NCT is the UK’s largest charity for parents, providing invaluable support and information for new and expectant parents.  We support parents by giving them accurate, impartial information so that they can decide what’s best for their family, and we introduce them to a network of local parents to gain practical and emotional support.

We are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated people who share our vision and values. Working for the NCT is a rewarding experience. It gives you the opportunity to apply your experience and expertise to help enrich the lives of thousands of parents in the UK. It also offers you the opportunity to develop valuable skills and gain insight into working for a charity in the not-for-profit sector. NCT is committed to positive organisational culture, productive workplace and work-life balance that respects the individual.

We are looking for an excellent communicator to drive the delivery of our technology strategy through first class team leadership, project management and procurement underpinned by a track record of delivering a portfolio of products and services across a range of technologies.

 The role is based in Bristol but will require some travel to London, where a number of key stakeholders are based.

Although advertised as a permanent role, we are open to flexible arrangements and this role may be suitable for an individual looking to work 0.8 FTE

The Role

You will be:

• responsible for developing and implementing NCT’s technology roadmap this includes:
  • supporting the final stages of our Salesforce implementation – by providing Project Management support and establishing the key processes for support and ongoing development.
  • developing and managing our support team to provide support across Office365, hardware and voice/video communications.
  • ensuring secure and robust hosting arrangements throughout the charity
  • ensuring the safeguarding of data across the charity.
• responsible for managing relationships with key technology suppliers including web hosting, web development, CRM development, testing and security.
• responsible for managing the technology team’s budget including monthly reforecasting with the finance team.

About You

You will:

• have a solid professional background in a relevant technical discipline (such as software development)
• have demonstrable experience of agile project management
• have the ability to embrace lightweight, modern technology, and also be confident choosing tools/technologies that make everybody’s life easier (we are not looking to re-invent the wheel).
• be quick to understand wider pain points and challenges, and able to connect the dots, prioritise, and steer a team towards a clear end goal.
• have deep knowledge of best practices to help deliver the right products faster (whether working with users and stakeholders, development practices, continuous integration, devops etc.).
• need to be confident and assertive with the ability to build rapport and effectively communicate with people at all levels
• be team orientated and able to maintain positive and supportive relationships with your colleagues at all time as teamwork is essential in this role

If you feel you are the right candidate for the role then please apply now by uploading a copy of your CV and a supporting statement outlining how you meet the requirements of the role when prompted.

Closing date: 18th December

Interviews: week commencing 6th January 

Brunelcare is a charity providing high quality housing, care and support for older people in the South West. For 75 years we have been at the forefront of developing innovative ways for people to stay as independent as possible, creating great communities to live, work and enjoy being in. The charity has a turnover of over £33million, employing around 1,100 staff.

The last 12 months has seen a refreshment of our Trustee group, including a new Chair, and the recent appointment of a new Chief Executive. This year will see us developing our new 5 year strategy covering 2020-2025. Our Care services continue to be recognised as high quality and we have a healthy financial position across the organisation.

We are now seeking to appoint a new Director of Finance, following the external promotion of the current postholder. Reporting to the Chief Executive as key member of the SMT, you’ll drive improvements across our organisation and play a critical role in helping us secure new opportunities to enable us to continue delivering high quality, sustainable services to older people.

As well as Finance, you will also lead IT, Corporate Governance and act as Company Secretary. Our blend of housing and care means that your work will have real variety - an exciting mix of strategic and long-term planning, capital development, treasury management, commercial partnerships and technological development, as well as the day-to-day operational demands of delivering a high quality care service in a quickly changing environment.

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant, preferably with experience within the housing, care or a related regulated sector. You will have excellent leadership skills and a strong focus on business performance, together with previous experience of working at Board level or having had good exposure to Board members .

Brunelcare has a friendly, compassionate and inclusive culture. It is essential that you bring a passion for service delivery and work collegiately across the business. You should relish the opportunity to get out and meet managers, colleagues and service users, and generally be a visible, values-based leader within the organisation. 

We will be happy to consider applicants who wish to work flexibly. 

CVS South Gloucestershire is looking for an inspirational strategic leader with business acumen who will join us to lead the organisation through the next stage of our development.

Celebrating 16 years of supporting voluntary, community and social action in South Gloucestershire, 10 of which have been led by our outgoing Chief Officer, this is a unique opportunity to lead and develop this effective and impactful local charity. 

CVS is highly valued by the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector and well regarded by public sector colleagues and has an excellent reputation in the area.  CVS is well respected for its model of delivery using professional Associates to build skills, capacity and competence for the local VCSE. 

An experience strategic leader, the Chief Executive will facilitate an effective Board of VCSE Leaders, working strategically with senior colleagues from the public sectors.

The post is based in Poole Court in Yate, with the opportunity for some home working and involves travel across South Gloucestershire and the West of England.

Closing Date: 12 noon Friday 3rd January 2020

Interviews: Wednesday 8th January 2020

CVS South Gloucestershire

A company limited by guarantee, registered in England.

Company Number: 4831569 Registered Charity Number:1099702

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification in the recruitment pack when describing your suitability for the role. Candidates selected for interview will be asked to prepare a 10-minute presentation the topic will shared with details of confirmation of invitation to interview.

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 

Job Title: Chief Executive

Salary:  £40 – 50K

Hours of work: full time/permanent

Location:  Bristol

We are working in partnership with PROPS, an established medium sized charity currently in a period of growth and expansion.  The charity provides work focused day care opportunities, and work opportunities to predominantly younger adults with learning disabilities from their centre in Bristol. The charity is now seeking to appoint a Chief Executive to deliver the strategy supported by a tangible set of actions, key dependences and outline financial modelling.  Reporting directly to the Trustees, you will lead a team of circa 30 employees and contractors through effective management of the leadership team.  

The successful individual will demonstrate the following:

• Professional experience of working within a similar sector
• Commercial acumen gained working in a growing enterprise
• Proven experience of leading successful teams in a senior role
• Experience of developing and delivering strategic plans
• Experience of managing strong stakeholder relationships
• Project management experience.

We are seeking an individual with a commitment to the vision and values of the organisation.You will be a team player, with drive, energy and enthusiasm.As a leader you will have the responsibility for ensuring a successful, motivated and happy team.

To apply for this role, please e-mail your CV and Supporting Statement to Jill Livingstone, Associate Director, Charisma Charity Recruitment quoting our reference JO1723.

Closing date for applications: 12 December 2019

Interview date: w/c 6 January 2020

Do you want to lead a finance function for a well-established organisation?

Are you an experienced and proactive finance professional looking for an opportunity with multiple benefits including 7 weeks+ of holiday?

Would managing a small team and working towards continual improvements for the organisation interest you?

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Managing a small finance team and maintaining the day-to-day functions of the finance team
• Reporting to the Head and Governors to deliver accurate and timely financial reporting
• Producing and leading on management reporting including producing budgets and cashflow forecasting
• Leading on the annual audit and the production and preparation of financial statements
• Ensuring accurate transactional duties carries out by team, including payroll, credit control and all AP and AR functions

The candidate:

• A part or fully qualified candidate (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA)
• A commercially aware candidate ideally with exposure to working in the private sector
• An experienced finance professional with knowledge across all areas of finance
• A strong communicator who can work with and deliver technical information to senior stakeholders
• Experience of working in and leading a small finance team

This is an excellent opportunity to take control of the finance function and really put your stamp on the team. With genuine opportunity to develop and manage change across the finance team in order to enable a function to best suit it's purpose, this role could be brilliant for an established finance professional.

Applications are being reviewed daily so please apply now.

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

Are you an experienced project/programme manager with a real understanding of community and wellbeing work and a passion for connecting people with nature?

Communities & Wellbeing Programme Manager
Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 depending on experience
Location: Avon Wildlife Trust, Bristol, BS8
This is a permanent, full time role.

Avon Wildlife Trust is seeking a Communities and Wellbeing Programme Manager to develop and deliver projects that inspire people to take action for nature’s recovery.

Main responsibilities:

• Shape and develop the Trust’s community and wellbeing work, co-ordinating, designing and securing funding for innovative projects that maintain our position as a pioneer in this area.
• Lead the Communities and Wellbeing Programme Team and manage a high-quality programme of projects, providing high quality line-management support for project managers.
• Directly manage major projects such as the National Lottery funded My Wild City project
• Shape the Trust’s work with our volunteers and local groups, enabling more people to work with us to support nature’s recovery.
• Lead stakeholder engagement and advocacy for the Trust’s health and wellbeing and communities work, championing the value of nature for people and places.

Avon Wildlife Trust is committed to enabling wildlife to survive and thrive across the region. More than 17,000 members, 3,500 volunteers and a dedicated staff team work together to make our local area wilder and make nature part of life, for everyone. We manage 30 local nature reserves and work with landowners to maintain and restore habitats for wildlife. Avon Wildlife Trust is an independent charity. We’d love you to join us.

Closing date: 2nd January 2020 (midday)
Successful candidates will be invited for a first interview on 6 January 2020.

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website to download the job description and application form.

Avon Wildlife Trust is a charity dedicated to working with local people for local wildlife, covering the West of England region.

Avon Wildlife Trust has a positive approach to equality and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. 

Charity No: 280422 

No agencies please.

My client is an educational charity based in Bristol who is dedicated to building a culture of interest and questioning from a cross section of the population especially the very young.

They want to reposition science as part of culture and enable everyone to be able to ask questions and be heard!

They are currently looking for a Finance Business Partner for 12 months to cover a maternity leave

This role is a key part of the small senior management team and very involved in assisting non finance managers with their budgeting and financial management in order to set achievable business goals for the future

Key responsibilities included:

• Producing organisational budgets, monthly management accounts, project cost statements and grant claims. You will also support the production of year end statutory accounts and the audit file
• Have the ability to explain financial concepts to non-finance managers, and use these communication skills to train colleagues and to explain financial data to non-financial managers
• Manage multiple deadlines in a highly organised way and ensure that all project budgets get checked by Finance prior to funder submission

You will be a newly qualified / qualified accountant or QBE,  love being part of a team, supporting colleagues and building strong working relationships and have excellent communication skills with the ability to present information clearly both verbally and in writing.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a truly fun, creative and inquisitive organisation. For more information please get in touch

I am currently working for an exciting charity who are looking for a Finance Business Partner, ideally with some commercial experience that they can bring into a finance team. 

Joining this recently expanded team you will be tasked with developing new and innovative ways of delivering future income revenue for the business whilst being part of the core Finance Team

Role and Responsibilities include:

• Financial reporting and analysis – working with all areas of the business to promote financial leadership and responsibility in a business partnering format
• Help support the finance team in the preparation of the annual finance operational plan and budgets
• Working with the Finance Director and Senior Team to identify risks and opportunities for future development

This role will require someone with drive and proven ability in a commercial environment who wants now to work in the charitable sector. If you have the above experience, please send in your CV for consideration

Qualifications/experience required

ACA, ACCA, CIMA, AAT, QBE

What’s on offer?

£35,000- £45,000 salary

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.

Milestones Trust

Bristol

Full-time, permanent

One Trust, one vision: getting it right for everyone.

For over thirty years Milestones Trust has played an important and active role in the pattern of social care in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.

Through the sixty residential, supported living and complementary personal development services we operate the Trust supports people with mental health needs, learning disabilities, and dementia as well as individuals with complex behavioural needs.

We enjoy a hard-earned and well-deserved reputation for the quality of the services that we provide, which is recognised by both commissioning bodies and inspectors alike. Quality and the outcomes we achieve provides the foundation for future sustainability.

On behalf of the staff and volunteers and the people the Trust supports, the trustees are seeking to appoint a new Chief Executive who will bring structured and dynamic leadership underpinned by the effective, high quality guidance, advice and support that ensures that statutory and regulatory duties are met and that strategic objectives are delivered.

You will be accountable for the overall management and development of the Trust, leading on the development of the strategic plan, annual delivery plan, budgets and all the organisational development strategies that will equip us with the workforce, structures and systems that our complex operation requires.

As well as maintaining excellence in service quality, fundamental to future success will be raising our profile as the provider of choice in the region, seizing new opportunities as they arise, and securing best value in our contract negotiations and service delivery. Accompanying this is the need to maintain a dynamic approach to the pattern of service delivery in order to better meet the needs of the people we serve and the evolving requirements of funders.

We seek a suitably experienced and skilled Chief Executive but above all else, you will need to match our genuine care for others that is embedded in our values, our heritage and the ambitions for the future.

How to apply

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact our recruitment partners, NFP Consulting:

Simon Lloyd, Director

Programme Manager:

This really is an exciting time to be joining Team CLIC Sargent. Next year will see the launch of our new strategy and the Programme Manager will join our Project Management Office, here in the Strategy and Governance team and help deliver on our promise to support young people and their families to limit the damage cancer causes beyond their health.

If you love project management, or here at CLIC Sargent we simply call it ‘getting stuff done’ then you’ll love the role of the Programme Manager. With no two days the same, we are looking for an experienced project or programme manager who loves working on a variety of projects at pace. This role will give you the opportunity to focus on getting the right things done at the right time. In order to do this you’ll need to be an excellent communicator and influencer with senior stakeholders and frontline staff from the across the charity. And you’ll need to be able to measure how we are doing and find ways of delivering projects as effectively as possible. On top of this you will be passionate about driving best practice in project management across the organisation so everyone can work this way. This will mean you’ll be a trend setter in learning and improving how we ‘do’ project management at CLIC Sargent and won’t shy away from understanding when things go wrong.

If this sounds like you then join Team CLIC Sargent!

About us:

At CLIC Sargent we are One Team with One Target. It is our mission to ensure that everyone under 25 with cancer, and their families, get the support they need to thrive, not just survive. We fight tirelessly to stop cancer destroying young lives and we strive to improve the services we deliver to children, young people and their families.

What we offer:

In return for your commitment, we offer a great reward package, which includes generous annual leave entitlement, pension scheme and season ticket loan.
We are always looking for talented people from all backgrounds, to join us and help improve the lives of children and young people with cancer and their families. We particularly want to encourage people from under-represented groups to step forward and apply to work or volunteer with CLIC Sargent.

CLIC Sargent is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Location: Bristol - Office

Job type: Full Time, Permanent, 35 hours per week

Salary: £36,043 - £39,300 per annum

Benefits: In return for your commitment, we offer a great reward package, which includes generous annual leave entitlement, pension scheme and season ticket loan.

Closing Date: 16 December 2019
Interview Date: 8 January 2020

You may have experience of the following: Programme Manager, Programme Management, Project Manager, Project Management, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, NFP, Not for Profit etc.