Job Description: Associate Partnership Manager 

We are recruiting an Associate Partnership Manager to work within our Partnerships team.

With over 400 schools in our National Network of Excellence and 100 trusts this is an exciting time to join our central team and contribute to the success of our partnership.  The successful candidate will lead the team responsible for managing our relationships with schools and hubs within our Network of Excellence.

This role combines team leadership with strategic oversight of our effectiveness in ensuring hubs and schools receive an excellent experience and help spread the impact and value of effective collaboration across the educational system, in line with our mission. Working directly with school leaders and hub managers, you will have excellent relationship management skills, an attention for detail and a commitment to continuous improvement in all that you and we do.

About Challenge Partners

Who we are: Challenge Partners is a practitioner-led education charity that enables collaboration and challenge between schools to enhance the life chances of all children, especially the most disadvantaged.

How we do it: The Challenge Partners central team works closely with school leaders and other education professionals to facilitate a variety of programmes and activities for schools in our partnership. We ensure the knowledge and skills of the best in our network are available to everyone, reducing the variability in education provision whilst improving the performance of all trusts, schools, leaders, and pupils in the partnership.

Our team: There are currently just over 20 people in our growing team. We are dedicated to working hard for our schools whilst enjoying what we do and who we work with. You will be working in a friendly and dynamic group with backgrounds in education, the wider social enterprise and charity sector, and the corporate world. The majority of roles are school-facing, and team members work closely with leaders in our schools to generate and refine ideas and create maximum value for the network.

Job Purpose:

The Associate Partnership Manager works within the partnerships team alongside an Associate Partnership Manager and the Knowledge Exchange Lead and is line managed by the Partnership Lead.  You will be responsible for the account management of a number of hubs, take a lead on aspects of our network relationship management (e.g communications, event management, customer care) and will work alongside to support the knowledge exchange team and the network development team on recruitment and growth.

This is an exciting and varied role with opportunities to work across the organisation and develop your skill set.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the induction and onboarding of new schools to their hubs and to the national Network of Excellence
• Provide ongoing support to a number of local area Hub Managers to ensure that every school within the hub is engaged in the local and national offer.
• Undertake ad hoc and scheduled phone calls, hub visits, regular surveying and trouble-shooting at local and national level
• Prepare regular and relevant high quality communications to our partner schools on  a cyclical basis e.g. renewals, induction, onboarding, engagement emails and regular hub updates
• Identify, capture and disseminate examples of effective practice, case studies, accredited Areas of Excellence working with our Knowledge exchange team and hub manager network
• Support  the organisation of our National Network meetings, Sharing Leading Practice events and national conference
• Maintain accurate and timely record-keeping on our CRM system
• Use data strategically to enable you to provide bespoke support for hubs, monitor  and evaluate the effectiveness of our support for schools and hubs
• Analyse shared priorities within hub action plans and work with our knowledge exchange team to ensure these are systematically embedded in our knowledge exchange programmes
• Work with colleagues across the Challenge Partners Central Team to ensure our partners receive an excellent experience and to support schools’ understanding and use of the support and programmes available to them
• Other tasks commensurate with the role as appropriate

Person Specifications:

Specific skills and attitudes we are looking for in an applicant are as follows:

• Excellent relationship management skills and a friendly, personable demeanour, ideally with experience of relationship/ account management or business development within the education sector or similar
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to deal with people diplomatically and appropriately, building rapport with those at varying levels of seniority
• Positivity, optimism and agility - we are a small organisation and all staff are expected to contribute across the organisation (and beyond their specific job role) to ensure our success and sustainability. You will therefore need to be flexible and comfortable with uncertainty
• The ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to prioritise effectively to meet competing demands, through excellent organisation and time management
• Excellent computer literacy - confidence and competence in using GSuite, Microsoft programmes and Salesforce (or similar CRM system) would be an advantage
• A willingness to learn and give and receive feedback
• A passion for education, and a desire to make a difference

Personal Characteristics:

Our team is very important to us, and we are looking for someone who shares our key values:

• Excellence- we are always looking for ways to improve because we are determined to achieve the best for every child, teacher and leader.
• Equity- we treat each other fairly, with trust, care and respect. We seek the best for every child, and know that those who have the least, need our combined expertise the most.
• Courageous leadership- we speak up and take responsibility for all children, making sure that we do not harm others in doing our best for our own schools
• Challenge- We expect the best of ourselves and each other, and value challenge which helps us improve
• Collaboration- We listen to, share with and learn from each other, developing our practice together so that every child benefits from our combined wisdom and creativity
• Innovation- We use and generate research, we innovate with discipline and evaluate intelligently in pursuit of better outcomes for all children, especially the most disadvantaged.

​Benefits of working for Challenge Partners

• 25 days of paid holiday per year, plus 8 additional days of bank holiday (pro-rata for part-time)
• An employer contributed pension - we match up to 5% of your own contribution
• Private healthcare
• Flexible working hours
• A school based office in South Bermondsey. There is currently no requirement for staff to work in the office, but you may choose to do so.
• A supportive and friendly team
• A chance to make a real difference to educational outcomes
• The opportunity to progress and develop skills in a dynamic and fast-growing team
• The opportunity to interact with the children at our school (including weekly reading)

How to apply and our recruitment process

If you would like to be part of our team, then please apply with the following:

• A CV of no more than two pages
• A statement of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the  requirements of the role and the person specification

We will be interviewing on a rolling basis and looking to appoint someone to start in January/February 2021. Please apply promptly to be considered for this role. We will close the application process when we appoint.

Start date: ASAP in January/February 2021 although we are prepared to be flexible to ensure that we recruit the most suitable candidate.

Job purpose and background

Are you passionate about working to prevent dangerous climate change, halt deforestation and champion water security? CDP is seeking a dedicated, mission-driven Partnerships Manager to join the Partnerships team at CDP. By joining CDP, you will be welcomed into a dynamic, internationally respected and globally represented NGO with opportunities for professional development.

The London based Partnership team works with partners in the UK and other regions including Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Russia and works closely with our global counterparts. In this varied role, you will support the growth, development and delivery of CDP’s Accredited Solutions Providers program, working closely with global teams across the organisation to do so.

CDP’s Accredited Solutions Provider program connects our base of thousands of disclosing companies with the providers that can support their environmental measurement, management, and leadership efforts. Their services include verification, software, consultancy, renewable energy, science-based targets and more.

Key responsibilities include:

• Account management of existing key corporate partner relationships, with a focus on partners in Asia. High quality execution of corporate partnership deliverables including, but not limited to, onboarding, optimizing visibility, conducting webinars, and supporting technical inquiries;
• Working across the CSC UK & WW team on business development predominantly to grow the Partnership membership group as well as encouraging companies to disclose to CDP, become a supply chain member, commit to adopting environmental targets or actions;
• Contributing to the UK & WW team by integrating Partnerships work into the wider strategy, communications and events.
• Provide administration support to the UK based Global Head of Partnerships and work with them to generate additional income streams from a variety of sources

The precise description and nature of your job may be varied from time to time and you may be required to carry out other duties as necessary to meet business needs.

Required skills and experience:

• Minimum of 2 years experience in a similar role, working in NGOs and/or commercial organisations
• Strong account management and written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently, with strong attention to detail
• The desire to scale a program and continually innovate
• Interest/knowledge in issues related to the climate change, sustainability, environmental, and corporate social responsibility space
• Ability to work with global colleagues, and develop strong internal and external stakeholder relationships across multiple teams and time zones
• Excellent MS Office Suite skills (Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, etc.)

Desired skills and experience:

• Degree educated or equivalent (Environment/Sustainability- related degree desirable)
• Experience of working in a global organisation
• Additional language skills

This is a full-time role based at CDP’s Central London office reporting to the Senior Partnerships Manager.

Salary and benefits: £32,000 - £35,000, per annum, 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, generous non-contributory pension provision, annual discretionary bonus (depending on company performance), Employee Assistance Programme, life assurance, Training and development, Flexible working opportunities and other benefits.

Interested applicants must be eligible to work legally in the UK.

Before you apply

We’ll only use the information you provide to process your application. By emailing us your CV and covering letter, you are permitting CDP to use the information you have provided for recruitment purposes.

How to apply

To apply please visit our website. The deadline is 9am on Wednesday 27th January 2021. Due to volume of applications, if you do not hear from us within two weeks of the deadline you should consider your application unsuccessful.

Are you looking for the chance to do something different and find a counter-cultural way to live and work? The Iona Community is recruiting for mainly seasonal staff to live-in and re-open the newly refurbished Iona Abbey to guests in spring 2021.     

The Programme Manager is an exciting and creative post at the heart of the life of the Abbey. Working closely with the Warden you will develop and organise a varied and dynamic programme of workshops, events and activities that create for guests opportunities to deepen their commitment to peace and justice, understand and live out the vision and values of the Iona Community, and laugh and build friendships.     

We are looking for someone who is very well-organised, imaginative and with previous experience of devising, facilitating and running programme events and group activities. Having a sense of humour and being happy leading ‘up front’ will also help!     

Staffing at Iona Abbey is provided by a resident team who live and work together sharing in the common life assisted by a wider team of volunteers. Work and worship are valued equally at our centres. A resident allowance is paid and all accommodation and meals are provided. Previous staff say their time at our centres has been ‘life-changing’. We hope to welcome your application soon. 

Application notes: 

Applications must be made using our application form. CVs will not be accepted.   

A full job description and application form can be found in the vacancies section of the Iona Community website. 

If you wish to apply for more than one post, you must complete a separate application form for each post. 

Each job has a different application form tailored to the person spec for that post. Please make sure you complete the correct form.  

About the role:

We are recruiting for a part time Senior Finance Manager to take on responsibility for managing all aspects of the organisation’s financial management and resource planning, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer. Priorities will include producing quarterly management accounts for our board, managing our restricted grants funds, project budgeting, and leading the next audit.

About you:

You will have senior financial management experience, ideally with some experience in the charity or not-for-profit sector. You will be a self-starter who is comfortable working proactively on financial management with limited supervision. You’ll be a clear and analytical thinker with energy and drive, and with sound judgement. You’ll be excited about working in an organisation that develops a new type of culture based on innovation, trust, and open-mindedness. You will be committed to Positive Money’s vision (described below)

About Positive Money:

Our money and banking system increases inequality, fuels climate breakdown, and is undemocratic. We think that should change. Positive Money is a fast-growing organisation that combines the activities of a think-tank, a pressure group, and international movement. Born out of the financial crash of 2008, Positive Money is the leading civil society organisation challenging our central bank, banking system, and wider economy to work in the interests of people and planet. Our vision is a money and banking system that enables a fair, democratic, and sustainable economy.

Roles and responsibilities
 

• Day to day financial management, supervising our payment processes, financial controls, and income and expenditure categorisation systems.

• Line management of our external Accountant/Book-keeper (a contracted role) and working closely with our Operations manager.

• Produce quarterly management accounts for our board of Non-Executive Directors.

• Lead on the audit for the year ending 31 March 2021, working closely with the finance team, non-exec finance director on our board, and an external auditor.

• Manage our restricted grants allocation system, and produce financial reports for our funders.

• Manage our system of programme and project budgets, monitor our organisational budget, and support fundraising efforts with application budgets.

• Develop or refine existing finance, resource or remuneration policies and procedures as needed.

• Support Positive Money’s international work, liaising with your counterpart at Positive Money Europe and supporting the development of a new US office.

• Support the organisation and on other operational matters such as HR, facilities or IT where needed.

Essential skills and experience
 

• Strong skills in financial analysis, budgeting, and daily financial and resource management

• Ability to multi-task across a range of financial management systems

• Experience of managing or monitoring small to mid-sized budgets

• Experience of working on organisation-wide financial management, and an understanding of the key elements of management accounts

• Experience managing restricted grants funds

• A strategic mindset 

• Ability to problem solve complex organisational issues

• Risk management experience

• High attention to detail

• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, needed to work closely with a small team, and a range of external contractors, funders and stakeholders

• Experience of leading, or working on, audit.

• Self-motivation, and ability to work proactively with minimal supervision

• Committed to a culture that is open, honest, respectful and welcomes innovation and new creative ideas.

Desirable skills and experience
 

• Financial or accountancy qualifications 

• Other operations management experience, such as HR, facilities or IT management
   

Terms and conditions

Contract:​ ​The role is for an initial fixed term of 1 year with a 6-month probationary period. After a year if the contract is extended, a permanent contract will be offered.

Salary:​​ Band 2,  £38k gross per annum (pro rata’d for part time hours) + 8% pension contribution

Reporting to: Chief Operating Officer

Hours:​​ 16-20 hours per week, (2 or 2.5 working days). Requests for flexible working will be considered. The post holder may need to be flexible about working hours within the week from time to time.

Holiday:​ 25 days per year for full-time equivalent (plus bank holidays)

Location:​​ Through the Covid-19 pandemic we are following government advice and working from home. Up to two members of staff can work in the office when required subject to government guidelines. 

Closing Date for applications: 8am, Monday 8th February 

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th February
(interviews will take place online)

Self Help Africa (SHA) is an international NGO, dedicated to the vision of an economically thriving and resilient rural Africa. SHA focuses on agriculture and agribusiness as the engine of growth in Africa.

Our approach is collaborative and market-based: although we see our primary clients as smallholder farmers in Africa, we work with all participants in the agricultural value chain.

The Group also has two social enterprise subsidiaries – TruTrade, which supports market access for smallholder farmers in the agricultural value-chain; and Partner Africa, an ethical auditing and consultancy firm that operates across more than 40 countries across Africa.

Self Help Africa is looking to recruit a Programme Funding Manager to develop and maintain long-term engagement strategies with key institutional donors (government, trusts, foundations and commercial) in the UK and Europe, in order to maximise SHA income and influence across its programmes.

Working closely with the Head of Programme Funding this post will have lead responsibility for supporting high-value grant and commercial contract opportunities and will work closely with assigned country teams to develop high quality bids. The Programme Funding Manager will provide cover as required for the Head of Programme Funding including managing and supporting the team.

Key Responsibilities

Proposal Development

· Identify, research and advise on new funding opportunities.

· Lead proposal development for assigned countries/donors and coordinate cross-organisational teams to respond to funding opportunities.

· Contribute to meeting ambitious departmental financial and non-financial (volume and quality of proposals) targets.

· Develop and oversee timetables; coordinate inputs; write and edit content; provide quality assurance on fit with donor priorities; ensure compliance with internal review and approval procedures; ensure timely submission; and follow up with donors for feedback.

· Work closely with colleagues in the Programmes Department, who lead project design, to contribute to the assessment, research and design of projects for specific donor funding opportunities.

· Liaise with donor staff and colleagues on progress of applications or potential funding opportunities.

· Work closely with Programmes Department colleagues to support and/or lead contract negotiation with institutional donors.

Donor Strategy Alignment and Relationship Management

· Account management - actively manage relationships with assigned funders.

· Maintain up-to-date information on donor priorities, strategies, regulations and activities pertaining to Self Help Africa’s strategic plan.

· Ensure relevant staff including senior management and Country Directors are briefed on donor activities, through the preparation of briefing notes and maintaining up-to-date information on our management information system.

· Coordinate donor strategy to maximise relationships and funding from donors through: meeting donors and cultivating contacts; liaising with colleagues across the organisation to coordinate donor meetings and briefings; and writing capacity statements/quality statements for specific donors. 

· Provide advice to Programme Department colleagues on donor policies and priorities, and managing funding contracts, in order to support overall donor strategies.

· Maintain and report on donor relationship and income pipelines on a periodic basis. 

Commercial Contracting

• Support the growth and development of SHA’s commercial contracting portfolio.
• Track commercial contract opportunities and maintain knowledge of contract holders and potential prime partners.
• Prepare high-quality capacity statements and tender documents in response to commercial contracting opportunities.

Programme Funding Team and Miscellaneous

· Work with colleagues within the Programme Funding Team, and across SHA, to improve the standard of proposal and report writing and donor relationships, and ensure funding opportunities and contracts are managed according to donor requirements.

· Contribute to Programme Funding Team reporting through ensuring donor information is up-to-date in Self Help Africa’s management information system.

· Represent SHA in donor funding-related groups and networks.

· Keep up-to-date on the agricultural development sector.

Knowledge, Experience and Qualifications

Essential

· Minimum of five years’ experience of securing institutional funding.

· Minimum of five years’ experience working with large and diverse multi-nationality virtual teams.

· Evidence of success in winning large (multi-million GBP) donor funding grants/contracts – ideally including experience of DFID, USAID, UN donors, and/or EU.

· Experience of managing and leading teams, and supporting colleagues to produce high-quality funding proposals.

· Experience of managing and prioritising own workload, meeting tight deadlines and working under pressure.

· Excellent written skills including proposals and reports, and the ability to creatively turn complex project and/or organisational information into a compelling business cases.

· Strong and creative oral presentation skills and experience.

· Strong numeracy and analytical ability, with ability to understand complex budgets and expenditure reports.

· Ability and willingness to travel when required.

Desirable

French language skills and ability to write proposals/bids in French.

Any candidate offered a job with Self Help Africa will be expected to sign Self  Help  Africa’s  Safeguarding Policies  and  Code  of  Conduct  as  an  appendix  to  their  contract  of  employment  and  agree  to  conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

Specific roles may require police/DBS/Garda vetting.

Self Help Africa strives to be an Equal Opportunities Employer

This is a really exciting time to join Girlguiding. With nearly half a million members we are the largest charity dedicated to girls and young women in the UK, and one of the largest and leading youth charities. We are on a mission to amplify the voices of girls and young women, so they can champion change in their own lives and the wider world; to build strong partnerships that can increase our reach and impact; and to increase the support we offer our 100,000 amazing adult volunteers who deliver incredible experiences to young people across the UK every week. We have recently agreed our 2020+ strategy and begun a process of significant change: transforming the organisation so it can meet the challenges of the future by putting young people and volunteers at the heart of our organisation.

Girlguiding is recruiting a PR Manager to lead a bold and integrated PR and ambassadors programme to help us deliver Girlguiding’s new strategy. We want to help girls make their voices heard and appeal to more and a greater diversity of girls and potential volunteers so even more girls can benefit from our award-winning youth offer and the life changing opportunities guiding offers.

It’s a crucial time for girls and for Girlguiding as we recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. We have an important, positive story to tell about our role in communities and how we support girls’ and young women’s wellbeing, offering them ways to stay connected, learn and have fun in guiding even through the most challenging of times.

We’re looking for someone with extensive experience of developing and delivering high impact, creative PR strategies to engage target audiences. They should have an excellent news sense, be able to produce high-quality press materials and integrated campaign plans, and be able to train and coach other team members to do the same. They will need to have extensive knowledge of the UK media, strong social media know-how, and an ability to anticipate and identify PR opportunities and trends relevant to Girlguiding to help us meet strategic goals. They will have experience of crisis and reputational risk management and managing celebrity ambassadors.

The post requires working outside of 9-5 office hours, such as evenings and weekends, to be part of the press on-call rota and to travel to other locations as necessary, for which time off in lieu will be given.

Girlguiding values the differences that a diverse workforce brings and is committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Girlguiding is proud to be part of the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a member of Time to Change. While Girlguiding’s young members may be women only, our staff team is mixed gender. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We are committed to supporting our staff to achieve a good work-life balance and offer flexible working options wherever we reasonably can. Girlguiding is a COVID secure employer, providing support for all employees during the current pandemic. All staff are required to carry out our online health and safety training and complete a DSE risk assessment to ensure we can provide the support you require.

We ask that you submit your CV, declaration form and supporting information as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close vacancies at any time, when we have received sufficient applications.

Interviews will be held remotely during the pandemic.

Are you a professional Accountant passionate about ending poverty? The International Finance Team at Tearfund are a key part of that vision - we provide high quality support to the International Group and HQ senior management including:

• financial planning and reporting
• financial control and audit management; and
• business process improvement.

We are looking to recruit a proactive and dedicated Senior International Accountant to support our institutional donor programme. You will be part of a dynamic and supportive team and will have the opportunity to develop in your career and add value to Tearfund's work and mission.

The successful candidate will have a strong academic background, a professional Accountancy Qualification and proven skills in managing large institutionally-funded programmes. They will be adaptable, solution-focused and enjoy working across multi-disciplinary teams. Experience of the NGO sector and especially of commercial contracts with donors would be a distinct advantage.

We are looking for a self-starter with great communication and analytical skills.

If you think your skills match the above we'd love to hear from you!

All applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs.

The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding issues. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a Watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure.

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

Individual Giving and Major Gifts 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 an Individual Giving and Major Gifts Fundraising Manager to join the team, working across all sites to develop and drive York Museums Trust Individual Giving 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 Individual Giving Specialist who will establish and steward relationships with current supporters and prospective high value givers, securing growing and sustainable income for the Trust and a successful pipeline that converts mid to high level givers to Major Donors. Working in collaboration with the Grants and Sponsorship Fundraising Manager, 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 managing and growing supporter networks, cultivating exciting opportunities and prospecting for new high impact connections. You will also be able to demonstrate a proven track record of securing major gifts and achieving financial targets.

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 on the 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 forms 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 Tuesday 23 February 2021

The role: This role is crucial to help us realise our ambitions of supporting more young people with their social action projects and system change activities, packaging up and delivering training outside London and for scaling our impact and reach.

The Communications and Campaigns Manager is responsible for:

• Co-designing and delivering our communications strategy: working with the whole team (including with teenagers and young adults engaged with the charity) to develop and deliver a new and successful campaigns and communications strategy that promotes the organisation's work and also supports projects and income generation initiatives.
• Supporting business growth: meeting personal and organisational marketing and communications targets and business and income generation objectives.
• Reinforcing organisational culture: building and maintaining an empathic, positive and relational culture within the organisation with strong, clear, and consistent internal and external communications that reflect our values and the voices of our Young Partners ad team.
• Advancing our mission through communications: ensuring that the organisation's communications are of the highest quality and that they support and advance our charitable objectives.

Who we are looking for: We’re looking for a creative individual who is able to empathise with and support young people to influence change. An energetic and ambitious person who wants to contribute their time, passion and positive energy to our mission! Is this you?

• You are passionate about social justice, and utilising your creativity, communications, campaigning and marketing skills and experience to really make a difference
• You have excellent inter-personal skills, are values-led, with a high level of social and emotional intelligence.
• You are empathic, fair and kind, and can relate to and connect with people from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences.
• You will relish the challenge and autonomy this role presents, and getting involved with all aspects of a young and growing charity.
• You are excited about coproduction and the opportunity to work alongside young people, sharing decisions and budgets. 
• You enjoy working as part of a team, and can get on board with ‘consent-based decision making’ in an organisation.
• You are ambitious, looking for somewhere you can grow and build your career, and you thrive working in fast paced environments where you can influence growth and innovation. 

How to Apply: Please read the Applicant Pack attached for a full role description and person specification and send a CV and cover letter (two pages maximum) telling us about yourself and what you could bring to Peer Power in this role. Please make it clear in your application how you meet the essential and desirable criteria, highlighting your areas of strength and areas of the role you would look to outsource.

Please indicate the date at which you are available to start and/or your notice period for your current role.

Deadline – Sunday, 14 February 2021 at midnight.

Possible Interview date (TBC): Tuesday, 23 February 2021

Job Description: Associate Partnership Manager (Maternity Cover)

We are recruiting a maternity cover Associate Partnership Manager to work within our Partnerships team.

With over 400 schools in our National Network of Excellence and 100 trusts this is an exciting time to join our central team and contribute to the success of our partnership.  The successful candidate will lead the team responsible for managing our relationships with schools and hubs within our Network of Excellence.

This role combines team leadership with strategic oversight of our effectiveness in ensuring hubs and schools receive an excellent experience and help spread the impact and value of effective collaboration across the educational system, in line with our mission. Working directly with school leaders and hub managers, you will have excellent relationship management skills, an attention for detail and a commitment to continuous improvement in all that you and we do.

About Challenge Partners

Who we are: Challenge Partners is a practitioner-led education charity that enables collaboration and challenge between schools to enhance the life chances of all children, especially the most disadvantaged.

How we do it: The Challenge Partners central team works closely with school leaders and other education professionals to facilitate a variety of programmes and activities for schools in our partnership. We ensure the knowledge and skills of the best in our network are available to everyone, reducing the variability in education provision whilst improving the performance of all trusts, schools, leaders, and pupils in the partnership.

Our team: There are currently just over 20 people in our growing team. We are dedicated to working hard for our schools whilst enjoying what we do and who we work with. You will be working in a friendly and dynamic group with backgrounds in education, the wider social enterprise and charity sector, and the corporate world. The majority of roles are school-facing, and team members work closely with leaders in our schools to generate and refine ideas and create maximum value for the network.

Job Purpose:

The Associate Partnership Manager works within the partnerships team alongside an Associate Partnership Manager and the Knowledge Exchange Lead and is line managed by the Partnership Lead.  You will be responsible for the account management of a number of hubs, take a lead on aspects of our network relationship management (e.g communications, event management, customer care) and will work alongside to support the knowledge exchange team and the network development team on recruitment and growth.

This is an exciting and varied role with opportunities to work across the organisation and develop your skill set.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the induction and onboarding of new schools to their hubs and to the national Network of Excellence
• Provide ongoing support to a number of local area Hub Managers to ensure that every school within the hub is engaged in the local and national offer.
• Undertake ad hoc and scheduled phone calls, hub visits, regular surveying and trouble-shooting at local and national level
• Prepare regular and relevant high quality communications to our partner schools on  a cyclical basis e.g. renewals, induction, onboarding, engagement emails and regular hub updates
• Identify, capture and disseminate examples of effective practice, case studies, accredited Areas of Excellence working with our Knowledge exchange team and hub manager network
• Support  the organisation of our National Network meetings, Sharing Leading Practice events and national conference
• Maintain accurate and timely record-keeping on our CRM system
• Use data strategically to enable you to provide bespoke support for hubs, monitor  and evaluate the effectiveness of our support for schools and hubs
• Analyse shared priorities within hub action plans and work with our knowledge exchange team to ensure these are systematically embedded in our knowledge exchange programmes
• Work with colleagues across the Challenge Partners Central Team to ensure our partners receive an excellent experience and to support schools’ understanding and use of the support and programmes available to them
• Other tasks commensurate with the role as appropriate

Person Specifications:

Specific skills and attitudes we are looking for in an applicant are as follows:

• Excellent relationship management skills and a friendly, personable demeanour, ideally with experience of relationship/ account management or business development within the education sector or similar
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to deal with people diplomatically and appropriately, building rapport with those at varying levels of seniority
• Positivity, optimism and agility - we are a small organisation and all staff are expected to contribute across the organisation (and beyond their specific job role) to ensure our success and sustainability. You will therefore need to be flexible and comfortable with uncertainty
• The ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to prioritise effectively to meet competing demands, through excellent organisation and time management
• Excellent computer literacy - confidence and competence in using GSuite, Microsoft programmes and Salesforce (or similar CRM system) would be an advantage
• A willingness to learn and give and receive feedback
• A passion for education, and a desire to make a difference

Personal Characteristics:

Our team is very important to us, and we are looking for someone who shares our key values:

• Excellence- we are always looking for ways to improve because we are determined to achieve the best for every child, teacher and leader.
• Equity- we treat each other fairly, with trust, care and respect. We seek the best for every child, and know that those who have the least, need our combined expertise the most.
• Courageous leadership- we speak up and take responsibility for all children, making sure that we do not harm others in doing our best for our own schools
• Challenge- We expect the best of ourselves and each other, and value challenge which helps us improve
• Collaboration- We listen to, share with and learn from each other, developing our practice together so that every child benefits from our combined wisdom and creativity
• Innovation- We use and generate research, we innovate with discipline and evaluate intelligently in pursuit of better outcomes for all children, especially the most disadvantaged.

​Benefits of working for Challenge Partners

• 25 days of paid holiday per year, plus 8 additional days of bank holiday (pro-rata for part-time)
• An employer contributed pension - we match up to 5% of your own contribution
• Private healthcare
• Flexible working hours
• A school based office in South Bermondsey. There is currently no requirement for staff to work in the office, but you may choose to do so.
• A supportive and friendly team
• A chance to make a real difference to educational outcomes
• The opportunity to progress and develop skills in a dynamic and fast-growing team
• The opportunity to interact with the children at our school (including weekly reading)

How to apply and our recruitment process

If you would like to be part of our team, then please apply with the following:

• A CV of no more than two pages
• A statement of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the  requirements of the role and the person specification

We will be interviewing on a rolling basis and looking to appoint someone to start in January/February 2021. Please apply promptly to be considered for this role. We will close the application process when we appoint.

Start date: ASAP in January/February 2021 although we are prepared to be flexible to ensure that we recruit the most suitable candidate.

At Just Drop in ‘who you are’ matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to use your Business Skills to make a real difference in the lives of young people, then have a read of what we have on offer this could be the role for you.

This new, dynamic post will be an integral part of the charity Senior Leadership Team. Working closely with the the Chief Officer, the post holder will take lead responsibility for all aspects of the back office functions of the organisation including systems and processes related to communications, IT, premises, data security and privacy, information and performance management systems and finance. 

Interim Head of Service Charge:

We are One Housing and we create places for people to call home and support them to live well. With a breadth of services and expertise to help people whatever their housing, care, or support needs.

The One Housing Customer Services teams are friendly, knowledgeable and we love what we do. We are proud of our expertise and passionate about the high-quality, service we deliver to all of our customers.

We offer our colleagues a friendly, collaborative workplace and the chance to build a rewarding career with a not- for-profit organisation that is proud to make a genuine difference to people’s lives, each and every day.

Join our Customer Service team
Our Customer Services teams play a central role in achieving our vision. Our teams include our Customer Contact Centre and specialist teams like income collection, rent and service charges and resident management. Often acting as a first-point of contact for our customers, we prize our accountability, empathy and a genuine desire to be helpful and informative.

We’re an organisation with strong values. We keep our promises; we do a great job; we value diversity; we work together; and we look for ways to improve. These are what make us such a great team, working together as one to achieve our vision.

The role:

We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join us in the position of Interim Head of Service Charge. Your responsibilities will include:

• Responsible for rent and service charge setting and managing the S20 process for the organisation, alongside managing partnerships with our managing agents and internal and external stakeholders. This is a strategically important role for the organisation, and you will be expected to lead on the delivery of a plan to reach the organisations aim of improving our customers experience in this area.
• Providing accurate and timely service charge and rents information to our customers that are in line with lease/tenancy requirements and legislation and protect the organisation from financial loss.
• Responsible for service charge and rent setting processes, with adherence to regulation and legislation providing assurance to senior management and the executive team.
• Maximise recovery of contracts and works which require S20 consultation and support the business through its requirements to comply.
• Report to the Director of Customer Operations as a Head of Service for the management of the Service Charge and Rents Managers.
• Deliver excellent and professional customer service to all internal and external customers.
• Meet customer satisfaction targets.
• Meet statutory, regulatory, compliance and risk requirements across the service.
• Lead on cross organisational working and support fellow Heads of Service.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, problem solving and dispute resolution.
• Provide management/business information, performance management data,  and implement and maintain any IT systems and data.
• Play a positive part in delivering any change programmes and motivating and inspiring staff through changes.
• Staff engagement is key; help make One Housing a fun and flexible place to work.

What you will need to succeed:

We are looking for someone who believes in working together as part of a team, who shares our values and who is positive and friendly. The successful candidate will have:

• In depth experience of service charge estimating, billing and the production of annual accounts S20 consultation requirements and working with third party managing agents
• Ability to use IT systems to support the setting of accurate charges.
• Managing managers and a range of functions at Head of Service level.
• Wider understanding and insight into the customer and property management functions which attract a service charge.
• Ability to build effective links with all relevant stakeholders both within One Housing and externally.
• Commitment to delivering exemplary customer service.
• A continuous service improvement culture and problem-solving ability.

Desirable knowledge, skills and experience

• Relevant professional qualification and/or membership.
• Ability to run a service in line with ‘lean’ principles and delivering value for money. 

The offer:

Our [email protected] benefits offer you an array of perks designed with your wellbeing in mind.

• Salary: £61,000
• Length: 12 month Fixed Term Contract
• Your holidays are important to us. Take up to 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Lean travel. Spread the cost of your commute with a season ticket loans and our Cycle2Work scheme, open to all colleagues

• Looking forward to your big bucket list trip? You can buy or sell up to five days annual leave each
• Get paid to do good. We offer you two days off on full pay each year to volunteer in our communities
• Look after your loved ones. Our healthcare cash back plan allows you to claim back cash for you and your family’s healthcare.

• Well done! With our colleague recognition programme you will know when you’ve done a #greatjob
• Learning never stops One Academy, our innovative, in-house learning and development offering is designed to help you take your career to the next level.
• We’re here for you. Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you and your family 24/7.

About us:

As an organisation with a strong social purpose, One Housing works in some of the most diverse communities in the UK and their workforce reflects that. We understand the strength we gain from having and supporting our diverse teams. The different skills and experiences that our colleagues from different backgrounds bring to us allow us to make better decisions, consider different views and be an altogether more interesting and cohesive place to work.
We welcome applications from everyone.

Your new company:
A large not for profit organisation based in Central London. The organisation have a group structure with several entities within the group. The Finance Operations department is a shared services function working across the group to provide a comprehensive, cost-effective finance service to each organisation, and helping to co-ordinate joint projects where appropriate. Finance Operations incorporates transaction processing, financial and management accounting, SAP systems support, payroll and procurement.

The finance team operate from a shared service centre and they have recently identified the need to improve some of their systems and processes which has created the need for the role of Operations and Change Manager.

Your new role:
The Finance Operations and Change Manager is a critical role working across the Finance Operations team to develop and enhance processes, driving efficient working practices and improving service quality. The role is responsible for designing and implementing improved processes within an appropriate control framework, setting appropriate service delivery standards for each team and developing tools to monitor performance and drive continuous improvement. The Finance Operations and Change Manager will lead a range of improvement projects across the Finance Operations team to drive efficient working practices and improve service quality. This is a large organisation with multiple projects planned including new systems implementations.

What you'll need to succeed:

• Qualified Accountant
• Strong process design skills
• Strong influencing and persuasive skills
• Considerable experience in leading and delivering successful change, improving processes and ways of working within a team and with other teams
• Good understanding of best practice financial processing techniques and up-to-date with relevant technology solutions
• Experience of project management using a recognised project management methodology
• Experience of end-to-end business process mapping, able to produce clear and accurate documentation to underpin process redesign activities

What you'll get in return:
This is an opportunity to work with a large organisation and also to make critical changes to the organisation. The organisation offers good work life balance and a competitive package of benefits.

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Senior Treasury Analyst

We are One Housing, and we create places for people to call home and support them to live well. With a breadth of services and expertise to help people whatever their housing, care, or support needs.

Our Finance team is friendly, knowledgeable and we love what we do. We are proud of our expertise and passionate about the high-quality, service we deliver to all of our customers and stakeholders.

We offer our colleagues a friendly, collaborative workplace and the chance to build a rewarding career with a not-for- profit organisation that is proud to make a genuine difference to people’s lives, each and every day.

Join our Finance team as a Senior Treasury Analyst

Our Finance team play an important role in helping us to achieve our vision by supporting colleagues across the organisation to achieve the best value for money, pay for goods and services and understand complex financial information. Our finance specialists work across a number of teams including Corporate Finance, Financial Management and Procurement. Working collaboratively with colleagues we prize our accountability, empathy and a genuine desire to be helpful and informative.

We’re an organisation with strong values. We keep our promises; we do a great job; we value diversity; we work together; and we look for ways to improve. These are what make us such a great team, working together as one to achieve our vision.

The role

We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join us in the position of Senior Treasury Analyst. Your responsibilities will include:

• Maintaining the treasury debt portfolio ensuring all records are accurate for the Group
• Working with treasury accountant to ensure that all treasury activity is correctly recorded in the Group’s systems. Providing daily reporting on the debt position of the Group to the Head of Treasury.
• Preparing and managing medium-term (monthly 60 months rolling) cash flow forecast. Producing a monthly cashflow forecast variance report.
• Reporting on treasury KPIs to Head of Treasury including projected liquidity, liquidity ratios, WACC and borrowing capacity. Updating and owning the development capacity report.
• Collating information and data in response to funder enquires, including compilation of Quarterly briefing notes.
• Ensuring that loan drawdown and rollover notifications/letters are drafted for approval and issued to group counterparties in line with the requirements as set out in the loan agreements.
• Providing support to Head of Treasury during arrangement of new banking or debt capital markets facilities.
• Monitoring performance against Treasury Management Policy parameters. Maintaining a database of external reporting and compliance requirements under the Group’s facilities.
• Preparing and reporting on financial covenants under the Group’s facilities. Co-ordinating and preparing regulatory returns.
• Adhering at all times to One Housing’s treasury management policy, ensuring this is embedded in all treasury operations that the post holder is responsible for and delivering all requirements required under the Policy.
• Ensuring that the Treasury Management System is kept up to date and maximum efficiencies are delivered from the system. Preparing and maintaining comprehensive procedure notes and records.
• Continually driving process improvement regarding all aspects of the Treasury function. Other treasury tasks
• Supporting a wide range of financial analytical tasks as they arise. Supporting treasury team activities as they arise. Supervising the Junior Treasury analyst and provide cover for this position

What you will need to succeed

We are looking for someone who believes in working together as part of a team, who shares our values and who is positive and friendly. The successful candidate will:

• Employment experience in treasury, ideally with debt, debt capital markets and derivatives experience.
• ACT/CFA Qualified or actively studying towards the qualification.
• Strong Excel skills with ability to build and maintain complex financial models.
• Experience using Treasury Management Systems (desirable).
• Graduate degree first or 2:1 in a numerate or science subject.
• Analytical approach and a right first-time approach.
• Good written and verbal communication.
• Self-motivated and comfortable with juggling multiple priorities.
• A “can do” attitude and desire to progress through a career in treasury.

The offer

Our [email protected] benefits offer you an array of perks designed with your wellbeing in mind.

• Salary: £40,000 - £50,000
• Your holidays are important to us. Take up to 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Lean travel. Spread the cost of your commute with a season ticket loans and our Cycle2Work scheme, open to all colleagues
• Looking forward to your big bucket list trip? You can buy or sell up to five days annual leave each year. [not for statutory employees]
• Get paid to do good. We offer you two days off on full pay each year to volunteer in our communities.
• Look after your loved ones. Our healthcare cash back plan allows you to claim back cash for you and your family’s healthcare.
• Well done! With our colleague recognition programme you will know when you’ve done a #greatjob
• Learning never stops. One Academy, our innovative, in-house learning and development offering is designed to help you take your career to the next level.
• We’re here for you. Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you and your family 24/7.
• Stay book-smart. Take up to five paid days off per year to study toward a relevant qualification.
• Experience new things. We offer you a career break after 3 years’ continuous service.
• About us

As an organisation with a strong social purpose, One Housing works in some of the most diverse communities in the UK and their workforce reflects that. We understand the strength we gain from having and supporting our diverse teams. The different skills and experiences that our colleagues from different backgrounds bring to us allow us to make better decisions, consider different views and be an altogether more interesting and cohesive place to work.

We welcome applications from everyone.

Apply today for a fulfilling career in our Finance team.