Join Britain’s biggest walking charity to help more people discover the joy of walking and protect the places we love to walk.  This is an exciting time to join the Ramblers team and a great opportunity to make a lasting and tangible impact on the future success of the charity.

We’re looking for an exceptional Head of Fundraising to join our team and lead from the front during a time of organisational change.  You’ll bring strategic leadership to a high-performing fundraising team, to deliver ambitious KPIs.  Under your leadership, the growth of income from corporates, trusts, individual giving and legacies, together with a significant partnership with Peoples’ Postcode Lottery means that you will be responsible for generating a significant percentage of the Ramblers charitable income in the years ahead.  Are you up for the challenge?!

You’ll develop our fundraising strategy to diversify and grow the income and ROI required to further the Ramblers charitable mission.  You will dig deep to understand the needs, wants and behaviours of new and existing supporters.  You’ll help the Ramblers grow our reach and relevance, evolving our case for support to attract, retain and engage a loyal community of supporters.  You will build meaningful relationships with new and existing corporate partners and trusts, to grow valuable long-term partnerships with those who passionately support our cause. 

This is a senior role within the Membership and Fundraising team, reporting to the Director of Membership and Fundraising and influencing across the charity.  You’ll be a key influencer and consultative colleague across the charity.  You’ll foster a culture of excellence and wellbeing in your team, building accountability and teamwork, where vision is shared and success is celebrated.  You’ll be committed to developing each member of your team to realise their full potential at the Ramblers and beyond.

This is an exciting time to join the Ramblers team and a great opportunity to make a lasting and tangible impact on the future success of the charity.  If you think you’ve got what it takes to be our new Head of Fundraising, we’d love to hear from you.
 

Essential Requirements include:

• A standout leader and experienced fundraising professional, with an impressive track record and more than 5 years’ experience in securing funds from individuals, corporates, trusts, foundations and society lotteries. 

• Expertise and a proven track record in leading fundraising development and delivery in a similar organisation; experienced in optimising the many elements required to deliver a healthy, effective fundraising function.

• A connected networker and influencer, familiar with the current fundraising landscape, approaches and techniques.

• Experience in leading donor relationship management programmes and database marketing and development.

• Significant experience in team leadership, performance management and professional development to maximise team wellbeing and effectiveness.

• Experience in driving effective, lasting change, bringing others with you.

• A team player, able to develop collaborative, strong and effective working relationships.

• Ability to negotiate and influence effectively, with strong written and verbal communication skills 

• Proven ability to build and implement robust business cases and financial budgets to deliver a healthy return on investment.

• Proven experience in analysing complex data, to inform strategic decisions. 

• Experience in developing robust performance indicators, measures and reporting frameworks.

• Experience in building integrated supporter journeys, using targeted multi-channel marketing strategies (including digital) to drive growth (acquisition) and engagement (retention) with a strong ROI.

• Experience of strategic development of customer relationship management platforms.

• Innovative and solutions-focussed, with the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.

• Experience in navigating and complying with the regulatory landscape for fundraising.

Independent Age works to ensure that as we grow older, we all have the opportunity to live well with dignity, choice and purpose.  To achieve this we provide information, advice and connection services for older people; campaign on the issues that matter most to them around health and care, poverty and loneliness and provide capacity building support to others working in the sector.

Independent Age works to ensure that as we grow older, we all have the opportunity to live well with dignity, choice and purpose.  To achieve this we provide information, advice and connection services for older people; campaign on the issues that matter most to them around health and care, poverty and loneliness and provide capacity building support to others working in the sector.

This is an exciting time to join the charity as we transition to our new ambitious strategy for 2021 – 2023 and increase our profile, impact and reach so more people can live a happy, connected and purposeful later life. 

The Head of Finance plays a critical role at Independent Age, ensuring that our Finance Team deliver an excellent service to all our colleagues, and that the team’s work enables the delivery of our organisational strategy and thus increases our impact for older people. The postholder will also work together with our Director of Finance & Governance to provide strong financial leadership to the whole charity.

The ideal candidate will hold a professional accounting qualification and have previous experience of leading a finance team in the charity sector. You will be a technical expert, familiar with all aspects of the Charity SORP, current sector issues and the operation of VAT, tax and Gift Aid within registered charities. You will be a strategic thinker, and a strong problem solver with a drive to improve performance, and the ability to lead your team to achieve it. You will build strong relationships across the charity and inspire trust and confidence in stakeholders as well as within your team.  Most importantly, you will have a demonstrable passion for and affinity with our cause.

As well as a competitive salary we offer 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, learning and development opportunities, season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusion and creating an environment where we can ALL be ourselves

Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and this role will require a DBS certificate.

Please note this role is London based but we are currently working from home due to COVID19.

For further details on how to apply please contact Leanne McCullough at Altum Consulting.  Please select How to Apply for their details.

The successful applicant will work with a dynamic, passionate Team, within a very well established and needed female only registered Charity, Tomorrow’s Women Wirral. As Business Development Manager you will be responsible for ensuring the efficacy and efficiency of business operations as well as shaping strategic goals for the future. As an ideal candidate you will be well-versed in all business matters.  You will be a competent leader able to provide guidance that enhances performance in a manner which incorporates the Charity’s vision and culture, with the goal to ensure the sustainability of the Charity’s activities and to drive development  and long-term success whilst always keeping the aims and values of the Charity at the forefront.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

(Please note, this job description is not necessarily an exhaustive list of duties but is intended to reflect a range of duties the post-holder will perform. The job description will be reviewed regularly and may be changed in the light of experience and in consultation with the post-holder.)

• Adhere to direction set by the Board of Directors/Trustees and CEO.
• Work closely with the Board of Directors/Trustees, CEO and Treasurer in the production of business plans, financial forecasts, and policy updates, and provide feedback on strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. 
• Deputise for CEO in her absence.
• Work as part of a Motivational Management Team.
• Support the work of employees to improve efficiency, effectiveness, safety and wellbeing.
• Gather, analyse and interpret both external and internal data to assist in the production of reports required.
• To develop and lead a Bid/Tender Writing Team providing tools and techniques to convert business ideas into an actionable plan to increase finance and growth.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with financial partners, Landlord, Public or Third Sector Grant fund holders, to facilitate an effective client financing process.
• Deliver a strong Business Plan and Model to develop and strengthen Tomorrow’s Women’s move towards business sustainability, creation and expansion. 
• Ensure adherence to legal rules and guidelines, and compliance with the regulations and procedures of the Charities Commission and Company Law.

Job Specification

• Proven experience as Business Development Manager or relevant role.
•  Appropriate degree/diploma or higher.
• Qualifications in Income Generation/Bid Writing/Leadership & Management and proven evidence of this.     
• Strong financial and business planning/growth expertise with a thorough understanding of diverse business processes and strategy development.
• Excellent organisational and leadership skills.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills and abilities.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office, databases, Tendering processes, and information systems.
• Good understanding of research methods and data analysis techniques.
• Commitment to, and understanding of, the work of our Charity. Ensuring Tomorrow’s Women’s ethos of client-focused delivery, innovation and social value is demonstrated to clients, partners, stakeholders, and funders.
• Flexibly and sensitively challenging in approach.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of Tomorrow’s Women, sharing best practice and ideas required.
• A good sense of humour!

This is a unique opportunity to join us at an exciting time in our development to lead our  established day service and planned new emergency nightstop service for homeless people.  You will help shape the service delivery for the future working closely with the Chief Executive as you manage the frontline services of our CRISIS, EMPOWERMENT and (to be launched new) NIGHT STOP Services.

We are a busy charity and you will need to be able to juggle multiple priorities and line manage a committed team getting involved with frontline cases as necessary and attending meetings to professionally represent the charity.

Apply online via our website and download the Job Description and Application Form and send your completed application form with a cover email explaining why you are the right fit for the role.

We look forward to receiving your application and thank you for your interest.

Integrity Action is seeking a seasoned, creative, and tenacious relationship builder, with strong proposal writing and persuasive speaking skills to fill this newly created Senior Management Team position. You will lead on securing approximately £2 million annual income for our pioneering approach that combines a tried and tested citizen-centred methodology with Integrity Action’s proprietary tool and mobile app called DevelopmentCheck.

Integrity Action’s priorities in 2021 and 2022 are:

• Spreading our work by integrating it into development practice and public service delivery.
• Continuing to innovate, so we can help citizens solve the widest possible range of problems, from workers being exploited to understaffed hospitals.
• Researching key pressing questions in transparency and accountability that include how to ensure sustainable accountability outcomes, what motivates officials and other responsible parties to act with integrity, and how problems are being solved.

You will work closely with the Head of Programme Development to convert learnings, project concepts and designs into compelling offers to trusts, foundations and institutional funders. You will lead on writing the most strategically important proposals, and potentially commission external support to complete other proposals. You will also be supported by several team members who will lead on development of theories of change, results frameworks and project-specific delivery models.

You will help open doors to potential new funding, securing opportunities for the CEO and Head of Programme Development to present Integrity Action’s work to grant funding decision makers. When this is done successfully, you will lead the follow up to ensure we receive a grant. Secured grants are managed by the Operations team and their tasks include reporting to funders. Your involvement in this process will be to contribute to the reports to ensure they also work as a fundraising tool.

As a member of the Senior Management Team you will contribute to the strategic leadership of the organisation. This means leading on creating a fundraising function including strengthening strategic fundraising and executing annual plans. You will report to the CEO and share progress with the senior management and Board leadership quarterly.

Although all team members are based in the UK, we are all working remotely. Once it is safe for us to work face-to-face, we will consider in consultation with the team taking up an office space located in London. If we do, how we work will be aligned with our flexible working policy.

We expect you to live our organisational values. We believe that diversity of people, ideas and cultures enriches both our insights into the work we do and our relationship with each other. Being an inclusive organisation matters a lot to us. The existing team comes from different backgrounds and walks of life so you can expect yourself to be embraced.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Key Result Area #1: Lead and manage writing and submission of core (unrestricted) and project (restricted) funding proposals

• Work closely with the Head of Programme Development to translate project concepts into winning proposals
• Lead on submitting compelling, persuasive, and accurate proposals to a range of funders and to a range of budgets. When bidding within partnerships or consortia where we are not the project lead, ensure high quality narrative and financial inputs
• Working closely with Operations and Finance teams, lead on development of new budgets ensuring full cost recovery and demonstrating value for money principles
• Coordinate inputs to proposals from a range of partners
• Manage fundraising consultants

Key Result Area #2: Build highly effective relationships with trusts, foundations and institutional funders

• Help open doors to potential new funding, progressing conversations and securing opportunities for the CEO and Head of Programme Development to present Integrity Action’s work to grant funding decision makers
• Working closely with the CEO, cultivate new and retain existing funder relationships
• Solicit restricted and unrestricted grants across multiple years

Key Result Area #3: Build and manage a systematic approach to fundraising

• Strengthen the approach to strategic fundraising and lead on executing annual plans
• Lead on funders' prospecting
• Manage fundraising progress monitoring including the CRM system (Dynamics 365) to manage relationships with funders
• Lead on fundraising reporting to the CEO and the Board

Key result Area #4: Contribute to the organizational strategic leadership

• Work closely with CEO to build annual business plans including revenue projections
• As a member of the Senior Management Team, lead on development and implementation of organisational strategies and policies
• Contribute to effective leadership and role modelling of values internally and externally
• Support CEO on other strategic tasks and decision making

REQUIREMENTS

We are looking for a development generalist with at least 10 years of fundraising experience of which at least 3 have been at senior management level.

Essential experience / knowledge

• Demonstrated expertise in trusts, foundations and institutional fundraising.
• Demonstrated experience in building relationships with trusts and foundations.
• Exceptional writing skills, with the capacity to write for different audiences and about topics on which they may not be a technical expert.
• Excellent oral communication skills.
• Familiarity with the landscape, priorities, and methodologies of private foundations and institutional funders. It would be an excellent bonus if these are accountability and transparency funders.
• Excellent interpersonal and team-building skills.
• Experience creating fundraising, organizational and programme budgets.

Skills and abilities:

• Ability to maintain high standards of ethics, integrity, and professionalism, and to handle sensitive and proprietary financial information.
• Ability and willingness to work flexibly in a fast-paced team environment.
• Anticipatory and strategic thinker with a hands-on, problem-solving, proactive attitude.
• Systematic approach to tasks, excellent time management skills, and attention to detail.
• Computer skills:  Google Drive and Salesforce or similar database software.

Personal style and behaviour:

• Commitment to Integrity Action values and to upholding our operating principles (read more on our website).
• A sense of humility, and collegiality.
• Capacity for self-reflection and a commitment to learning and growth

To apply: Please send a CV and covering letter of no more than 2 pages outlining your relevant experience and why you want the job 

Zetetick Housing (ZHC) is seeking a highly experienced Head of Finance (HoF) to provide consistent, robust and expert financial support to the Exectutive Team. A new exciting role offering opportunities to help shape our future.

You will be expected to take on executive functions and provide operational line management to the finance team. Working closely with the finance team, the HoF will be accountable for all aspects of financial accounting and transactional finance for the Charity, ensuring all systems are updated and reporting is timely and in line with all annual financial returns.

This is a hands-on role working with the Executive team to develop and maintain a five-year business plan and associated budgets to meet the Boards strategic objectives for development and sustainability in operational and educational areas. 

You will be expected to develop new standard operating procedures, policies and protocols where needed for an organisation that has grown organically and intends to grow further, handling all aspects of finance recruitment.

The HoF will support the CEO in all aspects of our Company Secretarial obligations, in particular acting in similar capacity for the Chair of the Audit, Risk & Finance Committee.

This is a great time to join ZHC Executive team, as the Board sets ambitious goals to double in size over the next 5-7 years, as well as seeking approved registration as a Registered Provider with the Regulator for Social Housing.

Job purpose

Reporting to the Chief Executive, the Head of Finance and Operations is a key member of RSN’s senior leadership team (SLT), helping determine and implement our overall organisational strategy. The role oversees a budget of circa £1m and directly manages the Finance Manager and Operations Assistant. They work closely with the Head of Programmes and individual programme leads to oversee income and expenditure, ensuring that RSN’s work is delivered to budget and adequately funded, and that accurate financial reports are available to the SLT, CEO, trustees and donors.

Our Head of Finance and Operations takes a lead on enabling RSN’s team to serve young asylum seekers and refugees as effectively and efficiently as possible: overseeing our HR, legal responsibilities, working environment and everything that goes on behind the scenes to resource and support our service delivery. The postholder will develop and undertake their role through the lens of our organisational ethos, seeking to embed and uphold RSN’s values across all their work streams.

The postholder joins our team at a particularly exciting time, we launch our new strategy, continue our work to become a more actively anti-racist organisation, and take on a new name that better reflects our education-focused vision and mission. 

We are also beginning the refurbishment of an abandoned historic bank on Harlesden High Street, which will become an educational centre for young refugees, a social impact hub for the local area, and our home. When the refurbishment is completed (projected summer 2021), the postholder will also line-manage a Facilities and Community Manager, and will play a key role in ensuring RSN’s new premises have maximum social impact, for us and others.

Please see the attached Job Applicant Pack or scroll down the page for the role’s key responsibilities and the person specification. 

Job details and application process

Terms and conditions 

The role is full time and permanent - though we are a flexible employer and welcome applications from candidates interested in working 4 days per week. The role will be based at RSN’s office in Harlesden, north London (NB: the majority of our team are currently working from home due to Coronavirus and we anticipate this role doing the same until it is appropriate to return). The salary is band B - £37-45k pro rata (starting salary depending on the competencies and experience of the successful candidate). The package also includes 25 days leave and a pension.

As the role involves some contact with children and vulnerable young people and their data, the successful candidate will have to undertake a DBS check and all those invited to interview will be required to complete a self disclosure.

Application process

Applications (and any questions about the role) should be sent by email to Emily Bowerman  - jobs @ refugeesupportnetwork. org (no spaces). The closing date for applications is 9am Monday 7th December 2020.

Your application should comprise

• a full CV including a full employment history showing responsibilities held and relevant achievements

• a letter (maximum two sides of A4) telling us where you heard about this role and explaining:

• Why you would like to work for RSN (1 paragraph)

• How your experience, skills and character are a good fit for this particular role (main focus)

• Any contextual recruitment factors you would like us to be aware of (as appropriate, and please see below for more information)

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to participate in an initial phone call, undertake a short task and provide references, following which interviews will be held. Suitable candidates may be contacted to begin the phone call and task process before the deadline, and we encourage interested candidates to apply as early as possible. Please note that you must have a visa that allows you to work in the UK for the duration of your contract.

Contextual recruitment and reasonable adjustments

Exam grades and job titles are not the full picture - the context in which achievements were gained also matters. At RSN, we actively seek to recruit with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, considering the impact of the context in which a candidate has worked or studied.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with lived experience of forced migration, and from other backgrounds that are currently underrepresented on our team.

Additionally, if you feel you would require reasonable adjustments in order to carry out the role or attend an interview at RSN due to a disability, caring responsibilities or any other reason, please give details in your cover letter or get in touch with Emily Bowerman  - jobs @ refugeesupportnetwork. org (no spaces) - to discuss further.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities

Finance

• Together with the Chief Executive and Head of Programmes, oversee annual budget creation and on-going budget control

• Manage preparing of statutory accounts, audit, VAT and any other finance compliance (in partnership with our external accountants)

• Maintain financial projections and oversee financial reporting to SLT, trustees and funders (including the preparation of monthly management accounts)

• Track incoming resources through further developing and maintaining our Grant Management Information System

• Oversee outgoing payments, including oversight of tendering, payroll, expenses, etc

• Oversee mortgage and regular reporting to mortgage provider (Charity Bank)

Strategy, legal and governance 

• Identify, plan for and deliver all operational, financial and IT-related initiatives required to deliver on our ambitious growth objectives

• Continually improve operational systems, processes and policies in support of the organisation’s mission and ethos

• Oversee all legal contracts – including subcontracting and partnership working

• Oversee and further develop all organisational policies

• Ensure all policies are effectively implemented and that all staff remain up to date with necessary training and checks

• Ensure effective and appropriate risk assessment and management procedures are in place and implemented, including insurance and office risk assessments

• Provide governance support as requested by the Chief Executive (including registration of new trustees)

• In collaboration with our Head of Programmes, oversee and develop RSN's approach to meeting the requirements of UK GDPR, including staff training and data hygiene days

Human resources

• Oversee all employment contracts

• Oversee operations onboarding processes for all new starters

Information management

• Oversee database development and management

• Ensure organisation is working within the most efficient internal online file management systems and architecture, with appropriate access and permissions for staff and volunteers

Office, Logistics, Health and Safety

• Manage all premises contracts – both for tenants in our London office and as tenants across the UK

• Ensure health and safety standards are met across the organisation, including from staff who need to work from home

• Oversee all telephony and IT provision (landlines, staff mobiles and laptops etc)

Other 

• Maintain some form of direct contact with the young people RSN serves, as agreed with your line manager. This may involve mentoring one young refugee, attending sessions of our Youth Advisory Board or other comparable responsibility

Person specification

Experience

• Strong financial and commercial awareness, with a track record of setting and managing budgets

• Strong track record of financial analysis and preparation of financial reports

• Experience using an accounting system (such as Xero)

• Confident line manager with a track record of building and motivating teams

• Experience of drafting and reviewing contracts (both for employment and services)

• Experience of drafting and reviewing organisational policies

• Proven ability to develop, monitor and maintain management information systems and procedures to help teams work effectively Experience of managing operations in an office and/or community premises

• Proven administrative, leadership and management ability in organisational development

Skills 

• Ability to think strategically and convert strategy into detailed operational plans

• Ability to communicate effectively in person, in writing and over the telephone with individuals and with a wide variety of organisations and audiences and to research, analyse and interpret complex information and produce clear verbal and written reports

• Outstanding project management skills, meticulously well organised and reliable

• A quick learner with strong problem-solving abilities

• Ability to apply discretion in sensitive issues and maintain confidentiality at all times

• Flexible, proactive and able to work under pressure

• Ability to see the strategic, big picture, whilst maintaining excellent attention to detail

• A strong team player, who understands, values and speaks affirmingly of the work of others, being helpful, kind and sensitive to their needs

Other

We value the way in which a person works just as much as the actual work they do. To this end, we are seeking candidates with the following attributes:

• Character: Has integrity, earns trust and maintains confidences, and speaks plainly and truthfully

• Mission-led: Is engaged by RSN’s vision of enabling young refugees to build more hopeful futures through education

• Values-led: Shares RSN’s values and seeks to live them out in their work

• Ethos-led: Is motivated by personal core beliefs (whether Christian or not) and values playing a leadership role in an organisation which is founded on, and seeking to outwork, the Christian faith

Operations Manager: we have an opportunity for a highly motivated and talented individual to join us at senior manager level in a key role. Do you have experience in managing caseworkers/keyworkers with the commitment and passion to making a positive difference to the lives of hundreds of vulnerable and socially excluded people?

Step Together Volunteering supports some of the most socially isolated and vulnerable people in England and Scotland. Using volunteering as an intervention, teamed with intensive 1-1 mentoring support, we enable our clients to develop the personal and practical skills needed to overcome the barriers they face. We support our clients to achieve positive outcomes and build a brighter future for themselves.

We have an exciting opportunity to join us as Operations Manager, and we are looking for someone with the passion, commitment and skills to complement our team. You should be highly motivated and have a demonstrable track record of effective line management of staff. Experience of managing staff remotely would be advantageous as our team of client-facing staff are home-based and spread throughout England and Scotland.

This is a key role, working closely with and supporting the CEO. You should be comfortable managing a varied workload and be able to work effectively under pressure. Knowledge of best practice in case management is essential, as is a solutions-focused approach and the ability to operate at a senior level. You should be comfortable using case management systems to record client informaiton and capture evidence of outcomes and impact. As appropriate for a role of this level, you should be able to work with minimal supervision and be comfortable prioritising your own workload.

The role would be well suited to someone dedicated to making a positive difference to clients and keen to be involved in operational plans and organisational strategy. The post-holder will have the opportunity to influence how the organisation develops over the next few years, and work alongside the CEO and Board of Trustees.

In return we offer a competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), matched contribution pension scheme up to 5% of salary, life insurance and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program.

Deadline for applications is Monday 7th December at 5.00pm

AN ESTIMATED 40.3 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD ARE ENSLAVED TODAY, WITH OVER 100,000 IN THE UK LIVING IN PLAIN SIGHT.

The Sophie Hayes Foundation was founded in 2011 by Sophie, a British girl trafficked to Italy for sexual exploitation. The Foundation is the only organisation in the United Kingdom, focused solely on ensuring all women survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery achieve complete and sustainable freedom, through an independence that can only come with the ability to live and work without fear. 

At SHF we support women survivors to look to the future – renewing confidence, purpose and employability. By adhering to best practice in coaching, facilitation and training, we support survivors in bespoke and creative ways through group workshops, one to one coaching, vocational voluntary & work placements, access to training, and formal education.​

This is a unique role at an exciting and pivotal time of growth for The Sophie Hayes Foundation based in London office. As our first Head of Programmes and Innovation, you will help launch our new strategy, grow and expand our beneficiary support by developing operational services across the UK.

The successful candidate will work in the new Senior Management Team and be a champion for survivors, staff, volunteers and Board of Trustees.

This is a role designed for someone who is people focused, has an eye to detail and is: encouraging, insightful, creative, organised , able to adapt to the changing lives of those you are supporting. You must have perseverance, a high level of flexibility and emotional intelligence. You will be quick to listen, understand and lead with an ability to adapt ideas into action, alongside strong partnership skills.

You must have a strong track record in programmes through innovation and a focus on quality, performance, safeguarding and management controls. Whilst having a passion for engaging our women survivors in all aspects of our work including co-production.

We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all that we do and operate with mutual respect. If you share these values and have the relevant skills and experience, we look forward to hearing from you.

Person Specification 

Qualifications/Training

• Education to degree level, a recognised professional qualification in social work, or health, or social care or equivalent in experience,
• Demonstrable evidence of senior management and financial management.

Person Specification

Essential

• Significant track record of successfully working at a SENIOR LEVEL with strategic leadership and management responsibilities.
• Ability to develop organisational strategies and translate them into plans and budgets for all aspects of Programming and Innovation.
• Proven track record of building and leading high performing teams based in mulitple locations
• Skilled in cross cultural management.
• Knowledge of issues within social justice/human rights and of campaigning for change.
• Experience of representing an organisation to others, ranging from grass roots activists to government officials.
• Critically able to develop and manage budgets.
• Experience of working in or with a coalition or network.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team and design and use office systems, and to take initiatives and be self-sufficient in organising own work.
• Ability to plan and prioritise workloads and keep to targets under pressure and to deadlines.
• Commitment to the aims of SHF and sensitivity to issues of caste, gender, raceand religion and commitment to ensuring equal opportunities.

Desirable

• Experience of working on issues around Business and Human rights.
• Proven track record of influencing governmental/inter-governmental policy.
• Fundraising
• CRM (Blackbaud Etapestry)

Personal qualities

• Confident and comfortable in a public relations role with excellent presentational skills.
• Clear, concise, and persuasive communications.
• Diplomatic, empathetic and tactful, able to build effective relationships.
• Participatory and empowering approach and ability to manage conflicting interests
• Calm and reliable under pressure.
• Ability to work in a small team and on own for lengths of time.
• Manages own time well, to address competing priorities.
• Commitment to empowering women survivors of human trafficking.

The women survivors we work with come from all over the world and have a wide variety of beliefs, experiences, backgrounds. We are committed to sharing and reflecting this rich diversity amongst our staff, volunteers and trustees and would strongly encourage applicants from minority and under-represented groups.

Please note: We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

However, this post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 20

Please note all candidates must provide proof for the right to work in the UK.

Pathways to Independence is a registered charity providing supported housing services to homeless single adults including ex-offenders across Kent and Medway.

We are excited to recruit a Head of Services who will manage the delivery and development of current supported housing and other support services across sites in Kent as we embark on an ambitious programme for growth in the years ahead. You will work alongside another Head of Service, both with shared responsibility for management of staff, oversight of client risk and support needs and service development, with an initial focus on ex-offender services work.

Normal working hours are 9am to 5pm weekdays, with flexibility needed to attend some evening/weekend meetings. In addition, you will share the lead in providing out of hours management response/second line response to emergencies and incidents, as part of a 3-person rota.

The successful candidate will have good experience of managing accommodation-based support services for vulnerable single adults, as well as having excellent experience in developing services for ex-offenders, and with a sound knowledge of the criminal justice system. You will need to be compassionate and caring, be flexible and responsive, be organised and have good IT skills, and be an excellent communicator.

A full UK Driving Licence is essential along with the daily use of a car (subject to the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and Equality Act 2010.)

An Enhanced DBS disclosure will be required; however, a criminal conviction will not prejudice your application but will be risk assessed for the role.

Pathways is committed to eliminating discrimination and to working with people from diverse backgrounds.

For information and application pack please click on apply to visit our website .

Closing date is 9am Monday 7th December. Interviews will be held 15/16th December.

A well-established community and youth focused charity in Devizes, Wiltshire is seeking a Head of Finance & Business Development.

The role will be offered as a Fixed Term Contract for 22 months, with the possibility of extension subject to funding.

The role represents a chance to work for a fantastic organisation who provide wide ranging and essential services to the local community.

The successful applicant will be a fully qualified ACCA, CIMA or ACA accountant, with a strong understanding of charity accounting and funding, along with significant staff management experience and demonstrable commercial and business development acumen – ideally at SMT level.

Although there is currently increased flexibility due to Covid, it is expected that a significant part of this role will be office based – so applicants should live within a commutable distance.

The role will involve:

-Line managing a small team of 2-3 staff

-Preparation & presentation of financial reports and budgets to the CEO and board

-Review finance policies and procedures for the charity and its subsidiaries

-Preparation of annual charity SORP accounts

-Reporting to funders & donors

-Oversee the production of all monthly management accounts, budgets and forecasts

-Lead on all tax & VAT duties

-Company secretarial duties

-Oversee the IT department

-Lead a business development project on the charity’s outdoor activity centre

-Profiling and advising on income and cost optimisation and commercialisation of the charity’s activities and spending, including investments

-Property management duties covering the main office and activity centre – tenancies, health & safety etc

Candidate requirements:

-Fully-qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)

-Demonstrable experience in a similar role at senior level in a comparable organisation

-Leadership and staff management experience

-Detailed knowledge of charity accounting – Charities SORP, restricted, unrestricted and designated funds, and trading subsidiaries

-Track record of managing and reviewing VAT

-Sage experience desirable but not essential

Closing date: 31st January 2021

Interviews: February 2021

Please send your CV for further consideration

37.5 hours/week (Mon to Fri)

Blind Veterans UK helps vision-impaired ex-Service men and women of every generation rebuild their lives after sight loss. Since 1915, we’ve provided rehabilitation, training, practical advice and emotional support to tens of thousands of blind veterans. 

We are looking for an experienced individual to join our friendly care management team to help ensure the best possible care is provided to our members.

As Operational Care Lead, you will manage the operational and logistical needs of our Care Department through the effective management of staff and resources. You will be responsible for managing people management issues within the team and monitoring staff training.  You will also be required to ensure that all operational requirements of the care floors are met to ensure the best possible care is provided to our members.

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, friendly, forward thinking care management team.  You will be a decision maker, a team player and very much adaptable to an ever changing environment.

Blind Veterans UK believe that we need to invest in our staff to be the best that they can be, including personal and professional development.  As Operational Care Lead, you will be responsible for developing our people in order to create the right environment to deliver the highest standard of care.

This includes leading, promoting and practicing the highest standards of care, clinical governance and regulations in accordance with CQC & NMC. 

Previous care home CQC experience preferred but not essential 

This position will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. 

Benefits include free life assurance, free parking, pension scheme, subsidised staff restaurant, use of onsite facilities (which include a gym and swimming pool), health care cash back scheme (after one year of continuous employment), an employee assistance programme and an excellent working environment. 

Closing date:  Sunday 6 December 2020 at 12 midnight           

Interview date: To be confirmed 

If you are interested in this role, please sent an up-to-date CV and statement to us detailing why you are interesting in taking on this role and what you feel your skills, qualities and experience can bring to the Care Team. 

Because of the number of applications we receive we don't acknowledge each one - if you haven't heard from us within a week of the closing date, please assume that we won't be inviting you for an interview. You are, of course, welcome to try again if a suitable post comes up.

Are you a successful fundraiser who is ready to inspire and lead an Engagement Team of highly committed individuals and also be part of the Senior Leadership Team?

The Head of Engagement is a new role and will oversee and develop the Engagement Team which is made up of some current staff with some newly formed roles. As the leader you will ensure the team collaborates closely with one another and across the organisation. The objectives of the Team are to recruit students and raise funds, to agreed targets. The Engagement Team will promote, mobilise, motivate as well as partner with churches, mission agencies and networks around the world to inform them of what we offer to support transformative learning and facilitate reflective practice across the All Nations Global Community.

All Nations Christian College is the largest intercultural and cross-cultural mission training college in Europe with our world class staff and a great reputation around the world. So, the question is - are you ready to join our highly-motivated, dynamic and creative team, and play a crucial role in helping All Nations increase its impact, sustainability and reach?

If so, you will be a positive, high energy, proactive and tenacious person with some solid evidence of successful fundraising. You will be a strategic thinker with exceptional written and verbal communication skills and a commitment to collaborative working. This role is very much hands-on, leading by example, and will work with team members to develop asks and look for ways to take opportunities forward.

We are open to the option of the role being filled by two people as a job share.

The role sits on the Senior Leadership Team and there is a genuine occupational requirement for this post to be filled by a Christian who is passionate about cross cultural mission and fully able to articulate the overall purpose as well as the detail of the College’s mission, from a personal faith basis.

The main responsibilities of the role include:

• Developing a strategy and tactical plans for raising income through trusts, foundations, high value individuals and others, including the generation and promotion of appeals
• Producing stories and creating narratives with compelling visuals which can be used by ambassadors and other members of the Engagement Team
• Supporting the Principal & Chief Executive and the Engagement Team members to cultivate and maintain relationships with funders, including grant givers, churches and individuals
• Ensuring follow up with donors is timely and accurate, developing healthy long term relationships with supporters and partners
• Applying and reporting (as appropriate) to Trusts/funding schemes, working alongside course programme leaders and tutors/administrators when necessary
• Maintaining knowledge of grant giving bodies, the charity sector and any trends to ensure you identify and capitalise on any relevant opportunities for the organisation
• Overseeing Engagement Team members, undertaking regular one to one meetings, appraisals and target setting.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to make sure Wellgate Community Farm remains a vibrant and important community resource for our local area. The post holder will be responsible for the day to day management of the farm, including managing the staff team, responsibility for volunteers and overseeing the running of farms projects, activities and events. 

We are looking for someone who is passionate about farming and the natural environment and has experience of animal husbandry. They will also have experience of people management, the ability to work with people of all ages and abilities and the desire to enthuse and help them grow as individuals at the farm.

We need someone who is client/customer focused and can ensure that the farm is a safe, welcoming and enjoyable place for people to visit. They will need an awareness and understanding of Health & Safety, safeguarding and the legal responsibilities of running a community project and an open farm.

The post holder will also require a full driving license.

The post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Please contact farm for a full job description and details of how to apply.