Victim Support is looking for a Head of Financial Planning and Analysis to work across the organisation.

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Financial Planning and Analysis to join the organisation and use their skills to support the development and reach of our services as well as our influencing work. This new role will work closely with the Director of Finance and People and the Director of Business Services to develop and enhance our approach to integrated business and financial planning.

This role is flexible as to location, and can be home based, within England and Wales with national travel as required.

The purpose of this role is to develop and enhance long term financial and business planning capability and the production of high quality business and financial reporting and analysis.

Overall the role will be responsible for:

- Increasing the charity's efficiency and profitability by assisting with formulation of medium and long term business and financial plans

- Maintaining an overview of delivery against the current 3 year strategy and business plan

- Leading on preparation and development of the next 3 year strategy

- Enhance and develop VS's financial management information and forecasting

The successful candidate will:

- Be a qualified accountant

- Have significant experience of financial planning and analysis to support and develop service delivery in a complex organisation

- Have strong quantitative and numerical skills with an ability to solve complex problems

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including:

- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (FTE) which increases by a maximum of 5 days with continued length of service

- Employer pension contribution of 5% with an employee contribution of 3%

- Enhanced maternity pay

- Death in Service beneficiary payments

- Employment Assistance Programme

- Access to money saving and offers platform

- Access to financial wellbeing hub

Applications should provide good evidence of the essential criteria on the person specification marked as assessed at application (noted as A). In order to apply, please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.

Victim Support is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all communities and monitor the diversity of applicants to analyse if we are representative of the communities we serve in terms of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, age and socio-economic status. As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities

Financial Accountant | 3-months | £500 per day (inside IR35) | Birmingham

For the largest and most exciting transport projects in Europe, we are recruiting an interim Financial Accountant for 3 months starting ASAP. The interim Financial Accountant will be covering for the recruitment of a couple of posts and will lead on the cash forecast submissions, including capital contribution requests; will lead on the Balance Sheet preparation for month-end; and will ensure financial controls and records are compliant to IFRSs.

Main Duties:

• Prepare and be responsible for all cash forecast submissions including capital contribution requests
• Lead and manage areas of the Balance Sheet to support the preparation and submission of month-end results
• Manage and lead areas of the financial systems and records to ensure they are robust and comply with financial standards
• Assist with the streamlining of financial processes
• Provide technical advice to senior management and stakeholders on technical accounting treatments and standards

Person Specification:

• Qualified Accountant (CCAB - ACCA, ACA, CIMA)
• Substantial cash forecasting experience
• Substantial Balance Sheet reconciliation and preparation experience (month-end)
• Strong Excel and Oracle experience
• Strong IFRS / UK GAAP experience

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Head of Transformation, People, Organisation and Workforce
Reference: APR20213950
Location: Flexible
Salary: £58,181.00 - £64,545.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, Annual leave, Flexible Working

As the UK’s largest nature conservation charity and one of the UK’s most recognised charities, with a workforce of over 14,000 employees and volunteers across all 4 countries of the UK, the RSPB has an ambitious programme of work transforming its approach to saving nature.

Recognising that people are the heart of delivering this we have an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to join the RSPB’s leadership team.

Reporting to the Executive Director of People, you will play a leading role in shaping and delivering the RSPB’s organisational, workforce and leadership change programme.

The successful candidate will lead a team of programme and project managers to exemplify a culture that consistently improves change capability across the organisation.  Through this team you will deliver the organisational workforce and leadership changes that are described in our newly designed RSPB Strategy that defines who we are and what we will deliver over the next 10 years.

You will have responsibility for heading up the People Directorate’s ‘Transformation’ team which runs several projects and programmes designed to ensure the RSPB has the right workforce, capabilities, behaviours and structures to deliver its mission.  The role also includes leadership of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team. 

You will work alongside other senior leaders in the RSPB, as well as be an important part of the leadership team of the People Directorate which includes the Executive Director, People, the Head of Human Resources and Development, Head of Volunteering and Employee Engagement, Head of Health, Safety and Environment and Head of Facilities Management. 

2021 is an exciting year for the RSPB, we have a new strategy alongside implementing new ways of working following the global pandemic.  The incumbent will play a key role in enabling the RSPB to achieve its strategic ambitions through its people, organisation and workforce and building on the success of its last People Strategy.

Key Result Areas

• Contribute to delivering the RSPB strategy, particularly with regard to the RSPB’s organisation, workforce and leadership aspects of strategy.
• Lead the People Transformation Department– which involves directing the planning, prioritisation and future development of objectives and its specialist team
• Lead the RSPB’s Organisation, Workforce and Leadership Portfolio Board (as Portfolio Executive) which involves working collaboratively with Board Sponsors (Executive Director or People and Executive Director of Finance and Governance) other members of the Portfolio Board and other Portfolio Board Executives to plan and deliver objectives
• Leadership of the organisation’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team (which includes EDI specialists).
• Develop high level, strategic and collaborative internal and external relationships with key stakeholders ensuring that the RSPB is represented, and corporate aims are delivered, while also securing support for the organisation and nature.
• Demonstrate leadership by creating a vision, inspiring engagement and enabling teams to achieve their goals; proactively develop them, take an interest in their future aspirations, support them through coaching and mentoring.
• Set and model expected behaviour and performance to ensure that RSPB targets, culture and competency frameworks are delivered.

Experience we are looking for

• Experience of leading and delivering major transformation and change in a complex environment through people, preferably within a portfolio structure of governance.
• Leadership experience working collaboratively across an organisation with other senior leaders, using your influencing skills to build credibility and support.
• Experience of leading and developing a team of specialists leading to high performance and a positive culture consistent with our values.

Skills

• Leadership and people management skills to motivate, coach and develop team members for high performance
• High level communication skills to present, influence and represent the organisation
• Collaboration skills to build relationships, navigate politics and manage conflicts
• Business management skills to understand strategy, business functions and decision making
• Strategic business planning to ensure all relevant parts of the organisation work in harmony to deliver organisational success
• A strong commitment to, and an understanding of, how equality, diversity and inclusion enables an organisation to be successful

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or relevant high-level experience to effectively communicate complex messages and use management information to undertake responsibilities.
• CIPD or equivalent qualifications are desirable

This is a permanent full-time opportunity working 37.5 hours per week.

Closing date: 23:59, 18 May 2021

To Apply and For More Information:

If you would like to apply or find out more about this position, please click the 'Apply' button. You will be directed to our website where you can complete your application.

No agencies please.

Financial Controller

ROLE: Financial Controller
LOCATION: Nationwide
DURATION: Permanent
HOURS: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week

WHO ARE THEY?

Our client is a national housing association with charity status and a leading provider of residential centres, foyers, supported accommodation and move-on housing for single and homeless people across the UK.

They are on a transformation journey, striving to assist their residents and their employees alike, to help them in Transforming Lives and are looking to recruit a Financial Controller to join their team.

WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR?

As a Financial Controller you’ll help them push the limits to provide a great service by working enthusiastically and at pace to own the production of management accounts and Financial Statements.

You will be responsible for leading the Finance Team in producing reports that can help steer the company strategically whilst highlighting operational performance where needed and assuring their timeliness and accuracy. You will work to embed a culture of continuous improvement within the Finance Team.

You will lead the team in making best use of systems and resources, ensuring efficient processes and communication between colleagues and will take charge of the budgeting process and compliance to budget and/or forecast throughout year as well as reviewing and updating monthly MI to ensure relevance and appropriateness.

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU?

In return for your help, they’ll reward you with:

SALARY: £60,000 - £70,000 depending on experience, paid monthly

BENEFITS: 26 days’ annual holiday, plus Bank Holidays, increasing one day a year for the first five years, Life Assurance, pension scheme, an employee health assistance programme, professional development opportunities, flexible working arrangements and more!

DATES FOR THE DIARY:

CLOSING DATE: 25 May 2021 - Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier depending on the number of successful candidates.

INTERVIEW DATE: TBC

THEIR COMMITMENT:

They are an equal opportunities employer. They celebrate diversity and they are committed to creating inclusive environment for all current and future team members, working together to continue to help Transforming Lives.

You may have experience of the following: Financial Controller, Accountant, Management Accountant, Commercial Accountant, Assistant Financial Controller, Qualified Accountant, Finance Manager, Head of Finance, ACCA, CIMA, Remote Working, etc.

Ref: 98823

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an independent humanitarian and development organisation, serving humanity for over 37 years. With an active presence in over 40 countries across the globe, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflicts and natural disasters.

IRW are currently recruiting for the position of ‘International HR Manager' to join its dynamic International Programmes Division. The purpose of the role is to lead and strengthen the global HR remit and provide empowerment to the function by building global people practices that enable success. The post holder will provide strategic leadership, coaching and supporting globally based HR staff to enable good people management, empowering others to lead, and delivering on strategic ambitions relating to people and culture. The post holder will actively align to the CHS HR standards and implement within practises. 

The successful candidate must have or be:

• Level 7 CIPD qualified
• Strong and seasoned analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to think creatively and laterally to overcome challenges
• Strong organisation skills and attention to detail to ensure high quality in ones work
• Ability to prioritise and work efficiently under pressure and subject to changing priorities; proven experience of managing multiple projects, meeting deadlines and using judgment and initiative in problem resolution
• Excellent communication (written and verbal)
• Excellent levels of computer literacy including Microsoft Office applications and HR software

If you are talented, reliable, service minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing our online application form.

PLEASE NOTE: Interviews are expected to take place on 12/05/2021. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• screening clearance
• proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• receipt of satisfactory references

Please note, for UK based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Applicants should be sympathetic to the values of Islamic Relief:

(Sincerity, Excellence, Compassion, Social Justice and Custodianship)

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer

Starfish Services Limited are looking to recruit new Trustees.

Starfish Services Limited is a Charity 1146237 with a focus on Mental Health and Wellbeing.  We are committed to improving lives, by building communities, through community transformation models including ABC, Co-production/Co-design, and practices-based learning.

Starfish have projects in communities across the midlands and the North East, which includes projects to improve employability, reduce loneliness and improve social connections, also projects to enhance our digital offer to reduce social and digital isolation.

Trustees Roles 
We are looking for individuals who have worked at a management/senior officer level and have had or are in roles in Mental Health or Community development, with a skillset that will complement the existing expertise of the board members. They will have strong inter-personal skills, with an adaptive approach and strategic mind-set. Additionally, they will be committed to Starfish Services ltd ethos and values.

The core functions of these roles are to ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction, holding leaders to account for outcomes and financial performance of the charity. The board of trustees manages the business of the charity and may exercise all the powers in compliance with its charitable objects, company and charity law.

Every trustee is expected to abide by the Starfish Services Ltd code of conduct and the seven principles of public life set out by Lord Nolan: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.

Time Commitment 
The trust board meets 6 times per year, and normally last 2 hours; at the moment meetings are taking place via Zoom or Teams (Training will be given to use both of these methods).

Closing date: 16th May 2021

No agencies please.

Cord is an international charity working with people in highly sensitive and oppressive contexts to transform dysfunctional relationships into those that create peaceful and inclusive societies. Our vision is of a world where all people live in the fullness of peace, have the freedom to flourish and live free from fear. 

Cord’s strategy, Promoting the Power of Peaceful Relationships, builds on what it has learnt from its recent programme work, adapting to the new challenges and opportunities that are present in the world today.

Cord is looking for someone to boost our institutional fundraising capacity over the next 12 months. You will be joining a small but committed team of people who are passionate about seeing deep-rooted and lasting change.

Working with recently developed country strategies, your role will be to accelerate the process of identifying suitable donors and to adapt project concepts to be well targeted to donor priorities. It is envisaged that this role will lead on or support the submission of ten well targeted bids within the initial 12 month contract term.

This role would suit someone who has substantial experience engaging donors around project concepts and coordinating, leading and writing successful bids of $1m of above.

The ideal candidate will need to have:

• Substantial knowledge of relevant donor priorities and strategies
• Understanding of how to write engaging and convincing proposals
• Substantial experience of bid development and of securing funding
• Extensive experience of forging new relationships with donors and partners

Prior understanding of Cord’s operating contexts, programmatic themes and priority donors would be a distinct advantage:

• Programme themes: social cohesion, freedom of religion/belief, prevention of gender based/sexual violence, land rights, support for civil society &/or human rights defenders
• Operating contexts: South East Asia (Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam) and Africa (Burundi, Uganda, Ethiopia)
• Priority donors: SDC, DRL, FCDO, Dutch MFA, EU, USAID, GIZ

This role is home based with team meet-ups in Coventry.

Full details about the role are in the recruitment pack.

ord is an international charity working with people in highly sensitive and oppressive contexts to transform dysfunctional relationships into those that create peaceful and inclusive societies. Our vision, inspired by the Christian faith, is of a world where all people live in the fullness of peace, have the freedom to flourish and live free from fear. We work towards this through employing and working with people of all faiths and none. 

Cord’s strategy, Promoting the Power of Peaceful Relationships, builds on what it has learnt from its recent programme work, adapting to the new challenges and opportunities that are present in the world today. Cord is currently exploring opportunities to expand into new countries and develop new partnerships. 

Cord is looking for someone to support our institutional fundraising and programmes with excellent writing skills, who is passionate about seeing positive change in our world and can bring strong project cycle management skills, including programme design, quality assurance and implementation, and learning and accountability.

The ideal candidate will need to have the following skills/experience: 

• Higher degree and advanced understanding of human rights, peacebuilding or international development; 
• At least two years’ experience in a comparable role for an international organisation; 
• Demonstrated track record of securing funding through writing high quality fundraising proposals and reports; 
• Awareness of project cycle management and programme delivery in challenging contexts; 
• Experience in writing complex and detailed institutional funding proposals and reports tailored to the language of donors for example the European Union, FCO, NORAD, GIZ and the U.S Bureau for Democracy, Rights and Labor 
• Strong organisational and project management skills 
• Excellent writer with meticulous attention to detail 
• Strong qualitative and quantitative research and analysis skills, with the ability to form convincing conclusions and arguments

This role is homebased with team meet-ups in Coventry and travel to country programmes.

Group Coordinator Smethwick GFS 9162

Term time only

Part time 5 hours per week

Salary: £2,535 (£12,86 per hr).

As part of our Covid recovery and growth plan, GFS are seeking a proactive and organised individual, to open and manage our planned group in Smethwick.

About the job

As part of our growth plan, GFS is undergoing an exciting change in the way we manage our service delivery. We have big plans to develop clusters of groups in targeted areas of England and Wales, to ensure we are best placed to meet the needs of girls and young women. As part of this change we are looking to recruit group coordinators to both new and existing GFS locations. Successful candidates will coordinate a local GFS group and gain experience in managing a team of volunteers and supporting the growth of GFS in the local area.

You will be responsible for; promoting GFS in schools and local networks to recruit girls/young women; train and lead a team of volunteers to plan and deliver weekly GFS sessions.

You will need experience of youth work or a related field in particular developing and delivering activities for children/young people.

You should be able to; apply equality, diversity, and inclusive practices across your work, operate within GFS’s feminist values, and put girls and young women at the heart of decision making.

You will have the ability to lead, motivate, and inspire volunteers and work as part of a team to deliver a structured programme of activities.

You will be an effective communicator able connect to a variety of audiences; and build your local knowledge to develop effective partnerships with people and organisations.

This post will require unsocial hours. (Evenings and weekend)

Statement of exemption with reference to the Equality Act 2010

The employee may provide girls and young women with personal services, promoting their welfare or education, which can be provided most effectively by a person of the same sex. The girls need a positive role model to build self-esteem, confidence and to help them take responsibility for their lives.

Due to the nature of the role this post is restricted to female applicants only under the Equality Act.

To apply please download the application pack and submit your application as soon possible. We will be scheduling interviewd as pplications come in.

Please note CV’s are not accepted.