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Are you a strategic leader who can strengthen how the sector supports older people through high-quality information and training?
Do you have the vision and experience to lead high-performing teams, shape services, and make a real difference in the lives of older people facing financial hardship?
Independent Age is seeking a Head of Information and External Training to lead their Information and External Training teams (c. 8 people) and play a pivotal role in shaping the Services directorate.
Benefits of working with Independent Age
- Competitive salary: £65,678 (London-based) / £59,115 (Home-based)
- 28 days’ annual leave a year plus public holiday
- Generous pension with life assurance
- Excellent learning and development opportunities
- Enhanced leave and wellbeing benefits
- Flexible and hybrid working. Work in a way that suit you
Independent Age embraces agile working and trusts its people to deliver in ways that work best for them.
About the role
Work setting: London-based / Hybrid (minimum 4 days per month in the office), or home-based.
Contract: Fixed term 9-month contract Full-time (35 hours per week, 5 days or a 9-day fortnight)
Part-time considered (min. 21 hours per week)
As the Head of Information and External Training, you will:
- Provide strategic leadership to the Information and External Training teams, fostering a high-performing and inclusive culture.
- Contribute to the development of a sustainable plan for the delivery and leadership within the Services directorate, and the transition to it, in collaboration with colleagues.
- Lead people engagement and change as we make decisions on the future shape and line reporting of the Information and Training teams.
- Oversee the delivery of accessible, high-quality information for older people and professionals.
- Shape and deliver external training for advisers, public bodies, and corporates, including developing a commercial training offer.
- Work closely with Marketing and Engagement teams to ensure clarity, collaboration, and consistency.
- Represent Independent Age externally, sharing expertise and promoting the charity’s mission.
About you
The Head of Information and External Training will have:
- Proven leadership of high-performing teams in information, advice, or external training services.
- Strong strategic planning skills with the ability to translate vision into actionable plans.
- Experience in organisational change and team engagement.
- Analytical skills to evaluate impact and inform decisions.
- Experience in managing the development of external training provision for professionals and organisations.
- Knowledge of issues affecting older people in financial hardship and how information and advice interventions can improve lives.
Key dates
- Application deadline is 24th November
- Interviews will take place weeks commencing 1st and 8th December
How to apply
To apply for the Head of Information and External training role, please submit your CV and a supporting statement outlining how your skills and experience meet the criteria in the job description and person specification. I’d also be happy to have a conversation about the job description to give you further insight into the opportunity so please do reach out directly if you’d like a confidential chat.
Applications sent by TPP to Independent Age will be anonymised to support fair shortlisting.
Independent Age values diversity, challenges discrimination, and ensures everyone feels they belong. Applicants from all backgrounds are welcome.
Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follows Safer Recruitment practices to ensure they are safeguarding those who work with Independent Age. A basic DBS certificate will be required for this role which will be carried out by Independent Age following offer to the successful candidate.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
Are you ready to kick-start your creative career in a fast-paced, purpose-driven environment? We’re looking for a Studio Assistant to join a passionate in-house Creative Studio, at a global education charity, producing high-quality visuals — from social media assets and videos to infographics, reports, and campaign materials.
You’ll help keep the creative engine running smoothly: supporting projects, organising assets, liaising with freelancers, and ensuring everything meets brand standards. No two days are the same, and there’s plenty of scope to grow into project coordination and production.
You’ll join a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation with an innovative 4-day working week, hybrid flexibility, and a supportive culture that values creativity and wellbeing.
You’ll bring:
- Strong organisational skills and multitasking magic ?
- A collaborative spirit and problem-solving mindset
- An interest in creative production (design, video, content, etc.)
- Confidence with digital tools (bonus points for Monday.com or Adobe Creative Suite!)
If you’ve got a sharp eye for detail, a love of great design, and a can-do attitude, we’d love to hear from you!
- Salary: £26,000 (depending on experience)
- 4 day week! Monday-Thursday.
- Location: Central London office (hybrid, 2 days a week in the office near Liverpool street)
- Full-time, permanent.
Apply today, they are holding interviews on a rolling basis.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
Business Partnering and Financial Reporting Manager | London - Hybrid | £70,000 + Benefits
For an international NGO based in London, we are recruiting a permanent Business Partnering and Reporting Manager. Reporting to the Global Head of Finance, this role will oversee all business and commercial reporting, including business planning, budgeting, forecasting and KPIs, as well as the financial reporting, balance sheet, cash and reserves reporting and reconciliations. The role will have a lead input in the year-end close and preparation of the Annual Report and Audit process and will lead the finance business partnering team of two.
Main Duties:
- Lead month-end close and production of month-end business, commercial and MI reporting
- Deliver insightful reporting into the business and commercial performance by partnering key stakeholders and supporting the leadership decision-making
- Lead the Business Planning and annual budgeting processes, preparing packs and presentations for the Executive Committee, Board Finance Committee and Council
- Lead the forecasting process, ensuring their integrity
- Support the development of finance reporting using Power BI, to embed KPIs measuring finance performance
- Prepare presentations for the Exco and Council meetings around business planning, budgeting and forecasting packs
- Provide effective and robust challenge to ensure operational, commercial and financial targets are achieved
- Prepare the consolidated cashflow, balance sheet and reserves (including restricted funding)
- Oversee ledger integrity via monthly and year-end reporting processes and the reconciliation of reporting and balance sheet accounts
- Oversee the statutory reporting including charity VAT and Gift Aid
- Support the annual statutory accounts for the main charity and trading subsidiary and the annual audit through to sign-off of Annual Report and Financial Statements
- Lead, develop and mentor the business partnering team of two.
What will you bring to this role?
- ACCA, CIMA, or ACA qualified from Practice, Commercial and or Non-Profits
- Excellent staff leadership and team management skills
- Experienced in leading a business partnering and MI service to a wide range of teams and senior stakeholders
- Excellent analytical skills and ability to present insightful, engaging information
- Ideally experience of Sun Systems including Q&A reporting
- Power BI and other data modelling and reporting experience
- Experience within the NGO / restricted income space
- Strong experience ideally with year-end statutory close processes including Audit and Annual Report production
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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.
Interim Finance and Resource Director
Location: Hull - hybrid working available
Contract Type: Contract - 9 months fixed term
Hours: Part-time or full-time considered (min 3 days per week)
Salary: £65,000
• Lead the financial strategy for a diverse £6 million+ turnover charity.
• Oversee a unique commercial portfolio, including a Wetherspoon franchise.
• Join a senior team empowering students and shaping their experience.
We are helping a university students' union find a new Finance and Resource Director as they embark on a period of restructure in the Senior Leadership Team. This is a fantastic opportunity for a strategic finance leader to join a complex, values-driven organisation in Hull. If you are looking to combine your financial expertise with purpose-driven work, this role offers a unique challenge.
The role is offered on a 9-month fixed term contract basis with an anticipated start date of early-mid January 2026. The organisation is happy to consider applicants on a part-time basis (min 3 days per week) or on a full-time basis. Hybrid working is offered with at least 50% of the role expected to be office based.
Company Overview
This is a student-led charity with a thriving commercial arm. With a turnover of over £6 million, its portfolio includes the UK's first J D Wetherspoon franchise on a university campus and a successful SPAR supermarket. The organisation has also invested in its spaces, creating a vibrant hub for student life, including a major live gig venue. The organisation is focused on empowering every student by championing their priorities through community organising.
Position Overview
As the Finance and Resource Director, you will be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team. You will provide strategic leadership across Finance, Facilities, and Health and Safety. Your role is vital to ensuring the organisation has the resources to deliver its strategic plan sustainably. You will work closely with the CEO, Trustees, and elected Presidents to drive commercial performance and support the organisation's mission.
Responsibilities
• Lead operational strategy for finance, facilities, and health & safety.
• Develop and deliver the group's long-term financial plan.
• Provide strategic financial guidance to the CEO and Boards.
• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and annual financial reporting.
• Lead on the production on the annual statutory accounts.
• Manage key relationships with auditors, banks, HMRC, and the external management accountants.
• Ensure robust financial governance and risk management.
• Lead on contract negotiations and ethical investment strategy.
• Champion and role-model the organisation's inclusive culture.
Requirements
• A recognised accountancy qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA, or CIPFA).
• Significant senior leadership and management experience.
• Proven experience in strategic financial planning and reporting.
• Experience in developing systems and leading organisational change.
• Excellent communication skills, able to present to board level.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• A genuine empathy with the values of a student-led organisation.
• Experience in the charity or higher education sector is desirable.
Benefits
• Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays and additional leave
• Paid volunteering days to support causes you care about.
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support.
• Staff discounts across campus and various retail schemes.
• Cycle-to-work scheme and travel perks.
• Access to training and development opportunities.
Alongside these benefits, you will join a supportive and progressive senior team. You will help shape a fun, inclusive, and solution-focused culture, directly improving students' university experience.
Commitment to Diversity
The organisation is committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of its membership and the communities it serves. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups, including racially and ethnically minoritised individuals, women, non-binary people, and people with disabilities.
How to Apply
If you are a qualified finance leader looking to apply your skills in a purpose-driven role, please send your CV by the deadline. For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Jamie Reynolds at Marble Mayne Recruitment.
Key dates
Application deadline: Friday 21st November at 12 noon
Interviews: Late November/early December
Start-date: Early-mid January 2026
Are you a transformation-focused leader with a passion for people and purpose? We are seeking an experienced Interim COO to help steer a respected international organisation through a pivotal period of change and opportunity.
Interim Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Contract: 6-9 months (must be available to start in January)
Location: London / Hybrid
Start Date: January 2026
Compensation: Up to £150,000 FTE equivalent
Closing Date: 24 November
Final Interviews: 1-5 December
This is a rare opportunity to lead a mission-driven transformation balancing operational delivery, financial sustainability, and organisational restructure, all while placing people at the heart of the journey.
Key objectives:
- Deliver a large-scale restructure within tight timeframes
- Achieve significant cost savings while safeguarding core services
- Navigate complex global stakeholder relationships
- Support staff through uncertainty with empathy and clarity
Reporting to the CEO, you will:
- Lead the implementation of a time sensitive transformation
- Oversee financial planning and cost-saving initiatives
- Ensure continuity of operations and core services
- Support HR transitions and legal compliance
- Foster staff engagement through inclusive, transparent leadership
What you will bring:
- Proven success in leading complex organisational change
- Strong financial and operational acumen
- Experience in mission-led or values-driven environments
- High emotional intelligence and resilience under pressure
- A collaborative, pragmatic, and people-first leadership style
This interim role is a real opportunity to shape the future of an organisation making a global impact.
To express interest, please submit your updated CV by midnight on Monday 24th November via the Prospectus website.
At Prospectus, we invest in your journey as a candidate, and we are committed to supporting you throughout the process. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process.
Director of Programmes and Partnerships: The Talent Foundry
Charity People is proud to be working with The Talent Foundry to find an exceptional Director of Programmes and Partnerships for a maternity cover contract. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a talented team, oversee a portfolio of impactful programmes, and manage strategic relationships with some of the UK's most exciting corporate partners.
Salary: £62,500 (full-time)
Contract: Fixed Term Contract - minimum 9 months (maternity cover)
Location: Home-based/hybrid with national travel averaging out at 2-3 days a month, including monthly team days in London and visits to partners and programmes
Closing date: 9am, Tuesday 27 November
First stage interviews: Friday 5 December (online)
Second stage interviews: Friday 12 December (in person, London)
About The Talent Foundry
The Talent Foundry is a brilliant, high-impact social mobility charity that works to unlock opportunities for young people aged 7 to 18 from under-served communities. Their mission is to help these young people discover their talents, build confidence, and develop the skills needed to succeed in higher education and the workplace.
They achieve this by:
- Delivering skills-based workshops and programmes in partnership with schools and employers.
- Creating career pathways by connecting young people with industry professionals.
- Encouraging employers to value potential over background, helping to foster a fairer society.
About the role
This is an incredible opportunity with responsibility for delivering the programme and partnership strategy, ensuring work is high-quality, innovative, and aligned with their mission. You'll also play a key external-facing role, representing The Talent Foundry at a senior level with funders, business leaders, and education stakeholders.
This is a role for someone who thrives on variety, enjoys thinking strategically while staying connected to delivery, and who values collaboration and strong relationships. You'll be joining a passionate, fun, and high-performing team, and working with partners who are deeply committed to making a difference.
"If you want a role where your work has visible, lasting impact both for young people and for the partners who support them, this is it. I feel genuinely lucky that this is what I do every day - and I know you will too!"
Cate Smith, Director of Programmes and Partnerships, The Talent Foundry
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the strategic direction of TTF's programme delivery and corporate partnerships, aligned with our Ambition 2030 strategy.
- Manage and develop a high-performing team fostering a values-led, inclusive culture.
- Oversee the delivery of innovative, high-quality programmes that meet the needs of young people and our partners.
- Build and sustain long-term relationships with corporate partners, ensuring alignment with TTF's mission and impact goals.
- Collaborate with the CEO and senior colleagues to drive organisational strategy, performance, and sustainability.
About You
We'd love to hear from candidates who bring:
- A strong track record of managing high-value corporate partnerships or funder relationships.
- Significant experience in programme leadership, ideally in youth, education, or social impact sectors.
- Experience of working at senior leadership level, with responsibility for team performance, strategy, and budget.
- A strategic mindset, with the ability to lead change and drive innovation.
- Excellent relationship-building, influencing, and communication skills.
- A collaborative, values-driven approach and a passion for supporting young people.
How to Apply
If you are excited by this brilliant opportunity, please send your CV to and to request a full job pack. If your skillset aligns with what we are looking for we will follow up with full job pack and to arrange a Teams call to share more information about the application process.
Closing date: 9am, Tuesday 25 November
Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.
Community Fundraising Officer
Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 per annum (pro-rated for part-time hours)
Location: Hybrid/ London SE1 & remote
Hours: Full-time (37.5 hrs) or part-time (30 hrs) considered. Some occasional evening and weekend work will be necessary for which time off in lieu will be granted.
Contract: permanent
Closing date for applications: midday on Monday 15 December.
Join this fantastic charity as a Community Fundraising Officer and help inspire, connect, and make a real impact.
Are you passionate about making a difference and bringing people together for a great cause? We're the only national charity dedicated to supporting people living with dystonia - a neurological condition affecting around 100,000 people in the UK. We're looking for a Community Fundraising Officer to help us grow our fundraising and empower our incredible community.
About the Role:
This is a fantastic opportunity for a creative and motivated fundraiser who loves building relationships, delivering events, and developing campaigns that make a real impact. You'll play a key role in growing our community fundraising activity and helping the charity reach more people than ever before.
This is a dynamic and rewarding role where no two days are the same. You'll lead community fundraising and challenge events, inspire individuals and groups to raise funds, and create engaging campaigns that celebrate our supporters. From coordinating national events to crafting digital content and supporter toolkits, you'll play a vital part in turning one-time fundraisers into lifelong champions.
Why Join Us?
- Flexible hybrid working (home and London office)
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme and wellbeing support
- A collaborative, friendly team where your ideas matter
What You'll Do:
- Develop and deliver exciting community fundraising strategies and campaigns
- Manage challenge events and ensure every supporter has an outstanding experience
- Build strong relationships with fundraisers, volunteers, and local businesses
- Create inspiring digital content and resources to empower supporters
- Represent the charity at events and champion our mission across the UK
What We're Looking For:
- Experience in relationship management and community engagement.
- Creative, organised, and confident communicator across all channels.
- Skilled at using social media to inspire and connect.
- Passionate about making a difference and eager to innovate.
How to apply
Ready to make an impact? Apply now and help us create a better future for everyone living with dystonia. To apply, please send a copy of your CV in the first instance to Philippa at Charity People.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability, and potential. Please inform Alice if you require any assistance or adjustment to help ensure the application process works for you.
At Charity People, we match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.
Love Squared exists because so many children are brave. Children who, despite overwhelming anxiety, still find the courage to support their friends, join therapeutic groups or offer kindness to others.
Location: Remote, with regular travel to London and the South West
Applications close at 9 a.m. Monday 24th November.
Bringing love, imagination and kindness to children and families’ services.
Love Squared exists because so many children are brave. Children who, despite overwhelming anxiety, still find the courage to support their friends, join therapeutic groups or offer kindness to others. We work with some of society’s most vulnerable children and young people, including those facing mental health challenges, trauma, special educational needs, disability and neurodivergence. Many cannot access school because there is no suitable place for their needs, or because school is not safe for them. Their families fight every day to get the help their children need, often while facing housing insecurity, exhaustion and systems that can feel indifferent or overwhelming.
At Love Squared, we believe that you have to care deeply if you want to transform outcomes. We bring love, imagination, nurture and bravery to everything we do, creating long-term change for children and families who need understanding most.
About the role
We are seeking an exceptional Chief Executive to lead Love Squared through its next stage of growth and development.
This is a role for someone who can lead with heart, head and hands, combining compassion with commercial acumen and creativity with operational rigour.
You will:
- Lead with courage, curiosity and care, empowering staff, volunteers and partners to deliver excellence.
- Shape and deliver a bold, forward-looking strategy that strengthens impact and secures financial sustainability.
- Be a visible and credible ambassador for Love Squared, helping to build our national profile and champion our values.
- Ensure safeguarding, governance and accountability remain at the heart of all we do.
- Build strong partnerships with funders, commissioners and collaborators across the statutory and voluntary sectors.
About you
You will bring:
- Proven senior leadership experience in a values-driven organisation, ideally within charity, education or social care.
- Strong strategic, operational and financial skills, with the ability to lead through change and growth.
- A collaborative leadership style that inspires trust and brings out the best in others.
- A genuine commitment to inclusion, safeguarding and trauma-informed practice.
- Imagination to see opportunities where others see obstacles and resilience to lead with warmth through uncertainty.
Above all, you will share our belief that love is not a soft word. It is a radical act that can transform the way children and families experience care, learning and hope.
Please click 'Redirect to recruiter’ to be redirected to the Peridot Partners website, where you can find full details of the job description and register your interest to apply.
Applications for this role close at 9 a.m. Monday 24th November.
Data Integrations Support and Projects Officer
Salary: up to £32,000
Location: Newark -Hybrid (up to 1-3 days in the Newark office per week)
Full time (35 hours per week)
Permanent contract
Closing date for applications: 30 November 2025
First interview: 11 December 2025
Second interview: 18 December 2025
About Us
We 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 944,000 members, over 38,000 volunteers, 3,600 staff and 600 trustees.
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 we work, not least in how we mobilise others and support them to organise within their own communities.
Are you looking for a new challenge and the chance to work in an IT role for one of the UK’s best-loved nature charities? Then we have an exciting opportunity for you. We are looking for a self-motivated Data Integrations Support and Projects Officer to support and develop data integrations across our digital platforms including CRM and websites.
You will have excellent customer care and problem-solving skills and a desire to put your abilities to good use for an organisation that is working to combat the climate and nature emergency.
Working for us you will be part of the IT team supporting colleagues from across the federation with their data integration requirements This role can be fully remote or hybrid homeworking with up to 3 days per week working from our main Newark premises.
You will have practical experience of working in an IT support environment with knowledge or experience of troubleshooting data integrations and will have experience of working with APIs in a business process automation context. You will be comfortable working across a broad range of cloud and digital platforms and providing support to end users. As well as a solid technical background, you will be an adept communicator with the ability to explain complex information in simple, clear terms to non-IT colleagues. You will be an analytical thinker, with problem solving skills with up-to-date technical knowledge across a broad range of platforms. Most importantly you will be self-motivated with a willingness to develop new skills and make use of new technologies. You will have excellent customer care skills and the ability to manage and prioritise workloads to ensure the best outcomes for the organisation and our IT service users.
We value passion, respect, trust, integrity, pragmatic activism and strength in diversity. Whilst we are passionate in promoting our aims, we are not judgmental and are inclusive. We particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within our sector, including people from minority backgrounds and people with disabilities. We are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For applicable roles, applicants must be willing to undergo checks with past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks at the eligible level. We take our Safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously. Please click to read our commitment statement.
As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. Please let us know if you require any adjustments to make our recruitment process more accessible. We are committed to increasing the diversity of its staff through its Levelling the Field recruitment pledge and will put any ethnic minority applicants that meet all the essential criteria for the post through to the next stage of recruitment.
Please do not use artificial intelligence tools to assist you to complete the application form. We may not accept applications that have been completed utilising AI tools.
We are looking for an interim HR Co-ordinator to work with our client for an initial period of 6 months. You will join the People Operations Team to support the full employee lifecycle-from recruitment and onboarding to payroll and offboarding. You'll ensure smooth, compliant, and timely HR processes for both core and non-core staff. This role requires 2 days onsite in South West London and is a full time position to start ASAP.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate interviews, offers, and onboarding
- Conduct pre-employment checks and issue contracts
- Maintain HR records and update systems
- Communicate changes to Payroll
- Administer family leave, absences, and training updates
- Respond to employee queries and shared inbox requests
- Ensure compliance with RTW and DBS requirements
What We're Looking For
- Experience in HR administration
- Strong attention to detail and communication skills
- Proficiency in HR systems and Microsoft Office
- A collaborative, service-focused mindset
If you are interested to be considered then please get in touch with your CV ASAP.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Our partner, a respected international development organisation, is seeking a qualified Finance Manager to lead the financial management and oversight of a large, multi-country donor-funded project. The postholder will ensure timely, accurate and compliant financial accounting, reporting, and donor compliance, while supporting strong financial management across the wider programme portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Lead on the financial management, planning and reporting of a multi-country project, ensuring transactions are accurate and compliant with donor and organisational requirements.
- Oversee budgeting, forecasting, cost recovery and co-financing, and maintain up-to-date financial data in grant management and tracking systems.
- Prepare and deliver timely internal and donor financial reports, ensuring consistency between internal records and external submissions.
- Monitor project and portfolio expenditure, analysing variances and providing actionable insights to senior management and programme teams.
- Strengthen financial controls and compliance frameworks, including development of tools, manuals and checklists to ensure adherence to donor and internal policies.
- Support audits (donor and statutory), maintaining trackers for audit actions and disallowances, and ensuring audit readiness.
- Review and approve partner budgets, sub-grant agreements and financial reports, ensuring compliance with donor terms and promoting financial capacity building.
- Provide technical support and training to field teams and partners on donor regulations, financial management, procurement and reporting standards.
- Collaborate with programme teams to align financial management with programme delivery and results.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of financial systems and processes across the organisation.
- Occasional international travel may be required (approx. 1–2 trips per year).
Requirements
- Qualified accountant (CCAB or equivalent) with experience managing finances for complex, large-scale donor-funded projects; experience working with UN Agencies and the World Bank is highly desirable.
- Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, grant management and donor reporting; familiarity with institutional donor requirements highly desirable.
- Proven experience in financial controls, audit preparation, and compliance for multi-grant, multi-country programmes.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to non-financial colleagues.
- Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills; able to build effective relationships across diverse teams and cultures.
- Proficient in Excel and financial systems, with strong numeracy and attention to detail.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities effectively.
This is a London-based role with hybrid working (minimum two days per week in the office). Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
The Soil Association is the UK’s leading charity working with people and nature to transform the way we eat, farm and care for the natural world. Founded in 1946, we’ve been at the forefront of pioneering organic and sustainable practices for nearly 80 years. With a turnover of £25 million, around 380 staff and a structure that includes two trading subsidiaries and a sister charity, we are a dynamic organisation with national reach and international influence. Together, we are a force for nature.
We’re now looking for a Group Finance & Resources Director to help us deliver even greater impact. This is a pivotal role at the heart of our group. Reporting to our Group Chief Executive as a core member of our Leadership Team, you’ll lead our finance, HR, IT, digital transformation, governance and facilities functions, ensuring they are future-focused and aligned with our mission. More than that, you’ll play a key role in investment planning, opportunity appraisal, and performance reporting, helping us make the right decisions across a diverse and entrepreneurial portfolio of work.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing strategic financial leadership and investment advice to the Group CEO and Board, ensuring decisions are informed by both financial and impact considerations.
- Leading and developing high-performing teams across finance, HR, IT, digital transformation, governance and facilities.
- Overseeing integrated annual and multi-year planning, budgeting and financial scenario modelling across the group.
- Supporting and challenging senior leaders across the Soil Association group to drive performance and deliver coherent, sustainable plans.
- Ensuring robust governance, legal compliance, risk management and the effective delivery of shared services across the group.
We’re looking for someone who brings strategic financial leadership, a collaborative and people-centred approach, and the ability to navigate complexity with clarity and calm. You’ll be a qualified accountant with experience at executive level, ideally in a group structure or multi-entity environment. You’ll understand organisational governance, be confident in investment appraisal and risk management, and bring a track record of leading high-performing teams through change.
This is not a role for someone who wants to be in the back office. We want you to be at the heart of our decisions, motivated by our values and excited by the opportunity to play a lead role in enabling us to shape a better future for people and planet.
Our recruitment partner, James Stephens at Morgan Law, is supporting us with this appointment process. For further information including a full recruitment pack with details of the role and recruitment process, please click through to our recruitment microsite using the 'Redirect to Recruiter' button.
An international development organisation is seeking a Programme Finance Accountant to oversee the financial management of a major Asian Development Bank-funded initiative. This is an excellent opportunity to apply your expertise in donor finance, reporting, and compliance within a mission-driven, global environment focused on sustainable development and social impact.
You will ensure the financial integrity and compliance of the ADB project, managing all aspects of budgeting, cost recovery, reporting, and audit preparation. Working closely with programme and finance teams across multiple countries, you’ll provide expert oversight, guidance, and insight throughout the project lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
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Lead financial management and oversight for the ADB project, ensuring accuracy and donor compliance.
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Review monthly transactions, reconciliations, and forecasts, maintaining up-to-date grant and cost recovery records.
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Prepare donor and internal financial reports, ensuring consistency across systems.
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Monitor expenditure and cash flow, flagging under/overspends and advising on corrective actions.
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Oversee financial controls, audits, and compliance with ADB and internal policies.
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Support programme teams and partners with budgeting, reporting, and financial training.
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Contribute to wider finance capacity building and continuous improvement initiatives.
About You
You are a qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) with strong experience in managing finances for complex, donor-funded projects. You bring analytical rigour, excellent communication skills, and a proactive approach to problem solving.
You’ll bring:
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Minimum 3 years’ experience in financial accounting and reporting.
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Proven experience managing large-scale or multilateral donor-funded projects (ADB, World Bank, etc. desirable).
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Strong budgeting, forecasting, and analytical skills.
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Advanced Excel and financial systems experience.
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Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
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Knowledge of charity accounting and donor compliance frameworks.
Salary & Benefits
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Contract: 3-year fixed-term
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Salary: £48,000
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Location: London (Hybrid working)
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Flexible working arrangements and enhanced leave entitlement
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Comprehensive wellbeing benefits
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Opportunities for international travel
Application Details
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
For more infromation on the role, please contact Madeleine Kind at Ivy Rock Partners.
Salary: £28,000 - £30,400
Contract: 6-month FTC
Location: London Hybrid
Deadline: 24th November
Benefits: 28 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays; option to buy or sell an additional week after one year. Increased employer pension contributions based on employee contributions (e.g., if you pay 5%, they pay 7%).
We are thrilled as always to be working with Prostate Cancer UK as they look for a Partnerships Executive to join their dynamic Corporate Partnerships team. This is a brilliant opportunity to manage and grow relationships with strategic corporate supporters, helping raise vital funds to stop prostate cancer being a killer.
In this role, you’ll provide high-quality account management across an exciting portfolio of partners, implementing tailored fundraising and engagement plans to maximise income and non-financial benefits. You’ll lead meetings, develop communications strategies, and identify new opportunities to deepen support.
You’ll also collaborate with internal teams to report on impact, manage data and budgets, and support new partnership pitches — all while ensuring the highest standards of stewardship and supporter care.
To be successful as the Partnerships Executive, you will need:
- Experience supporting corporate relationships and delivering account management
- Strong interpersonal skills with a proactive, opportunity-driven mindset
- Some knowledge of best practices and trends within corporate fundraising
If you would like to have an informal chat or discuss this role in more detail, please give us a call and ask to speak to Jake with the job reference 2756
Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency. We use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable charity jobs.We are passionate about improving equality across the sector — you can read more about our commitment to diversity on our website.
We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment in the charity sector and partner with you as the leading charity recruitment agency.
If enough applications are received, the charity reserves the right to end the application period sooner.
Prospectus is delighted to be supporting our client with its search for a Senior Partnerships Manager – Corporate.
There is a school attendance crisis with 1.7 million children missing more than 10% of their schooling each year. This figure has doubled since the pandemic. Children are missing weeks, months, even years of their education, severely affecting their future life chances. This charity looks beyond the classroom to tackle the underlying causes of school absence and get children back to school, ready to learn. Whatever it takes.
This role leads the corporate partnerships team to achieve income targets and grow the opportunity pipeline. The postholder will shape and update the corporate strategy and operational plan, working with the Head of Fundraising and Communications on budgets. You will manage key partnerships, engage current and potential supporters, and ensure excellent stewardship through account plans. A key focus will be fostering a culture of new business development, identifying prospects, and mobilising senior volunteer support.
The successful candidate will have proven experience securing five- and six-figure corporate partnerships and consistently exceeding ambitious targets. Excellent communication skills are essential, with the ability to engage a diverse range of stakeholders and produce high-quality written materials. You will need to identify and convert new opportunities while effectively managing long-term partner relationships. The role also requires strong organisational, analytical, creative, and numerical skills, along with the ability to prioritise competing demands to drive income growth and maximise opportunities.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply. If you have any disability and would like assistance with completing an application then please contact Jessica Stoddart at Prospectus.
If you are interested in applying to this Senior Partnerships Manager – Corporate position, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You’ll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.


