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Unique Voice is a nationally accredited social enterprise working frontline in schools and communities across Bristol, South Gloucestershire and the South West. We deliver creative programmes using the Arts as a medium to make a positive and long-lasting social impact.
Our Business Manager, as part of the Seinor Leadership Team, would provide support with day to day financial management, maintain policy and ensure compliance, maintain a safer recruitment process and ensure excellent communication with the core creative and administrative teams.
Unique Voice is looking to recruit an experienced Business Manager with great communication skills and an understanding and passion to oversee the administrative processes and legal responsibilities to support our creative team in delivering high quality programmes and services throughout the year. The successful candidate will be part of the core Senior Leadership Team, reporting to the Company Directors and should demonstrate excellent communication skills and the ability to adapt and implement new processes based on changing company needs and outputs.
Key Responsibilities
- Financial: Monitoring of income and expenditure. Day to day management of financial issues and accounting systems; preparation of management accounts; budget setting and administration for individual projects; assistance with funding applications
- Policy: Review and maintain policy documents to ensure compliance with audit requirements and ensure these are reflected in our working practices and across all site locations. Creation of new policies as required. Take an integral role in preparation for and engagement with external auditors
- HR: Undertake HR processes including setting up and maintaining recruitment files, safer recruitment checks, recruitment advertising/interviews, induction, review/appraisal and development of staff; payroll & staff leave co-ordination
- Maintain routine office & business admin including renewals of insurance and subscriptions; health & safety procedures
- Ensure excellent communication with core creative and administrative teams, directors and freelance staff
- Review and proofread reports, evaluations and service documents
- Prepare and distribute service contracts and ensure agreed terms are disseminated to relevant parties
Qualifications and Experience
Essential:
- Preparation of detailed budgets to improve the cost efficiency of the business
- Managerial experience in a service delivery role and the ability to work with the senior management team to ensure an effective company strategy
- Capability to achieve a recognised management qualification commensurate with NVQ Level 4
- Experience of working with accountancy software packages for day to day use and production of financial reporting
- Knowledge of GDPR, Risk Assessment & H & S requirements
Desirable:
- Preferred experience within an educational setting or an understanding of the legal and moral responsibilities surrounding the provision of services to young people
- Understanding of generating income through funded/grant application process
- Understanding of policy regulation; compliance and quality monitoring processes
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Purpose
Your legacy will be a tangible impact on slowing down climate change and helping nature recover by overseeing and leading on financial strategy and income generation and sustainability, across Avon Needs Trees (ANT) at the organisational level and for our projects.
You will secure ANT financially and oversee good fiscal management of all its affairs, helping to deliver on our goals to plant hundreds of thousands of trees and complementary habitats. You will join a fast-growing organisation that started in 2019 with four volunteers and has grown to a staff team of thirteen (which will double over 2024), over 1,000 volunteers and ownership of 170 acres (soon to be 600 acres) of land that will grow woodlands of over 160,000 trees.
We are looking for a positive people-person with commercial development experience, exceptional financial acumen and the ambition to help take ANT to our next level of impact, as we prepare for exponential growth over the next year. As a fast-growing, high impact charity all of our roles have direct operational responsibilities in addition to managing teams and thinking strategically and with vision.
Main responsibilities
● Lead from the front in the development and implementation of a Commercial Trading Arm for ANT and spearhead new sources of income including green finance
● Ensure development of finance models and plans to support Landscape Recovery, including natural capital frameworks and administration of government agriculture subsidies
● Line-manage and oversee the work of our finance and commercial teams to ensure our people are well-supported and our work is impactful
● Direct operational responsibilities to advance our work at pace
● Work with the Chief Executive and other Heads on organisational strategy, finance, accounting and organisational sustainability
● Work with the Chief Executive to ensure trustees have appropriate information and understanding of our finances
● Ensure the production of internal reports, annual accounts, and reports for funders
● Identify, seize and support new income, funding and fundraising opportunities, and help guide ANT through a period of business and transformation and growth
● Lead the development and implementation of ANT’s finance strategy including:
○ Forecasting models
○ Assessing risk in financial decisions
○ Ensuring all accounting activities comply with regulations and our governed by robust and appropriate policies
○ Cost saving opportunities
● Oversight of all ANT budgets, managing cashflows and profit/loss analysis
● Ensure compliance with laws and regulations in agreed areas of responsibility
● Identify and implement opportunities for ANT to continually improve, using your influencing skills to create opportunities
● As with all Avon Needs Trees roles, contributing to grant writing and fundraising activities
● Other duties and opportunities as required
Working relationships and expectations
● As a member of the senior leadership team, you will work closely with the Chief Executive and other Heads, helping to lead the organisation in an exciting period of change and growth
● You will have a number of direct reports, which will grow as ANT takes on more staff
● Hybrid working between home and our office (currently on Gloucester Road, Bristol)
● Occasional evening and weekend working will be required but this is not a substantial feature of your role
● Our staff maintain an appropriate level of confidentiality, professionalism and discretion at all times
● Our staff comply with organisational policies, procedures, and guidance, and external regulations and laws
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Chief Operating Officer: NHS Retirement Fellowship
£47,420 - £56,918 FTE
22.5 hours per week (0.6)
The NHS Retirement Fellowship is a registered charity No. 287936 which exists for people who have worked in or for health and social care services.
We offer social, leisure and educational activities and welfare support to our members. We facilitate continued and new friendships, focused on local branches across the UK and postal members. We offer national support and events, including a hugely popular national conference.
We have a clear ambition to build our membership, anticipating their needs and developing new ways of meeting them.
This is a new, senior role within our well-established charity and we expect the post holder to play a proactive and productive role as a member of the organisation’s small Management Team.
You must have significant operational experience preferably in a similar role in the NHS or in another public sector or charitable organisation.
Closing date: Application is by CV and a supporting statement by 3rd April 2024
Interviews by Zoom: 18th April 2024