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Unifrog’s mission

We’re on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to young people finding and applying for their next step after school. We're achieving this by bringing all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps students to make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications. We also empower teachers and counsellors to manage the progression process effectively.

Our outlook is global - we work with schools and universities all over the world, from the US to New Zealand, and from Italy to Hong Kong. We want to make it so that young people can compare every opportunity taught in English, wherever it is in the world, and have all the support they need to make successful applications.

We have a clear social purpose, and we’re hugely ambitious. We already work with over half of UK secondary schools, and hundreds of international schools. We are growing rapidly in terms of the number of our customers, in terms of how much they use our platform, and in terms of the breadth of products we offer (check out this video to hear more about the Unifrog platform).

Our team is at the heart of our business and is integral to our success. We work hard to foster a culture of openness, happiness and innovation, and we commit to helping every individual learn and grow so that they can reach their full potential. We want to hire talented people, whatever their background. If you are excited by our mission and are ready to work hard, please don’t hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!

We believe in the power of diversity. If you are from an ethnic minority background, we would like to strongly encourage you to apply. In advance of applying if you have any questions about working at Unifrog, please contact our Diversity Champions, Hannah and Farhana.

Work experience at Unifrog

Last academic year, we introduced our brand new Unifrog Placements tool and, since then, over 1,000 schools and 80,000 students have engaged with the tool to support their work experience programme. The Placements tool makes it quick and easy for schools and colleges to administer work experience, virtual work experience (VWEX), work shadowing and internships, all in one central place on the Unifrog platform. The more schools that sign up to and get started with Placements, the closer we can get to levelling the playing field for all students.

What you’ll do

As our first Work Experience Lead, you will provide outstanding customer support for school and college partners using our Placements tool. You’ll be the first point of contact for any queries about the tool, resolving any issues partners, parents or employers have with the process. You’ll also be responsible for tracking the engagement and impact of the Placements tool across our partner schools, and keeping Account Managers up to speed on this throughout the academic year.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage incoming queries about our Placements tool via phone call and email.

• Keep Salesforce records up to date after any interactions with partner schools and colleges.

• Continually suggest and streamline our Work Experience processes using feedback from our partners.

• Analyse engagement data, trends and notable issues on Placements usage and share this data with Account Managers and the wider UK management team.

Additional responsibilities:

• Support the Account Managers with training individuals from partner schools on the Placements tool during busy periods.

• Proactively look for opportunities to continue improving our platform and support of Work Experience within schools and colleges. For example, reviewing survey responses to identify potential tweaks or process improvements. 

• Support the UK Partner Success Team during busy periods, e.g. uploading school data onto the platform and troubleshooting any issues partner schools and colleges are experiencing.

• Proactively work to foster a sense of community amongst our Unifrog partners and consider how we can promote the sharing and embedding of Unifrog best practice. 

Working together

You’ll work alongside the Partner Success Leads, Placements Champions and wider UK schools and colleges team. You’ll also have contact with our Data, Marketing and Finance teams.

You’ll report to the Head of Partner Success.

What we’re looking for

• Strong communication skills - both written and over the phone

• Proven track record of excellent customer service

• Proficient in data analysis and excel

• Active listening skills

• Keen attention to detail

• Strong organisational skills

• Interest in the education sector is an advantage, but not essential

Benefits 

Head to our jobs page for a full list of the excellent benefits we offer our team.

• Join one of ‘the best organisations to escape to’ and help transform careers and destinations in schools. 

• Become part of a committed, dynamic, and growing company. We want to build our team for the long term: if you do well, we will do our best to make sure you want to stay at the company for a long time.

• Professional development is important at Unifrog. You will define your own 6-month objectives and will be supported by your line manager and the rest of the team to achieve them. You will have an annual training allowance to spend on what you need to grow and progress.

• Influence the company’s direction: we love to promote great ideas, wherever they come from.

Key details

• £33,000 per annum (Grade A), plus a share in a company-wide performance bonus. 

• Full-time.

• Work remotely or in our London office.

• 30 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays).

• Working hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Thursday, and 9:00am to 4:30pm on Friday.

• Start date: as soon as possible, though we will be flexible for the right candidates.

• If you require reasonable adjustments, or want to discuss any details about the role before applying, please contact Mhairi (details on our website).

• We can only consider candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

Application process  

• Deadline: 10:00am (GMT) on Monday 18th December 2023.

• Stage 1: Application form (~1 hour) 

• Visit our website to upload your CV and complete the questions and tasks below.

• Please note that we do not review CVs at this stage of the application process so please be as specific as possible about your experience.
  
  i. Why do you want to work at Unifrog? (250 words)
  
  ii. With reference to the job description and your experience, what would make you an excellent candidate for this role? (250 words)

• Stage 2: Phone task (15 minutes) 

• Stage 3: Video call interview (1 hour) 

• Standard Q&A from a panel of three, including questions about your experiences and how these relate to the role, and scenario questions based on common situations you might face (plus time for your questions).

• Phone interviews will be held throughout the application window. Video call interviews will be held w/c 1st January 2024.

• Your answers are an opportunity to let us know more about your motivations and experience. While we understand that candidates might want to use AI to improve parts of their application, we strongly encourage you to write your answers independently. 

• Please note, we compare all answers to an AI generated answer. Where we suspect AI has been used to write the majority of the answer, this will be taken into consideration when scoring.

Inclusion and diversity at Unifrog

• Within the company we try to foster a culture of innovation, and a happy working environment, both because this is the right thing to do, and because we think this results in the most effective team. To this end we believe in open communication, celebrating successes, supporting each other, not being afraid to be wrong or to fail, and promoting good ideas wherever they come from.

• As a platform that supports teachers and students from a huge variety of backgrounds it’s important that our team and leadership reflects this diversity. This is something we are actively working towards and prioritising. We want to embed diversity, equity and inclusion across everything we do, continually evaluating policies and practices to make sure they are inclusive and equitable.

• To make sure everyone’s voice is heard and people have the opportunities to learn to be better allies in the workplace, we encourage the team to share what they’re celebrating, facilitate training and group discussions, and seek regular feedback about what more the company could do to help people feel included.

• To ensure that our recruitment process is consistent and fair, we anonymise your application and therefore do not see your name, personal, educational or professional background. We also randomise the order of responses so that it’s less likely that a candidate is advantaged or disadvantaged by where their answers appear compared to other candidates. 

We are looking for a new member of our busy Communications and Engagement department, to promote our rapidly expanding programmes and policy work, proactively raising our profile with key opinion formers, policymakers, industry leaders, researchers, innovators and the public though both traditional and digital media outreach.

The Role

You will have excellent media contacts and a proven track record of placing exciting news stories in national media. Your work will also involve responding to government policy announcements, promoting world-leading innovations and profiling the inspiring engineers behind them, and drafting speeches, briefings and letters for key stakeholders. You will have experience of developing both short- and longer-term media strategies, and of developing and delivering PR campaigns in collaboration with digital specialists and subject matter experts. You will build and maintain good links with national, regional, trade and international print, online and broadcast media, as well as leading trade bodies. You will also be encouraged to attend high-profile events, work with our Fellows and programme awardees, giving you access to some of the most innovative thinkers and a real opportunity to impact on the Academy’s mission to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy.

Experienced in press and media relations and adept at writing for a variety of purposes, from news releases to opinion editorial to website copy, you will be a creative communications practitioner with great news sense and a tenacious approach. You will also be skilled in evaluating media campaigns, interpreting complex scientific and technical stories and working collaboratively with a range of subject matter experts and other communications functions. An engineering or scientific background would be an advantage in this role. However, your initiative, drive and determination to transform our media profile is the key requirement.

Who are we?

The Royal Academy of Engineering is harnessing the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone. In collaboration with our Fellows and partners, we’re growing talent and developing skills for the future, driving innovation, and building global partnerships, and influencing policy and engaging the public. Together we’re working to tackle the greatest challenges of our age.

With a diverse workforce and an inclusive and supportive culture, we look to attract candidates from wide and different backgrounds who have a passion for the role engineering plays in society. Our aim is to make the Academy the best place to work for the staff we have and those we seek to attract.

Why work for the Royal Academy of Engineering?

We’re looking for people who are driven to make the world a better place. If you’re passionate about what you do and want to work collaboratively with talented colleagues to make change happen now and for future generations, we want you to get in touch.

This is the perfect time to join us. We have a dynamic, visionary CEO, a strong leadership team and an ambitious and exciting strategy. The value we bring as experts in our field and change agents is highly recognised and makes the Academy a motivating place to be. Our work today builds on a long, proud history with a focused and ambitious future which we’d love you to be part of.

We are looking for talented people who want to make a difference, to join our team – is this you?

Company Benefits

The Academy offers a fantastic package of additional benefits including:

• BUPA cash plan
• Private medical insurance
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Independent Financial Advice
• Non-contributory pension scheme with 10% employer contribution
• Life Assurance, 4x annual salary
• Health and wellbeing programmes
• Generous holiday allowance
• Wellbeing days and office wide Christmas leave
• Significant investment into your personal and professional development
• Regular social activities
• Subsidised restaurant

Location

Our light, spacious head office is based in a fantastic location in central London with views over St James’s Park and close to the West End. We operate hybrid, flexible working practices with a baseline for office-based working of a mandatory weekly team day plus further days each week as required for the role and the Academy.

How to apply/Interview process

To find out more and to apply, please visit our website. As part of your application, you will be asked to upload a CV and a supporting statement explaining your interest in this role and how you fit the experience, knowledge, and skills profile.

Closing date: 8 January 2024.

First interviews: w/c 15 January 2024 (held virtually).

Second interviews in-person at our offices.

The Academy is committed to making reasonable adjustments to remove barriers that hinder applicants from applying or staff from working effectively and comfortably.

About the team

This is an important role based in a busy Operations team which covers office management, information technology, finance and human resources. The team play a key role in supporting the organisation to achieve its mission of supporting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to succeed.

The Operations team comprises the Director of Finance and Operations, HR and Learning Manager, Head of Finance, the Finance and Operations Assistant and a part time Administrator. Payroll and IT support are outsourced.

Our most recent accounts are found here: Impetus accounts

About this role

This is an exciting opportunity for a finance professional with an interest in the charity sector to play a key role in managing and developing Impetus’ finance function.

The Head of Finance will work closely with the Director of Finance and Operations to ensure effective financial planning, control and management which will ultimately contribute to helping Impetus achieve its mission of improving the lives of children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

As well as being responsible for the smooth running and management of day-to-day financial operations, with support from the Finance and Operations Assistant, the post holder will also have the opportunity to work on strategic projects such as developing our new finance system, reviewing and updating Impetus’ finance policies and procedures and working with senior colleagues on business planning.

The postholder will also be responsible for managing the relationship with Impetus’s outsourced IT provider. This will involve having oversight of IT projects and performance and supporting Impetus staff with queries.

The successful candidate will be full or qualified by experience and will have experience of charity accounting. In addition to the relevant technical skills, we are looking for someone who is committed to our mission, takes a proactive approach and has excellent people skills to build and maintain effective relationships with colleagues.

Key relationships:

Senior Management Team (SMT), Resources and Audit Committee and Operations Team. Liaison with the Investment and Philanthropy teams and outsourced IT support organisation. Maintaining effective relationships with auditors, bankers, suppliers and HMRC.

Key responsibilities

Financial Control

• Ensure financial controls and the integrity of the financial records are maintained.
• Complete month end processes and prepare monthly management accounts, KPIs and commentaries on a timely basis.
• Supervise the finance component of the Finance and Operations Officer’s work.
• Lead the audit process and preparation of statutory accounts from preparation to successful completion.

Financial Planning

• Work with the SMT to prepare annual budgets and regular forecasts.
• Monitor performance against budget throughout the financial year.
• Develop projections and business models to support strategic and business planning.
• Prepare the financial scoresheet to understand future reserve levels based on current projections. 
• Support the Philanthropy and Investment teams with ad hoc analysis and reporting.

Governance

• Preparation of papers for, and attendance at, the Resources and Audit Committee and Endowment Investment Committees.
• Support the preparation of the Resources and Audit Committee’s component of Board papers and content for other committees as required.
• Manage PEF 1, US-sister charity (501(c)3), including board meetings and working with Company Secretary to complete necessary filings.

Supporting the wider organisation

• Business planning including tracking multi-year grant commitments and understanding the balance of reserves after future year income and grant commitments.
• Support the Philanthropy team with donor reporting requirements, reconciliation of income received and reviewing of income against budget and forecast.
• Manage the quarterly grant payment process, liaising with our Investment team to check whether milestones have been met.
• Contribute to strategic projects and funding bids.

Audit and Taxation

• Lead the relationship with the auditors, ensuring that the audit is delivered on schedule and all statutory filings are made on time.
• Responsible for the preparation of statutory accounts and supporting schedules.
• Liaise with tax advisors to ensure compliance.
• Complete quarterly VAT returns and Gift Aid returns.

Treasury

• Lead in the management of bank accounts and deposits.
• Monitor and review cashflow forecasts.

Information technology

• Contribute to oversight of the performance of IT support organisation and provide oversight on specific IT projects.
• Be a point of contact for staff for queries and support.
• Liaise with outsourced IT support company on site visits and ensure the technology in the office is well-maintained.

Management

• Responsible for line management and development of the Finance and Operations Assistant.

Person specification

Essential

• Qualified Accountant/qualified by experience - CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent, or be currently a Part-Qualified Accountant with intent to qualify.
• Experience of Charity accounting and preparing statutory accounts.
• Experience of preparing and managing an audit process. 
• Strong attention to detail with a clear and diligent working approach.
• Excellent IT skills, including experience of using Microsoft Office; in particular Excel.
• Ability to work independently and use initiative to manage a busy and varied workload.
• A proactive and solutions focussed approach.
• Excellent team player, willing to work flexibly and collaboratively to respond to changing organisational needs/priorities.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills with the ability to communicate effectively in a range of formats to a range of audiences (e.g. reports, presentations).
• Ability to explain finance procedures to non-finance people.
• A commitment to Impetus’ mission.
• A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Desirable

• Experience of Xero or similar software.
• Experience of using CRM systems, such as Salesforce. 
• Experience of people/line management.

Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

We believe that a diverse workforce leads to an organisation that is more open, creative and gets better results.

We want our team at Impetus to represent the diversity of the people and communities we serve. We also want our team to be one where different experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to grow and develop.

We want to reach a diverse pool of candidates. We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential employees may need to in order to be successful.

We recognise the importance of a good work/life balance. We do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including working from home, working part-time job shares and other arrangements.

Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you’d like to explore.

Impetus is an equal opportunity employer and is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, or marital status. We value diversity and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Head of Finance

£60,000 - £65,000

Permanent, flexible working

Hybrid working, 3 days a week in office

Offices located in North West London

My client is an arts and heritage organisation that are looking to hire a head of finance, to lead on day to day finance operations and performance reporting. As part of the senior management team you will play a key role in embedding a professional, agile, value for money approach to management of resources and activities, building business effectiveness and resilience to meet its charitable objectives and strategic ambitions. You will join at an exciting time as they have plans t launch key development projects to improve the organisation.

Key areas of responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for preparation and review of monthly management accounts (including income and expenditure statement, balance sheet, cashflow statement, funds summary, salary summary, project summary) and performance reports in an accurate and timely fashion, including any associated commentary and key performance indicators (KPI).
• Lead on the preparation, review and analysis of the year-end financial statements and annual report, in line with relevant reporting standards.
• To provide business partner support to the Senior Management Group and budget-holders in the effective management of their budgets and adherence to policies and processes to ensure best practice.
• Responsibility for tax reporting including VAT (filed monthly), and Gift Aid.
• Lead and motivate staff, both employees and volunteers, ensuring plans are progressed successfully, setting and monitoring objectives and encouraging professional development (through regular 1-2-1s and the annual performance development review process).

Who are we looking for?

• A formally qualified Accountant with relevant experience in a planning and analysis role
• Experience of managing and developing staff.
• An excellent communicator who is able to influence at all levels within the organisation 
• Excellent influencing skills and ability to demonstrate rigorous analysis and challenge.
• Ability to work on own initiative, assess priorities and be proactive.
• Excellent IT and financial management software, with good knowledge of databases, spreadsheets and report writing.
• A practical, pragmatic individual, who enjoys working as part of a team in a busy environment
• Good knowledge of SORP and UK GAAP.
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My client is fully open to sector experience and committed to delivering a first-class training and induction programme. As such we welcome candidates from industry, charity or practice backgrounds.

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!

We are looking for a x 2 IRIS Advocate Educator

Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 (pro rata part time)

Location: Hammersmith and co-location in general practices across Hammersmith & Fulham / Westminster 

                              / Hillingdon and Harrow

Hours:   35 and 28 Hours per week with some working from home *

Contract: 15 months Fixed Term Contract with the possibility to extend

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 2010.  

Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

About us

The IRIS programme is delivered by Advance Charity in partnership with the Asian Women’s Resource Centre and has been funded by the North West London Integrated Care Board. Advance is a well-respected, award-winning, and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women experiencing domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending.

About the role:

We are looking for someone who is highly motivated to liaise closely with general practices, provide training for clinicians and non-clinical staff and to offer emotional and practical support to patients who are affected by domestic abuse.

Specific training to the role is mandatory and will be delivered before the successful applicant undertakes the operational duties

About You:

 To be successful as the IRIS Advocate Educator you will need the below experience and skills:

Experience of working with victims and survivors of domestic abuse and/or sexual violence and an understanding of the gendered nature of violence and abuse, and of the impact of multiple, intersecting oppressions (e.g., sexism, racism, homophobia, ableism, etc) and the consequent barriers to accessing support services. You will have proven experience of promoting services and confident in building strong working relationships with external organisations and of delivering training to a range of professionals. An empathetic approach is essential and you will be a creative self-starter who will support the service and look for innovative solutions to support clients, professionals and to embed the programme. You will bring your knowledge and awareness of Safeguarding procedures along with strong Administration skills.

To apply: Please submit your up-to-date CV with a supporting statement setting out how you meet the criteria for the role and outlining your interest in the position.  

Please let us know if you require reasonable adjustments to be made at application stage by contact Talent via the Advance website.

How to apply:

Please submit your up-to-date CV with a supporting statement. Please note that only applications made via the job advert on the Advance careers page, and those that include a cover letter will be considered. 

· Closing Date for Applications: Wednesday 20 December 2023 @23:59

· Interviews are taking place on a rolling basis

*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate.

 What we can offer you - Employee Benefits: 

§  A 35-hour working week

§  An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!) 

§  Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home

§  Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more

§  Pension scheme

§  Enhanced maternity/adoption provision

§  Access to our Employee Assistance Programme

§  Employee eye-care scheme

§  Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles

§  Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation

§  Organisation wide away days

§  Thorough induction and training

§  Career development pathways 

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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email the Talent Acquisition Team via the Advance website and will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.

Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.

Safeguarding

Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe.  We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks.  We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.

The Talent Set are delighted to be working with a fantastic scientific institute supporting on their recruitment for a Trust and Foundations Manager
This role will support the Head of Fundraising in maximising income from charitable trusts and foundations to meet and exceed financial targets, identifying new trusts and increasing the number and value of gifts.

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop cultivation strategies in line with the Strategy for current and prospective charitable trusts and foundations to ensure a steady and growing financial commitment
• Provide excellent account management with funders. Develop, implement and manage the stewardship programme for all trust and foundation donors to increase retention and value of funding
• Research relevant trusts and grant making bodies, preparing, writing and submitting applications and taking personal responsibility for this income stream
• Manage the existing T&F pipeline, recording all Trust fundraising activity on the donor management system to ensure delivery of financial KPIs
• Develop compelling funding proposals working closely with relevant colleagues across the charity in conjunction with the relevant team member
• Build relationships with T&F that are new or lapsed and create opportunities to introduce the work of the institute
• Prepare all relevant reports required by T&F on time and to a high standard
• To network externally to ensure that T&F are kept aware of the funding requirements and to represent the institute at private and public events
• To monitor and manage the Trusts budget and produce accurate reports, analysing performance against agreed KPIs
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge and disseminate key developments or emerging developments within the trusts and foundations sector
• Play an active role in the Fundraising Team and in the development of fundraising strategies and project

Person specification:

• Substantial demonstrable experience working in a fundraising position
• Trusts and foundations fundraising experience and knowledge of public sector income streams, securing 6-figure donations.
• Experience preparing fundraising applications, demonstrating fundraising success
• Outstanding relationship builder and networker both internally and externally  
• Experience of managing relationships with trust and foundation donors
• Demonstrable experience of maximising opportunities from researching prospects to generating meetings, and securing income to achieve targets
• A strong understanding of trust and foundation practices and principles

What's on offer:
Interviewing in December with a January start date, this role is a full-time, 3-6 month contract role initially and has the potential to go permanent. The office is based in central London and offer hybrid working of 2 days a week. The day rate for this role will be either £186 PAYE or £220 umbrella (Inside IR35).

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

• Excellent understanding of GDPR, and operational processes.
• Experience with third-party service providers
• Experience with CRM databases (e.g., Salesforce).
• Excellent knowledge of how to develop, drive and implement efficiencies.

Why we need you

Members of our Cost of Living team are progressing into advice roles following a successful first year for the project. We’ve also obtained short-term funding to support services that are seeing increased demand due to the cost of living crisis. We’re looking for:

• An Assessor (full-time but open to part-time and flexible working)
• An Advice Supervisor (part-time but open to remote and hybrid working).

Both roles involve working with teams who provide holistic advice about a range of social welfare issues, responding both to immediate need and working to find long-term solutions to poverty.

Why you should join us

We’re a dynamic organisation with a culture of quality and innovation. We’re ambitious about delivering advice services that make a real difference to local people and being a great place to work and volunteer. You’ll be part of a diverse and friendly team of staff and volunteers who are passionate about helping the people who need us most. Working with us means seeing yourself and your colleagues have a positive impact on the lives of ordinary people and protecting our communities from hardship, poverty and crisis.

We also believe that investing in and listening to our teams makes us a better organisation. We involve staff and volunteers extensively in the design and delivery of our services, as well as in long-term planning. You’ll benefit from working at an organisation with a strong commitment to professional development and continuous training. We’re proud of our teams and in return offer excellent opportunities for personal development and career growth – with our support, many of our team have progressed from advice roles to supervision and then management.

What we’re looking for

Our ideal candidates will have previous experience in advice services but as much as anything we need people who share our values and commitment to helping our clients.

For the assessor roles, we want to hear from you if you don’t meet all of the criteria in the person specification but still feel that you’d really like one of these roles. We’re happy to help you develop, learn and fill out any areas where you don’t have all the necessary experience or expertise. We’ll also consider appointing candidates with a strong advice background at a higher pay band (£26,961 - 29,957). This is because there’s some flexibility about how we use the project funding, and the best fit may depend on who applies.

Our commitment to EDI

We’re passionate about promoting equity, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people but particularly people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups and people with disabilities, as these groups are currently under-represented in our team.

For more information about the role and an application form, please visit our website via the apply button. To find out more about the post please contact our recruitment email with your contact details and daytime availability

Closing date: 5PM on Friday 15 December

Interviews: Tuesday 19 December, in our Battersea Library office or online.

This role is responsible for delivering a range of proactive communications activities and interventions that build public will for a future without the need for food banks. This role will develop and deliver creative communications outputs that build traction, provoke conversations, win hearts and minds, and keep hunger and food bank use at the forefront of national conversation.

Role responsibilities

• Lead a range of communications activities, including thought-provoking events, interactive experiences, partnerships, stunts and high-profile opportunities, that build cause awareness, tackle the misconceptions of poverty and shift behaviours among key audiences 

• Working within the Strategic Communications Directorate and beyond, develop and deliver a plan of strategic communications opportunities that build understanding and public will for the policy and societal changes needed to end the need for food banks 

• Influence and inspire key partners to reach wider audiences to build understanding and empathy for people who need to use food banks 

• Act as a consultant for colleagues from the Trussell Trust on communications needs, including copywriting support and messaging guidance.  

• Participate in regular 1:1s and annual reviews, contributing to the identification of objectives and targets, and monitoring progress towards them.  

Person Specification 

Technical skills and minimum knowledge: 

• Confident written and verbal communication skills and storytelling for key audiences across a range of communications channels

• Creative thinker with the ability to commission and deliver innovative ideas and behaviour-changing ideas that inspire audiences 

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, identifying conflicting demands and establishing clear priorities.  

• Proven experience of building relationships and influencing corporate partners, agencies, influencers, producers and key stakeholders 

• Experience using a range of communications tools to evaluate success 

Team:  Operations

Location:  On site – at Glass Door Night shelter venues in the boroughs of Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham and Wandsworth 

Duration:  Now to learly April 2024

Reporting to:  Operations Manager

Hours of work:5 hours per evening (5pm to 10pm) shift working 2 to 5 shifts per week (part time or full-time hours considered), with additional hours available. 

Salary:£18.94 per hour 

We are looking to recruit exceptional individuals with an open, collaborative style and a practical, can-do approach to provide a nightly service vital for our guests. While experience of working within the homelessness sector or with similarly vulnerable people would be desirable, an understanding of the needs of people experiencing homelessness and working in a compassionate and flexible manner is more important and essential. Flexibility is required, as you will be working a shift rota that will include weekends and public holidays. Due to the vulnerable group you will be working with, you will be asked to undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of our safeguarding measures prior to appointment. We value diversity and welcome all, in particular those with life experience and lived experience.

Job specification

The day-to-day operation and management of nights shelters in West and Southwest London. Maintaining a friendly, supportive environment and cultivating positive relationships with guests, colleagues and volunteers.

Welcoming and inducting new guests into the shelter by explaining the shelter policies.

Supporting volunteer teams at each venue to ensure the smooth running of the project and developing good communication with the Volunteer Co-ordinators.

Diffusing difficult or dangerous situations and summon assistance when necessary. Training will be provided.

Ensuring cleaning protocols are implemented by all staff, guests and volunteers.

Maintaining guest attendance records and shift reports on our iPad-based In-From client relationship platform.

Following best practice procedures for the security and safety of the guests and volunteers.

Monitoring guest welfare throughout the shift and responding to any situations or emergencies that arise.

Adhering to Glass Door’s operational and health & safety policies in all aspects of your work.

Maintaining clear lines of communication with your colleagues including Overnight Project Workers, Caseworkers and Operations Manager.

Conducting a nightly briefing for volunteers and staff before the shelter opens to guests.

Undertaking any other duties to aid the good running of the project, as required by the Operations Manager.

Attending regular meetings with caseworkers to share any relevant information including guest welfare, interactions and other important information.

Attending 1 to 1 sessions with the Operations Manager on a fortnightly basis.

Attending the winter services meetings.

Accurately reporting observations, interactions, concerns and actions with guests to their caseworker using written reports.

Ensuring the shelter van is kept well organised and stocks are well maintained.

Supporting casework team with practical tasks related to guests’ day-to-day activities as requested.

Flexibility is required, as you will be working a shift rota that includes weekends and public holidays.

You will also be expected to attend other training sessions, team meetings and other activities as required.

About the role:

A leading education charity are currently seeking to appoint a Finance Business Partner to join their team. This role involves budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and collaborating with designated schools.

The organisation are offering up to £58k, a generous pension scheme, and excellent benefits. This hybrid role involves 3 days a week in the London based offices.

Key responsibilities include:

• Business partnering to senior stakeholders and budget holders, providing financial reporting and support
• Preparation of budgets and forecasts, balance sheet, control accounts and cash flow management
• Reviewing bacs, credit card, cash and pensions reconciliations, and aged debtor and creditor reports
• Managing audit processes
• Working closely with assigned schools to produce reporting on financial performance, assist with financial risk, and support junior team members

The successful candidate:

• Qualified accountant
• Demonstrable experience in:
• Business partnering
• Financial reporting
• Budgets and forecasts
• Supporting senior level stakeholders
• Engaging with excellent interpersonal skills and a real ability to build solid rapport
• A proactive self-starter, able to manage a demanding workload and manage time effectively

In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.

Harris Hill is seeking a Senior Digital Officer for 6 months on a FTC to support a national charity that works in the research field of Diabetes.

This role is a hybrid based role, with one day per week in their London Office as a minimum.

Our client is currently rolling out a digital transformation programme, which will improve how they reach people with type 1 diabetes and how they work as an organisation.

This fixed term role will support the next phase of this rollout by taking on the day-to-day management of online platforms, predominantly the website, but also including some activity on other channels and platforms.

This role specifically will involve: 

Expanding and improving our digital engagement with supporters through creating, loading, optimising and managing web content.

Build compelling pages across the site and other linked platforms

Increase our reach by ensuring our website is search engine optimised across the site and to champion optimisation with all content providers across the organisation.

Support user experience testing and apply learning to develop compelling digital journeys for all our visitors.

Evaluate and analyse performance across our digital channels.

Experience:

Demonstrable experience of using WordPress in a professional environment

Demonstrable experience of using Eventbrite

Experience of working with digital agencies

Demonstrable experience of providing digital support to multiple teams across an organisation Experience of optimising content for organic search and accessibility

Experience of using data to improve user experience

If you would like to hear more, please apply for more details.

About the role:

A well-known charity is currently looking for a Finance Manager to join their Finance function. The post holder will support with financial management, producing valuable reporting and analysis, and contributing towards the organisation's commercial goals.

The organisation is offering up to £52k and great benefits, and this hybrid role involves 2 days a week in the City of London office.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the preparation, consolidation, and analysis of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts
• Supporting with management accounts, month end, and year end processes, including commentary and variance analysis
• Ensuring income and expenditure is recorded accurately, producing P&L reporting, and making coding amendments
• Involvement in strategic decision making through providing informed financial expertise, reporting, and analysis
• Supporting restricted funds processes
• Collaborating with various stakeholders to support projects in assigned division and across the wider organisation

The successful candidate:

• A qualified accountant or part qualified with significant, demonstrable experience in:
• Management accounts
• Month end and year end processes
• Producing reporting and analysis
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Confident systems and Excel user
• Commercial acumen
• Excellent communication skills with an analytical mindset and an ability to communicate complex information to non-finance stakeholders

In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.

Purpose of the role

Our aim is to create "safe spaces" for Muslim women to share their challenges and experiences of mental health and wellbeing within their community, share their stories through the process of storytelling and listening to action.

Adopting our organisational culture

We have a strong reputation for delivering high quality services and achieving positive outcomes.

Our practices are underpinned by our Kindness Charter, Professional Code of Ethics, Code of Conduct and organisational values. We expect everyone to embrace our culture, ethos and our anti-racist, anti-discriminatory and inclusive practices throughout their work.

Key Responsibilities

Role Specific

· Work with local faith centres, Faith Leaders, community groups and local services to raise awareness of mental health

· reduce the stigma and barriers to accessing support for women’s mental health

· develop peer support groups across the network.

· Contribute towards achieving Project KPI’s across the following areas: group attendances, delivery of groups, signposting and access to services, training of Peer Advocates

· Project promotion

· Monitoring and reports

General

· Comply with, promote, and contribute to the development of MindTHNR’s: Aims and 

Values, Equality, Diversity and Inclusive principles and all organisational policies.

· Attend appropriate internal, external training courses, E-Learning, supervision, and staff team meetings and away days.

· Be administratively self-servicing

You must have:

· Minimum Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent

· 12 months experience of using social care skills working face to face with the public

· Demonstrable and substantial experience of working in mental health services

· 6 months of providing mental health/wellbeing services within a primary care setting

· Ability to offer various pathway options

· Risk Management

· Experience of group facilitation

Desirable:

· Knowledge of the NICE guidelines namely their Stepped Care Model

· Ability to speak a second language (Bengali, Somali, Polish etc.)

The benefits of working for the organisation include 28 days annual leave + Public Holidays, Development and Growth opportunities, Company Pension Scheme and an Employee Assistance Programme.

Post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure Barring Service check and Right to Work Checks.

As an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory and inclusive organisation, we strongly welcome applications from all sectors of the community.