This is a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated individual to make a real impact on the Service Delivery of Wessex Cancer Trust, helping us to reach more people affected by cancer in the Wessex region. 

Delivering services that stand out as trusted, effective and accessible for our clients is critical to our success, and our enthusiastic and passionate services team works hard to achieve this daily. Following a period of 18 months adapting our services to be accessible remotely as well as now face to face again, there are a number of services projects that need to be effectively project managed. We are looking for a Deputy to work alongside our Head of Service Delivery to help drive and deliver these projects and provide cover during her maternity leave which will begin towards the end of 2021. We’re looking for someone who has a background in therapeutic service provision and excellent project management skills. You’ll have excellent communication skills, confidence and authority, so you can effectively deputise for the Head of Service Delivery, ensuring that the team continues to thrive.

In 2019, TLG was named the best charity to work for in the UK by the prestigious Sunday Times Best Not-for Profit Organisations to Work For!

Our Grants and Corporate Fundraising Team are responsible for raising over £1 million through relationships with trusts, companies, corporates, and government grants. We are therefore looking for an exceptional Head of Department who will grow our external relationships with key TLG funding stakeholders, increase our income and enjoy leading the team to success.

This post holder will have a wide remit, so you will be an experienced practitioner in at least one of the key areas: trust fundraising, corporate partnerships or government grants, or you will be an excellent written communicator and influencer with transferable skills.

If a suitable candidate applies prior to the closing date, we reserve the right to interview and appoint earlier than 6th September.

You will be a proven leader and manager with experience of working in a fast paced, driven team to achieve exceptional results. You must be highly relational in order to lead on high level external relationships, an exceptional communicator who can adapt to the TLG style and a keen influencer.

You will enjoy being part of a highly motivated, rapidly growing team who are passionate about giving hope and a future to children and their families by increasing the supporter and stakeholder participation that underpins TLG’s mission!

We are looking for someone with a strong and vibrant Christian faith. As part of our commitment to safeguarding, the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS.

The deadline for applications is Monday 6th September and interviews will take place week commencing Monday 20th September. If a suitable candidate applies prior to the closing date, we reserve the right to interview and appoint earlier than 6th September.

Location: Working flexibly with an expectation of regular travel to Guildford

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000

Contract: Permanent, Full time (37.5 hrs pw)

Could you be the voice of Cycling?

Imagine a country where cycling is a safe and natural way most people choose to move around. Imagine a country where air pollution is no longer poisoning our children, obesity has been eliminated and our towns and cities are free of traffic congestion. 

This is the vision we cherish at Cycling UK and we’re on mission to get a million more people cycling. But not just the usual suspects. Our campaigning, engagement, volunteering, and behaviour change programmes are intended to make sure the cycling population more closely reflects the diverse make-up of the UK.

This is an exciting time for a communications specialist to join the team. At a time when cycling is on a boom. Through the lockdown the public have re-found their love for the bike with shops selling out and cycling levels hitting 400%. Exciting as all the UK nations governments have woken up to the wider benefit of cycling to our physical and mental health, to our environment and green transport.

You’ll be a seasoned communications and media expert, ready to profile the charity and take the news to the national media to maximise on cycling’s popularity, build upon the public’s increasing engagement on digital channels and at a time of environmental awareness capitalise on the zeitgeist of this autumn’s COP26 to show just what cycling can achieve.

We need your experience and zeal to lead the team to sell cycling, to shout about our successes, to help us fundraise, to counter the negative perceptions of cycling in the media, society and in decision makers, to make cycling inviting for all.

We are an inclusive organisation and would particularly welcome applications from candidates from a broad range of backgrounds. We strongly believe that diversity strengthens our work. If you are already passionate about cycling, that’s great, many of us are too! But if you are simply really excellent at what you do, no matter what your background, that is what matters most to us.

Come and join us for the ride.

Tell us why you are the person to drive impact in this capacity.

Head to our website and explore the job description for full details on this exciting opportunity. Complete the application form expressing why you are the right candidate for this opening and send to our recruitment team (contact details on our jobs page).

Focus on gearing your supporting statement to exemplify how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, directly referring to both the job description and person specification. This enables the selection panel to assess your relative strengths against the specified criteria.

Apply before 9am Monday 9 August. Interviews to be carried out 24 August 2021.

What Works for Children's Social Care is looking for a Head of Programmes Evaluation to oversee our ambitious programme of research funding focused on improving outcomes for families and young people with a social worker. At WWCSC, the Programmes team is responsible for funding the delivery of promising programmes or interventions (typically through Open Funding Rounds, or occasionally through direct awards) - as well as their accompanying evaluations. 

The Head of Programmes Evaluation will provide leadership on evaluation within the Programmes team, and work closely with the Research team to further develop our approach to evaluation. This role will hold key relationships with the Evaluation Advisory Group and our Panel of Evaluators as well as working closely with grant applicants to support evaluation of sector-led programmes. 

The Person

Values:

1. Personal commitment to improving outcomes for children and young people, and their families.
2. A passion for the agenda around What Works Centres and the broader agenda around evidence-based policy and practice in public services. 

Skills and Abilities:

1. Quality written and oral communication, able to produce high quality written reports, deliver impactful presentations, and facilitate discussions.
2. Experience either in delivering evaluations including randomised controlled trials or in working in organisations that fund these types of evaluations
3. The ability to work a fast paced organisation to deliver excellence across your programme of work 

Knowledge and Experience:

1. Significant understanding of education or children’s social care, either as a researcher or a funder, or both.
2. Experience in leading a team managing complex projects including a number of stakeholders e.g. evaluators, local authorities, and/or charities.
3. Experience and/or training in evaluation methodologies, including pilot studies, randomised controlled trials and quasi-experimental methods.
4. Understanding of, and commitment to, working to meet the needs of a diverse group of beneficiaries and stakeholders and the challenges and barriers associated with this.
5. Experience of maintaining multiple stakeholder relationships.
6. Experience working in a fast paced, start-up environment (desirable)
7. Understanding of organisational development and implementing cultural change in organisations and across the sector. (desirable)
8. Politically aware and reflective. (desirable) 

The House of St Barnabas is a charity pledging to break the cycle of homelessness. We run a social business, our not-for-profit members’ club in our Grade I listed home on Soho Square to help people prosper through paid employment, allowing them to break their cycle of homelessness. We are seeking to re-define the notion of a private members’ club, challenging stereotypes around ideas of exclusivity and creating a community united by a passion for social change.

Academy participants and graduates are at the heart of all we do. The journey for trainees starts with a 12-week Employment Programme offering onsite work experience and training throughout the club and charity offices, and continues with 12 months of mentoring and ongoing support from our Academy team.

When our programme is in progress, participants will be on work experience throughout the House; in the club spaces and in our offices. The HoSB team act as professional buddies to those in office-based roles, working closely with them to provide skills training and to set a positive example of ways of working. This one to one support throughout the programme gives the participant a nurturing environment to learn and flourish.

We are looking for a special individual to join us who is excited to play a part in people’s journey towards lasting paid employment and independence.

Job description:

We are looking for a fully qualified accountant to head up the finance team. You will be proactive, professional, keen to continually improve standards and enjoy contributing to cross team projects. You will have experience of managing a finance team; the ability to support and deputise for the Finance Director when necessary; strong technical accounting skills and knowledge; excellent written and verbal communication skills and an impressive academic record.

Areas of responsibility:

• Support the Diector to prepare information for the SLT, Finance, Audit and Risk Committee and the Board of Trustees
• Deputise for the Finance Director as required
• Manage the other team members and support any Employment Academy participants as required
• Oversee the preparation and audit of the annual report and accounts and other statutory submissions
• Further develop our professional monthly management accounts pack
• Be responsible for effective treasury management and cashflow forecasting
• Develop and maintain the financial system and ensure effective and efficient finance processes including integrations with the CRM and point of sales (POS) systems
• Be the lead relationship with banks, auditors, HMRC, loan and grant making bodies
• Provide excellent, analytical management reports as required
• Provide advice and support on the development of hospitality processes and information
• Lead or participate in organisational projects as appropriate
• Develop our future VAT strategy to ensure compliance and maximise our tax position
• Automate our payments process
• Oversee the production of VAT returns and Gift Aid claims
• Check that the payroll (outsourced) is accurate

Personal specification

Essential:

• Experience of managing a finance team and producing monthly accounts in both a charitable and commercial setting
• Experience of managing the final accounts process and working knowledge of Charity SORP
• VAT expertise
• Excellent IT skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Cross-team project management skills and experience
• Fully qualified accountant
• Ability to see the big picture whilst having attention to detail
• Ability to assimilate and analyse new information quickly and accurately
• Ability to predict problems and formulate solutions
• Role model HoSB values and ways of working across HoSB

Desirable:

• Finance experience in a membership-based organisation
• Finance experience in a hospitality organisation
• Experience of Xero accounts package
• Experience of Lightspeed PoS system
• Experience of Salesforce CRM

What we can do for you – why working for us is so great.....

House of St Barnabas provides the following great benefits:

• The opportunity to make a meaningful impact, playing a part in people’s journey towards lasting paid employment
• 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Half a day extra leave for your birthday so you can celebrate in style
• Flexible working hours (in line with business needs)
• Fun team days out twice a year
• Free Barista coffee from our club downstairs(!)
• Auto-enrolment into our pension scheme
• Access to a whole host of amazing talks gigs and events
• Attending our amazing graduation ceremonies

We look forward to hearing from you!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head of Marketing & Communications to join our team for a 12 month fixed term contract as maternity cover.

You will be responsible for developing and implementing Nottingham Hospital Charity’s marketing communications and digital content strategy as part of our new post-COVID Development Strategy.

We are looking for a natural and enthusiastic leader, who will have responsibility for leading and working with a high-performing team to deliver a work programme that includes developing and delivering a multi-channel communications strategy, building new communities and providing greater fundraising engagement.

Reporting to the Deputy Chief Executive, the post-holder will support the development of new Appeals and existing fundraising campaigns by developing content that engages audiences and drives revenue, as well as proactively building and managing the brand and improving the understanding of what Nottingham Hospitals Charity does across a wide range of audiences.

With experience of working in a complex environment, you will be exceptionally organised with a high-level of attention to detail. You will possess excellent inter-personal skills, a high level of determination and an ability to positively engage with key stakeholders across the organisation.

As an equal opportunities employer, Nottingham Hospitals Charity is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

Grants Fundraising Officer

Contract: Permanent, Full-Time

Hours: 35 per week

Location: London

Salary:  £34,956 - £40,549 per annum. Please note the starting salary is £34,956 per annum, with the opportunity to progress up the scale over time.

Closing date: 14 August 2021

Expected date of interviews: TBC

Job ref: VA436

Do you believe in standing up for human rights alongside torture survivors? Would you like to use creativity, technology and people power to raise significant funds to positively impact the lives of torture survivors?

Freedom from Torture is looking for a Grants Fundraising Officer to join our new, friendly Philanthropy and Partnerships team. This is an exciting chance to join us as we place survivor empowerment and movement building at the heart of our next four year strategy.

About the role

The key purpose of the role is to lead in generating five and six figure grants from Statutory Funders, and high to medium Trust Funders to support Freedom from Torture’s work with survivors of torture.You will work closely with the Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships and the Senior Trusts and Grants Manager to implement the fundraising strategy, by raising income from funders in line with agreed income targets. You will be expected to identify new funding streams and deliver a year round portfolio of funding applications. You will also manage a portfolio of existing donors who fund a range of our work including clinical, policy and campaigns.

About you

To be successful in this role you must have demonstrable experience of successfully meeting or exceeding fundraising targets from a variety of funders and experience managing relationships with statutory funders and trust and foundations.

It’s essential that you have strong communication skills and experience of managing donor funded grants including review of financial information, preparation of donor reports and donor compliance. You must have experience and knowledge of statutory and grant fundraising research tools and grant writing in the UK charity sector.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided.

Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the job description and person specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.

In return, we offer a competitive package, with a generous 30-day annual leave entitlement, and 6% employer pension contribution and 1% employee contribution.

Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer! People with lived experience of torture or asylum, from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.

Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

No agencies please.

Children North East exists because growing up can be hard.  We work with babies, children and young people through the rollercoaster of growing up in their families, schools and communities.

As Head of Families and Parenting and a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT), you will ensure the successful strategic development, and the effective and safe operational delivery, of all the families and parenting team services across the North East.

As our Head of Families and Parenting, you will report directly to the Operations Director and work with them to deliver and implement Children North East’s new 5 year strategy, this will include:

• Growing and sustaining our families and parenting work, existing and new.
• Reaching out beyond current funded project to establish links with new partners and create new initiatives cognisant with the families and parenting teams work.
• Ensuring that the families and parenting team are actively involved in reporting and monitoring the impact of their work through a range of mechanisms including; Outcome Star and CiviCRM.

You will have designated safeguarding responsibility for the Families and Parenting team, reporting to the Operations Director who is the charities Designated Safeguarding Lead as and when required.

The Head of Families and Parenting will:

• Report to the Operations Director.
• Have direct line management responsibility for the Deputy Manager and the Senior Administrator.
• Participate in the Senior Management Team and all working groups therein.

Main Responsibilities

• Be a member of the Senior Management Team of Children North East and work in conjunction with the Chief Executive, Operations Director and other Senior Leaders and the Board to develop and further the strategic interests of the organisation.
• Lead, develop and inspire others to achieve high performance standards in line with Children North East behaviours and values.
• High level analysis of internal data through use of CiviCRM and other systems i.e. Outcome Star.
• Solution focused response to organisational need to effectively rectify concerns or barriers to best practice standards being met.
• Take a lead role in enabling effective culture by providing a culture of excellence and development.
• Act as senior advisor on early years and families across the organisation ensuring that senior leaders and their teams have access to high quality support and advice.
• Provide strong and inspirational leadership and management of all families and parenting services including the provision of all line management duties for direct reports (including regular one-to-ones, performance appraisals, team meetings, sickness and performance management).
• Support the Head of HR in the recruitment of staff.
• Provide delegated budget management of all families and parenting services to appropriate managers, ensuring that all services are within budget and spend is monitored regularly. Provide explanation on key variances when needed.
• Create, build and maintain positive long term relationships with a whole range of family and parenting stakeholders regionally and when appropriate, nationally.  Develop a significant external presence, through use of social media, as a speaker at events and through networking.
• Represent Children North East at a range of both strategic and operational family and parenting meetings, contributing widely and creatively in discussions and presenting where appropriate.
• Develop Children North East’s family and parenting service portfolio through sales and spot purchase arrangements with a range of partners.
• Working with the Operations Director to support the mobilisation of all new family and parenting services when secured, ensuring that specific contract requirements are fully met.
• Support Team Managers to provide contract management for all family and parenting grants and contracts; reporting back to commissioners/funders on both financial and non-financial information. 
• Ensure the impact of family and parenting services is routinely measured, monitored and analysed.  Sharing widely the findings of individual impact measures across all of our service delivery.
• Acting as the Designated Safeguarding Lead (as delegated by the Operations Director) for the Families and Parenting Service.
• Supporting the Operations Director to create impact reports which not only highlight the completion of contractual agreements but raise the profile of additional social value and the long term impacts of providing high quality services.
• Ensure that the quality of all family and parenting services is as high as possible, with oversight and management of robust quality assurance and case management processes.
• Supported by the Deputy Manager and Team Managers ensure regular observation of safe clinical practise and case file audits to ensure high quality, best practise guidelines are being followed and exceeded wherever possible.
• Perform any other duties within the general scope of this job profile or as reasonably required by the Operations Director.
• Commit to continuous professional development through engagement in specific opportunities agreed with the Operations Director.

For a full candidate pack and to apply, please visit the “Our Vacancies” section of our website.

Please note CVs will not be accepted.

We welcome a diverse range of applications and are passionate about promoting equality, and valuing diversity.  We welcome applications from all suitable qualified persons particularly black, Asian and minority ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under represented in our workforce.

The Head of Support Services will create a positive, supportive culture of personal growth, underpinned by a holistic and empowering health and wellbeing approach. Supported by the trustees, the CEO, staff and service users, the post-holder will be a leader and will provide a constant stimulus for self-improvement in a learning, supportive and diverse environment. They will provide high level and efficient management of Betknowmore UK support and community programmes, including:

• North London gambling community support hub

• Peer Support services, including the Peer Aid programme

• Bespoke projects, including Women’s Recovery Programme, Digital Hub and activities, Experts by Experience engagement and support

  The post-holder will work to ensure successful service provision and outcomes. Recruit, train and supervise a team of staff/mentors/volunteers to deliver support and community activities. Oversee service integration or collaboration with the National Gambling Treatment Service (NGTS) partners and other key stakeholders.

  A key aspect of the role will be to work closely with people presenting with gambling harm issues
  and/or people affected by this issue. The Head of Support Services will oversee sustainable recovery interventions that may include structured psycho-social 1:1 and group activities, counselling and therapy, peer and mentoring support, with services co-produced by clinician and health professionals, and insight and knowledge from experts by experience. Experience of gambling support and treatment and /or harm minimisation programmes is desirable, but not essential.

  Working with other members of the SMT, they will input into management of the charity, as well as supporting grant, contract and tender submissions, operational management, governance, performance and contract monitoring and outcome reporting. This will include financial planning and budgeting. Adherence to health and safety and equal opportunities and diversity policies is expected at all times.

This is an exciting time to join IARS and a great opportunity to make a lasting and tangible impact on the future success of the charity. We’re looking for a Head of Fundraising to join our team and lead at a time of organisational and strategic change.

You will be responsible for generating IARS charitable income in the years ahead from corporates, trusts, individual giving and the public sector. You’ll bring leadership and creativity to an entire new role within the organisation, with an opportunity to shape IARS fundraising efforts, processes and priorities. You’ll deliver our three-year fundraising strategy to diversify and grow the income required to further IARS charitable mission. You’ll build capacity across the organisation and deliver ambitious KPIs. This is a senior role within the organisation, reporting to the CEO and working really closely with the Trustees’ Fundraising and Communication group.

Key task areas:

1. Strategic Development of Income Generation

2. Corporate Partnership Development

3. Trust and Foundations fundraising

4. Marketing and Communications

5. Relationship Management

THINK EQUAL is a global education initiative with a mission to ensure that Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) becomes a compulsory subject for all children in the early years’ (3-6 year-olds) globally. SEL is the process through which knowledge, attitudes, values and skills such as emotional intelligence, empathy, self-awareness, self-regulation, social awareness, gender equality, environmental stewardship, relationship skills and responsible decision making are developed.SEL helps young people to:

• build and maintain psychological resources;
• know themselves and their emotions and to engage in positive relationships;
• make good decisions, behave ethically and responsibly;
• learn self-regulation and avoid negative behaviours;
• undo gender stereotypes and be gender equal;
• have self-worth, confidence and the right to voice and agency; and
• transition into ambitious and empowered young adults.

To support educators and governments to achieve this mission, THINK EQUAL has developed a global SEL Programme for 3-6 years-olds.The Programme is constructed around narrative children’s books, lesson plans and teaching resources which provide the concrete tools educators need to teach SEL in a low-cost and adaptable format.

The THINK EQUAL Programme has been implemented in 17 countries across six continents and is evidence-based.There is a growing demand from other countries for the THINK EQUAL Programme and the organisation is now strengthening its team to be able to respond to this demand.

Purpose of the Role

To oversee the management of the organisation’s resources, HR and Governance to ensure the continued growth and development of THINK EQUAL to achieve its Mission. To provide robust financial management and leadership on finance, HR, governance and adminisration. To provide excellent people management skills and play a key role in leadership to support the SLT and trustees in all aspects of finance, reporting to funders, HR and governance. The post holder will work closely with the CEO.

To apply please send your CV and cover letter (no more than 1 1/2  A4 pages) by  21 August 2021. Please read the attached Job Description for the role. Please include your availabilty for interview and start date along with your expecation for salary.

Please note that we do not sponsor visa, you must have right to work in the UK for this post. The role is based in London, W10 , the post holder will be required to attend the the office.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a hands on Senior Finance person to join Talkback’s team, at an exciting time of growth.

Are you a person with a passion to help people? If so, would you like to use your skills and work alongside like-minded, committed colleagues to enable people with a learning disability to increase their self-esteem, have more say, and control over their lives. Talkback has worked for over 20 years in a person-centred way with over 1000 people with learning needs and/or autism.

Position: Head of Finance

Location: The role is office and home based with a requirement to work in the Amersham office at least 1 day a week and travel across Buckinghamshire, as required, to visit our teams

Salary: £28,000 - £38,000 per annum, dependent on skills level, pro rata where applicable

Hours:  Full and part time considered, a minimum of 3 days per week.

             We will also consider interim work

Benefits:

Holidays: 23 – 27 days per year, dependent upon length of service and days worked

Pension: A Workplace Pension scheme, where both the employer and employee contribute

Family Friendly Benefits: We are committed to supporting staff in achieving a sensible work-life balance.

Employee Assistance Programme: staff have access to the support line 24/7

Life Assurance

Critical Illness plan

Healthcare Plan: money back on medical charges, access to a virtual GP and 24/7 access to health & stress support lines.

Parking: Free parking available on site

As Head of Finance you will be responsible for managing the financial assets of the charity and supporting its long-term future through effective and responsive controls, reporting and planning.

You will support the CEO, advise the Board of Trustees and be part of the senior leadership team, providing timely and insightful forecasting, maintaining effective financial control and supporting the CEO in developing business plans and analysis. You will also be handling transactions when needed.

Having had experience of working in an SME or Charity environment you will use your experience and knowledge, outside Finance, for the benefit of the people that we support and will be willing to provide hands on support, when required.

About You:

To be successful in the role you will need the following skills/experience:

• Fully qualified – ACCA or equivalent
• All round experience of working in an SME with excellent operational knowledge
• Experience of working within the Charity sector essential
• Proven ability to support change management processes with financial data
•  Strong IT knowledge including advanced knowledge of MS Excel
• An excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills
•  The ability to work on a range of projects
• Collaborative and hands-on style of working
• Contract management experience preferred

Other roles you may have experience of could include Charity Finance Manager, Head of Finance, Finance Team Leader, Finance Analyst, Senior Finance Manager, Interim Finance Manager, Financial Accounting Manager, Finance Manger etc.

Closing date: 20th August 2021

Livability are seeking to appoint an experienced Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships (maternity cover) to lead on building strong external relationships with corporates, major donors and trusts to maximise charitable income towards our vital work supporting people with disabilities.

2020 was an incredibly successful year for the fundraising team, launching our emergency appeal to support vulnerable people with disabilities across our network of services across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This year we are planning to build on this success as we seek to increase engagement with current audiences and reach out to new supporters across all fundraising functions.

You will be joining the charity at an exciting time as we have just merged with our marketing and communications colleagues to develop a new fundraising, marketing communications team. You will enjoy working within a talented and driven team who are continually inspired to do all we can to raise vital funds for the people we support across our education, care and rehabilitation services.

The Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships will lead a team of two fundraisers, and work alongside other fundraising teams to identify opportunities and build a strong pipeline of support, in line with our fundraising strategy. They will also write bespoke proposals and applications aimed at corporates, major donors and trusts.

The successful applicant will have extensive experience working to and meeting fundraising targets. They will have excellent networking skills as well as enthusiasm and drive to make things happen.

Plans for returning to the office are currently being confirmed, however at this stage there is an expectation we will be working 2 days a week in the office until further notice. More clarification will be available at time of interview.

This is a fixed term contract (9 months) with possibility to extend

Closing date: midnight on Monday 2 August.

Interviews scheduled for week commencing 9 August.

Cruse Bereavement Care is the largest bereavement charity in the UK. Our mission is to offer support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies and to enhance societies care of bereaved people.

This is an exciting time to join an evolving organisation and an excellent opportunity to take the next career step. 

This is a key role in Finance that will report to the Director of Finance & Corporate Services (DoFCS). The role will be pivotal in the current transitional finance programme being undertaken, enabling positive change and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Operational Finance – AP/AR, banking, expenses, payroll & pensions etc.
• Month end – Management accounts with analysis, balance sheet reconciliations, journals, accruals, prepayments etc.
• Tax – VAT, Corporation tax, PAYE / NI etc.
• Financial Planning & Analysis – Forecasting, budgeting, ad hoc analysis.
• Year end – Statutory accounts (SORP), external audits
• Business Partnering – Supporting national network
• External reporting - Assisting with compilation of finance plans, business cases and external grant applications, LHAs, etc.
• Finance System Management – Netsuite admin and CRM financial management
• Finance Controls and Processes
• Team Management and Training
• Strategic Finance Support and Ad Hoc Projects – Support Director of Finance & Corporate Services with wider organisational projects and tasks.
• IT Support – IT support responsibilities in conjunction with the outsourced IT support provider.
• Any other duties commensurate with the accountability of the post including flexibility of working hours and additional responsibilities.

Skills and Experience

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIPFA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Strong finance and accounting technical skills with an understanding of charity SORP
• Prior experience working with Netsuite is desirable
• Strong excel skills (e.g. pivot tables, vlookups, etc)
• Stakeholder management, relationship builder and collaborator
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work with a high degree of autonomy
• Highly organised and able to work under pressure to meet conflicting priorities
• Great interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Strong team management