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Head of Finance
Salary: £50,000 - £55,000
Based: Oxford, OX1 1BP
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time – 40 hours per week (flexible)
The Head of Finance is a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) of Modern Art Oxford and is responsible for managing and reporting on the finances of the charity, acting as Company Secretary.
The role is supported by the Senior Finance Officer and Finance Assistant.
Responsibilities
Finance
- To work closely with the Director on the preparation of the business plan and to take a leading role within SMT on monitoring and reporting to ensure its successful delivery.
- To lead on budgeting processes including three- to five-year plans, detailed annual budgets, cash flow forecasts and in-year re-forecasts.
- To be responsible for reporting on the overall financial position of the organisation, including the statutory accounts, management accounts and reports to budget-holders, ensuring that budgets are adhered to, that cash flow is managed, that effective cost control mechanisms are in place, that revenue is maximised and that there is timely and accurate financial reporting to SMT and the Board of Trustees.
- To ensure that best practice, statutory and organisational requirements are met in the operation of financial controls, the management of funds, charity accounting, Endowments Funds and investments, and taxation.
- To ensure the safety and security of the organisation’s financial assets.
- To prepare and submit the annual Museums & Galleries Exhibition Tax Relief (MGETR) submission, Gift Aid and all other tax rebates.
- To liaise with the external auditors for the annual audit of the statutory accounts and management of the pensions and other professional financial services as required, being the main contact in the organisation for the bank, auditors and pension providers.
- To liaise with pension trustees and other employers of the PSATSA closed defined benefit scheme, including triennial revaluations and negotiation of affordable repayments, reporting to the Trustees and Director.
- To work in close partnership with the Director and the capital project management team, to manage and report on the financial aspects of any future capital projects, reporting to the Director and the Capital Sub-Committee of the Board of Trustees, and managing all related financial administration.
- To be responsible for arranging Modern Art Oxford’s insurance.
Governance, Compliance & Trustee Reporting
- To attend Board meetings as required and support the Director in providing background briefing and financial material to enable the Board to make considered decisions about all matters of finance and finance policy.
- To manage, attend and prepare reports for the Finance & Property sub-committee.
- To coordinate the production of the Annual Trustees Report for the statutory accounts and ensure compliance with Companies House and Charity Commission requirements, including maintaining Trustees and Directors’ records and details.
Other
- To contribute to the overall strategic direction of the organisation as a member of the Senior Management Team, and actively participate in new developments including audience development, capital planning, communications, partnerships, reporting and fundraising.
- To complete as required annual reports, including the annual submission for exhibition tax relief and other key reporting, including Arts Council England and Oxford City Council submissions and project-funding reports.
- To carry out any other duties, reasonably requested by the Director.
Person Specification
Essential
- Significant experience in financial roles at a senior level, managing all aspects of running a financial function and dealing with a range of activities, ideally in a small to medium-sized charity.
- Used to preparing budgets, management accounts and cashflow forecasts alongside cost control management.
- A good understanding of VAT regulations, the VAT return process and charity taxation.
- A good working knowledge of payroll and end of year audit processes.
- Experience of business planning for a medium-sized charity.
- A flexible approach to working in a busy environment requiring excellent multi-tasking and time-management skills.
- Experience of using a CRM Database.
- An understanding of IT and digital infrastructure.
- Strong planning and organisational skills.
- Experience of managing small teams.
- The highest level of commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence.
- Good team worker.
- Excellent writing and communications skills.
- An ability to prioritise a complex range of tasks in a fast-paced working environment.
- A confidential and empathetic person of integrity.
Desirable
- Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) and/or appropriate business, financial or postgraduate qualifications.
- An interest in and experience of working in the charity sector, ideally the arts.
- Experience in the not-for-profit sector and charity accounting practices including preparation of the annual Charity Commission return, partial exemption VAT processes, Gift Aid and MGETR.
- Experience of BreatheHR and Xero platforms.
- Experience of working with a board of voluntary trustees, a wide range of funders and public sector organisations.
- Good line management and coaching skills.
- Experience of managing the financial aspects of capital projects.
- Experience of fundraising, marketing, retail and e-commerce.
About Us
Modern Art Oxford is one of the UK’s most exciting and influential contemporary art organisations, renowned for its bold and ambitious artistic programme that promotes diversity and internationalism and celebrates contemporary art as a progressive agent of social change.
Modern Art Oxford welcomes approximately 100,000 visitors each year with approximately 15,000 attendances by schools and community groups in creative learning and participation activities. The organisation’s digital content reaches 450,000 through Modern Art Oxford’s digital channels annually. Through a wide range of high-quality content creation and programming, Modern Art Oxford aims to make contemporary art accessible and engaging to the widest audience and to promote creativity in all its visual forms. Over the last 60 years Modern Art Oxford has brought some of the world’s most important artists to the city, and the UK, and has developed an international reputation for pioneering emerging and under-represented artists.
Modern Art Oxford is a registered charity and receives core funding from Arts Council England and Oxford City Council, and the generous support of individuals, trusts and foundations, sponsors and friends.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus public bank holidays (increasing by one day per annum of employment up to five additional days).
- Employees are entitled to a discount in our Modern Art Oxford Shop and Café.
- There is an Employee Assistance Programme through Gemelli.
- Discounts, Cycle-scheme and Tech-scheme program available through BHN Extras.
- An auto-enrolment pension scheme is in place with Legal & General. Under pension auto enrolment legislation, the employee will pay 5% (before tax relief) and the employer will pay 3% of qualifying earnings to the Legal and General plan.
Applications must be received by midnight on Sunday 7th September.
Interviews will be held on Friday 19th of September.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
We are committed to improving the diversity in our workforce in order to better reflect the diversity of our local communities. All job vacancies are advertised here as part of a fair and open process. We welcome applications from people of all cultures and ethnicities, including those that may experience racism, as part of our Anti-racism Action Plan.
No agencies please.
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Key Enterprises seek life-skills facilitator who has a passion for helping people with additional needs to access learning. Many of our service users strive to have an independent life and it’ll be your job to help equip them with the skills they need. This can include anything from basic numeracy, literacy, budgeting, transport, hygiene and self-care to cooking lunch for everyone in the group!
The candidate will be confident working with adults with additional needs and supporting them to access activities that challenge and inspire.
For over 40 years Key Enterprises has supported people with learning disabilities/difficulties, atuism, mental health needs and/or acquired brain injuries to unlock their full potential. At K|E, we encourage service users to explore their passions and develop new skills, without limitation.
Duties
· Planning and facilitating life-skill activities for service users with learning disabilities, autism, acquired brain injuries and additional mental health needs.
· Enriching service user’s physical and mental wellbeing through teaching new skills related to their daily lives.
· Engaging with the wider community through day trips, visits and other educational experiences
· Developing projects and a curriculum that can be followed to provide a structured program of learning.
Essential Criteria
· An awareness of mental illness, learning disabilities & autism
· Teaching qualification or experience of delivering learning
· Able to plan and organise effectively
· Experience of working in a learning environment
· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to communicate with a range of people, using a variety of communication methods
· A passion for working with people with additional needs and providing person-centred support
· Hold a full, clean driving licence
· An awareness of safeguarding principles and understand confidentiality
· Competent in the use of IT including Office products
· self-motivation and an ability to work independently
APPOINTMENT IS SUBJECT TO SATISFACTORY REFERENCES AND A DBS CHECK.
Job Types: Permanent
Pay: £27,300 Per year
Expected hours: 37.5 hours per week
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
Schedule:
Open on Monday to Friday 08:30 - 16:30
Licence/Certification:
Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person
Registered Charity
11 - 20
To support adults with autism, learning disabilities, acquired brain injuries and additional mental health needs to unlock their potential.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Forbes Mellon Librarian
Salary: £46,629.98 p.a. depending on experience + Benefits
Based: Cambridge
Hours: Full-Time, 36.25 per week
The Role
The Forbes Mellon Librarian has overall responsibility for the management, development, and planning of the Forbes Mellon Library, Law Reading Rooms, and College Archives, ensuring the delivery of high-quality academic support to students, Fellows, staff, and external researchers.
The Forbes Mellon Librarian leads the library team, represents the College in intercollegiate and Cambridge University library forums, and ensures that the College’s library and academic skills contribution integrates with that of the wider University.
The hours of work will be 36.25 per week with flexibility required during term-time and peak academic periods.
About Us
This is a wonderful opportunity to work for the second oldest of the 31 Colleges in the University of Cambridge. Regarded as one of the most progressive and informal, Clare is renowned as a College that achieves academically at the highest levels, whilst also being welcoming, forward-thinking, and inclusive.
Located in the heart of Cambridge city centre, the College is extraordinarily beautiful and famed for its gardens on “the Backs” (the famous backs of the Colleges that overlook the River Cam). Clare’s Old Court, a Grade I listed building, is the centre of the College and is unique among the ancient Cambridge Colleges in having maintained its architectural integrity over the course of its history.
Salary and Benefits
The salary is £46,629.98 p.a. depending on experience. In addition to this the post holder would be eligible for a bonus every year, and meals on duty. We also offer membership of a defined salary sacrifice pension contribution scheme, a Healthcare cash plan and parking.
The closing date is 20 August 2025 and interviews will be held on 8 September 2025.
Please note: The College reserves the right to close the vacancy earlier if we find the right candidate.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Clare College is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Clare College is committed to treating all job applications on their merit irrespective of sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, marital status or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity or gender, where any of these cannot be shown to be a requirement of the job concerned. Recruitment, selection and promotion procedures will be monitored to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and treated on the basis of their relevant merits and abilities.
No agencies please.
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Are you passionate about pastoring and impacting the spiritual lives of children and young people? We’d love you to join our community at Springfield Church and lead our children and youth ministries in Wallington (a suburb of London with easy access to the City Centre).
The Role:
You’ll be developing innovative discipleship spaces that connect with our young peoples’ unique experiences, shaping our monthly ‘All in’ services, and supporting Springers midweek Toddler group. You would develop these and other spaces, such as a Sunday afternoon Bubble Church, and build upon our relationships with local schools where we run Messy Church and have mentors supporting children.
What We Offer:
As part of our dynamic team, you’ll have opportunities to develop your leadership skills, contribute to our church’s vision, and shape the future of the children and youth ministry in our community. You will have ongoing support in the role from an experienced and committed staff team, led by Pioneer Vicar David Atkinson, alongside Pioneer Curate, Mel Wynn including strong operational support alongside other volunteer team members. You will receive children and youth-specific training through the Southwark Diocese Aurora course.
Who we’re looking for:
We are looking for a passionate and strategic-thinking candidate - someone who loves pastoring young people and can train and release our growing team of volunteers (rather than doing everything yourself). You will understand and relate to the pressures and sense of community that come from living in different areas, such as the Roundshaw Estate and wider Wallington, and you would be able to demonstrate that you have been successful in pastoring children and youth in the community. You would share our values to grow in courage, compassion and creativity as we seek to build a culture of belonging around Jesus. Ideally, you would have a qualification in children and youth work, but this is not essential if you have relevant experience.
Summary
£31k per annum (Full-time)
5 Days/35 hours per week - could be split into a job share
Springfield Church, Wallington (London)
26 days holiday (inc 6 Sundays max a year) + 8 bank holidays
7.5% employers pension contribution
1 retreat day per calendar year
Flexible working (where appropriate)
Closing Date: 29th August, 11:59pm | Interview Date: 19th September
Registered Charity
11 - 20
We believe our God-given vision is to thrive like a ‘Spring Field’.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
We welcome around 350,000 visitors to Waddesdon Manor and over 2 million browsers to our websites each year. Waddesdon Manor offers visitors a programme of changing exhibitions, talks and tours, family activities and public events. The income from our private events, shop, restaurants and sixteen-bedroom hotel help support keeping the Manor open to the public, our education programme and the care of the collections and gardens for all to enjoy.
What you will do:
The role encompasses all aspects of digital marketing activity, including both B2B and B2C. You’ll also be supporting commercial activities for Waddesdon Manor, the trading company RWL which includes Catering for the Manor operation, visitors, retail, public events, private events, The Bow and The Five Arrows, and any special projects for the Rothschild Foundation e.g. future commercial property developments.
Key responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Develop and deliver an online strategy to drive engagement and conversion across Waddesdon’s digital channels.
- Develop and manage digital content, including copywriting and proofreading content to develop our storytelling and ensure academic accuracy, standards and tone of voice are consistent.
- Manage updates to the website to reflect the brand and optimise commercial performance.
- Liaise with internal stakeholders to implement new content, amends and updates, which optimise the website and keep information up-to-date. Be the point of contact to help other departments with advice on digital content.
- Manage SEO focused activities to increase quality traffic across the website.
- Plan and manage social media strategy to drive engagement and build new audiences.
- Track and report digital performance across digital channels to enable strategic decision making and share information across the organisation.
- Work with external agencies as required, including managing the Google Grant.
- Be part of project teams to deliver a new website for Waddesdon, trading subsidiaries and the Rothschild Foundation, and support integration of new systems including a DAMS and CRM.
- Help to develop strategic marketing campaigns for the business and develop plans to increase audiences.
- Monitor the outcomes of marketing activity and evaluate against plans, contributing to monthly reports.
- Develop partnership ideas for content and social media and work with third parties as required to deliver these.
- Monitor competitor activity to ensure we are learning and evolving to become as relevant and engaging as possible.
- Contribute to marketing budget management and assist with budget forward planning in liaison with the managers of each business area eg RWL Heads of Department.
- Work closely with the wider marketing team and all colleagues across Waddesdon, sharing news on activity, to ensure that opportunities are maximised.
You will be a great fit if:
You are a strategic thinker, with a strong creative and innovative background. You’ll combine your marketing digital knowledge and skills with the creative content required in this role.
Your areas of knowledge and expertise that matter for this role:
- Experience of producing and delivering a range of digital content
- Experience of managing SEO and driving website traffic
- Proven experience delivering successful digital marketing campaigns to meet targets
- Excellent copy writing and proof-reading skills
- Experience of planning and scheduling social media campaigns
- Experience of business reporting and forecasting
- Ecommerce experience in the retail sector with proven success to drive sales online
- Comprehensive knowledge of the heritage sector and ecommerce
- Excellent prioritisation and time management skills coupled with the ability to work under pressure and deliver results under tight deadlines
- Ability to work flexibly and successfully across teams and hierarchies and build relationships at all levels including excellent interpersonal skills and evidence of ability to influence decision-making
- Technical skills in web CMS editing and experience of managing an online shop
- Demonstrate excellent attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, IT and office skills
Registered Charity
101 - 500
Our areas of interest are Arts and Culture and Regenerative Food and Farming, where we make a number of multi-year investments each year.
