully remote option possible

Are you a motivated and compassionate leader in charity fundraising? Do you want a new adventure that'll put you at the forefront of action against cancer? Then we'd love to hear from you…

Charity People is partnering with Pancreatic Cancer Action in their search for a new Fundraising Manager!

About the Charity:

Their mission is to improve the survival rates of pancreatic cancer by ensuring more people are diagnosed early and in time for surgery - currently the only potential cure - and improve the quality of life of patients. Their vision is a day when everyone is diagnosed early and survives pancreatic cancer.

Pancreatic cancer has only a seven per cent survival rate and this figure has not improved significantly for over 40 years. Despite it being the fifth biggest cancer killer in the UK, pancreatic cancer receives only three per cent of overall research funding.

With a strong focus on early diagnosis, it is the charity's aim to improve survival rates through awareness, medical education, improved patient information and by funding research specifically into the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Simply, they want more people diagnosed in time for surgery, currently the only potential for a cure.

About the role:

The purpose of this role is to ensure that Pancreatic Cancer Action (PCA) has the financial resources to deliver on its vision; working towards the day when most people will survive pancreatic cancer. The Fundraising Manager (FM) will play an instrumental role ensuring that our fundraising strategies and practices support the charity's ambitions and goals.

You will be responsible for the development and implementation of a successful fundraising strategy, enabling the charity to fulfil objectives; and be responsible for income budgets, reporting and analysis, and working to KPI's and ROI's. You will play a leading role in the SMT and effectively manage and motivate a dedicated, and growing, fundraising team. You will coordinate fundraising strategies across a broad range of income streams. You, too, will be expected to engage with donors regularly, develop compelling proposals, and provide strategic support and direction for organisational and programme of fundraising.

About you:

The ideal candidate will be:

• Collaborative; a real team player
• Hard working and committed; you will manage a heavy and varied workload
• Enthusiastic and personable; a clear communicator with targets in mind; and,

You will have:

• An evidenced track record of successful fundraising in the charity sector from a diverse range of fundraising sources including events, community, individual giving, grants and trusts and legacies
• Demonstrable experience of leading on major donor fundraising and relationship management with HNWI
• Experience of developing corporate partnerships. A track record of developing and delivering fundraising strategies and plans that support organisational growth.

If you are interested in applying for the role, please send a copy of your CV and interview availability to either Tatiana or Joseph at Charity People.

Closing: Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Our partner, a ground-breaking, rapidly growing healthcare organisation, looking to inform & educate communities and influence changes in behaviour to improve health & wellbeing outcomes. They are seeking an Interim Finance Manager to join their close-knit team in London.

Responsibilities

• Leading on the preparation of the organisational and project budgets, and the preparation of cashflow forecasts.
• Leading on the creation of new and maintenance of complex financial models in MSExcel.
• Working with the UK and international staff to review monthly financial performance, and support in planning for future periods.
• Preparing donor reports.
• Coaching finance and non-finance staff, in the UK and overseas in understanding the financial models, and in understanding financial processes and financial management.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant, with at least 5 years post qualification experience, with significant experience in budget creation and management, and forecasting in a large, complex organisation.
• Grants management and reporting experience, specifically for institutional grants including DfID/FCDO.
• Excellent modelling and analytical skills.
• Excellent IT skills, including advanced level of MSExcel.
• Strong problem solving skills, attention to detail and demonstrable ability to coach finance and non-finance staff.

This is fixed-term contract for 18-20 months. The organisation will consider candidates interested in a permanent position too. The organisation offers hybrid working, with the appointed individual expected to spend 2-3 days working from the office in London.

International Trade, Senior Inward Investment Manager, Sustainability & Urban Innovation

Your new company
A social enterprise Business Growth and Destination Agency that promotes London as a business hub.

Your new role
The role is to deliver sustainable and inclusive growth for London from Sustainability & Urban Innovation sector FDI (foreign direct investment). To work closely with our international teams to help identify, nurture and persuade (new and existing) FDI clients to choose London for their international expansions and deliver GVA (contestable and non-contestable FDI projects)

To connect our FDI clients to help them grow in a resilient, sustainable and inclusive way in London. Supporting the Urban sector work and where relevant contributing to project work and where appropriate take the lead on Urban sub-sectors. Some key accountabilities of the role include:

• To lead on management of the urban innovation sector specific inward investment project pipeline assigning new opportunities to appropriate Urban team members and to track progress against targets and liaise with the senior management team to take remedial action, where needed.

• To lead on development of the sector messaging, including sales propositions and website content, to present a clear and consistent sectoral narrative
• To identify and develop relevant sector partnerships, including but not limited to events and campaigns, to help deliver revenue (cash or in-kind) for the organisation and contribute to sector targets

• To provide expert advice and support to international clients looking to invest in London and help make this happen as seamlessly and quickly as possible

What you'll need to succeed
In order to be successful on application, it is expected that you will possess the following skills/experience:

• Knowledge and understanding of the Urban sector, including but not limited to smart mobility, cleantech and proptech and London's proposition in this sector
• Strong project and/or account management skills
• Eagerness to learn, develop and deliver in an international or global business environment.

• Experience using the Microsoft Office suite of products.
• Knowledge of CRMs would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of a foreign language would be an advantage.

What you'll get in return
In return you will be placed into a permanent role, paying £48,960 per annum.

What you need to do now
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International Trade, Inward Investment Manager, Sustainability & Urban Innovation

Your new company
A social enterprise Business Growth and Destination Agency that promotes London as a business hub.

Your new role
The role is to deliver sustainable and inclusive growth for London from Urban sector FDI (foreign direct investment) clients. To work closely with our international teams to help identify, nurture and persuade (new and existing) FDI clients to choose London for their international expansions and deliver GVA (contestable and non-contestable FDI projects). To connect our FDI clients to help them grow in a resilient, sustainable and inclusive way in London. Supporting the sector work and where relevant contributing to project work on sub-sectors.

Some key accountabilities of the role include:

• To provide expert advice and support to international clients looking to invest in London and help make this happen as seamlessly and quickly as possible.
• To deliver an FDI service that is aligned with the L&P mission to generate economic growth that is resilient, sustainable and inclusive.
• To manage an Urban sector inward investment pipeline through to completion (and on occasions "non-core" sector projects) and deliver FDI wins for London to achieve output targets, contributing Gross Value Add (including accelerated GVA) to the overall Business Growth target.
• To work closely with the international teams, to help nurture, develop and then successfully convert inward investment projects into wins.

What you'll need to succeed
In order to be successful on application it is expected that you will possess the following skills/experience:

• Education: degree level or equivalent professional experience.
• Eagerness to learn, develop and deliver in an international or global business environment.
• Experience using the Microsoft Office suite of products.
• Knowledge of CRMs would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of a foreign language would be an advantage - NOT ESSENTIAL.
• Understanding of the Urban sector and the sub-sectors within them would be an advantage - notably cleantech, proptech and smart mobility.

What you'll get in return
In return you will be placed into a permanent role and will be paid £42,840 per annum.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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Allen Lane are currently assisting a London based Research Institute with the recruitment of an Interim Deputy Director of Finance on a 6 month temporary basis. Reporting to the Director of Finance and managing a team of 3 managers directly this role will be responsible for leading the operational aspects of financial planning and analysis, financial accounting and research finance. The role will include but by no means be limited to:

• Oversee  the production of the statutory annual accounts, subsidiary financial statements, and the annual external audit
• To coordinate the production of regulatory financial returns.
• Oversee the production of themonthly balance sheet report
• Lead on the provision of management information and Business information to support effective decision making across the organisation
• Responsible for overseeing production of monthly and quarterly reporting packs for the Institute’s formal committees
• Lead the Institute’s planning process to produce the Strategic Plan and associated annual plans
• Run the Finance elements of strategic and business improvement projects and initiatives.
• Oversee the finance business partnering service to budget holders and other stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with tax requirements, including VAT returns, gift aid, P11Ds and taxation implications for fundraising activities.
• Oversee the provision of a high-quality grant management service to research teams.

Essential Criteria

• Significant experience of supervising a team of accounting staff within a complex organisation.
• Significant experience of management accounting and business partnering.
• Significant experience and knowledge of tax and payroll matters.
• Experience of process improvement and implementation/maintenance of internal financial controls
• Experience of accounting in the charity or higher education sectors

This role will close at the end of this week so if you are looking for your next interim role and want to join one of the country’s leading organisations in its field then please apply ASAP. This role will allow for hybrid working with two days expected on site in London per week

With our overarching mission of leading the therapeutic use of gardening and horticulture in the UK, your role in supporting the fundraising team will be key in meeting our key objectives of developing and delivering the fundraising strategy and to maintain effective and compliant income generation.

We’re looking for an experienced Fundraising Executive who can support a team of passionate and committed fundraisers to generate income from a varied portfolio of activities for Thrive. You will take primary responsibility for providing CRM, administrative and campaign support to the Fundraising Manager and the Fundraising team, helping to increase income to Thrive through fundraising activities. 

A natural organiser, you will support the team across a variety of focus work areas including fundraising events and initiatives, new business opportunities, donor stewardship and general administration tasks. The money you will help to raise will enable us to improve the lives of people living with disability and long-term health conditions.

If you are a confident communicator and collaborator with excellent CRM skills, we can offer you a new and rewarding challenge.

Broad Outline of Key Responsibilities -

• Supporting the promotion and delivery of fundraising, profile raising and donor stewardship
• Ensure recording of all data relating to fundraising on the CRM.
• To assist with the preparation and analysis of data reports (from the CRM)
• Providing administrative support to the Fundraising Team
• Supporting fundraising activities such as events, campaigns

To apply Please send your CV and a covering letter explaining how you meet the person specification, to recruitment Closing date for applications is 12pm, 23rd May 2022.

Successful appointment to this post will be subject to satisfactory references and Disclosure & Barring Service checks.  Thrive complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice.  Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an individual from working for Thrive.

Salary: £300 - £400 per day

Contract Type: 3 days per week for 6 months

Location: Flexible / home-working with some travel to Unseen’s head office in Bristol as required

Closing Date: 22 May 2022 at midnight

Unseen UK is a leading organisation in the fight against modern slavery and exploitation, in the UK and beyond. After a recent review of our fundraising and outreach programmes, and armed with a new CRM database, website and brand, we’re ready to scale up our fundraising operations, to better tackle these ills at the very heart of our society.

We are looking for an experienced trust fundraising professional to join Unseen on an interim basis to support Unseen’s programme to secure funding from private and statutory grant-making organisations, ensuring a robust multi-year funding base for our important work fighting the scourge of modern slavery.

The successful candidate will be an important contributor to the success of our multi-channel fundraising programme. You will leverage our reputation for delivering high-spec care and rehabilitation for survivors of modern slavery and exploitation, along with the unique data from our Modern Slavery and Exploitation Helpline, to generate new sources of funding.

The Trusts and Foundations Specialist will report to the Head of Fundraising who is responsible for Unseen’s multi-year programme of fundraising and supporter engagement. The role will be working within a team of 8 people.

A comprehensive job pack with more details about the role is available below.

We offer a friendly, supportive work environment, and flexible hybrid working conditions.

To apply:

1. Please complete Unseen’s application form, via the 'apply' button.
2. Please note that in order to apply for this role, you must have the right to work in the UK.

The closing date for applications is 22 May 2022 at midnight. Interviews will likely be held during the week of 6 June 2022.

As an organisation focused on equality and diversity, we welcome applications from all sections of the community we serve including those with lived experience of modern slavery, those with diverse backgrounds, cultures, and religion, people of colour, those with disabilities and those from the LGBTQ+ community.

Fixed Term contract for up to 15 months

UNISON Welfare (‘There for You’)

Regional Management & Governance Directorate

Starting Salary: £35,575 per annum incl. London Weighting Allowance

35 hours per week

UNISON Centre, London NW1

Ref: RMG/14T

UNISON is the UK’s leading public services trade union, with over 1.3 million members working in the public sector, private, voluntary and community sectors and in the energy services. We employ approximately 1,200 staff, with around 370 at our national centre in Euston in central London and the remainder in our 12 regions across the UK, including Northern Ireland.

‘There for You’ is the union’s own charity providing help and support to members who are facing financial hardship or other difficulties in their personal lives. 

We wish to appoint an enthusiastic and organised Support Worker to join our team on a temporary basis to support the delivery and administration of welfare services to UNISON members across a range of activities.

This role will include responding to incoming queries by email or phone, signposting to and delivering relevant information to UNISON members seeking help and advice. In most instances, you will be the first point of contact so you must have good telephone and communication skills and be able to respond to queries in a sensitive and positive manner.

You will also need to be able to work in a team environment and provide administrative support to the wider team when required. Your role will include data input as well as, assisting with specific initiatives including our small grants programme supporting UNISON members who are in financial difficulties and more.  

Able to work to deadlines and under pressure, you will have a high standard of accuracy and be confident in using your own initiative.

You will enjoy being part of a small team where the focus is on ensuring UNISON members receive the highest possible standards of service and support and in accordance with our policies and the legal requirements on confidentiality.

How to apply

An application form can be obtained by visiting the website. To apply for this opportunity please download and complete the General application form (under “Documents”). See job description and person specification (under “Documents”)

Please note that only the General application form will be accepted.

Please send a copy of the completed application form along with Recruitment and Disability monitoring form quoting ref: RMG/14T.
Completed application forms must be received by no later than 5pm on Thursday 26 May 2022.

Interviews will take place on week commencing Monday 13 June 2022.

UNISON is a dynamic, progressive union, committed to equality. We encourage men and women of all ages, Black and minority ethnic groups, disabled people, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people to work with us.