We are Disability Positive.

• We provide services, opportunities and a voice to people living with disability and long-term health conditions, and their families.
• We know it matters, because we live with disability and long-term health conditions too.

1. About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to work as part of the Company’s Management Team, responsible for the effective management of the Payroll Service Team and to ensure the smooth running of the department, providing a payroll service to people with experience of disability and long-term conditions who have become employers of Personal Assistants. Perhaps you have worked in a busy call centre environment and are now looking for your next career progression opportunity…

1. You must

• Have experience of managing a large department.
• Have effective leadership and management experience.
• Be able to successfully manage the development and performance of a team, including Employee Relations issues.
• Have experience of Customer service focus.
• Be able to meet milestone targets and goals to achieve outcomes.
• Be able to listen and communicate to a high standard at all levels.
• Be able to improve systems and processes.
• Be able to work well under pressure.
• Have proven planning, time management and organisational skills.
• Be committed to the inclusion of disabled people.

1. Employee Benefits:

• 25 days of annual leave, plus 3 Gifted days off between Christmas and New Year and Bank Holidays.
• Company Pension Scheme
• Private Health Insurance*
• Free Parking

We are seeking an experienced Finance Manager to support the Director of Finance in delivering efficient and effective financial management for Charleston. You will join us at an exciting time for the organisation, as we continue to develop our programme of exhibitions, festivals and events, helping us to reach new audiences and connect with our communities.

The Finance Manager will supervise the work and development of the full time Accounts Assistant and works closely with budget holders across the organisation.

The Finance Manager is responsible for all of our accounting and reporting, managing payroll and dealing with VAT and gift aid for the charity and supporting the Director of Finance in preparing for the year end audit and creating budgets and reforecasting.

Essential Skills and experience:

• Holding or working towards a recognised accounting qualification.
• Proven financial and operational capabilities and at least two years’ financial processing and management experience.
• Advanced excel skills.
• Experience of supporting and developing junior staff.
• Experienced in using financial accounting systems. (We are currently implementing a new finance system and full training will be provided).
• Experienced in managing payroll for a range of different employment types
• Excellent team player with a personable manner
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent time keeping and organisation skills with the ability to manage multiple demands under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Honest and trustworthy and able to respect confidential information

Desirable Skills:

• Experience of working in an arts related organisation or charity
• Working knowledge of charity finance e.g. VAT partial exemption and Gift Aid, restricted fund accounting.
• Experience of working with ticketing, EPOS and CRM systems.

An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Finance and Resources Team as the Finance Manager at Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. The post holder will have a strong financial background with relevant experience in processing of financial data and undertaking payroll.

You will line manage the Finance Officer to ensure an efficient sales and purchase ledger function. You will also work closely with the Head of Finance and Resources to meet monthly deadlines for management accounts and funding returns.

The post could suit an applicant who is looking for the next step in their finance career or someone who would like to utilise their skills in working with the Trust in building a sustainable future in Wiltshire.

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is an exemplary employer with high staff satisfaction and multiple benefits for employees. These benefits include:

• Pension up to 7.5% non-contributory

• Group risk insurance – death in service and income protection

• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays

• Staff discount at WWT cafes, retail and classes

• Head office in town centre with parking

Closing Date:  9.00am Monday 4th July 2022

Successful candidates will be notified by Tuesday 5th July 2022.  If you have not heard from us by 5pm on this date then unfortunately you will have been unsuccessful.  (It is Trust policy not to provide feedback at this stage).

Interview Date: Wednesday 13th/Thursday 14th July 2022

We are supporting Basingstoke Counselling Service, who were found in 1985 by a small group of local therapists wanting to provide mental health support to the local community. Since then, the Service has flourished to become a busy, vibrant counselling and training centre dedicated to improving the emotional wellbeing of the community.  

The organisation is now seeking a Finance Manager to deliver all aspects of their financial planning and management.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following:

• Experience in financial and management accounting, strategic plan execution, and best practice delivery
• Ensuring best practice controls, policies, processes and assurance are in place and effective
• Experience preparing monthly management accounts, conducting payroll, bank reconciliation, reporting and regular finance tasks in this type of setting
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills, including regular reporting to senior colleagues

You will be a collaborative and co-operative manager, with the ability to assimilate financial information and communicate this well to others.  You’ll be self-motivated, enthusiastic to achieve results and comfortable working to deadlines.

For more information, please contact Katherine Anderson-Scott, Senior Consultant, Charisma Charity Recruitment.  Your application should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law.

Closing date for applications:  8 July 2022

Interview date:  w/c 18 July 2022

Wiltshire Community Foundation is an independent charity. We exist to tackle disadvantage and strengthen local communities by inspiring philanthropy and supporting the voluntary sector.

Our mission is to maximise the impact of charitable activity by connecting people, information and resources.

We are looking for a Finance Manager who can provide financial expertise, compliance, and reporting, along with managing the day-to-day workload of the Finance function including Accounts Payable, Grants Payable and Accounts Receivable.

Over the next five years, we will continue to develop our understanding of local needs and invest £10million to help people and communities thrive across Wiltshire and Swindon.

If you are a qualified accountant and have a least two years of experience in a similar role and you think you might be the perfect person to help us continue our mission, you can find out more about the role, download the recruitment pack and apply by visiting our website. 

Finance Change Lead

Salary: £42,173-£47,423

Location: Our offices are in London, and we are a hybrid working organisation

This is a fixed term contract until the 31 January 2023.

Virtual Interviews to take place on the 7th & 8th of July

Purpose of job:

The Comic Relief Finance Team is in an exciting period of transition as it implements a new Finance System (Xledger) and embeds new more effective and efficient finance processes across the team and the wider organisation.

The Finance Change Lead will manage and lead the deployment of a transformational change project alongside the implementation of Xledger, ensuring we move to a best-in-class Finance and Procurement model, with processes and systems embedded across the organisation. This role will help define and develop the culture of Finance and Procurement across Comic Relief whilst building trust with key stakeholders and user groups.

Key responsibilities:

Change Management

• Lead all aspects of transformational change to help deliver first-class organisational wide Finance and Procurement processes, including:

• Establish user groups across the organisation, working with the groups to manage change and embed new ways of working.

• Support the development of new procurement processes to be rolled out across the organisation, including documenting key processes.

• Define, develop, and implement culture change against the new target finance and procurement model, including reporting KPIs to measure the success of the Xledger implementation across the wider organisation.

• Bring a “non-finance” perspective to the development of organisational wide finance change.

Project Management

• Perform a central project management and driver role for the organisational wide roll out of Xledger, identifying user groups, stakeholders and contributors and engaging them in the project.

• Work collaboratively with stakeholders and colleagues within the organisation to develop all necessary high-level organisation-wide road maps and activity plans that are needed to embed new finance processes and systems across the organisation.

• Work diligently and effectively to enable the successful delivery of the project, including identifying and overcoming blockages and mitigating any risks.

Training

• Develop training materials using the Xledger train the trainer model to support the implementation of Xledger and new organisation wide finance processes.

• Facilitate training sessions on finance processes and systems across the organisation.

• Develop and embed long term induction training on all relevant aspects of Finance for all new starters to the organisation.

Person specification

Essential criteria

• Experience of business change and of different approaches to project management

• Collaborative worker, able to work closely with a range of finance and non-finance stakeholders and bring challenge to existing ways of working.

• Effective relationship builder with strong stakeholder management skills

• Experience of working effectively in cross-functional project teams.

• Excellent verbal and written skills, including the ability to explain technical information to non-technical people

• Exceptional time management skills and ability to meet deadlines.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of implementing people and cultural change

• Background in finance or procurement process implementation

• Experience of design and delivery of training

Perks and benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Work from home option
• Wellness programs
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Paid emergency leave
• Sabbatical Opportunities
• Professional development
• Mentoring/coaching
• Paid volunteer days
• Payroll giving
• Team social events
• Extracurricular clubs
• Cycle to work scheme

To apply please visit our website and apply online.

Closing: 12:00pm, 05th July 2022 BST

Inclusivity at Comic Relief

We recognise diversity and inclusion are a source of strength in achieving our mission. We therefore welcome everyone, trusting what makes us different brings creativity, styles and experiences to help us collectively do our best work. That’s regardless of your gender, ethnicity, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and cultural identity. We especially welcome those from under-represented groups in modern grant-making and fundraising. We are on a journey, but if you join our team you will be part of a community that is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where we want you to:

• Be valued for being yourself
• Do your best work, and be supported to break down barriers so you can succeed
• Be heard, respected, and treated as an equal, whatever your level, experience or background
• Be part of a team that is committed to making this happen – with our colleagues, partners, and contributors.

Comic Relief is committed to preventing and protecting all people from harm in their interactions with us. We expect all those that act in our name to uphold our approach to doing no harm.

Salary:  Grade 6.1 - £30,811 

Hours:  Full Time - 35 hours a week 

Solent Students’ Union is a student led, registered charity with a vision of developing confident students at the heart of the Union and University.  Our mission is to enrich the student experience through opportunities, support, influence, and action. We are committed to promoting equity and diversity and strive to be an organisation that values difference and inclusiveness.

We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic individual to join our team as a Finance Manager. The ideal candidate will come with relevant working experience and working within the charity sector would be advantageous, although this isn’t essential.

This is an ideal first management position and the successful candidate will have experience of:

• Qualifications of AAT level 4 or equivalent.
• Preparing monthly management accounts, including forecasts, and attending meetings with trustees.
•  Preparing audit information and working with external auditors.
• Overseeing financial processes, ensuring appropriate controls are in place to identify and manage financial risks
• Overseeing the company payroll and pensions
• The ability to maintain appropriate financial systems to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
• The ability to think strategically and to articulate how you will further the Union’s vision
• The ability to analyse and interpret data, presenting it in accessible form to various audiences to inform decision making
• Sound judgement, excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team
• Proficiency with Sage 50 Accounts and Sage 50 cloud Payroll

You will be working in a fast-paced environment where projects are constantly evolving. The successful candidate will have the ability to work on their own initiative as well as being a proactive team member with the ability to prioritise a changing workload. Excellent interpersonal skills, a ‘can do’ attitude and an ability to interpret complex information into excellent activities which appeal to a diverse stakeholder group are essential in this role.

Although this post is full time and office based, some home working will be available, and we will consider part time or job share requests. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, on commencement or once in post.

We welcome applications from everyone, and we want to strongly encourage applications from; people with an ethnic minority background, disabled people, people with dependents, and LGBTQ+ people.

If you think you are the ideal person who can clearly demonstrate a commitment to our values, we would love you to join our close team of professionals who believe that every student matters.

Further Information For further information or an informal discussion on this post please contact Judith Strike Interim Chief Executive via the contact us section of our solentsu website.

To Apply - Please download Job description, Person specification and Application form and submit completed applications to the email listed on the form.

Closing Date: 14th July 2022

SUDBURY NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE (MIDDLESEX) LIMITED

CARE AND ACTIVITIES MANAGER

JOB SUMMARY

• Under the direction of the Chief Executive, to plan, implement and manage a small team delivering a programme of adult day care services on Tuesdays and Thursdays each week.
• Under the direction of the Chief Executive, to plan, implement and manage the Centre’s activity programme for older adults at the Centre on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays each week, working with the Centre’s Activities Co-ordinator, external partners and tutors and funders.
• To supervise and manage a small staff team consisting of care assistants, cook, kitchen assistant and activities co-ordinator.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Day Care programme

1. To act as a member of the Centre’s care team, providing personal care to day care clients when in the Centre (ie. Toileting, assistance with eating and drinking and interaction) throughout the day.
2. To oversee and co-ordinate the Centre’s day care programme on Tuesdays and Thursdays each week.
3. To be the Centre’s healthcare professional and to ensure that each client has a written care plan that addresses their assessed needs, and that this is reviewed annually, and communicated to families, carers and other health professionals.
4. To carry out risk assessments on the centre’s care environment, and any necessary equipment, ensuring that these are appropriate to the needs of clients and staff delivering personalised day care.
5. To ensure that adequate levels of personal client care are provided in the Centre by the care team (i.e. toileting, socialisation and physical needs, feeding, infection control, first aid, etc) and that individual client needs are met.
6. To ensure that accurate and appropriate written records and information is provided for each client file, and that regular written reports and updates are given to the families and carers on a three monthly basis.
7. To ensure that all clients are supported and monitored in achieving identified personal goals and care objectives, as outlined in their care plans.

2. Activity Programme

1. To manage, and supervise, the work of the Centre’s activities co-ordinator, to devise and implement a mixed programme of activities classes and activities for older adults at the Centre each week, working with tutors, external partners and others to ensure smooth successful delivery of the programme each week.
2. To record attendance at the activity sessions on attendance spreadsheets and databases.
3. To consult with service users to in order to identify their social and recreational requirements according to their likes/dislikes, abilities and personal preferences.
4. To formulate and maintain a stimulating programme of activities for groups and for individuals whilst considering residents particular likes and dislikes as appropriate.
5. To liaise with activity tutors to ensure continuity of service, and coverage when activity tutors are ill or on holidays
6. To support any volunteers in their roles within the Centre to support the activity programmes.
7. To provide necessary information about the activities programme to the Centre’s marketing officer and Chief Executive.
8. To put procedures in place to regularly assess the effectiveness of the social events and activities programme.
9. To work as an active team member with your colleagues to ensure the successful delivery of the Centre’s programmes.
10. To ensure the premises are unlocked at 9am, and locked after 4.30pm, during the working week Monday to Friday.
11. To be the responsible person in case of emergencies at the centre when the Chief Executive is not present and to have a First Aid qualification.
12. Ability to work unsocial hours as required by the business (e.g. evenings, weekends).
13. To work with the Centre’s marketing manager to ensure that the programme is adequately advertised locally and regionally on social media, the Centre’s website, publicity materials, campaigns etc.

3. Business Development

1. To work with the Chief Executive, to develop new public and private client referrals into the Sudbury Neighbourhood Centre through negotiating partnerships with key health and social care funders and local authority commissioners in the Brent, Harrow and Ealing local authority areas.

2. To work with the Chief Executive and the Charities fundraising manager, to identify and develop opportunities for business income generation through funding opportunities through commissioned,  lottery, local authority and NHS tendered contracts, and charitable trust funders.

3. To work with the Centre’ marketing professional to execute regular community marketing events including fairs, exhibitions and any other events that would promote our services to the public and health professionals locally.

4. Staff management

1. To manage direct reports (care team, catering team and volunteers) and to oversee their supervision, training and development needs and to report to the Chief Executive with regard to staff performance and appraisal, and to ensure that the outcomes of supervision meetings are acted upon, and staff have clear personal goals and targets to meet.
2. To record annual leave, sick leave and other leave taken by staff in the Centre’s registers.
3. To be responsible for an induction programme for all new members of staff.
4. To hold monthly team meetings with all team reports.

5. Staff Training and Development

1. To ensure staff receive appropriate annual training for their roles, internally and externally as required (ie. First Aid, Equalities and Diversity, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults etc).
2. To ensure that staff training certificates are kept on file and logged.

6. Personal Development

1. To take responsibility for own developmental learning and performance, including participating in supervision sessions with line manager.
2. To participate fully in all training courses provided at the Centre or provided by outside agencies on the Centre’s behalf
3. To take responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal development.
4. To recognise and understand the roles and responsibilities of individuals working in the care service for older people – both within the Centre, the Local Authority, and other statutory agencies.

7. Communication

1. To communicate the care and activity needs of clients and service users to the Chief Executive, the Board of Trustees, and to liaise with external agencies such as social services, GPs and community care staff.
2. To be proactive in requesting client care reviews as necessary, with external agencies (i.e. Brent Council, Brent CCG, GP surgeries, families/carers, etc).
3. To prepare a report for the Chief Executive and Trustees on a quarterly basis, making recommendations where appropriate.
4. To establish effective communication methods for all staff, taking into account differing shift patterns and other variables.
5. To communicate effectively with clients and carers, recognising their needs for alternative methods of communication both written and verbal.

8. Information and Record Keeping

1. To ensure that client records, staff records and management information is recorded in a timely and accurate way the Centre’s computer systems as appropriate and as needs change to devise other effective record keeping systems.
2. To ensure that Centres data protection policies and procedures relating to client confidentiality and records are adhered to, and that all staff are made aware of their responsibilities in this.
3. Take the necessary precautions when transmitting or sharing information, in accordance with the Centres data protection policies and procedures.

9. Quality Improvement

1. To use the Centres management systems in association with the Chief Executive.
2. To continue to develop the services offered by the Centre, according to local assessed needs, and to ensure that all planned activity are budgeted for and funded.
3. To support and promote all client /user questionnaires and surveys, and ensure that these are affective.

10. Equality and Diversity

1. To actively promote the importance of people's rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with the Centre’s policies.
2. To respect the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients and carers
3. To understand basic legal and communication issues regarding vulnerable adults, or family violence.

PERSON SPECIFICATION – Care and Activities Manager

a) Essential Criteria

1. Diploma or NVQ qualification in nursing, social work, or health and social care.
2. Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a senior adult social care management role, involving staff and service management, delivering personal care services.
3. Experience of developing, leading and managing programmes of classes and activities for older adults to promote their mental health, physical exercise and social wellbeing.
4. Experience of working with marketing teams and external partners to promote and market the care and activity programmes for older adults  to a wide range of stakeholders including families, carers, health and other professionals.
5. Experience in managing and leading a team of staff/volunteers, including motivating staff/volunteers, maximising their output and supporting them in their learning & development.
6. Experience of supervising and managing staff, setting goals and targets and using Appraisal Systems to set goals, targets and training.
7. Experience of assessing elderly and disabled people for day care, and writing / reviewing individual client care plans.
8. Experience of managing staff rotas and ensure adequate cover is in place for service users during business hours.
9. Experience and knowledge of therapeutic techniques for the provision of day care services, particularly for those suffering with chronic physical and mental  (i.e. dementia) impairment.
10. Experience of leading field trips, outings, etc. including implementing risk management measures.
11. Experience of devising and implementing programmes of care, including supervising external activity tutors, to provide a diverse range of services to meet the assessed needs of all day care service users.
12. Experience of writing reports and client care plans, and communicating at the highest level to the Chief Executive and trustees.
13. Experience of being a key holder and facilities management, including safety & security measures such as alarms and door locks.
14. Ability to work under pressure, in isolation and with limited supervision.
15. Proven ability to lead and motivate staff teams.
16. Ability to prioritise workloads and make use of project management tools/software to manage workloads (i.e. Microsoft Office Word, Excel,) and use of work related emails.
17. Ability to work unsocial hours as required by the business (e.g. evenings, weekends).
18. Excellent written and verbal English Language skills.

b) Desirable Criteria

1. Able to speak a second language.
2. Experience of handling cashless payments.

We are seeking a Finance Manager who will be passionate about providing strategic oversight of Green House finances to ensure we can deliver effective services meet the needs of those that have been raped and abused across Avon and Somerset.

You will work alongside our Senior Leadership Team with responsibility for optimising our financial position through effective financial and risk management, supporting the team to deliver excellence and providing expert advice to income generation and sustainable growth strategic.

You will be able to build effective relationships with your colleagues and Green House Trustees to ensure a coherence and consistency of approach. You will supervise all financial tasks of the Green House and ensure capital and resources are used beneficially in order to maintain the Green House’s financial health. You will be hands on as necessary to ensure systems, internal controls and financial operational management is in place in order to meet the Green House’s financial, contractual, statutory and legal responsibilities.

You’ll be excited by the opportunity to join the Green House and be part of the senior leadership team leading an organisational culture that reflects a collaborative and supportive environment.
 

 Finance Manager 

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), one of the UK’s largest funder of research, is actively looking to employ a Finance Manager to join our Finance and Contracts team based in Twickenham. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Grant Management Group who manage several major health research programmes and infrastructure investments for NIHR and DHSC, with a total annual budget more than £400 million per year. 

Key Responsibilities

Client Funded Payments

• Manage the process of making payments on behalf of clients
• Managing one member of staff (oversight of 3 others)
• Liaising with LGC’s head office
• Liaising with clients 

SOPs/Work Instructions

• Ensuring all F&C processes have an SOP/WI
• Ensuring that all are quality controlled
• Ensuring that all stakeholders are aware and engaged (where relevant: Programme Teams, ADs, GPI team, IS team, other cross-cutting teams) 

Projects

• Managing F&C team projects as required by the Assistant Finance Director
• Overseeing the different stages of the project management life-cycle
• Ensuring that all requirements are accurately recorded
• Keeping the Improvement Log up-to-date for these projects
• Keeping the Strategic and Operational Plan up-to-date for these projects
• Identifying new CI projects 

Annual Research Funding Processes

• Manage Annual Statement of Expenditure process (ASTOX)
• Manage Research Capability Funding process (RCF)
• Agreement of balances

 Systems

• Become GMG’s subject matter expert (SME) for all systems and software used by the F&C team (inc. the Research Management System, IFS, Jira, Qlikview, Google sheets, Excel
• Responsible for overseeing systems development on all systems used
• Responsible for overseeing upgrades on all systems used by the F&C team
• Responsible for second line queries regarding systems 

Contracts

• Liaising with the NIHR IP team regarding contract issues relating to all DHSC contracts
• Representing CCF at the IP and contracts meetings
  
  Sourcing any IP related issues from the programme ADs in advance of meetings
  Raising issues at the meeting
  Following up on these issues as appropriate

• Responsible for the Programme Directors contracting process
  
  Instigating the process 9 months prior to expiration of previous contract
  Communicating with stakeholders – DHSC and organisation providing the resource
  Drafting contract and ensuring it is processed through the DocuSign system

• Responsible for overseeing and improving the LGC contracting process 
  
  Taking ownership of the sales and purchase contracting process
  Communicating with various stakeholders such as LGC Legal, senior LGC management and external organisations
  Ensuring that records are kept up-to-date 

Qualifications & Experience 

• Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Understanding of the Project Management Lifecycle
• Experience of managing staff
• Experience of developing, documenting, deploying and managing accounting processes
• Delivering high quality outputs
• Very high attention to detail
• Very organised and methodical
• Able to communicate effectively and clearly at all levels, both verbally and written
• Strong analytical skills
• Advanced Excel (the ability to write and maintain Macros would be a big advantage)
• Ability to be flexible by confidently working alone plus contributing to a team
• Health sector or research sector experience would be an advantage

Interested in learning more about this opportunity, please send a CV and cover letter and one of the team will get in touch to confidentially discuss this role. 

The Crystal Palace Community Trust Operations and Finance Manager will be an important member of the team. Based at Anerley Town Hall, which is a historic, landmark building, with excellent public transport links and on-site parking for staff, the post holder will help deliver a high-quality service to all users of our building.

An important element of the role is use of financial systems such as Quick-books and Microsoft Excel. The post holder will make recommendations for future operational improvements, provide accurate, timely financial reports and help steer CPCT to deliver a positive value for money service that improves the lives of local people.

Key Responsibilities

• Operational Management of the building
• Finance and Risk
• Management of front line staff
• Management of Business Centre tenants

1) Operational Management of the Building:

• Facilities management and space hire – oversee management of an effective reception service including community space hire.
• Oversee building maintenance programme e.g. service contracts, one off repairs, cleaning
• Management of IT provision to the building
• Ensuring appropriate health and safety measures are in place
• Ensure the building is properly secure and alarmed at all times
• Process works, purchase orders and contracts in accordance with CPCT’s procedures
• Ensure consumables needed are stocked
• Comply with current legislation regarding building management

2) Finance and Risk

• Process income received and payments made accurately
• Provide monthly reports on finances based on QuickBooks records maintained by CPCT staff
• Present information in good time for the Finance and Risk Sub-Group and the CPCT Board: attend and present at these bi-monthly meetings if required
• Assist with preparation and finalisation of annual budgets to be agreed by the Board
• Assist with preparation of annual accounts with the CPCT CEO and Treasurer for the external accountant to finalise/audit
• Provide ad-hoc review and analysis on income and expenditure areas if specifically required,
• Maintain and Develop CPCTs risk register to identify main areas of risk/exposure, enabling CPCT to allocate sufficient resources to mitigate these
• With the CPCT’s General Manager develop, implement and maintain a business continuity plan (BCP) to provide physical sustainability
• Carry out risk assessments as required to add a practical level to the risk analysis process in a clear format for the Board and other stakeholders

Management of front-line staff

• Manage front line administrative/reception and caretaking staff
• Provide staff with support and advice where necessary
• Manage staff time in order to ensure consistent cover for reception and caretaking functions
• Carry out staff appraisals in accordance with CPCT procedures

Management of business centre tenants

• Manage day to day relationships with business centre tenants in a professional, friendly manner
• Provide any necessary day to day support to business centre tenants
• Keep business centre tenants apprised of any issues relating to the operation of the building

Please ensure that the Job application form, equal opportunities form attached below are completed and returned by the closing date of 15th July 2022

Job Description – Commercial Manager, Retail

Reporting to: Head of Retail

Location: Flexible 

Contract: Permanent, full time

Salary: £36,000 - £40,000

About FareShare UK

FareShare UK exists to turn an environmental problem into social good. We have a vision that ‘No Good Food should go to Waste’ and a mission to ‘Maximise the Social Value of Surplus Food’. In the UK supply chain alone, two million tonnes of surplus food go to waste each year. At the same time 6.7 million British people don’t always have enough to eat; two million of them are children.
We source this surplus food from fields & farms and from manufacturers and retailers, and help get it onto the plates of those who need it the most. With a UK-wide Network of delivery and retail partners we support over 10,500 UK charities to bring people together and tackle hunger – and help prevent food waste and its environmental impact. However, providing a meal only tackles the symptom of hunger; our food also helps charities to provide people with wrap-around services that lend a hand up more than a hand-out.

The demand for food from our charities is greater than ever, and we are expanding the Food Team (Commercial team) accordingly. If you want to be part of our story and join us at an exciting time in our growth and development, we’d really love to hear from you

The role

Working in FareShare’s “Food Team”, the Commercial Manager will work with UK Retailers to provide increasing volumes of surplus foods to the charities and community groups we support across the country; the success you have, together with your colleagues in the Food Team, will be critical to maintaining our growth.

Your role will be to identify, develop and manage new business relationships and strengthen existing business relationships with companies in the food industry, generating value for the retail partner and to secure growing and sustainable volumes of surplus food for the FareShare Network.

When it comes to our key Retail Partners, you will undertake a strategic account management role leading and coordinating FareShare’s engagement right across our organisation enabling us to leverage the appropriate influence, expertise, and funding from these key partners as well as food.

You will work with Retail Partners to help identify and overcome the barriers which exist to giving surplus food to people in need. These include operational, financial and historical issues, including competition from income streams available to industry e.g. selling surplus food to anaerobic digestion or animal feed processors

You will also be required to work closely with FareShare colleagues within FareShare and across the UK in our partner organisations in order to identify and understand opportunities for creating mutual and shared value.

Main areas of responsibility

Business Development and Relationship Management

• Plan and manage the delivery of the FareShare Food Strategy relevant to your accounts. In your portfolio there will be a mixture of existing retail partner accounts, together with new retail partner targets.
• Implement retail partner account management practices to support continued development and growth of key food partners (i.e JBP style of working)
• Research, investigate and approach food retailers that have the potential to divert surplus food products to the FareShare network.
• Research relevant key personnel within the organisation that will help drive its success and engage the relevant internal departments.
• Prepare and proactively promote the benefits of working with FareShare to existing and potential partners.
• Working with the retail partner and with FareShare’s supply Chain and Logistics Team develop systems and business processes which are appropriate for that partner and which will ensure they are managed in the most environmentally, socially and financially efficient way.
• Be responsible for, and proactively drive, your own lead generation setting of appointments and meetings to progress these relationships
• Scope and implement partnership agreements and/or service contracts between Fareshare and Retail Partners
• Keep up to date with industry and charity insights and ensure this is reflected back strategically across ways of working and account management
• Be responsible for managing and communicating key projects and initiatives to increase food volumes and strategic value, securing support from a range of stakeholders within food partners and across the FareShare network.
• Work closely with Supply Chain and Logistics, Operations and Network Development teams with the aim of optimising food out to our network
• Develop and lead FareShare cross-departmental strategic activity to enable us to derive maximum value from key food partners including liaising with fund-raising, marketing and volunteering teams
• Proactive, organised and able to work under pressure, whilst maintaining excellent attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication with effective presentation skills
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office packages
• A good level of numeracy and literacy
• Analytical and data-driven approach to problem solving
• Creative approach to problem solving and developing new opportunities and initiatives

Project and Initiative Management

Competencies and behaviours

Person Specification

As an employer committed to Equal Opportunities, we will assess applications in line with the criteria that we consider either as being essential or desirable in this role.

Essential

• Demonstrable experience managing multiple accounts in the FMCG, food, retail or a comparable sector with professionalism and integrity, consistently meeting or exceeding challenging targets
• Good working knowledge of the key players across the food industry and their ways of working
• Successful track record of managing cross-functional projects to tight timescales and budgets, ensuring involvement of all key stakeholders
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships at a range of levels and across multiple functions with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to use own initiative working independently and responsibly

Desirable

• Experience of working in a retail or food industry sector
• Experience of project evaluation, data-driven analysis and impact reporting
• Relationship and stakeholder management experience of large corporate partners
• Knowledge of and interest in Sustainable Development (in particular food waste), Corporate Social Responsibility and experience of its application within the business environment.

Benefits

Salary £36,000 – £40,000 per annum

Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel

25 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Employers pension contribution

Employee Assistance Program

Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme

Season ticket loan

Flexible working

Do you want to make a positive difference to people? Help those who are voiceless to be heard?

An incredibly exciting opportunity has arisen at SEA – Services for Empowerment and Advocacy – to lead the organisations’ activity; supporting people to have their views heard across housing, health and social care settings. This is a new role and as such provides the successful candidate with plenty of scope to shape and develop their activity; we are therefore looking for someone with proven leadership skills, strong ethics with a commitment and passion to helping others.

At SEA, our belief is that people are experts through their own experience.  So our greatest passion is in enabling people who use services to have a voice; we firmly believe that this is the best way to influence real and lasting change, at both a grassroots and strategic level and the successful candidate with have a similar ethos and goals. By supporting SEA to create opportunities for involvement, individuals can grow and develop, take control of their own lives and make lasting, positive changes.

We aim to work in a transparent and inclusive way with ‘dialogue, not confrontation’, at the heart of our practice. We strive to make people aware that they do have rights and choices and that their opinion matters - regardless of their background, support needs or social class/status. We are particularly committed to ensuring that those who are rarely asked their opinion – often defined as ‘hard to reach’ by others - have an equal chance to voice their views. 

If you feel that you have these skills or that you have the passion, drive and commitment we need then we’d love to hear from you – we want to find the right person to help shape SEA for the future and to support the strategic goals of the Board in a meaningful way.

SEA works to the Advocacy and Consultation Charters.

“Tell me & I’ll forget, Show me and I may remember, Involve me & I’ll understand”.

Based in Nottingham City with options to work flexibly and remotely, the role provides a rare opportunity to drive forward the activity of this small, yet dynamic, VCS organisation.

We are seeking an exceptional individual to lead and develop SEA, across all its contract areas and bring strong leadership to our team. Someone who will uphold SEA’s excellent reputation for delivering services to vulnerable individuals with complex support needs; identify opportunities to develop funding streams and generate new delivery proposals.

You’ll be able to demonstrate a passion for working with those who have lived experience and evidence the impact that this can have on improving services as well as the lives of individuals. You will be dynamic, creative and passionate about the positive impact that lived experience can bring to services, with a participatory approach to leadership that values everyone’s contribution to the team effort. You’ll have experience of managing complex budgets as well as teams, and of working with a Board of Trustees and contributing to setting the strategic direction of an organisation.

Working with SEA’s trustees, you will support and lead on the implementation of the organisations’ strategic objectives.

The successful candidate will be:

• Committed to the organisations’ ethos

• Enterprising and creative

• A leader with a strong track record

• Experienced in contract and stakeholder management

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Communications and Project Manager to join a small dynamic team based on the south coast (the role is home based with regular travel to offices). This new and varied post involves the planning and delivery of projects, communications and events of an excellent standard to a select group of clients within the Christian and charitable sector. The nature of the work requires that this post holder has an active faith in Jesus (under the Equalities Act 2010, Part 1, Schedule 9).

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