We are seeking a Finance Manager to manage the charity’s finances ensuring good financial controls are in place and that sound and appropriate practices are maintained. The post-holder will advise the leadership team on all matters relating to the financial performance of the organisation and provide management information for the Heads of Department and Board of Trustees.
You will have:
- Experience of managing charity finances, and be qualified in any of the following:
- ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA.
- Experience of sound financial management and budgeting and monitoring performance through financial reports and key performance indicators.
- Highly effective people management skills – able to manage, develop and motivate staff, both individually and in teams, to achieve a high level of performance
- A management style which is empowering and supportive
Designability is an independent charity that enables disabled people to live with greater independence. Our expertise is in user-centred design, creating products with and for disabled people to improve and enrich their lives. All of our work is funded by voluntary donations.
The number of disabled people in the UK is growing each year and our products are now needed more than ever. We deliver choice by involving disabled people across our organisation and throughout the design process to create innovative product solutions not available elsewhere.
You will be joining a small team which includes mechanical and electronics engineers, workshop technicians, product designers, occupational and physiotherapists, fundraisers, researchers and administrators.
Designability was recently awarded second place in the ‘Best Charities to Work For 2020’ list by Third Sector which is a reflection of our team highly rating the fact that we encourage activities that create strong teams and foster good personal relationships. Our staff also stated their confidence in Designability’s leadership and strategic planning.
This role will initially be home working until circumstances allow working at our office in Bath.
The University of Bath provide us with recruitment support and applications are made through the University of Bath Jobs website. We choose to follow many of the University of Bath’s human resources policies. However, Designability is a fully independent charity and our staff contracts are not with the University.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Unseen is an anti-slavery charity, directly supporting survivors of modern slavery and trafficking, and also operating the UK’s Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline.
We are recruiting a part-time HR Administrator to facilitate core HR processes across the organisation. We are looking for an organised individual with HR experience and excellent multi-tasking skills to deliver administrative support for recruitment and HR processes.
Experience in HR administration and an understanding of HR processes is essential. Applicants should also have experience and confidence in administering an HR IT system to maintain and securely store all personnel records and employee data. We are looking for someone with excellent organisational skills, a keen eye for detail and who can manage their workload effectively.
You will join a small, friendly and committed Operations team working at the centre of a dynamic, ambitious and fast-moving charity. You will be supported and managed by the Operations Manager. You will be required to liaise with an external HR advice team to ensure Unseen operates as an efficient, supportive and inclusive employer. We are looking for someone who enjoys working proactively to find solutions and who approaches challenges with a positive, enthusiastic and collaborative attitude. Full and ongoing supervision and training will be provided.
This is a part-time role comprising 16 hours of work per week to be spread across a minimum of 3 days, Mon-Fri. Unseen promotes flexible working and working patterns can be discussed with the successful candidate. We welcome applications from all sections of the community we serve and recognise the value that diversity adds to our work and organisation. We encourage applications from BAME, disabled and LGBT people that are under-represented in this area of our workforce.
For further information, please refer to the job description.
The deadline for applications is Monday 13th July at 9:00am.
Interviews will be held in the week commencing Monday 20th July.
The successful candidate will be expected to commence the role in August 2020, subject to satisfactory references.
The job description, application form and equal opportunities form can be downloaded from the links provided. Applicants are advised to refer to the person specification in the job description to demonstrate how you meet the criteria and provide specific examples of your experience and skills. You are requested to also submit a cover letter. Once completed, please return all forms to the email address provided. CVs ARE NOT ACCEPTED.
Any queries, please contact us using the contact details provided.
Unseen is a charity, based in Bristol and Bedfordshire. We focus on three main areas as we work towards a world without slavery;
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: Negotiable depending on experience
Location: Bristol (alternative locations will be considered)
Deadline for applications: Friday 26th June
The position:
Our highly regarded charity client is recruiting a Lead: Development Finance. You will inspire new thinking and develop a work plan for our client’s innovative and forward thinking development finance work. You will also lead projects, and supervise research publications on finance topics as well as representing our client externally at a senior level.
Requirements:
- You will be a senior leader with outstanding expertise in the field of development finance, including knowledge of financing in international and national contexts.
- You will have experience of leading projects and project teams across a variety of locations.
- You will have exceptional research skills in both qualitative and quantitative methods, with a strong track record of publications for policy audiences.
- Strong engagement skills and an excellent understanding of the international political and policy context.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis so we encourage those interested in applying to do so as soon as possible.
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My client is a successful and expanding housing association who is looking to recruit a Senior Finance Manager.
Reporting in the Director of Finance you need to be a qualified accountant with a track record of success in operating in a large scale , fast moving organisation where quick considered financial decisions are second nature
You will be familiar with all financial management and business planning processes and ideally you will be familiar with the sector specifically with in the rent and service charge domain as you will be the go to person for all these matters.
You should also have some experience of large scale transformation and improvement projects and understand the financial implications behind an efficient delivery strategy.
You need to be a confident communicator, have strong relationship building skills and the ability to make decisions and bring people along with you.
My client is looking for a Head of Finance for a period of 6 months.
Ideally you will have experience of working in the Education sector and be able to hit the ground running and get involved in accounts prep / detailed management accounts whilst also attending Board meetings and the SMT forum on a weekly basis
Reporting into the CFO of the group you will have a lot of autonomy to run the finance team as you see fit contributing fully to all financial performance and financial control issues and help the CFO on any high level strategic plans and developments
Qualifications/experience required
Qualified
What’s on offer?
£45,000 FTC for 6 months
For the right individual there is a possibility that the role could be made permanent in the foreseeable future
My client is a not for profit organisation based in Bristol with operations around the world. As they move into the development of their next 10 year strategy and with the impact of Covid 19 on current resources, they are looking to support the business with some financial and strategic support.
We are looking for an individual who has significant CFO / FD experience with outstanding finance skills but also with an excellent business planning and strategic background. You will need to be results driven and goal orientated and use to working with a range of stakeholders and non finance people. Prior experience of working in the charitable sector would be advantageous
Key responsibilities would include:
- Developing long term financial models and the financial strategy to underpin the new organizational strategy and 3-year operational plans
- Create models which show the implications on overhead cost recovery if project plans are delayed (e.g. because of Covid-19 or other key impactful events) and review external contracts and services provided by suppliers to ensure that these are operating effectively and provide the best value to the company
- Provide accessible and timely financial analysis and information for the Executive Team so that they understand the financial shape of the organisation and are better able to make decisions on that and balance any risks involved
- Provide coaching/mentoring support to the Head of Finance and Finance team to enable them to provide strategic information and to help identify what financial structure we need as a growing organisation
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 12 month maternity cover in a public sector organisation in Bath
This a unique opportunity to join an organisation at a time of change and development and your involvement in this role will play a pivotal part
Key responsibilities include:
- Provide the FD, Board and trustees with reliable and timely financial information and analysis
- Work closely with the business providing sound financial advise on any projects and new initiatives
- Ensure that financial performance is delivered in line with agreed budgets and forecasts
- Identify and make proposals to Operational Management Teams on financial opportunities to improve value for money for designated service areas.
- Co-ordinate, support and validate the preparation of forecasts and budgets for all designated service areas.
- Prepare monthly variance analysis and commentary of financial performance.
To be successful you will need to:
- Evidence a proven track record of successfully partnering with operational teams to build effective working relationships and provide high quality customer focused services.
- Demonstrate exceptional attention to detail, effectively managing the risk of balancing precision of accuracy with timeliness of completing accounts.
- Demonstrate effective time management skills, delivering tasks on time and in full.
- Demonstrate strong commercial awareness leading to positive judgement and appraisal of risk.
- Demonstrate my ability to produce clear, accurate reports on complex issues to a variety of audiences.
- Demonstrate highly developed communication skills, providing and receiving complex and sensitive information with the ability to engage people at all levels.
Salary: £27,768 pro-rata (£16,661 - £22,214 actual per year depending on hours)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part-time hours of 22.5 to 30 hours per week – flexible to needs of candidate (please specify preference in application)
Location: Bristol (home working during COVID-19)
About us
The Soil Association was formed in 1946 to pioneer a better world – one where we can all farm, eat and live healthily in balance with the environment. Today, we’re still dedicated to making positive change happen. Our work revolves around making the case for sustainable farming systems and supporting farmers and growers to make this transition. We support farming innovation and farmer-led research through programmes which provide a platform for farmers and growers to develop and share knowledge and skills. We are inspiring millions of people to take their own step towards a sustainable future.
About the opportunity
The UK is on the brink of the biggest change to agricultural policy in 50 years. And with climate emergency beginning to show its face in the UK’s seasons, working to make our farming system more resilient and sustainable is absolutely vital. This is a fantastic opportunity to tell the stories of the farmers who are pioneering this transition. Your job will be to inspire more farmers to join the movement to towards agroecological farming whilst trying to make sure that the organic innovators get the public recognition they deserve. Examples of your activities include; producing films about agroforestry projects, coordinating the farming magazine that goes out to all Soil Association licensees and supporters, interviewing farmers who are working to build fertility into their soils with cover crops and diverse pastures and facilitating DIY content from dairy farmers sharing ways to use less antibiotics on their cows.
Your role
You will be an outstanding communicator and marketer who can work across the organisation, write and deliver a communications plan to engage both organic producers and the wider farming community. You will:
Work with the senior communications manager on a communications plan to engage and recruit farming licensees and farmers thinking of transitioning towards agroecological practices.
Create engaging content for farmers and growers with a focus on storytelling, embedding our farming tone of voice through offline and online channels.
Working with the digital comms team to optimise farming user journeys on the Soil Association website with clear calls to action
Maintain and develop a range of communications collateral, including technical and market-related reports and fact sheets.
Coordinate Organic Farming Magazine.
About you
We are looking for a person who is:
Analytical - you will be able to interpret basic marketing requirements and data
Creative - you will have the ability to translate business requirements into exciting marketing plans within tight financial constraints
Organised – you will be able to plan and coordinate different activities, ability to work on own initiative, under pressure, meeting deadlines
A great team player – you will be able to work and communicate well across several teams
Our employee benefits
Working with us you will have a range of financial and lifestyle benefits, including 27 days annual holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service (pro rata for part-time). For more information on our benefits please visit our website.
Important dates
Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 27th July 2020
Interviews are expected to take place: w/c 3rd August 2020
To Apply
Please read our full job description for this role.
Please submit your CV with a covering letter of no more than 2 pages of A4, outlining your relevant skills and experience for the role. Please make sure that the file names of the documents you attach contain your name (first name and surname) and you clearly indicate which location you are applying for.
Please note we look at applications on arrival and reserve the right to close the vacancy early.
Soil Association is committed to providing equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of their background. We value diversity whilst also acknowledging that people from certain backgrounds are underrepresented in our organisation. If you’re not sure about applying, please get in touch with us for a chat.
Thank you for your interest in the Soil Association and our job opportunities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: £39,895 per annum
Contract: Fixed-term 1 year - maternity cover
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week, an opportunity for 0.8fte (30hpw)
Location: Bristol / currently home working with travel both UK and Internationally
About us
Soil Association Certification is the UK's largest organic certification body, responsible for certifying over 70% of all organic products sold in the country. We certify organic food and farming, organic textiles and organic beauty products. Since 1973 our team has built up extensive practical experience and provide unrivalled support before, during and after certification.
About the role
We are looking for someone to lead on our organic Beauty & Cosmetics certification schemes. Your primary focus is to develop and grow the market for certified organic products and to grow the number of businesses becoming certified. You'll do this through both marketing, including business to business, PR, and events and through ensuring we provide a first in class certification service supporting our clients at every stage of the journey. You will be active in looking for new opportunities to engage business and highlight the importance of certified organic to our target markets and represent the scheme externally in the UK and as part of the international COSMOS group.
About you
You will have experience in a commercial role within the beauty and cosmetics industry and a keen interest in sustainability. You'll be able to deliver strategic objectives of the role while also keeping an eye on wider industry trends and opportunities. With excellent line management experience, you'll be a brilliant collaborator and effective communicator and will be comfortable to champion the schemes you manage with conviction, as well as motivating and inspiring your team to deliver. You'll be used to setting and achieving growth and income targets and able to plan strategically to develop the scheme as part of the overall certification offer.
Our employee benefits
Working with us you will have a range of financial and lifestyle benefits, including 27 days annual holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service (pro rata for part-time). For more information on our benefits please visit our website.
Important dates
Closing date for applications: Thursday 9th July 2020 9am
Interviews are expected to take place: week commencing 13th July 2020
To Apply
Please follow this link to read the full job description.
Please submit your CV with a covering letter, outlining your relevant skills and experience for the role. Please make sure that the file names of the documents you attach contain your name (first name and surname), and you clearly indicate which location you are applying for as well as where you saw the role advertised.
Please note we view applications on arrival and reserve the right to close this vacancy early.
Thank you for your interest in the Soil Association and our job opportunities
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
I am working with a Charity who are looking the recruit an Interim Finance team leader for a 6 month FTC.
In light of the current COVID situation this would be based at home with the potential to return to the Bristol HQ at some point.
We are looking for an individual who is methodical in their approach to work, commercial in thought process and can offer support to the Finance team and Director of Finance on a variety of interesting projects as well as some of the business as usual tasks.
Your main brief in this role would be to manage the transactional finance team and ensure that all financial transactions are recorded in the correct way; primarily involving managing and organising the operation of the purchase and sales ledgers.
The perfect individual would be someone who has passion, enthusiasm and knowledge in the charitable sector and is happy to adapt in these changing times