My client is an ambitious and growing charity with an ambitious vision and growth strategy for the next 5 years.

To achieve this strategy, they are looking to recruit a Head of Finance on an interim basis with a view to making the position permanent in time.

You will need to be a qualified accountant and have experience of working in a complex and busy finance team

Key skills needed:

• Experience of all aspects of financial control and compliance especially over a year end period
• Excellent knowledge of financial systems and reporting packages
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Ability to analysis and manipulate complex, specialist and highly detailed information
• Experience of writing and advising on business cases and adding financial support to new tenders and bids

You should also have a calm and proactive character, be customer focused and use to dealing with financial and non-financial managers alike.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an organisation at the start of a journey and really make an impact!

Qualifications/experience required

 Qualified

What’s on offer?

£45 – 55,000 FTC

Reporting to Southern Brooks Chief Executive and member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) the post-holder will work to develop and manage the Company’s accounting systems and procedures, ensuring the efficient and effective operation of all financial matters.
The postholder will also provide line management to the Finance Administrator. The role will require someone who is willing to work flexibly and independently, with minimal Supervision.
The ideal person must be adaptable and comfortable working within a rapidly changing environment. Aspects of this role will require a high level of confidentiality and the ability to act accordingly.
Main duties and responsibilities
• Support the CEO, Senior Management Team and Board in business planning, strategic and organisational development, to deliver a sustainable future for the organisation.
• Work with the Treasurer and Finance Committee to develop strategies, processes and procedures to improve operations and ensure compliance with legislation and best practice.
• Undertake analysis of the Company’s financial performance and provide regular, up to date financial information to the CEO, Treasurer, Finance Committee and Board of Directors.
o Attend and provide written and verbal reports as required to the Board, Finance Committee and quarterly review meetings.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation; HMRC tax returns, corporation tax, Charity Commission, PAYE.
• Contribute to the senior management team as an active member.
Key tasks (Management Accounts)
• Prepare financial statements including quarterly Management Accounts (profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow forecast) and provide commentary for management and board.
• Compare and assess actual performance against forecast performance.
• Assist with the Audit of annual and long-term organisational forecasts to support strategic plans and work programmes.
•Produce annual accounts in line with all SORP and statutory requirements and work with the CEO and Chair of Trustees to produce the annual report.
• Provide the Auditors with all relevant information.

Key tasks (Financial Management)
• Manage Partners Funding.
• Manage day to day financial operations including bank payments and reconciliations, invoicing, submissions and exemption calculations and petty cash.
• Assist managers, project leads and budget holders to develop and monitor fully costed project proposals and budgets, using full cost recovery methodology.
o Use appropriate cost drivers to ensure the correct apportionment of overheads and direct costs.
• Assist in assessing income generation activities and funding applications.
• Record, analyse and collate financial information to ensure funders’ monitoring and claiming requirements are met.
• Maintain the Company’s financial risk register in consultation with the Director.
• Prepare and process monthly payroll, including pensions.
o Ensure correct returns to HM Revenue & Customs and pension providers.
• Line manage designated staff.

As the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, working directly with the Head of Department, you will be providing ongoing monitoring of all grantmaking and support programmes.

• Ensuring useful data is collected and analysed, and reported effectively to the relevant departments to contribute to strategic aims, using excel, Upshot and other bespoke databases
• Develop Empire Fighting Chance's approach to Monitoring and Evaluation, ensuring the charity is able to understand, report on and improve its impactIdentify and implement improvements to the charity's Monitoring and Evaluation tools, processes and systems
• Record, manage and preserve data in a safe and accessible way
• Support external evaluators to carry out their activities
• Provide delivery partners with guidelines to collect data and ensure that these are adhered to
• Responsible for embedding monitoring and evaluation across a broad range of support areas via individual and organisation grants
• Ensuring delivery is benchmarked against of Impact Management Framework
• Checking and managing the system of record to ensure accuracy of reporting
• Present findings to a range of audiences, both in writing and in person, and work closely with colleagues involved in programme evaluation, service design and delivery
• Train and support delivery partners in the Monitoring and Evaluation of the charity's programmes

We are looking for an experienced Monitoring and Evaluation Officer who has previous experience and knowledge of:

• Commitment to Empire Fighting Chance 
• Proven track record of collecting, analysing and presenting evaluation data to a high standard
• Developing measurement frameworks that are linked to charitable objects
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills, able to build effective working relationships with colleagues and partners
• Managing systems to collect and analyse enquiry and grant data
• Producing insightful and accessible statistical reports for a variety of audiences, including senior management, Committee members and Trustees
• Supporting colleagues to identify relevant data to collect
• Building a relationship with peers in the sector and ensuring the organisation is at the forefront of impact measurement

This is a part time role 2.5/3 days per week. Salary £25,000 to £28,000 (pro-rata)

Trusts Fundraiser

CHSW is looking for an experienced and dynamic trust fundraiser to lead our small and ambitious trusts team in developing and maximising income from charitable trusts and foundations. The role will drive researching, relationship development and submission of high-quality grant applications. Part of the wider fundraising directorate, this role will work closely with the community, corporate and care teams to deliver effective cross-departmental campaigns.

Trusts Fundraiser Requirements:

You will have a successful background in securing bids from trusts and foundations. You will be a creative thinker, with excellent research skills and an eye for detail. The role demands exemplary written skills with the ability to develop strong cases for support within inspirational proposals.

About Children's Hospice (South West):

Children’s Hospice South West is a registered charity dedicated to the provision of hospice care for children with life-limiting, life-threatening and chronic conditions and their families in the South West.

Since 1991 CHSW’s story is one of phenomenal growth, such that we are now one of the largest, and certainly most geographically extensive, children’s hospice organisations in England. We have developed a highly successful record of fundraising and high-quality service delivery to children and families across the South West region, which stretches from South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire in the East to the Isles of Scilly in the far West.

Location: South West - Devon, Cornwall, Bristol

Job type: Full Time, Permanent, 34 - 37 hours per week

Salary: £26,708 to £31,358 per annum (pro rata if Part Time)

Benefits: Contributory pension scheme, Group life insurance scheme, Free car parking, Generous leave entitlement, Enhanced sick pay scheme, Family friendly policies, Commitment to training and development, Excellent working environment, Occupational health, wellbeing and counselling services, Green Agenda, 96% of staff agree that they enjoy the work they do for the Charity, A chance to make a real difference to make the most of short and precious lives.

Closing Date: 08 January 2020
Anticipated interview date: 16 January 2020

Under the Equality Act 2010 employers have a duty to make reasonable adjustments where, compared to a non-disabled person, a disabled person is substantially disadvantaged by either the working arrangements (which include the recruitment process) or the working environment. If you have a disability it is a good idea to contact CHSW direct to discuss any arrangements that you may require to allow you to complete the application and attend interview if you are short-listed.

You are invited to complete the equality monitoring information. The information will be treated as confidential to be used for statistical purposes only and will not be treated as part of your application.

CHSW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post requires an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

You may have experience of the following: Fundraising Manager, Fundraiser, Business Development, Corporate Fundraiser, Fundraising Officer, Fundraiser, Fundraising, Charity, Trusts, Foundations Charities, Third Sector, NFP, Not for Profit etc.

Ref: 90777

Fundraising Officer

At Step Together Volunteering, we believe that every person has the potential and the right to effect positive change for themselves and their communities, regardless of their background or history; and that communicates are stronger and more resilient when they are inclusive.

We support some of the UK’s most marginalised people, whose complex needs put them at significant risk of the detrimental effects of social exclusion, to help them overcome the barriers they face.

Full details of the role and the person specification can be found in the attached Job Description and Person Specification. This post is 4-5 days per week (0.8-1.0 FTE 28-35 hours per week) with some flexibility offered around hours/days worked.

We are looking for a passionate fundraiser, with a proven track record of generating income from a variety of sources. You will be a self-starter and able to work on your own initiative. The role is based in our head office in Bristol, and you will work alongside the charity’s Chief Executive to develop income streams and deliver the funding we need to support those we work with.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with the right skills and commitment to make a significant difference to a small charity which is making a real difference to vulnerable and marginalized people’s lives across the UK.

£25,000-£30,000 (pro rata if part time) dependent on experience. 

Based in Bristol, with excellent road, rail, and bus links, plus parking.

To apply, please complete an application form

Closing date:  Friday 27th December 2019 at 12 noon.  Interviews to be held week commencing 6th January 2020.

Step Together is an equal opportunities employer.

We seek a positive, creative and determined individual to lead our Trusts & Foundations fundraising. You will be joining an ambitious, award-winning charity at an exciting time and play a vital part in delivering our mission to transform lives through cycling.

The Fundraising Officer will bring in grants to grow two key areas of our work:

1)  Our Inclusive Cycling Projects:

• Silver Cyclists enables older people to keep active and healthy as they age
• Bike Generation uses cycling and bikes to help young people in disadvantaged inner-city communities get active and broaden their horizons.
• Bike Minded helps people affected by mental health issues improve their wellbeing
• Two’s Company helps blind & visually-impaired people cycle on the back of tandems:

“Before I got involved, I had fallen into the trap many blind people get into: I had let my disability become a barrier to me enjoying life. It has been empowering to meet other people, visually impaired and sighted, in a social environment. Two’s Company has been the gateway for me to enter a better life after sight loss” - Steve, tandem ‘back rider’

2)  Our Bike Recycling initiatives: 

We divert broken bicycles from landfill and teach prisoners the skills to fix them. Prisoners get out of their cells and qualify as City & Guilds accredited cycle mechanics, fixed bikes are sold to local people at affordable prices to tackle transport poverty. This work won:

• Best Bike Recycling Project Energy Innovator Awards 2019
• Prison Reform Trust Robin Corbett Award for Prisoner Re-integration 2017
• National Lottery Awards, Finalist 2016

Watch a 3-minute video: https://youtu.be/NVF8cRCKnMk

Life Cycle UK has tripled in size in the past 8-years and will help 9,000 people in 2019-20. We have a diverse income mix: ~35% is from grants & donations ~35% from contracts and ~30% from fees/sales. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to take our Trusts & Foundations fundraising to the next level, based at our head office in Bristol.

TO APPLY: download a job pack from our website 

DEADLINE: 9am, Monday 6th January 2020

INTERVIEW DATE: You must be available for interview on Thursday 9th January 2020, in Bristol