Save the Children UK is looking for an individual with experience in award finance, donor reporting and financial compliance to join us as our Awards Finance Analyst where you will work across finance, award management and programme teams to ensure strong financial control, donor confidence and the integrity of award financial data that supports life-changing work for children.

This is a 14-month maternity cover contract to start in early November and a brilliant opportunity for someone looking for a varied role in a dedicated team. Apply now to join us!

About us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

About the role

As Awards Finance Analyst, you will play a vital role in ensuring the integrity of award data, timely donor audit financial compliance, and donor confidence. Reporting to the Awards Finance Manager and working alongside 2 other Awards Finance Analysts, you'll be supporting the management of around 400 active awards, ensuring accurate financial reporting, robust reconciliations and compliance with donor and audit requirements.

This is a varied role that combines award management knowledge with strong financial analysis and controls. You will work closely with finance, award management and programme colleagues, supporting donor audits, validating donor reports, tracking award income and debt, and helping drive process improvements and automation across the Awards Finance function.

This 14-month fixed-term contract is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working with complex financial data, building strong relationships and ensuring the highest standards of financial stewardship.

In this role, you will:

• Deliver timely and accurate award-level financial reconciliations, reporting validations and financial closeout activities across a large portfolio of awards.
• Support donor audits by coordinating financial information, gathering supporting documentation and ensuring compliance with donor requirements and SCUK policies.
• Monitor and report on award income, debt and financial performance, identifying and escalating risks, discrepancies and anomalies where appropriate.
• Provide expert advice and training to non-finance colleagues on award financial compliance, reporting requirements and systems usage.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, helping to streamline processes and increase automation across award finance operations.
• Maintain high-quality financial data and robust financial controls, safeguarding donor confidence and supporting effective programme delivery.

About you

To be successful, it is important that you have:

• Experience in award finance, grant finance or award management, with a strong understanding of donor-funded programmes and financial compliance requirements.
• Experience preparing, reviewing and reconciling donor financial reports, with exposure to donor audits highly desirable.
• Strong financial administration and reconciliation skills, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to work accurately under pressure.
• Advanced Excel and analytical skills, with the ability to interpret and reconcile data from multiple financial and funding systems.
• Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to explain financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues and build effective working relationships.
• Experience working within the charity, international development or INGO sector would be advantageous.
• Commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission and values.

What we offer you 

We promote flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, and wellbeing both at work and beyond, and offer a wide range of benefits designed to reward your hard work and inspire you to help improve the lives of children every day. 

Some of the benefits you can expect include: 

• Generous Annual Leave – Starting at 27 days per year (pro rata for part-time employees) increasing with service up to 32 days, plus public holidays and our annual 'Save the Children Day'. 
• Family Leave – Up to 39 weeks of maternity/adoption pay (including up to 21 weeks full pay) and paternity/adoption leave of 10 weeks full pay (plus statutory entitlement).
• Special Leave – Up to 10 days paid leave per year (pro rata) for urgent or exceptional personal circumstances, without using annual leave.
• Volunteer Leave – Up to 3 days paid leave per year to support volunteering and give back. 
• Pension & Life Assurance – Helping you plan for the future with up to 7% employer pension contributions. 
• Employee Discounts – Access thousands of deals across groceries, retail, tech, travel, fitness, and more.
• Health & Wellbeing Support – Including access to a 24/7 Virtual GP and Employee Assistance Programme and Counselling, eye care support, and seasonal flu vaccinations. 

Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Location & Ways of Working:

The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but at times you will be required to come to your contracted office (usually between 2–4 days per month, depending on the needs of your role, team, or service). For many roles, this is likely to be the minimum required to deliver impact.

This will be discussed and agreed with your manager / team and we encourage candidates to discuss our ways of working in more detail at interview stage.

Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce, and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where structural inequality is actively addressed, and all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can thrive. 

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and are especially interested in hearing from people with diverse and intersecting identities such as lived experience of poverty, people of faith, people of colour, people with disabilities, with experience of migration and/or refugee status, care-experienced people, the LGBTQIA+ community and individuals with experience living in diverse families.

We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think. We know that different voices working together will enable us to do our work better, improving the lives of children around the world. 

Closing Date: 13 September 2026

Active Essex Foundation is a successful and growing charity dedicated to creating the conditions for young people and communities across Essex to thrive. Our work focuses on three core areas: improving young people’s mental health, reducing vulnerabilities to youth crime and exploitation, and strengthening communities through trusted relationships and positive engagement. We collaborate with a network of over 100 community organisations and local partners to design and deliver programmes that use physical activity, mentoring and community support as tools to build resilience, improve wellbeing and reduce inequalities. Everything we do is shaped by the real experiences of the people we serve, ensuring our interventions are meaningful, accessible and rooted in what communities tell us they need. 

This role will work across Active Essex Foundation and Active Essex.  Active Essex is the strategic partnership for physical activity and sport across Greater Essex, working with local authorities, health partners, voluntary sector organisations and communities to create the conditions for active lives. Through a place-based approach, Active Essex brings together insight, evidence and local collaboration to tackle inequalities and improve health and wellbeing outcomes. 

The Impact Manager will provide professional leadership for research, evaluation and evidence generation across activities. The postholder will lead the development of robust evaluation approaches, ensure methodological quality, support organisational learning and oversee the work of Impact Researchers operating within place and thematic structures. 

Working closely with the Intelligence Manager, the role will play a key part in coordinating organisational insight and evaluation priorities whilst ensuring that local intelligence, research and evaluation evidence are translated into meaningful action. This role acts as a senior professional for evaluation and impact work across the organisation and will support the development of a culture where evidence is consistently used to improve outcomes for communities across Essex. 

See the full job description for main responsibilities and skills we are looking for. 

Data Engineer (Maternity Cover)
Predominantly home-based with occasional travel to locations across the UK.
up to £35,000 per annum

Maternity cover contract – Until 30 April 2027
35 hours per week, Mondays to Fridays. Part-time hours considered.

Closing date for applications: 27 September 2026
First interview: 8 October 2026 (Online)
Second interview: 15 October 2026 (Online)

Office facilities are available (Tuesday to Thursday) at our Newark office at The Kiln, Waterside, Mather Road, Newark, NG24 1WT for those within easy travelling distance.

About Us

The Wildlife Trusts are a grassroots movement of people from a wide range of backgrounds and all walks of life, who believe that we need nature and nature needs us. We have more than 945,000 members, over 33,000 volunteers, 4,100 staff and 600 trustees. There are 46 individual Wildlife Trusts, each of which is a place-based independent charity with its own legal identity, formed by groups of people getting together and working with others to make a positive difference to wildlife and future generations, starting where they live and work.

Every Wildlife Trust is part of The Wildlife Trusts federation and a corporate member of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, a registered charity in its own right founded in 1912 and one of the founding members of IUCN – the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Taken together this federation of 47 charities is known as The Wildlife Trusts.

The next few years will be critical in determining what kind of world we all live in. We need to urgently reverse the loss of wildlife and put nature into recovery at scale if we are to prevent climate and ecological disaster. We recognise that this will require big, bold changes in the way The Wildlife Trusts work, not least in how we mobilise others and support them to organise within their own communities.

About You

As Data Engineer, you will play a crucial role in supporting the work of The Wildlife Trusts by maintaining and enhancing our data pipelines and infrastructure. You will be responsible for ensuring the effectiveness, efficiency, and scalability of the federation wide data service system, a data lakehouse, providing key insights and solutions to support decision-making across the organisation and federation, responding to the needs of Wildlife Trusts and the delivery of our 2030 Strategy.

Working collaboratively with various teams, you will develop data management solutions and products, new use cases, forecast data volumes, and ensure cost-effective service maintenance. You will be integral in enabling us to leverage data for operational and strategic success and in supporting a strong community of practice within the federation of Wildlife Trusts.

As Data Engineer, you will be responsible for managing and optimising data pipelines, cloud services, and providing data-driven solutions to support business needs.

To excel in this role, you should be highly motivated, detail-oriented, and passionate about people focused data engineering and analysis. You will have experience in a data engineering role, ideally with practical experience or the ability to upskill in cloud services like Azure, Databricks and ESRI, as well as excellent proven proficiency, SQL and Python. Ideally you would have a familiarity with developing pipelines which support Analysts who use RStudio, Power BI and/or GIS. You will have experience or the ability to up-skill in administering data services linked to the Data Lakehouse holistically, such as GitHub, Power BI.

You will work closely with and on behalf of teams across the Wildlife Trusts to ensure our data systems are secure, optimised, scalable, and cost-efficient. You should have a solid understanding of data security to ensure compliance with best practices. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams are essential. If you are a problem solver with a can-do attitude and a passion for data, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to become our Data Engineer.

The Thomson Reuters Foundation is the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters and an independent charitable organisation dedicated to advancing free, fair and informed societies worldwide. Through the combined power of journalism, legal expertise and data intelligence, the Foundation works to strengthen independent media, improve access to justice, and promote responsible business practices to address some of the world's most pressing challenges.

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Executive Support Team Lead to lead the evolution of our newly centralised Business Support function. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in shaping a centre of excellence that provides high-quality administrative, financial and operational support across the Foundation.

Leading a small but impactful team, you will drive service excellence, strengthen governance and controls, and deliver efficient, customer-focused support to colleagues across the organisation. You will oversee complex invoicing and billing processes, manage key systems and vendor relationships, and identify opportunities to streamline and improve the way we work.

As we transition from a decentralised administrative model to a more strategic and centralised approach, you will have the opportunity to design and embed best practices, build organisational capability, and help create a scalable support function that enables our teams to maximise their impact around the world. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys combining operational leadership with hands-on problem solving and is excited by the opportunity to build and shape a function for the future.

About the Role

As a Executive Support Team Lead at the Thomson Reuters Foundation, you will:

• Lead, coach and develop the Business Support Coordinator and Invoicing & Billing Analyst, overseeing workload planning, performance management, recruitment, onboarding and ensuring effective service coverage across the organisation.

• Act as a senior subject matter expert for the Foundation's core business systems (including SAP, Ariba and Convera), overseeing training, licensing, user support and escalation management while maintaining appropriate team resilience and back-up coverage.

• Oversee invoicing, billing, payment processing, sales order administration, vendor onboarding and procurement compliance, ensuring accuracy, strong financial controls and adherence to organisational policies.

• Manage organisational subscriptions, approved travel provider relationships, purchasing support and the resolution of financial administration queries, including expense investigations and budget coding issues.

• Lead the continuous improvement of business support processes, systems and documentation, driving greater efficiency, consistency, automation and service excellence across the Foundation.

• Develop and deliver guidance, training and performance reporting for business support services, identifying opportunities for further centralisation and supporting wider Operations objectives.

• Oversee delivery of core administrative services, including executive diary management, travel and event coordination, onboarding and offboarding administration, facilities support, shared inbox management, organisational records and contingent worker administration.

• Provide hands-on support for complex travel arrangements, staff induction activities, organisational website updates and logistics for Foundation-wide events, ensuring a seamless experience for colleagues and stakeholders.

About You

To be a Executive Support Team Lead at the Thomson Reuters Foundation, you will likely have:

• Proven experience in business operations, office management, business support or financial administration, including responsibility for leading and developing teams.

• Strong understanding of invoicing, procurement and financial administration processes, with a track record of ensuring accuracy, compliance and effective controls.

• Experience using ERP and financial management systems, such as SAP, alongside invoicing and payment platforms (e.g. Convera); familiarity with system administration and user support is advantageous.

• Previous experience within a charity, NGO or purpose-led organisation would be beneficial.

• Demonstrated people leadership skills, with the ability to coach, motivate and develop high-performing teams while fostering a collaborative and customer-focused culture.

• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple activities, balance competing demands and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, coupled with sound judgement and a continuous improvement mindset focused on enhancing processes, efficiency and service delivery.

• Confident communicator and relationship builder, capable of working effectively with senior stakeholders, programme teams and external suppliers, while handling sensitive and confidential information with discretion and professionalism.

What’s in it For You?

• Global Perspective and Impact: Interested in working for a dynamic global organization with a focus on social impact? With hubs all over the world from Bangkok to Madrid to Rio de Janeiro, join a truly international team with a shared goal of helping to build societies around the world that are free, fair, and informed.

• Unique Approach: Our expertise in media and the law is world class. We combine the power of both to address the critical issues faced by humanity.

• Our Relevance: With a focus on advancing media freedom, fostering more inclusive economies and promoting human rights, our work has never been more needed than right now.

• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer competitive salary packages and market-leading benefits.

• Learning & Development: We are dedicated to the continual professional development of our employees and offer access to both in-house and external training opportunities.

About Thomson Reuters Foundation

TheThomson Reuters Foundationisthe corporatefoundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. As an independent charity, registered in the UK and USA, we leverage our media, legal and data driven expertise to strengthen independent journalism, enable access to the law and promote responsible business. Through news, media development, free legal assistance and data intelligence, we aim to build free, fair and informed societies.