Head of UK Sales

Unifrog’s mission

We’re on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to young people finding and applying for their next step after school. We're achieving this by bringing all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps students to make the best choices and submit the strongest applications. We also empower teachers and counselors to manage the progression process effectively.

Our outlook is global - we work with schools and universities all over the world, from the US to New Zealand, and from Italy to Hong Kong. We want to make it so that young people can compare every opportunity taught in English, wherever it is in the world, and have all the support they need to make successful applications.

We have a clear social purpose, and we’re hugely ambitious. We already work with nearly half of all UK secondary schools and colleges, and hundreds of international schools. We are growing rapidly in terms of the number of our partners, in terms of how much they use our platform, and in terms of the breadth of products we offer.

Our team is at the heart of our business and is integral to our success. We work hard to foster a culture of openness, happiness and innovation, and we commit to helping every individual learn and grow so that they can reach their full potential. We want to hire talented people, whatever their background. If you are excited by our mission and are ready to work hard, please don’t hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!

We believe in the power of diversity. If you are from an ethnic minority background, we would like to strongly encourage you to apply. In advance of applying if you have any questions about working at Unifrog, please contact our UK Diversity Champion, Samar (details on our website).

The role and your key responsibilities

The Head of UK Sales’ role is to make sure we achieve our partner growth, resubscription and revenue targets. They’ll be responsible for maintaining and improving sales excellence within the team and they’ll make sure that our resubscription rate remains above 95%. They will report to Unifrog’s Head of UK Partnerships.

Your key responsibilities:

• Lead the UK Area Manager team to achieve their Goals and Objectives.
• Establish and execute the UK Schools team’s sales strategy. Constantly monitor what’s working well and what isn’t, and make changes accordingly.
• Shadow and support the UK Area Manager team on demos (using the Sales playbook as a framework), Goals and Review calls and look for ways to improve performance.
• Support the New Partnerships Lead with building prospecting campaigns and achieving demo targets.
• Conduct UK Area Manager and New Partnerships Lead performance reviews and support them with their personal development goals.
• Be the point person for escalation of issues related to partners at a high risk of being lost/that have expressed a desire to end their partnership with us.
• Work with the Head of UK Partnerships to secure national MAT and UniConnect deals.
• Work in partnership with the Head of UK Account Management to make sure that the Unifrog Engagement Cycle is being implemented to drive a sky-high resubscription rate.
• Be responsible for a small region of the UK with the responsibilities of an Area Manager.

Essential skills and characteristics

• Strong communication skills – both written and over the phone.
• Proven track record of excellent relationship management.
• A minimum of 2 years sales experience.
• Personable and resilient.
• Innovative and able to implement and execute strategies.
• Proficient in forecasting and data analysis.
• Strong leadership skills to motivate and inspire teams and individuals.
• Active listening and objection handling skills.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Interest in the education sector and careers (edtech experience is favourable but not necessary).

You will be leading a team of highly motivated people who are passionate about our mission of helping students to find the best next step for them after school. If this excites you and you’re an energetic person who is willing to learn, we’d love to hear from you.

Key benefits

• Join one of ‘the best organisations to escape to in 2022’ and help transform careers and destinations in schools.
• Become part of a committed, dynamic and growing team. We want to build our team for the long term – if you do well, we will do our best to make sure you want to stay at the company for a long time.
• Professional development is important at Unifrog. You will define your own 6-month objectives and will be supported by your line manager and the rest of the team to achieve them. You will have an annual training allowance to spend on what you need to grow and progress.
• Subject to your own and the company’s performance, in addition to your salary you will earn both a termly bonus and an annual bonus.
• Influence the company’s direction: we love to promote great ideas, wherever they come from.
• For further details of the excellent benefits we offer our staff, please see the jobs page of our website.

Key details

• Salary: £48,000 per annum, plus commission from schools and colleges in your area. OTE of £58K+.
• Full-time.
• Working hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm or 9:00am to 6:00pm, Monday to Thursday, and 9am to 4:30pm on Friday.
• 28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays).
• Work remotely or in our London office.
• Full UK driving license is preferable.
• Start date: as soon as possible, though we can be flexible for the right candidate.
• To discuss any details about the role before applying, please speak with Zoe (details on our website).
• To discuss working at Unifrog from a diversity perspective please contact Samar (details on our website).

Application process

• Deadline: 22:00 (UK) on Sunday 12th June 2022.
• To apply, please visit our website to upload your CV and answer the questions below:

1.Why do you want to work for Unifrog? (200 words)

2.With reference to the job description, what makes you an excellent candidate for this role? (500 words)

• The next stage of the application process will be a short video task and written task. We will schedule these tasks throughout the application window so we encourage you to apply early.
• Final interviews will be via video call, w/c 20th June 2022.
• We can only consider applications from candidates who already have the right to work in the UK.

Inclusion and diversity at Unifrog

Within the company we try to foster a culture of innovation, and a happy working environment, both because this is the right thing to do, and because we think this results in the most effective team. To this end we believe in open communication, celebrating successes, supporting each other, not being afraid to be wrong or to fail, and promoting good ideas wherever they come from. We also believe in the power of diversity in all its forms, including in terms of culture, education history, religion, age, socio-economic background, race, gender, sexual orientation, personality, life experiences and disability. We want to encourage applicants from every different background to apply for our roles, and add their perspectives to our team.

Head of International Sales

Unifrog’s mission

We’re on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to young people finding and applying for their next step after school. We're achieving this by bringing all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps students to make the best choices and submit the strongest applications. We also empower teachers and counselors to manage the progression process effectively.

Our outlook is global - we work with schools and universities all over the world, from the US to New Zealand, and from Italy to Hong Kong. We want to make it so that young people can compare every opportunity taught in English, wherever it is in the world, and have all the support they need to make successful applications.

We have a clear social purpose, and we’re hugely ambitious. We already work with nearly half of all UK secondary schools and colleges, and hundreds of international schools. We are growing rapidly in terms of the number of our partners, in terms of how much they use our platform, and in terms of the breadth of products we offer.

Our team is at the heart of our business and is integral to our success. We work hard to foster a culture of openness, happiness and innovation, and we commit to helping every individual learn and grow so that they can reach their full potential. We want to hire talented people, whatever their background. If you are excited by our mission and are ready to work hard, please don’t hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!

We believe in the power of diversity. If you are from an ethnic minority background, we would like to strongly encourage you to apply. In advance of applying if you have any questions about working at Unifrog, please contact our UK Diversity Champion, Samar (details on our website).

The role and your key responsibilities

The Head of International Sales’ role is to make sure we achieve our partner growth, resubscription and revenue targets. They’ll be responsible for maintaining and improving sales excellence within the team and they’ll make sure that our resubscription rate remains above 95%. They will report to Unifrog’s Partnerships Director (HE and International).

Your key responsibilities:

• Lead the International Area Manager team to achieve their Goals and Objectives.
• Establish and execute the International Schools team’s sales strategy and processes. Constantly monitor what’s working well and what isn’t and make changes accordingly.
• Shadow and support the International Area Manager team on demos and strategy calls and looking for ways to improve performance.
• Support the International New Partnerships Lead with building prospecting campaigns and achieving demo targets.
• Conduct International Area Manager and International New Partnerships Lead performance reviews and support them with their personal development goals.
• Be the point person for escalation of issues related to partners at a high risk of being lost/that have expressed a desire to end their partnership with us.
• Work with the Partnerships Director to secure central contracts with international school groups.
• Work in partnership with the International Partnerships Manager to ensure strong student/counsellor/teacher engagement across our partner school base to drive a sky-high resubscription rate.
• Establish our conference line-up for the academic year and ensure our marketing materials are up to date and effective.
• Be responsible for a small region with the responsibilities of an International Area Manager.

Essential skills and characteristics

• Strong communication skills – both written and over the phone.
• Proven track record of excellent relationship management.
• A minimum of 2 years sales experience.
• Personable and resilient.
• Innovative and able to implement and execute strategies.
• Proficient in forecasting and data analysis.
• Strong leadership skills to motivate and inspire teams and individuals.
• Active listening and objection handling skills.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Strong organizational skills
• Interest in the education sector and careers (edtech experience is favourable but not necessary).

You will be leading a team of highly motivated people who are passionate about our mission of helping students to find the best next step for them after school. If this excites you and you’re an energetic person who is willing to learn, we’d love to hear from you.

Key benefits

Join one of ‘the best organisations to escape to in 2022’ and help transform careers and destinations in schools.

• Become part of a committed, dynamic and growing team. We want to build our team for the long term – if you do well, we will do our best to make sure you want to stay at the company for a long time.
• Professional development is important at Unifrog. You will define your own 6-month objectives and will be supported by your line manager and the rest of the team to achieve them. You will have an annual training allowance to spend on what you need to grow and progress.
• Subject to your own and the company’s performance, in addition to your salary you will earn both a termly bonus and an annual bonus.
• Influence the company’s direction: we love to promote great ideas, wherever they come from.

For further details of the excellent benefits we offer our staff, please see the jobs page of our website.

Key details

• Salary: £45,000 per annum, plus commission from schools in your area. OTE of £55K+.
• Full-time.
• Work remotely or in our London office.
• Working hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm or 9:00am to 6:00pm, Monday to Thursday, and 9am to 4:30pm on Friday.
• 28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays).
• Start date: as soon as possible, though we can be flexible for the right candidate.
• To discuss any details about the role before applying, please speak with Zoe (details on our website).
• To discuss working at Unifrog from a diversity perspective please contact Samar (details on our website).

Application process

• Deadline: 22:00 (UK) on Sunday 12th June 2022.
• To apply, please visit our website to upload your CV and answer the questions below:

1. Why do you want to work for Unifrog? (200 words)
2. With reference to the job description, what makes you an excellent candidate for this role? (500 words.

• The next stage of the application process will be a short video task and written task. We will schedule these tasks throughout the application window so we encourage you to apply early.
• Final interviews will be via video call, w/c 20th June 2022.
• We can only consider applications from candidates who already have the right to work in the UK.

Inclusion and diversity at Unifrog

Within the company we try to foster a culture of innovation, and a happy working environment, both because this is the right thing to do, and because we think this results in the most effective team. To this end we believe in open communication, celebrating successes, supporting each other, not being afraid to be wrong or to fail, and promoting good ideas wherever they come from. We also believe in the power of diversity in all its forms, including in terms of culture, education history, religion, age, socio-economic background, race, gender, sexual orientation, personality, life experiences and disability. We want to encourage applicants from every different background to apply for our roles, and add their perspectives to our team.

An Exciting New Opportunity at CPSL Mind: CPSL Mind is a vibrant, values-led charity that supports local people in their recovery from mental health issues, promotes wellbeing and campaigns against stigma and discrimination. 

Head of Finance
Hours: Flexible between 30 – 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent (subject to probation)
Salary: £40,678 per annum (Full Time Equivalent)
Based in Cambridge or Peterborough with hybrid working options

We are seeking a dynamic, proactive and experienced Head of Finance to join CPSL Mind’s Senior Leadership Team.

The successful applicant will be a fully qualified Accountant (for example ACA, CIMA, ACCA) with significant experience managing budgets and providing detailed reporting on financial performance/forecasting in a fast-paced environment. Strong management accountancy and communication skills are essential, alongside a collaborative approach to working closely with a wide range of internal stakeholders (including Managers, Senior Managers and Trustees).

If you are passionate about excellent financial management and possess the experience and competencies outlined in the Person Specification, then we would love to hear from you.

Closing date: We actively monitor applications for employment and will shortlist as applications are submitted
Interviews: Thursday 26th May 2022

To Apply and for more information:

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button to be directed to our website, where you can complete your application for this position.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

As a Mindful Employer, we place importance on the health and wellbeing of our staff.

No agencies please.

We are delighted to be working with the University of Cambridge in recruiting to the exciting role of Head of Finance within one of their largest and highest profile divisions. reporting into the COO.

This role will lead the financial and management accounting duties and push towards a business partnering concept.

Leading a team of 6, you will be tasked with leading a restructure of the finance function. Finance is going through an exciting transformation across the University and you will be heavily involved with their digitalisation journey and move towards a more modern finance function.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious Head of Finance to work in a truly world class institution.

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Are you an experienced and dynamic finance professional looking for a broad, hands-on exciting position in a growing charity? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

We are looking for an agile and experienced Head of Finance to lead Brake’s operational finance function and also maintain and develop our financial systems and operating processes. We are looking for someone who has previous hands-on experience; ideally in a similar-sized or larger organisation. Reporting into the Chief Operating Officer, this role is a very hands-on finance role leading on all aspects of financial accounting across the charity, providing clear financial insight at all times. The Head of Finance will work closely with our leadership team and undertakes the most senior finance role within the organisation.

Currently the finance team consists of the Head of Finance and a Finance and Admin Officer (who reports into the Head of Finance). While nothing is guaranteed, there is potential for growth across the charity and therefore we are looking for a Head of Finance who can demonstrate experience and capability to step up into a more senior finance role, overseeing a more complex finance function with additional line management responsibility. 

Who we are

Brake is the national, acclaimed charity tackling the daily, horrific carnage of deaths, injuries, and air pollution on roads. Traffic is the biggest killer of young people worldwide, poisoning our lungs and contributing hugely to the climate emergency. Brake’s vision is that people get around in safe and healthy ways. Our values require us to be evidence-based, aim high, and work collaboratively.

We have a 25-year reputation for shouting out for positive change, advising government, encouraging action in communities, and delivering the UK’s National Road Victim Service for bereaved and injured families.

Key tasks

• management and administration of book-keeping using Xero;
• operation of Sage Payroll and pensions for c.45 staff;
• preparation of management accounts and financial reporting information for the charity’s finance committees monthly. Attendance at monthly finance committee meetings;
• preparation of the annual budget and monthly forecasts;
• processing of invoices, arranging supplier payments, resolving queries and debtors;
• managing bank accounts holding the charities’ working funds and its reserves, both online and offline;
• working alongside the auditors (managing the audit process end to end) and the Treasurer, generating year end accounts documents and submitting returns (including VAT returns, GiftAid claims etc) to the relevant authorities (including Charity Commission and Companies House) ensuring they are compliant with charity legislation;
• leading the identification and implementation of improvements to finance processes, as agreed with the Chief Operating Officer;
• working closely with all budget holders, supporting colleagues with financial matters, notably in preparing and checking a) budgets and b) financial expenditure reports required by sponsors and statutory funders; and
• line management of one member of staff.

You bring

• experience of working in a similar hands-on role in a finance management capacity in the not for profit sector;
• a recognised accounting qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA);
• excellent knowledge of financial processes;
• experience of using Xero and Sage software and adept at Microsoft Office;
• the ability to produce high quality financial reports;
• an analytical mindset, able to work as a financial adviser for non-finance functions, providing insightful analysis and guidance;
• the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple responsibilities;
• proactive, problem solving ability and strong interpersonal skills; and
• a values-driven approach to life; you want to work for a charity.

About the team and how we work

• You will be joining a skilled, dedicated and friendly team.
• Our team works remotely and encourages use of sustainable transport.
• Brake actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We employ based on skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
• Employees are subject to driver licence checks. If you drive, please note we do not accept applications from serious traffic offenders due to the nature of our work.

Our partner is an award winning UK based charity, which is promoting different solutions to the issues facing international aid and the WASH sector including standalone social impact businesses and programmes to improve hygiene, sanitation and nutrition for under-fives; designed to increase resilience and self-reliance and improve the lives and life chances of farmers, families, women, girls and young children.

We are recruiting a Head of Finance and Governance to support Chief Executive and provide strategic management and operational oversight of finance, HR and business support functions and to ensure that everything is done in the most financially effective manner and in compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements.  The incumbent will be supported by qualified accountants in the UK and overseas and their local teams. 

This is a part-time role, which would suit an experienced accountant/company secretary, seeking to work flexibly.  The 2/3 days we anticipate this role requiring could be spread over 5 days, if the incumbent found this more convenient and all the requirements of the role can be met. 

JOB PURPOSE

• You will be the ultimate responsible person for all of the charity’s external and statutory financial reporting, including reports to funders, trustees and regulatory bodies, though the bulk of this work will be delivered by the finance teams in the UK and Africa.
• You will provide strategic budgetary and financial management support to the Chief Executive in London and the Managing and Finance Directors overseas, assisting them to develop compelling bids for fundraising and inward social investment and will liaise, if necessary, with the financial managers/reviewers of any potential funders/investors.
• You will provide advice and guidance on HR, contractual, corporate and statutory matters to the senior team in the UK and overseas, consulting/liaising if necessary with our lawyers, auditors, and other service providers in both countries.

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

1. Finance

1.1. Financial strategy

Supporting the development of financial strategies under a variety of scenarios for internal management, trustee discussion and presentation to potential funders/investors.

Leading on financial discussions with trustees and prospective funders/investors.

Developing the financial competence and confidence of PA/BW’s senior teams.

1.2 Financial oversight

Ensuring that monthly management reporting, budgeting and forecasting is accurate and timely and supporting the needs of management, trustees, project managers, funders and donors.

Reviewing the annual budget proposals raising issues, challenging assumptions and, ultimately, agreeing same with the local teams.

Reviewing the monthly financial returns submitted/presented by the finance teams querying anomalies and overspends and agreeing/requiring actions to be taken.

Updating the rolling forecasts of income and expenditure (reflecting actuals to date), monitoring the bank positions and using this to approve or reject requests for ongoing or exceptional expenditure.

1.3 Financial management

Maintaining up to date Financial and HR Policy and Procedures Manuals and responding to requests for variations thereto or divergence therefrom.

Being the principal signatory and authorised administrator for all UK bank accounts and approving changes to the mandate for bank accounts overseas.

Approving and signing off all cash transfers

2. Programme support

2.1 Programme budgeting

Preparing, discussing, reviewing and agreeing the financial budgets for individual projects and/or generic programmes.

Assisting the teams with costing, pricing, taxing and other financial sales related issues.

2.2 Programme reporting

Maintaining cumulative records of expenditure by funder and overseeing the preparation of funder reports and audit completion statements confirming the full dispersal of funds.

Submitting financial claims to statutory funders as and when required.

3. Corporate obligations

3.1 Statutory reporting

Being the principal point of contact between the external auditors the Treasurer and the board.

Agreeing the annual audit timetable and priority audit areas with the external auditors

Reviewing the draft statutory accounts produced by the local finance teams, agreeing the split between restricted and unrestricted programmes, calculating carried forward balances and agreeing same with auditors.

Confirming the appropriate use of restricted income, writing the trustees’ annual review, securing an unqualified audit report, responding to the annual audit letter, convening and managing the AGM.

Reviewing and signing off all statutory filings and ensuring compliance with all regulatory restrictions and statutory obligations.

3.2 HR and legal

Ensuring compliance with all legal, statutory and regulatory requirements in the UK and all other countries of operations.

3.3 Trustee management

Preparation of board papers and management of board meetings.

PERSON SPECIFICATION (Desirable)

Educated to degree level or equivalent

Relevant financial, HR and legal experience and qualifications

Familiarity with complex donor reporting and of managing restricted/unrestricted funding

Experience of working in an international and highly regulated environment

Awareness of investor relations in a social investment and entrepreneurial context

Understanding of managing business support systems, including ICT and procurement

A thorough knowledge of HR systems and processes

An understanding of staff management and a willingness to support staff development

Experience of managing organisational development and systemic change

Excellent written and oral communications skills

RTW in the UK essential 

Our Vision

A world where all young people flourish, regardless of their background.

Who We Are

LTSB is a social mobility charity that works with bright young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, ensuring they find meaningful, skilled careers – and that firms get positive, effective employees who can make a difference from their first day.

Our four key responsibilities are:

• Promoting opportunities to those from backgrounds that are not normally reached
• Preparing young people for the workplace, and the workplace for young people
• Providing context for their application, and stewarding the hiring process
• Pastoral care – an additional support network for the first phase of their career

We don’t just get young people jobs. We launch careers. When diverse talent is given preparation and support, they don’t just get by, they thrive – and that means more representative management which can better train and retain a more representative workforce.  For historic information, please see our Impact Report on our website: www.ltsb.charity

Finance Team

The Finance team consists of a Finance Director and a Finance Administrator role.

Finance Director

Reporting to the Chief Executive, the Finance Director is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day financial management of the LTSB, and provides commercial focus, leading on financial compliance and governance and overseeing strong and effective financial administrative functions and reporting. With overall responsibility for the charity’s finance function, you will play a significant role as a senior member of the leadership team to ensure the charity can achieve its mission in the most effective and efficient way possible. The FD manages the Finance Administrator who undertakes the day-to-day financial administration.

Main Responsibilities
 

Day-to-day financial management

• Ensure relevant and accurate records are kept, filings made, and taxes paid as required by HMRC (in respect of Payroll, corporation tax and VAT), pension agencies, Companies’ House and the Charity Commission.
• Develop and enhance the financial and management reporting systems to meet the strategic and operational needs of the Trust including the identification and implementation of suitable software, and upgrades to existing software and office systems to improve processes and systems to bring about efficiencies.
• Ensure compliance with statutory accounting and regulatory requirements of financial and charity governance matters.
• Prepare the annual accounts in accordance with relevant statutory and accounting reporting standards and auditing requirements.
• Liaise with external auditors in relation to the annual audit and any management recommendations raised by the auditors.
• Oversee the management and reporting of all funds received from external funders. Ensure that accurate restricted fund accounts are maintained and that the financial records comply with funder reporting requirements.
• Supervise the Finance Administrator.
• Keep the CEO and Finance Committee informed of material developments on a regular and ad-hoc basis as required.
   

Strategic financial planning and management

• Prepare quarterly and annual management accounts, including income and expenditure accounts, balance sheet, cash flows, financial performance indicators and supporting notes for the Finance Committee and Trustee Board quarterly meetings.
• Be responsible for the budgeting and forecasting process for the organisation and provide appropriate reporting, variance analysis and support for decision making to the CEO, SLT and Board.
• Developing and leading LTSB’s finance strategy, optimising the charity’s financial performance and strategic position.
• Providing strategic leadership in relation to LTSB’s finances, advising on matters of compliance, risk, and contract performance.
   

Governance

• Accountable to the Finance Committee of the Board for all financial, risk and audit matters working closely with the CEO and Board to achieve a high quality of governance for LTSB.
• Ensure LTSB’s legal and governance responsibilities are undertaken and executed in a robust and transparent way, with trustees updated on any relevant legal and/or governance changes.
• Maintain up-to-date corporate documents and ensuring that all required documents are filed at Companies House and Charities Commission within the requisite deadlines.
   

Wider responsibilities

• Undertaking any other duties and projects as may be assigned by the CEO or the Board of Trustees.

Person Specification
 

Education/qualifications/experience

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with strong financial systems and experience working as a finance director.
• Outstanding and influential leader with the ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels.
• Demonstrable commitment to LTSB’s vision and values.
• Experience of financial statement preparation and audit process management.
• Experience of preparing board papers and presenting to boards.
• Experience of managing grant finances and contract compliance.
• Commercially aware.
• Experience of preparing and submitting VAT returns under the partial exemption method.
• Experience of working in the charity sector with good knowledge of charity accounting.
• Experience of overseeing the development of organisational policies, procedures and systems.
• We have recently moved from Quickbooks to Oracle Netsuite accounting software so candidates with a good working knowledge of at least one of these systems would be ideal, although experience of using any similar cloud accounting system would be advantageous for the role
   

Skills and Abilities

• Strong technical financial and management accounting skills.
• Strong IT skills with advanced Excel skills.
• Ability to work to deadlines with good prioritisation and time management skills.
• Proven financial analysis, cashflow management and forecasting ability.
• Excellent communication and reporting skills (verbal and written).
• Proven ability to produce and interpret management accounts
• Proven ability to provide support, and guidance to non-financial managers and colleagues.
• The ability to manage a varied and pressured workload.
• Highly motivated and autonomous.
   

This job description is intended to summarise the main duties and responsibilities of the post and is not intended to be a full and exhaustive list of tasks. All LTSB staff members are expected to demonstrate flexibility and willingness to perform appropriate tasks when the need arises.

This role is ideal for an experienced Finance Director who is seeking flexible hours and home working. Although the FD would need to attend meetings in London they could be based anywhere in the UK. This is a home-based role, and our team works independently with no central office.

To apply, please submit a CV and cover letter in Word format, when prompted to attach documents, explaining how you meet the person specification and why you would like to work at LTSB in this role.

Please note, all candidates will need to have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this position.

The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 29th May 2022. Applications received after this point will not be considered.

First stage interviews will be held by Zoom during w/c 6th June. Second stage interviews will be held in London on Wednesday 15th June.

Do you have experience of managing and coaching teams to deliver consistently high performance within a complex multi-site operation?  Are you a fantastic communicator who can lead you team to achieve great results?

Dogs Trust are recruiting for a Head of Operations to lead our rehoming centres in the North to achieve high standards of dog welfare, customer service and operational procedures to maximise rehoming possibilities for dogs in our care.

Dogs Trust is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity and normally cares for around 14,000 dogs across its network of 21 rehoming centres in the UK and one in Dublin. Dogs Trust will never put a healthy dog to sleep, and believe ‘A Dog is for Life’.

Accounting for 62% of the Dogs Trust workforce, the Operations Directorate is responsible for achieving the mission of Dogs Trust through the intake, rehabilitation and rehoming of dogs. The Directorate is split between four functions; rehoming centres, the Contact Centre, a field-based team and a team in the London office.

This is an exciting role with huge scope, as you will need to get to grips with all aspects of the rehoming centre operation (previous animal welfare experience isn’t essential) to contribute to the achievement of continuous improvement in logistical and rehoming processes as well as our (already high) canine welfare and customer experience standards.  You will contribute to the development of the operational strategy and its implementation in support of the wider Dogs Trust strategic aims, ensuring continuous improvement in performance across all Operational areas to support more dogs being cared for and rehomed.  

As an inspiring and experienced leader, you will manage, motivate and develop a group of Centre Managers, focussing on building management capacity throughout Operations and enabling managers, through the development of a coaching culture, to effectively handle all management issues, encouraging innovation and new initiatives, as well as identifying and dealing with underperformance where necessary.

The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator with significant experience of managing and coaching a team of staff to deliver consistently high performance, ideally having managed staff remotely in previous roles.  This experience will include recruitment, performance management and supporting managers with complex HR issues. You will be highly numerate with experience of managing budgets and will have the ability to analyse complex data to make management decisions and make recommendations for future action.

The role will be home-based, within the north and there will be significant travel, including some evenings and weekends.

To apply for this position please click the APPLY NOW button. Our application process requires you complete an application form and a covering letter explaining your interest and suitability for the role.

Interviews will take place on 6th and 7th June in Manchester (first stage) and 13th June in Darlington (second stage).

What is the Parent-Infant Foundation?

We are a national charity that works to ensure the healthy social and emotional development of every baby, through focusing on the relationship between parents and their babies from pregnancy and into the first years of life. 

Our mission is to support the growth, quality and sustainability of specialised parent-infant relationship teams and to contribute to the evidence base supporting them.  We also campaign for infant mental health and its importance in the health of our nation, to local and national governments. We care about infant mental health because babies cannot wait. 

This is an exciting time to join the Parent-Infant Foundation; we are seeing increased investment in and development of parent-infant teams across the UK and this role provides the opportunity to play an influential role in that momentum.

We are keen to attract applicants from all ages, cultures, ethnicities, sexualities, religions and genders. We are very parent-friendly, as you would expect. 

As Head of Clinical Strategy and Development, you will use your leadership skills, clinical experience and service development expertise to lead our development and implementation work.  This includes leadership of our comprehensive support offer to parent-infant relationship team commissioners, service developers and practitioners.  You will ensure we are providing detailed and expert consultancy on all aspects of service development such as business cases, service design, care pathway development, recruitment, intervention selection and measuring outcomes. We do not deliver, manage or inspect clinical services but we do provide comprehensive development and implementation support to them. We have a small development team which you will lead and manage in order to achieve our strategic goals. 

You will oversee our UK-wide programme of virtual and face to face learning events, ensuring they are high quality and impactful.  The role also requires regular dissemination of contemporary research and clinical literature and learning.  You will provide clinical leadership to all aspects of the Parent Infant Foundation, including working closely with Policy and Communications colleagues to create compelling evidence-based reports and presentations.  You will collaborate on press, media and publication activities, and contribute to fundraising applications and income generation activities.

Who we’re looking for 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly experienced clinician with leadership experience and clinical supervision skills. You will have extensive experience of working clinically with very young children and their carers.  We are looking for someone with exceptional relationship skills and extensive multi-disciplinary team working.  This role requires you to build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including senior managers, funders, commissioners, research and evaluation partners, and national policy makers. You will also need an understanding of infant mental health competencies and workforce training requirements.

You will need to be credible at a senior level with a track record of successful influencing. This role requires an understanding of research and evaluation work as it relates to parent-infant relationship teams and interventions.  We need someone who can lead and provide service development and quality improvement consultation, manage and deliver internal and external projects, and write clear, concise and compelling reports.

We are looking for a self-starter who is comfortable working from home but who prioritises team-working and relationship building to progress our strategic aims.

The role is for 3 days per week (22.5 hours). Core days are Tues & either Weds or Thurs.  The rest of the hours can be worked flexibly across the week but must be worked between 9am and 5pm.

Please see the job description for further details.

Interviews are scheduled to take place via Zoom on Wed 29th or Thurs 30th June 2022.

Induction Experience Lead

Contract Type: Fixed Term
Location: Home Worker - England and Wales
Salary: £26,451 - £28,886 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience) + London allowance of £3,600 (if applicable)
Working Hours: 35 per week

Closing Date: 26 May 2022
Interview Date: TBC (via Zoom or Teams)

Reference Number: VAC3198

Location: This is a home-based role but you must be flexible and able to attend our offices (in London or Birmingham) when required.

Please note, the deadline for submitting applications for this vacancy is 12:00pm on the closing date.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

About Alzheimer's Society

We are the UK's leading dementia charity. Every day, we work tirelessly to find new treatments and, ultimately, a cure for dementia. We provide expert information, training, and support services to all those who need our help. And we are creating a more dementia-friendly society so people with the condition can live without fear and prejudice.

Until the day we find a cure, Alzheimer's Society will be here for anyone affected by dementia - wherever they are, whatever they're going through. Everything we do is informed and inspired by them.

About the role

We have an exciting new opportunity available within our People Directorate, for an Induction Experience Lead to join us in what is currently an progressive and exciting time within the Alzheimer's Society.

Based within our Talent and Organisational Development team, this role will lead a project to review and develop our Society wide approach to Induction. Working across the organisation the role will ensure that all those who join the Society have an inclusive and welcoming experience.

They will ensure that every new starter, whatever their role, gains the skills and knowledge needed to deliver our work.

About you

This role is a great opportunity for those looking to move into, or explore working within learning and organisational development through leading and owning our induction review.

Ideally, you will have:

- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal (essential)
- Evaluation and project management
- Ability to create a new approach on Induction for all our staff.
- Good understanding of EDI considerations within the workplace
- Experience in analysing data, systems and processes logically and make improvement recommendations
- Experience in leading successful projects to deliver positive change outcomes.

Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance. We also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer's Society.

You can also visit our Working for Us pages, which give you more information about what it’s like to be an employee at the Society.

You may have experience of the following: Head of Operations, Operations Manager, Licensed Trade, NEBOSH, Trade Activity etc.

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Calling all Senior Digital Marketing specialists!

We have a great opportunity for a Head of Digital to work for a charity who work across 136 countries and territories worldwide to ensure that children and families living through poverty, conflict, man-made and natural disasters are supported and to help those children to grow into resilient and independent adults who can contribute to their communities.

As the Head of Digital, you will be responsible for interacting with audiences across different channels and ensure that the organisation's touchpoints are strategic, appropriate, and engaging, and strongly evidence based. They are looking for someone experienced in all aspects of marketing campaign management, specifically focused on income generation, to ensure we get the best results and can put the organisation on the map

Main responsibilities will include:

• Manage delivery of digital fundraising activities in line with the fundraising strategy, working with the Directors of Fundraising and Individual Giving to set objectives, goals, and select media production, execution and testing programmes and reporting results and KPIs.

• Engage donors and enquirers using a range of digital and mobile channels, always optimising their channels through iterative testing and rollouts. Channels and skills to include: Email, SMS, PPC and digital advertising (including display, social media etc).

• Lead on website management, optimisation, and strategy, from updating pages on the website to advising on improvements that will enhance user experience.

• Support, build and maintain social media presence for the organisation, specifically in the UK, using evidence from analytics and testing to guide their team members in how to engage supporters and the public through social media, with a view to promoting participation, fundraising and loyalty.

• In collaboration with communications and fundraising colleagues, develop and implement rolling content plans that align with the organisation's wider activity.

• Alongside Individual Giving team members, develop and implement online welcome, retention, and development journeys for new online supporters.

• Advise other teams, such as advocacy and campaigns, on how to target audiences to enhance their work.

• Manage digital budget, working closely with the Finance team to ensure all invoices are correct and in plan.

• Report on digital performance and present findings and information to teams.

Your experience will include:

• Minimum three years' experience in managing successful digital marketing campaigns, ideally for international non profits

• Experience in identifying target audiences and devising campaigns that engage, inform, and motivate

• Strong experience in working in fundraising/income generation and planning campaigns that generate leads with a view to converting audiences to regular giving

• Strong understanding and experience of using all core social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram

• Experience of setting up and managing paid social media adverts, coordinating paid advertising with organic social media outputs

• Strong knowledge of Search Engine Marketing, including SEO and PPC. In particular, experience in successfully managing Google Ads (and ideally Google Grants) to boost online traffic and conversions

• Experience in developing website pages and optimising content for SEO and UX

• Experience in developing an effective email marketing strategy, creating engaging and personalised content to enhance supporter retention rates

• Experience in implementing a testing strategy to optimise performance across all digital channels.

This is a great opportunity for someone that wants to work in a small UK team but with the weight of a global charity brand to contribute significantly to an organisation whose key aims are for Children to grow up feeling loved, safe, and supported. To give them the chance to build a better future help to bring about positive and lasting change.

To apply for this position, please submit your CV and a 1-2 paragraph supporting statement on why you think your skills and experience are suitable for the role.

Closing dates for applications is on the 6^th of June with interviews scheduled for the following week.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

Veganuary is the non-profit that encourages people to go vegan for the month of January - and beyond. We focus on changing consumer behaviours and attitudes, while providing lots of information and practical support - to make the transition to veganism as easy and enjoyable as possible.

We also work with businesses to drive up vegan food provisions in shops and restaurants and have made veganism more visible and accessible through our work with national and international media.

What we do

• Our Aim: A world without animal farms and slaughterhouses. A world where food production does not decimate forests, pollute rivers and oceans, exacerbate climate change and drive wild animal populations to extinction.
   
• Our Mission: To inspire and support people to try vegan, drive corporate change, and create a global mass movement, championing compassionate food choices with the aim of ending animal farming, protecting the planet, and improving human health.

We work toward our lofty ambitions by following a simple, 3-step plan:

1. Encouraging and supporting millions of people to try veganism.
    
2. Creating the necessary media and social media buzz to raise awareness of the topic and the benefits of a vegan lifestyle.
    
3. Encouraging companies to promote and launch more delicious vegan options to increase the quality, availability and visibility of vegan food.

How we do it

You’ll have no doubt seen our public campaigns for Veganuary, you may even have tried it yourself. We’re incredibly proud of the global movement we’ve built, and it continues to grow year-on-year.

The part of work you might be a little less familiar with is our work in influencing businesses. The more businesses speak positively about veganism and launch new vegan products, the better the availability, visibility and quality of vegan products becomes, making it easier and tastier to try vegan. This is inspiring more people to choose plant-based options and stick with it long term.

Amongst many others, we are incredibly proud to have worked with the following companies to increase their vegan offering:

• Deliveroo
• Cadbury
• McDonalds
• Starbucks

What we’re looking for

As we head into the next phase of our strategy, we are looking for a talented Head of Operations and Finance who can help us build a robust, sustainable organisation. You will help us to shore up our gains to date and capitalise on the increasing number of growth opportunities coming our way.

This is a reimagining of an existing role and represents an investment in the charity’s future. We are looking for someone who can work closely with the board and executive to devise and implement business plans that are robust enough to accommodate our rapid growth and flexible enough to take advantage of new opportunities.

You will lead on financial management, supervise and optimise the organisation’s operations in the UK, and support our growing international team in operational matters.

Playing a pivotal part in the Senior Management Team, you will be responsible for ensuring that Veganuary’s day-to-day operations - including governance, administration, HR, finance, legal and IT remain compliant, responsive and efficient.

We don’t believe in prescriptive person specifications, as they limit the diversity of experience on our teams. We have just three questions of you, before you apply:

• Are you a qualified finance professional with significant experience of overseeing finance functions in UK charities?
   
• Are you a skilled strategic thinker with a proactive approach to solving problems?
   
• Do you enjoy building efficient structures and processes that limit bureaucracy and drive growth?

If you like what you’ve read, and your answer to all three questions above is “yes”, I recommend that you read the application pack by following the link below and consider getting in touch to discuss the role in more detail.

The Disclosure and Barring Service are seeking a permanent Head of Strategic Supplier Relationship Management. The DBS embrace remote working, so while occasional travel to the Liverpool or Darlington offices will be required, this vacancy is available to applicants across the UK.

Supplier Relationship Management is a relatively new but vital service for DBS as we progress our ambitious 2020-2025 Strategy. We will need sound strategic management experience in this function to help us build and deliver on our aim to develop an effective intelligent client function, supporting the DBS to become more business-like, and as a result enhancing our ability to make recruitment safer.

In this role, you will:

• Provide expert supplier relationship management professional support, guidance, and advice to the supplier relationship management team and across the business.
• Measure, manage, maintain and enhance the supplier management framework and supporting processes so that they are fit for purpose for DBS requirements including development of supplier segmentation methodology, and a clear approach to oversight of supplier due diligence, assurance and performance.
• Manage the supplier relationship management strategy ensuring it meets the business and commercial needs of the organisation.
• Manage changes to the supplier strategy and plans, at a tactical or strategic level, in order to mitigate any evolving issues or supplier risks, or to align more closely with the corporate strategy.

Applicants must demonstrate the following essential criteria:

• Exceptional management skills and ability to operate in a Matrix management environment.
• Strong at delivering with remarkable resilience.
• Thinks long-term and doesn't get dragged into the day-to-day.
• Demonstrable ability to build effective internal relationships at multiple levels.
• Create and maintain positive, collaborative, and trusting working relationships with a wide range of people within and outside the organisation.
• Knowledge and understanding of, and the ability to operate effectively in, the statutory, regulatory, and guidance-based policy and service delivery framework within which the DBS and wider public sector operates.
• An expert people manager with the ability to both lead and develop team working, engage others, and deliver the required KPI and wider OneDBS performance outcomes.
• Expert practitioner in strategic supplier relationship management and demonstrable experience of leading a supplier management capability in a range of settings.
• Expert knowledge in complex commercial relationship management and contracting processes.
• Outstanding relationship management capabilities, and a track record of negotiations, at executive and senior levels.
• Proactively forges new relationships with senior stakeholders in all key supplier organisations, investing time in maintaining such relationships.
• Evidence of coaching and mentoring senior stakeholders in strategic supplier performance management.
• Actively engages with, and provides value to, senior business partners (Commercial, Transformation, HR, Finance, Disclosure, Safeguarding & Barring, Strategy and Performance)
• Effective presenter - able to articulate ideas and concepts extremely well.

Please provide a CV and supporting suitability statement outlining how you meet the essential criteria listed by 23:55 on Sunday 5th June 2022.

As part of our clearance process all successful candidates will be required to undergo a DBS basics check and receive Home Office Baseline Security Clearance. Once a provisional offer is issued you'll be required to complete the DBS Basics Check yourself online. Guidance on how to complete this will be issued at the provisional offer stage.

Head of Customer Experience

• Home Based with some travel to Head Office / partner sites (as required)
• Circa £50k
• 35 hours over 5 days per week

The role

The Head of Customer Experience is responsible for leading and managing Ben’s Customer Experience department. The role is focused on Ben’s Health & Wellbeing customers (service users, supporters, partners, etc) owning end-to-end customer journeys alongside all physical, digital, print, and social media touchpoints. This role is also responsible for continuously reviewing and improving all aspects of customer satisfaction and user experience across Ben’s wider Health & Wellbeing services. 

The Head of Customer Experience will oversee Ben’s brand and marketing campaigns to promote brand awareness and engagement with individuals (who work in, or who have worked in the automotive industry), automotive partners and stakeholders as well as manage the core functions that sit under the Customer Experience department, namely Digital Marketing & Engagement as well as Communication & Impact.

The Head of Customer Experience forms part of Ben’s Health & Wellbeing Senior Management Team working both operationally and strategically to meet organisation aims and objectives and will:

• Lead, manage and inspire the Customer Experience department and functions
• Work closely with the Digital Marketing & Engagement Manager to develop and drive Ben’s digital marketing strategy to increase awareness and engagement
• Work closely with the Communications, Content & Impact Manager to develop and deliver Ben’s Health & Wellbeing internal and external communications plan
• Ensure all marketing and external communication activities grow Ben’s brand, reputation, and reach
• Plan launches of new services and products working with relevant Health & Wellbeing departments and functions (as applicable)
• Oversee Ben’s PR activity for all Health & Wellbeing departments and functions, seeking and maximising PR opportunities in terms of awareness, reach and demonstrating impact 
• Uses feedback and insights to help shape and influence the future of Ben’s Health & Wellbeing services
• Play an active role in defining and packaging products and services, developing appropriate value propositions which is reflected in all communications and collateral
• Uses management information and data (including feedback, audit, and evaluations) to support and inform service improvement, development, and demonstration of impact

Benefits

• A minimum of 33 days, inclusive of Bank Holidays and subject to increase with the length of service.
• Contributory pension scheme – matched at 4%.
• Life assurance 3 x basic annual salary.
• Access to Perkbox, employee benefits platforms, offering free perks and discounts with hundreds of companies and deals available. 
• Enhance Maternity/ paternity Pay
• Employee Assistance Programmes.
• Wellbeing support including access to mental health digital platforms.
• Long Service Recognition.
• Personal Development.
• Rewards and Incentives.
• Free car parking

About Ben

Ben is the charity dedicated to supporting the people of the automotive industry, providing support for life for them and their family dependents.

Ben supports individuals to navigate through life’s challenges, empowering them to make positive, lasting change. Ben works with people to improve their lives by enhancing their health and wellbeing through its free and confidential online self-help, helpline, and support services. 

Ben also operates continuing care and support for those in later life, which isn’t dependent on an automotive industry connection, via its residential care centres, day centre and retirement village. 

Apply now

If this describes you, and you are ambitious and motivated and want to make a positive difference to people’s lives, get in touch with us.