Vacancy Reference Number:

HOUKP/PR/UK-R1

Position title:

Head of UK Programmes

Reports to:

Director of Programmes

Location:

FLEXIBLE – with Nationwide Travel

Attendance Frequently Required at Muslim Hands, 148 – 164 Gregory Boulevard, Gregory House, Nottingham, NG7 5JE

Hours of Work:

Full-time, 35 hours per week

Salary guideline:

• Dependant on Experience

Terms of Employment:

Permanent Contract (with a 3-Month Probationary Period)

Application Process & Closing Date:

Send an up to date CV and supporting Covering Letter by Email by no later than 5th January 2021

Approx. Interview & Role Commencement Date(s):

Interviews: As and When Suitable Candidates Identified

Start: ASAP thereafter

NB: -

• Strong Applicants may be contacted sooner, ahead of the closing date, to hold Skype Interview with Muslim Hands; therefore, please include your Skype ID in your application.
• Muslim Hands reserves the right to end the application procedure early should the right candidate be found ahead of the ‘closing date’ [5th January 2021].

Background

Muslim Hands is a UK faith based international relief and development organisation working in over 40 countries worldwide. The headquarters of Muslim Hands is based in Nottingham, with additional operational function of the - fundraising team located in London. There will be occasional travel between the two locations.

Muslim Hands UK is seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic and passionate individual to lead our UK programs work. The program has reached an exciting period of growth and change.

Purpose of Post: Delivery of an impactful and effective UK program with reach and support for the vulnerable in line with the UK engagement strategy.

Main purpose of the Role:

The Head of UK Programmes will ensure the development of the MH UK National Strategy, which encompasses the implementation of a UK programme with strategic partnership engagement plan. 

 The Head of UK Programmes will report to the Director of Programmes and manage the UK programmes team.

The candidate will have demonstrable experience of successful delivery of UK civil society programme and project management. Ideally will have experience and knowledge of poverty, – education and food sector in the UK.

Main responsibilities

Strategy

• To ensure that the MH UK strategy and theory of change for MH programmes aligns with and in support MH’s global strategy.
• Carry out regular performance and annual review of UK programmes based on strategic aims and KPI’s

Programme Management

• Review proposals of proposed interventions to ensure innovative projects and programmes are designed adhering to sectoral standards, principles in accordance with UK guideline on humanitarian interventions and best practice
• Overseeing end to end cycle of the programme
• Effectively coordinate and liaise with partners to successfully implement interventions
• Ensure effective M&E arrangements through impact evaluation.
• Ensure the UK programme is in line with MH policies and procedures
• Ensure the effective use of the internal programme management system
• Ensure all UK programmes are in line with due diligence, risk procedures

Finance and Compliance

• To ensure effective implementation of projects through progress and financial reporting
• Develop MH UK programme budget
• Ensure that all records are maintained and stored appropriately in line with MH document management and IT policies
• Ensure documents and relevant procedures are correctly and appropriately applied.

Networking and Influencing

• To significantly raise the profile and visibility of MH UK Domestic Program
• To build and strengthen strategic national and local partnerships
• Represent MH on national and regional platforms. To develop understanding and support and to work in collaboration with faith-based and non-faith-based organisations
• Using MH and other networks with local CSOs and Government bodies to promote MH UK programmes
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure the internal visibility of MH UK programmes

Capacity Strengthening

• Provide insight into UK CSO trends to all relevant internal stakeholders and become a champion for UK Programmes internally and externally
• Ensure the vision, values and aim of the UK domestic programme continue to be embedded in all areas of work and are clearly communicated internally and externally.
• Ensuring areas of MH are in line with current UK CSO trends
• To work closely with colleagues and partners with relevant technical expertise to ensure (planning, monitoring, fundraising, M&E and governance and other appropriate support is available for UK programmes.

Communication and Marketing

• To provide key case studies to communication colleagues, in order to create further opportunities by highlighting key stories which heighten the awareness of the UK Domestic Program

General Responsibilities

• To undertake all tasks and duties in an effective, efficient, transparent and wholly accountable manner
• To demonstrate Muslim Hands’ values and ethics in own working practices, approach and conduct
• To support with Fundraising activities from time-to-time, committing to partake in approximately 5-Live-TV-Appeals during our peak periods.
• To undertake any reasonable responsibilities as required by Line Manager
• To promote and adhere to all Muslim Hands Policies, Procedures and Professional Practices

NB: This Job Description is illustrative and non-exhaustive in scope.  The post-holder may be required to undertake any reasonable tasks as and when required by Line Manager from time to time to reflect the changing needs of the Organisation

Person specification: - 

Essential Requirements:

• Ability to travel independently within the UK

• Thorough experience of working within UK civil society sector
• Ability to demonstrate current eligibility to work within the United Kingdom
• Must be able to either:

Provide a valid Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate (issued within the last year) when requested by Muslim Hands;

OR

Undertake to provide full cooperation for Muslim Hands to perform a DBS Check at the required level appropriate for this / similar role.

Highly Desirable:

• Experience of Team management
• A Masters level or equivalent relevant qualification
• Project Management qualifications  

Please register your interest and apply by sending in your current CV and a suitable covering letter.

Deadline for applications is 5th January 2021 however we reserve the right to end the application procedure early should the right candidate be found. 

NB: Unfortunately, we will only be able to contact successful candidates so if you have not heard from us by the closure date unfortunately your application will have been unsuccessful.

My charity client are developing their IT function, and have created this new role to manage their key business systems.

Reporting to the Head of IT, the role is responsible for the delivery and support of key Business Systems and processes with a focus on Fundraising/Marketing, HR and Finance and will also take the lead in the development of Microsoft Organisation business tools including SharePoint, Teams, ZenDesk etc.

This Business Systems Manager role includes oversight of their CRM and integrated systems, however on a day-to-day basis these systems are managed by the Database Manager, therefore no specialist knowledge required.

This role will also ensure that key business systems drive and enhance the delivery of their organisational strategy and build the capability of their staff to ensure that they optimise the tools available to them.

Essential skills and Experience should include;

• Experience of managing and administering Finance & HR Systems
• Experience of implementing new systems
• Experience of implementing new system processes

• Managing and administering Microsoft business tools including SharePoint and Teams
• A proven track record of delivering high quality results to deadlines.
• Experience of developing, communicating and implementing business plans.
• Proven planning and project management experience to control effective use of resources.

• Experience of financial and budgetary management.
• Extensive experience of supporting Business Systems on multiple platforms
• Evidence of taking business process and translating into system and application process
• Experience of system implementation projects

The office is based in North London and you will be expected to go into the office a few times a month but they offer flexible working.

Charity People are delighted to be working with this amazing organisation that works to improve support, services and recognition for anyone living with the challenges of caring, unpaid, for someone who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or addiction problems. With their Network Partners, they aim to ensure that quality assured information, advice and practical support are available to all carers across the UK.
People are important! With their support unpaid carers get the recognition, help and support that they need.
The Head of Finance and Business Support at this organisation is an exciting new role which will act as a key business partner to the organisation and be a key member of their leadership team.
You MUST have the following:
* Look after all aspects of financial and resource planning and reporting
* providing effective, business partnering, analysis and decision support, and
* ensuring that the finance team works as a valued business partner across the organisation in support of their work for unpaid carers.
* Strategic understanding, and operational delivery, of best in class practices in financial management
* Strong leadership and management experience, of a finance team, with a collaborative and flexible approach
* Strong experience of financial reporting and preparation of year end accounts
* Experience in developing and overseeing the operation of finance systems
* Experience of working in a complex environment and sector
* Excellent ability to plan, monitor and implement projects to agreed deadlines often with conflicting priorities

Essential:
* ACCA, ACA or CIMA Qualified with significant post-qualification experience
Excellent technical and analysis skills, including advanced Excel modelling and analysis.
* A practical and innovative thinker who is able to translate strategy into operational and project plans and business and commercial goals into robust financial objectives and plans
* Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills; able to tailor information to different audiences, including the ability to interpret and present complex topics in a way that is accessible.
* Strong ability to establish business partnership relations and lead a team of people towards common purpose
* A role model and ambassador of collaborative working, valuing and developing employees to reach their potential.
* Proven ability to constructively challenge, influence and do things differently with positive organisational benefits
* Ability and willingness to work flexibly in terms of hours and travel

The Head of Finance and Business Support will provide leadership to the Finance team working as an enabler to the business, through ensuring effective practice and excellence in all areas based on company values.

Peace Direct is an international charity with a big mission: to work with local people to stop violence and build sustainable peace in some of the world's most conflict affected countries. More than that, we want to change the international system so that it better supports the role that local people and communities play in preventing violence and building and sustaining peace.

We are looking for an experieced manager to lead our newly merged Programmes and Research team. The team is responsible for supporting our local partners around the world to deliver their vital peacebuilding work, as well as undertaking research into the effectiveness and sustainability of locally led peacebuilding efforts. Like many charities, 2020 has been a very challenging year for us and so we have restructured the organisation to reduce our running costs and ensure that we can continue to deliver our mission for years to come. The merging of our International Programmes department and Policy and Research department has been a core part of the restructure and we are now looking for someone to lead the new Programmes and Research department. 

We are looking for an experienced professional with at least five years experience in the peacebuilding or a related sector. You will have a solid track record of team and line management, be a strategic thinker when it comes to peacebuilding practice and have a firm commitment to supporting local efforts, in exploring ways to shift power to local actors and in transforming the international system so that is more attuned to the needs and perspectives of local actors.

You will be an excellent communicator, will be comfortable representing Peace Direct in international meetings (including representing the CEO) and will have strong financial/budget management skills. You will also be fluent in French, as a large proportion of our international programmes are based in Francophone Africa.

Finally, we are looking for someone who is creative, calm and adaptable even under the most challenging of circumstances. The work we support around the world is based in some of the most volatile contexts, and things often don't go according to plan. We are looking for people who thrive under these situations.

While the post is based in our London office, we have closed our office due to Covid and do not expect to reopen it until March 2021. Therefore the successful candidate will be expected to work from home for the first few months of the year at least. 

Peace Direct strives to be a diverse and inclusive employer, with equality of opportunities regardless of personal identity, and we are committed to improving our systems and ways of working to support this, including creating a Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) working group, DEI strategy and recruitment guidelines. We strongly encourage individuals from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds to apply, including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), LGBTQ+, people with disabilities and people with mental health challenges.

The deadline for applications is 17th January 2021. Only completed applications will be accepted and only applicants with the right to work in the UK will be considered. The application form and Job Description are available on Peace Direct’s website. 

Peace Direct works hard to ensure its staff have a good work life balance and feel valued. Some of the benefits we have include:

• 25 days annual leave not including the office closing between Christmas and New Year.
• Stakeholder Pension with Peace Direct contributing 6%
• An interest free season ticket loan for the purchase of a commuter season ticket
• Flexible working hours
• Enhanced maternity and adoption leave pay (12 weeks full pay, 12 weeks half pay)
• Training budget available for all staff (we have secured ‘Investors in People’ accreditation and are committed to the development and support of all staff).
• A warm and friendly work environment!

ROYAL FREE CHARITY

HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS

SALARY - £50,000-£55,000 per annum -subject to skills and experience

37.5 hours a week over five days

Base – initially home working then office based at Royal Free Hospital

The Royal Free Charity stands at the threshold of its most important period of development. The pandemic has shown just how vital is its support for the staff and patients of our three hospitals across north London and our generous donors have never been more ready to enable us to provide it. The need for our support for globally-important research has also never been more clear.

We now need world class communications to underpin all our conversations: with our staff, our hospital colleagues, our donors, our other partners. This is your opportunity to make sure we get them right.

If you have the right experience, and the confidence and the imagination, to steer the messaging of our expert and ambitious teams; and if you feel excited at the idea of creating a new benchmark in philanthropic healthcare communications, we want to hear from you.

The head of communications will be reporting to the director of engagement and communications.

The main purpose of the role:

To lead on the organisation’s media campaigns, brand, communications (both external and internal), marketing, social media and digital engagement, ensuring the RFC is an exemplar for NHS charities in terms of public and member engagement. Develop and implement a communications and messaging strategy that ensures significant growth in the awareness, engagement and participation in our work from people across north London and beyond, wherever the trust offers services.

Benefits:

28 days’ paid holiday plus UK bank holidays each year.

Enrolment into the pension scheme.

To apply for this post, send a Word document CV with a 500-word statement addressing how you meet the criteria set out in the job description and person specification: qualifications, experience, skills, knowledge and personal qualities. Please ensure you include your last employer and dates of employment within your CV. 

Closing date for application: Thursday 21 January 2021, 12 noon.

Interview date: Thursday 28 January 2021

Head of Finance Transformation: £450 - £500 per day (Umbrella Co.), London

For a large, complex organisation, we are recruiting an interim Head of Finance Transformation for up to 12 months to deliver a first-class Finance function and transform the finance service delivery model. Reporting to the CFO, this role will lead the transformation change project to reshape the Finance division, realise the benefits of the implementation of a new finance system and improve system effectiveness. This role will design, develop, and implement a new Finance Operating Model, will embed business partnering across the organisation, and will define, develop, and lead culture change - building trust with stakeholders and Executive team.

Main Duties:

• ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE: Lead all aspects of transformation change to deliver first-class Finance and Procurement function
• Define, develop, and implement culture change
• Activity analysis of roles and responsibilities, lead and manage transition of devolved finance activity out in the business into a central function
• Manage, develop, and lead staff transferring from the business centrally and lead cultural alignment
• ORGANISATIONAL DESIGN: Gap analysis of AS IS and TO BE operating model and organisation structure
• Design organisational practices to deliver the TO BE operating model and structure
• Job design / redesign to improve value-ad, improve productivity and lead workshop design and management to drive efficiency
• Build and develop relationships across the organisation, reporting to the CFO and Exec Team

Person Specification:

• CCAB Qualified with experience of leading and delivering large-scale finance change and transformation programmes
• Experience of undertaking organisational design, implementing business partnering
• Experience of working in a challenging project environment having project managed people and cultural change
• Delivering process efficiency
• Substantial experience of building effective networks and collaborative working relationships, influencing at senior leadership level
• Knowledge or organisational change methodologies and how to assess and use OD diagnostic tools

________

As an employer, we are committed to ensuring representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

If you know anyone looking for a new role, your referral could earn you £250

The consists of five distinct brands: , , , and . If you or anyone you know is looking to join our growing recruitment team, speak to us today. £250 is on offer for any referrals we successfully hire.

This  is  an  exciting  time  for  Citizens  Advice  services  in  Buckinghamshire.  The  charities  Citizens  Advice Aylesbury  Vale,  Citizens  Advice  Chiltern  and  Citizens  Advice  High  Wycombe  &  District  are  merging  to become Citizens Advice Bucks. Like the constituent organisations that will form it have done for many years, this new charity will provide independent and impartial advice on debt, benefits, housing, employment and family issues that will help people get their lives back on track, as well as using on-the-ground knowledge to improve local and national social policy.

While the merger was planned long before the COVID-19 crisis, this newly-formed, larger organisation will be better placed to meet the increasing demand for our services. It also matches the geography of one of our primary funders, the newly-formed unity authority, Buckinghamshire Council, which will allow us to build strong working relationships at county level.

Each of the constituent charities have considerable areas of strength, providing services that respond to the need in their local communities. Citizens Advice Bucks must maintain these strengths and the local “feel” of services, whilst also ensuring the same high quality, availability and consistency of services across the county, and developing a strong, shared internal culture across the new charity.

Key details
Organisation: Citizens Advice Bucks
Job Title: Head of Services
Salary: 40 000 45 000
Hours: Full time, with occasional weekend and evening work
Location: Buckinghamshire

The successful candidate will have
Demonstrable senior level experience of managing the development, delivery, and quality assurance of multi-channel services that meet the needs of communities, are delivered within budget, and meet funder requirements
Experience of developing and implementing quality assurance systems, policies, and procedures to meet standards set by accrediting bodies
Demonstrably strong people management skills with significant experience of managing a large team to deliver a range of services
Experience of leading people and teams through change using strong communication skills
Proven experience of developing, planning, monitoring and evaluating services and projects
Experience of effective partnership working and networking, with the ability to represent CAB and deputise for the CEO at forums, steering groups and meeting with funders
Knowledge of issues affecting the communities we serve and ability to use evidence to influence change through research and campaigns activity
Experience of reporting to funders on project activities

We encourage applicants who are from underrepresented groups with protected characteristics, as we value having a diverse pool of applicants to find the best candidate
If you would like to receive an Information Pack for this role, with details on how to apply, please contact

Shweta Prabhakar 
Closing date for applications 9 00 am Monday 4th January 2021

Head of Finance Transformation: £80,000 - 85,000 (12-month FTC)

For a large, complex organisation, we are recruiting a Head of Finance Transformation for a 12-month FTC to deliver a first-class Finance function and transform the finance service delivery model. Reporting to the CFO, this role will lead the transformation change project to reshape the Finance division, realise the benefits of the implementation of a new finance system and improve system effectiveness. This role will design, develop, and implement a new Finance Operating Model, will embed business partnering across the organisation, and will define, develop, and lead culture change - building trust with stakeholders and Executive team.

Main Duties:

• ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE: Lead all aspects of transformational change to deliver first-class Finance and Procurement function
• Define, develop, and implement culture change
• Activity analysis of roles and responsibilities, lead and manage transition of devolved finance activity out in the business into a central function
• Manage, develop, and lead staff transferring from the business centrally and lead cultural alignment
• ORGANISATIONAL DESIGN: Gap analysis of AS IS and TO BE operating model and organisation structure
• Design organisational practices to deliver the TO BE operating model and structure
• Job design / redesign to improve value-ad, improve productivity and lead workshop design and management to drive efficiency
• Build and develop relationships across the organisation, reporting to the CFO and Exec Team

Person Specification:

• CCAB Qualified with experience of leading and delivering large-scale finance change and transformation programmes
• Experience of undertaking organisational design, implementing business partnering
• Experience of working in a challenging project environment having project managed people and cultural change
• Delivering process efficiency
• Substantial experience of building effective networks and collaborative working relationships, influencing at senior leadership level
• Knowledge or organisational change methodologies and how to assess and use OD diagnostic tools

________

As an employer, we are committed to ensuring representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

If you know anyone looking for a new role, your referral could earn you £250

The consists of five distinct brands: , , , and . If you or anyone you know is looking to join our growing recruitment team, speak to us today. £250 is on offer for any referrals we successfully hire.

Come and support our vision that all disabled young people will enjoy, achieve and participate. We are looking for someone inspirational to empower our young people using creative methods of working. We are looking for someone who has experience supporting young people with disabilities to have more control, involvement and choice in their lives as they move from childhood to adulthood. As well as having experience of direct project planning and delivery.

This role is mostly home-based, with regular co-working days and ad hoc meetings in the Oxford/Warwickshire area when permitted.

Join an agile social enterprise working to support healthcare workers to deliver high quality care in low and middle-income countries globally. Lead us in building innovative, impactful high-quality products and services, initially focusing on the launch of a unique digital offer to support remote e-learning via the new PCI Academy.

About PCI

PCI was launched as a social enterprise in 2014 by Red Whale | GP Update, one of the UK’s leading providers of continuous medical education (CME) in primary care. We are a small ‘virtual’ team with big ambitions.

PCI seeks to find sustainable solutions for delivering quality and cost-effective front-line healthcare worldwide. This encompasses a major focus on learning and development for healthcare workers. PCI had already started developing and testing remote models of delivery, and, given the impact of Covid-19, we are accelerating this process and shifting from a primarily face to face learning model to a blended model in which digital learning plays an important part.

This is an exciting time to be working with PCI as we are rapidly scaling up our digital capabilities to deliver existing and new projects with a wide range of partners, from the WHO and the UNHCR to Ministries of Health to NGOs. Our distinctiveness lies in our peer-to-peer learning style and pragmatic, case-based approach to putting that learning into practice.

You’ll be working alongside a friendly and supportive operational team, and a network of Clinical Associates. In delivering the project, you’ll work closely with the CEO, Head of Programmes and Clinical Director. You’ll also have the support of a Digital Project Manager reporting directly into this role whose responsibilities will include managing our Learning Management System.

The role:

• Strategic Leadership of the PCI Academy (70%)

The Academy, currently in beta phase, is due to launch in Spring 2021. It will become a hub for all PCI learning and a central component to our work strengthening primary healthcare globally.

• Lead on the initial launch of the PCI Academy with its inaugural course and initial cohorts
• Provide strategic leadership to the next phase of PCI Academy development (spanning commissioning content, design, user experience, accreditation)
• Scope, design and incorporate social learning opportunities through cohort-based learning and online communities of practice
• Develop professional development opportunities for PCI Academy alumni, in turn serving to diversify PCI Faculty and create learning within and across LMIC.

• Development of PCI products and services (25%)

Working closely with the Clinical Director, build on PCI’s distinctiveness to develop and refine its existing and new products and services (from distance mentoring programmes to Clinical Decision Support Tools). Apply design thinking and user experience perspectives to:

• ensure PCI’s Clinical Associate network has the resources, frameworks and guidance necessary to deliver consistently high-quality services;
• enable PCI’s target audience to seamlessly access a portfolio of relevant and impactful services;
• clearly define and communicate the overall PCI offer to existing and potential partners

• Innovation and change management (5%)

In order to harness evolving technologies and best practices:

• Scan the horizon for new trends and innovations in the global health ecosystem and beyond
• Identify ways in which PCI can make use of emerging technologies in ways that are feasible from an operational and financial perspective (such as through grants and participation in research partnerships)
• Promote established and emerging best practice in capacity development, innovating to enable multi-directional learning and peer-to-peer knowledge exchange.

About You

You will combine experience of working strategically and collaboratively to develop and deliver products and services whilst also bringing digital savvy and insight from the global health sector.

We’d love to hear from you if you are…

• Curious and possess a learning mindset: you are passionate about yourself and others’ learning and are open to new tools, experiences, and ways of doing things
• A compelling influencer: you have the knowledge and skills that it takes to get people excited about PCI’s approach to (digital) pedagogy, and you can effectively work with clinicians and understand their needs and feedback
• Agile & adaptable: you’re flexible in the face of change and comfortable with ambiguity
• A fast worker: able to work at pace to ensure efficiency without compromising quality
• A problem-solver: you’re a self-starter who takes challenges in your stride, maintaining a positive and energised outlook which motivates those around you
• A stickler for the detail: you’re highly organised and set and maintain exceptionally high standards for your own and others’ work

The ideal candidate would also have:

• Developed and launched new learning and development offers, preferably in LMIC markets
• Designed innovative active, social and applied learning experiences
• A keen interest in the evolution of new technology solutions and their application
• Experimented with fully online and blended delivery models
• Knowledge and understanding of global health priorities and trends

Equality Statement

Equality and diversity is at the core of PCI values. Staff and consultants are expected to work collectively and individually to promote a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a variety of backgrounds, where the work of others is valued and respected. We actively encourage applicants from BAME and other under-represented groups.

Head of Press – Maternity Cover
Location: King’s Cross, London*
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum, pro rata
Contract: 10 Months Fixed Term Contract

Art Fund is the national fundraising charity for art. We believe that art can make you see, think and feel differently, and through our work we help make art more accessible to as many visitors as possible, wherever they are. We give grants to help museums and galleries acquire works of art for their collections, share them with wide audiences, and support the training and professional development of curators. We are supported by our growing membership of 159,000 through the National Art Pass, as well as the generosity of many trusts, foundations and other individuals.

The Head of Press will widely communicate Art Fund’s work as the national charity for art. They will work with our hundreds of museum and gallery partners across the UK to publicise how Art Fund’s support has helped them do more: from buying, commissioning or conserving works of art, to sharing them across the UK, to providing funding and opportunities for curators.

The Head of Press also plays a key role in helping shape and deliver the communications campaign for Art Fund Museum of the Year, the largest museum prize in the world. They will contribute to the fundraising activities of Art Fund through supporting media relations campaigns for projects on our crowdfunding platform Art Happens to promoting the National Art Pass to ambitious public appeals to help save important works of art. They will also work closely with colleagues on Art Fund’s work lobbying for positive changes to policies to better protect UK museums and their collections.

They will implement and evaluate the Art Fund’s PR, communications and public affairs strategy, working in close collaboration with the Director of Communications and other key staff members. The post holder will be thoroughly involved in all aspects of Art Fund’s work and be a ‘go to’ person for members of the media and the internal staff team for their wide knowledge of the sector and our support. 

They will be skilled at managing and getting the best from external PR agencies, freelancers, suppliers and partners. They will be confident creating position statements and Q&As, briefing media, managing complex media enquiries, and preparing senior staff for interviews, being keenly attuned to reputational risk. They will work closely and collaboratively with other members of the Communications team to actively contribute to a communications and content strategy which serves the needs of the organisation.

Closing date: 19th January 2021

For more information:
Please download the Job Description included below and click the apply button to attach your CV, it will be sent automatically to us. 

Thank you for your interest in Art Fund. We will review your application and will contact you if you have been selected for interview.

We receive an overwhelming number of responses to our posts and unfortunately, are unable to reply individually to every applicant or provide feedback.

*The role’s location will be our King Cross office (2 Granary Square, London N1C 4BH), with all staff currently working remotely, as will the successful candidate initially. However, once we are back in the office, there would be a reasonable expectation for them to work from the office, as regularly as everyone else.

No agencies please. 

Reports to:Chief Executive Officer

Annual salary: c. £80,000 (pay will be based on local salary but only to the same value as the equivalent London Salary)

Location: Flexible

About Lumos

Lumos is an international children’s charity founded in 2005 by children’s author J.K. Rowling to end the harmful practice of institutionalisation of children. Lumos’ mission is to fight for every child’s right to a family by transforming care systems around the world.  Our vision is for all children to grow up in safe and loving families. 

Job Purpose

For over 10 years Lumos has worked directly in a number of countries to safely transform systems of care and protection, helping to ensure children can grow up in loving families rather than harmful orphanages, and demonstrating that change is possible.

Despite the milestones achieved, millions of children continue to live in institutions globally and until more countries adopt quality system-wide reform at national levels, this grave problem will persist.

Encouragingly national governments and major stakeholders are increasingly committing to transition away from harmful institutional models of care. However, many lack the know-how to develop holistic alternative solutions which support family and community-based care and it is not possible for Lumos and others in our sector to work directly in every country.

Leveraging its extensive experience and expertise, Lumos has restructured as a global centre for systems change. Working in collaboration with strategic partners to provide remote targeted support, technical advice and training, the global centre for systems change will help to build the capacity of national governments and other major stakeholders to lead safe, sustainable and system-wide reform. This will allow Lumos’ work to benefit more children and families and achieve an impact greater than the sum of its parts.

Scope

The Director of Global Systems Change will report to the Chief Executive Officer, responsible for delivering the systems change strategy in close collaboration with other members of the Executive Leadership Team.

The position is responsible for developing and delivering Lumos’ strategy to promote the adoption of high-quality care reform by national governments around the world.

The Global Systems Change Group will comprise the following functions:

• Targeted technical advice and remote support to national governments, NGOs and national systems leaders;
• Strategic Partnerships with influential intermediary organisations;
• Design and development of digital resources and learning exchange (learning products – toolkits; guidance; training; peer-to-peer exchange; study visits; and learning events);
• Systems change support;
• Developing a child and youth participation model, ensuring it is placed as a core component of technical advice to enable others to replicate quality participation.

The post holder will provide leadership across the Group and ensure that Lumos’ Global Systems Change Group is built into an integrated team.

As a senior leader, the post holder will be comfortable working within a culturally diverse organisation and promoting Lumos’s commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.  They will be a collaborative leader, engaging staff at all levels and developing them to achieve their full potential.

The role will require international travel, both to other Lumos offices, to countries in which Lumos is working and to strategic events and conferences.

Key Objectives

The Director of Global Systems Change will:

• Develop and deliver a Global Systems Change strategy for Lumos;
• Provide overall leadership and management to the Global Systems Change group;
• Develop cutting edge framework for systems change – enabling its adoption in a wide range of contexts;
• Support senior Heads of functions in the Group to design and implement a strategy to target and provide technical advice and remote support to national governments, NGOs and national systems leaders;
• Oversee and quality assure Lumos technical advice and remote support; 
• Build a network of relationships with sectors relevant to care reform for children, such as health, education and early childhood development, to promote holistic reform approaches;
• At a senior level, develop Strategic Partnerships with influential intermediary organisations and encourage them to adopt principles of high-quality care reform;
• Oversee the design and development of digital resources and learning exchange to support care reform adoption;
• Ensure that child and youth participation is placed as a core component of technical advice to enable others to replicate quality participation.
• Work closely with the Evidence, Advocacy and Campaigns Group to share learning and build on expertise;
• Work alongside the Demonstration Programmes Group to ensure that Lumos’ systems change approach can inform, and be informed by, innovative demonstration programmes.
• Manage the allocated Systems Change budget.

• Additional responsibilities
• Work closely with fundraising colleagues to develop and report on income generation opportunities;
• Ensure the Global Systems Change Group contributes to, understands and implements the organisational safeguarding strategy, and risks are managed effectively;
• Work with the Executive Leadership Team towards the delivery of Lumos’ long-term strategic plan
• Other tasks as reasonably required by the Chief Executive.

Person Specification

Lumos is seeking a senior professional with extensive experience of developing frameworks and interventions that can be taken to scale.  The ideal candidate will have an entrepreneurial mindset, with a keen eye for developing strategic relationships that can lead to transformational change for children.

This post will hold significant strategic relationships both internally and externally – and will be comfortable operating flexibly with colleagues from different disciplines, sectors and contexts.

The ideal candidate will have:

Knowledge/Skills:

• Ability to strategically position childcare reform and Lumos in the international development sector, both at the government and non-governmental level, to advance regional and national initiatives aimed at fulfilling children’s rights;
• Knowledge and understanding of scaling interventions – creating frameworks and guidance that can be adapted in different contexts; 
• Knowledge and understanding of the field of transforming care, deinstitutionalisation, child rights, disability and international development and extensive knowledge of the key actors in each of these fields;
• Understanding of, and experience in, integrating child protection and care reform for children into relevant sectors, such as health, education and early childhood development;
• Excellent relationship-building skills, including the ability to work effectively and with sensitivity across barriers such as language, culture and distance;
• Proven ability to lead and manage multi-disciplinary technical experts;
• Proven track record of translating – often highly technical – evidence, expertise and knowledge into capacity building initiatives for a broad range of practitioners; 
• Experience of delivering complex long-term programmes to high quality standards and within budget;
• Significant experience of designing programmes to support children, families and communities with a complex range of needs, including children with disabilities;
• Expertise in working with and influencing governments, international organisations, NGOs, funders and other key stakeholders;
• Proven knowledge and experience of delivering and upholding child protection and safeguarding principles;
• Strong knowledge experience of child participation in the development of programmatic work;
• Ability to work calmly and creatively and to respond to a dynamic and changing environment;
• Fluent written and verbal English.

Experience:

• Experience of working within a culturally diverse organisation;

• Experience of engaging and developing staff;
• Significant experience of designing and delivering technical advice and remote support internationally in the field of transforming care for children;
• Experience of integrating child protection and care reform for children into relevant sectors, such as health, education and early childhood development;
• Expertise in working with governments, international organisations, NGOs, faith-based organizations, funders and/or other key stakeholders;
• Experience of working alongside fundraising colleagues to secure and effectively deliver on grants;
• Experience working in an international organisation.

Desirable:

• Fluency in a language other than English.

Job Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance System Analyst to join our small finance team, on a temporary basis for an initial 3 months period, to provide support with the transition from our old finance system (PS Financials) to a new accounting system (Aqilla).

This is a project management role but it's essential that the post holder has experience in financial systems implementations, integrations with other systems and bolt-ons.  Working with members of the Finance team, budget holders from across the organisation, the Head of IT, Head of Finance and the Director of Finance, you will support the implementation of Aqilla and any additional bespoke system. The role is as dynamic as it is varied with a wide range of stakeholders to engage with. As such, the successful candidate needs to be really flexible to switch between who they are working with on any given day and what tasks will be undertaken.

The role will include data cleansing, data mapping, testing of the new finance system Aqilla as well as providing additional accounting support for Year End.  As such, candidates must have a blend of Accounting experience as well as strong systems experience, ideally with PS Financials and  / or Aqilla.

Main tasks:

• Support the Aqilla system implementation from a finance perspective
• Data extraction and cleansing from PS Financials
• Checking codes on PS Financials, testing and mapping to ensure fit for purpose on the new system
• Working with the Aquila Project Manager to ensure seamless transition
• Working with finance team members to streamline and re-align processes
• Reviewing processes from front end to back end, producing process maps and making recommendations and then managing the implementation of various efficiency programs through to User Acceptance Testing.
• Working with the Aqilla project manager to map and set up effective way of producing restricted fund accounts / fund accounts.
• Working with Aqilla project manager to ensure necessary reports required by the finance team are set up and works effectively.
• Full Process documentation
• Ensuring proper bolt on of the bank reconciliation process
• Ensuring effective uploads of data and checking accuracy of data uploaded
• Driving the automation of data capture, analysis and reporting; ensuring data integrity and internal controls are integral to the new system.
• Entering transactions onto Aqilla and legacy system during the parallel running phase.
• Running reports then manipulating large datasets on Excel
• Booking meetings with Project Team and required stakeholders
• Updating project plan working with the Aqilla Project Manager
• Booking training sessions for finance and non-finance staff, as required,
• Be willing to work with non-finance staff to explore how data from their systems can be interfaced onto the new finance systems.
• Provide support with the implementation of the expense system
• Provide adhoc support with year end and any other tasks, as and where needed

Qualifications and requirements:

• Part qualified accountant or similar (AAT, CIMA, ACCA etc.)
• Experience with PS Financials, Aqilla and/or similar accounting software
• Must be adept in use of the MS Office Suite, particularly Excel to enable the manipulation of huge volumes of data and checking their accuracy.
• Understanding the journey of an implementation and expectations along the way
• Excellent communication skills
• A flexible and willing attitude who will be able to 'muck in’
• Well organised and methodical individual with good admin experience, who can check and organise financial information as well as respond to enquiries by email.
• Be flexible and able to deliver to deadlines
• A good understanding of the Charity SORP and accounting concepts, including their application.
• High level of organisational skills with exceptional attention to detail and a thorough and systematic approach to diagnosing and solving problems.
• Ability to use initiative and to suggest new ideas for service improvement
• Must be organised, flexible and be able to manage/prioritise own workload and work under pressure.
• Ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with colleagues across Nightingale Hammerson
• Be willing to work over and above standard hours when necessary and appropriate
• Be able to maintain confidentiality at all times
• Have empathy with the aims and objectives of Nightingale Hammerson

We are looking for a swift hire so only apply if you are immediately available. Applications will be reviewed as received and the advert may be closed early if a suitable candidate is found. The role is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Your new organisation

I am currently recruiting a Head of Finance for a higher education institution based in Central London on a permanent basis.

Your new role

You will provide financial planning advice for the University group on longer term plans, providing forecasts, modelling and investment planning. You will develop a long-term financial strategy for the University which will include developing and utilising a range of key performance indicators, and oversee an annual budget. You will take responsibility for the management of the University financial resources, leading and managing a professional finance, payroll and staffing team that services the needs of the University. The role works with a broad range of stakeholders, supporting them to engage appropriately with university processes, and reporting to diverse audiences on finance and its wider implications.

What do I need?

You will be a qualified accountant with significant financial management experience in a large organisation. You will have experience managing a finance team and have experience and knowledge of financial management information systems.

What's on offer?

A salary is on offer between £45,603 to £54,943 per annum plus excellent benefits which include generous holiday entitlement.

What do I need to do now?

If you are interested, please apply ASAP.

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