Job Overview

Permanent Head of Finance for a Charity.

£55,000

Home Based

An excellent opportunity has arisen within a Globally renowned charitable body for a permanent Head of Finance to join an innovative and growing organisation.

You will be responsible for leading a finance team of three and shall oversee all aspects of finance.  This exciting role will see the successful candidate leading the annual statutory accounting and audit processes, as well as driving the annual budget setting process.

Covering the ‘business and usual’ day to day finance function.

• Producing annual statutory accounts and consolidated accounts
• Responsible for the consolidation budget and forecast.
• Be the lead Finance business partner, liaising with the non-finance budget holder.
• To ensure the delivery of the organisation’s strategy, supported by a 4-year rolling financial plan, disciplined budgeting and effective and timely forecasting of financial performance for the CEO and the Board.
• To provide Board members with strategic financial advice and assurance on all financial and corporate governance matters.

You will be Reporting into the CEO and sit on the senior management team.

Qualifications/experience required

Qualified Candidate ( ACA, CIMA, ACCA)

Previous experience working for a Charity or NFP organisation would be beneficial, but not essential.

What’s on offer?

£55,000 salary

Chair of Trustees

Unremunerated - Hampshire

We are working in partnership with the leading UK disability charity, Enham Trust who have been supporting disabled people for 100 years. The work they do across the housing, care and employment sectors, enables over 6000 disabled people a year to live, work and enjoy life.

Following the retirement of the current Chair at the end of his 9 year term, the charity is now looking to appoint a new Chair of Trustees to provide leadership and direction to the Board, enabling trustees to fulfil their responsibilities for the overall governance and strategic direction of the Trust.

Enham is entering an exciting new chapter of its work with the launch of its new strategy, which you will help to shape and mould over the coming years.  You will be joining the board at the start of this journey and will be part of the charity’s 100th anniversary celebrations next year.

The values that underpin the organisation are:

• to work together to do amazing things
• to dare to be different
• to wow people everyday

As Chair of Trustees for Enham Trust you will work in partnership with their leaders to define and steer the governance and strategy of the charity and be able to provide support and challenge in equal measure. 

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Significant leadership experience, prererably of both executive and non-executive teams in complex organisations with a focus on robust governance
• Experience of being a brand ambassador, with the drive and insight to both protect and promote the Trust’s brand
• A commercial approach with experience of developing strategy in a dynamic environment with a strong focus on impact
• Ability and drive to support and enhance the fundraising efforts of the Trust.

Face to face board meetings are held on a Monday evening ten times year in North West Hampshire. 

This unremunerated role is open to all who meet the essential criteria.

To apply for this exceptional opportunity, please send your CV and Supporting Statement to Jenny Warner, Managing Director, Charisma Charity Recruitment or for more information, please call.

Reference: JO2772

Closing date for applications: 17 September 2020

Interview date: End of September / early October

A charity are recruiting for an Interim Finance Business Partner

Your new company
A large, high profile charity based in Central London

Your new role
Reporting to the Senior Finance Business partner, you will be responsible for a specific, high profile division of the organisation. Duties and responsibilities include the provision of accurate management information; acting as a trusted advisor to budget-holders; budgeting and forecasting and ad hoc financial analysis. Anticipated duration is for 3-6 months. You will work remotely to begin with.

What you'll need to succeed
You will be a qualified Accountant with strong, recent experience as a charity Finance Business Partner and a high level of Excel.

What you'll get in return
The opportunity to work for a sizeable charity in an interesting and varied role.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Are you passionate about education and helping children achieve?

Prospectus is delighted to be supporting a national education foundation as it looks to recruit 2 Programme Managers to support the development of programmatic work within its thematic areas and priority areas. This is from setting up and managing initial trials of projects, through to supporting the growth of the most promising interventions and project managing the production of guidance reports and scale-up work. Despite the excellent efforts of schools to support home learning this year, many pupils have missed out. As the education sector gears up for the new term, there are growing concerns about the widening attainment gap of 3 -18-years of age.

As a Programme Manager, you will become an expert in some of the foundations key themes advising trustees on what projects to fund and ensure a strong grants pipeline. You will work on grant selection and funding rounds as well as managing relationships with funded organisations. You will also commission research and work with experts to ensure that reports and findings are communicated to teachers and education professionals in a clear and concise manner.

The perfect candidate will have an analytical solution driven approach with the ability to formulate strong working relationships with a variety of stakeholders. You will have a strong track record of project delivery with a genuine interest in the education sector. Ideally the candidate will have experience of commissioning and/or delivering grant programmes. Someone with experience within the education sector and an understanding of the issues practitioners face would be desirable.

If this sounds like you and would be keen to learn more, please do apply and the relevant consultant will be in contact.

Civitas Recruitment are proud to be partnering with an ambitious and dynamic Islamic charity to help source their new Head of User Experience (UX designer/researcher).  The charity works to collect charitable financial donations and distributes them for the purposes of hardship alleviation and education in the UK. This is an exciting time to join the SMT as it embarks on a period of positive change and growth using an enhanced online operating model. The role will be responsible for ensuring the need of the charity’s users (givers, recipients, and staff) are embedded throughout the product development process for the various services it provides.

Who are we looking for?

Ideal candidates will possess extensive UX design/research work experience which considers the why, what, and how of product use. You will be technically competent with experience of leading projects by creating, testing, and implementing development strategies. Prior experience of working on design concepts and synthesising complex data for system design purposes will be a distinct advantage. Add to this, prior experience of developing research instruments and imbedding feedback mechanisms would be of value to this role. You will possess great interpersonal skills being able to manage a range of stakeholders which belong to the charity. Charity industry experience is not a pre-requisite however the successful candidate must be able to demonstrate a clear motivation to wanting to join the sector. This is a permanent full-time role however the client is also open to someone joining them on a 9-month FTC.

Please apply directly or enquire with Syed at Civitas Recruitment for an initial discussion. Early applications are encouraged as the role maybe closed early if the right candidate is found.

We are delighted to be collaborating with an international conservation charity, there is a job opportunity to join their Media News & PR department in a capacity of a Media Manager.

We are looking to recruit a confident and self-motivated media professional to help amplify their voice and influence.

MEDIA MANAGER

Location: Woking, Surrey (Initially remote working due to Covid-19)

Timeframe: 12 weeks temporary post

Hours: Full-time

Salary: £30,000-£32,000 per annum

Immediate start

You will be working within the charities UK news team, you will be focused on proactively generating positive and agenda-setting news coverage of charities' work in advocacy, campaigns and fundraising. Reporting into the Senior Media Manager the role also acts as a first port of call for incoming media enquiries. This is a stand-alone role with no direct reports.

Key duties & responsibilities
* Develop stories, both proactively and creatively, to secure positive news coverage across UK national TV, print and online
* Commission high impact content, alongside in-house content team, to help secure powerful media coverage
* First port of call for incoming UK media enquiries, providing comments and escalating appropriately
* Identify opportunities to land our key messages in UK media
* Write press releases and pitches for multiple and fast-paced work streams and look for opportunities to comment on key breaking news opportunities
* Monitor and evaluate the success of charities media activities
* Work on a rota basis to respond to media requests and breaking news out of hours

You will have experience of working in a fast-moving press office or newsroom. Have a proven track record of using impactful and creative content to drive media coverage. You will have proven track record of developing and selling-in international stories to UK media, and understanding the challenges in doing. Strong knowledge and demonstrable engagement in current affairs, global wildlife conservation and environment issues, as well as experience of delivering successful outcomes across news as well as good understanding of the UK media landscape, including broadcast media, online and traditional press.

If you have relevant experience and are interested in this opportunity, please submit your CV by Wednesday 5th August.

• Take a lead on strategic and operational modelling to create insights
• Looking for a role where your insights can contribute to decison making?

About Our Client

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency enhance and improve the health of millions of people every day through the effective regulation of medicines and medical devices, underpinned by science and research. The agency is made up of c.1300 staff working across two main centres and peripatetically across the UK and abroad.

We are currently going through an exciting Finance transformational change that will ensure that Finance is at the heart of decision making, allowing us to move beyond the traditional role of historical reporting, and ensure transparency and accountability in our accounts.

Job Description

This role sits within the Strategic Finance Function in Finance and Procurement Division. The purpose of the role is to ensure that MHRA achieves Value for Money (VfM) and maximises chances of Investment Projects delivering agreed benefits. You will be responsible for financial appraisal and evaluation of the agency's investment programmes in line with the HM treasury guidance on Investment appraisal and evaluation and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

Project Appraisal and Evaluation;

• Developing models/templates to aid easy evaluation and appraisal of projects in line with guidance
• Providing advice and guidance on the production of Project Initiation Documents and Business Cases

Project/Investment Monitoring & Performance Reporting;

• For monitoring of the delivery of the Investment Portfolio and its reporting to the Investment and Change Board through the month-end process

Budgeting & Forecasting;

• Work closely with key stakeholders (Business Partners, Budget Holders, EPMO, Finance) on producing Investment/Change Project Budget and Forecast
• Working with Finance colleagues to ensure that expenditure is allocated correctly to project and that budgets are balanced, whilst forecasting future spend
• Support Investment Board, Programmes and Projects SROs as required
• Provide ad-hoc financial analysis as required

The Successful Applicant

The post-holder will hold a relevant CCAB, CIMA, ACCA, ACA (or equivalent qualification) or working towards with substantial experience of Investment Appraisal and Project Cost Reporting decision support role gained preferably from a Central Government Department, Arm's Length Body or similar.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Experience of applying Green Book standards for business case development in government
• Substantial experience in financial modelling, forecasting and financial reporting
• Proven experience of delivering value added project reporting that provides insight and aid senior management decision making
• Substantial experience of Projects evaluation
• Experience of analysing and providing insights into Project Costs
• Substantial experience of supporting senior level management
• Experience of Project Financial Management and Project Accounting
• Awareness of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and Government FReM
• Knowledge of Contract and Project Accounting
• Substantial knowledge of Oracle Fusion or similar accounting systems

What's on Offer

• £40,182

As a Civil Service employee, you'll be entitled to a large range of benefits to include:

• Generous contributory pension scheme with significant employer contribution
• 25 days annual leave on entry, rising by one day for each completed year of service to a maximum of 30 days. You will also be entitled to an additional bank Holiday in May.
• Ability to buy additional annual leave
• Flexible working arrangements
• A first-class employee assistance programme and a range of health and well-being initiatives

Applications:

• To apply for this position, please submit your CV to include a personal statement (max 750 words) that demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role (technical and experiential) as stated in this advert. This should be completed and returned no later than 23:55pm, on 10th Aug 2020

Reasonable adjustment

• If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
• If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: Contact the lead recruiter as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs and tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

"Public Sector and Government, London, Finance Analyst - Investment Appraisal

Ref Code: MPCY14102153Z

Harris Hill are recruiting for a Finance Manager for this well-established NHS Charity based in London

You will be the most senior finance person in the charity, working closely with the Chief Executive and Senior Management Team.

Salary range: 43,000pa

Purpose:
To have responsibility for all aspects of financial and management accounting for the Charity. To lead on the day to day running of the finance function, including the maintenance of the accounting records and the efficient and timely provision of financial information for the Charity Trustees, CEO, Fund Advisors and Auditors.

Key duties and responsibilities:

Management Reporting
Produce monthly management accounts, including analysis of income and expenses against prior year and budget, providing explanations and solutions to help mitigate risks.

Cash flow reporting and management.
Statutory accounting and financial statements
Lead and manage the production of the statutory audited accounts (SORP) for the Charity in collaboration with the Charity's Auditors.
Ensure the Charity's Annual Return is completed, fully compliant and submitted to the Charity Commission.

Budget
Work with the CEO to prepare the annual budget. Work with budget holders to review performance against budget and ensure the Charity is operating within the agreed budget.
Investigating variances with budget holders and analysing potential problems. Making appropriate recommendations and advising of the impact on the Charity.

Grants
Provide overall management of the grant process and applications for charitable funding from within the NHS Trust.
Lead in the continual improvement of the grant-making policy and practice within the Charity.
Internal control environment
Key involvement in improving controls and processes.
Identify and investigate risks.

Payroll
Manage all payroll and PAYE matters with the outsourced provider.
To ensure that effective processes, procedures and controls are in place and followed to ensure that the Charity consistently complies with PAYE regulations and timelines.

Systems
Implementation of new systems solutions, and upgrades of the current finance applications.

KEY COMPETENCIES:
Qualified with at least 5 years commercial accounting experience, and 1-2 years charity exposure.
Advanced Excel, good level of overall IT literacy.
Problem solving and delivery of effective timely solutions.
Relationship building - communication across functions and externally.

Charity People are excited to be supporting a national health charity in their search for a new Head of Corporate Partnerships

Position: Head of Corporate Partnerships
Charity: Health
Salary: £50k-£55k
Location: London based, with remote working considered for the right candidate (minimum 2 times/ month in London, plus attending partner meetings)
Contract: Full-time, permanent

This is relatively early days for the charity's corporate fundraising programme. We're looking for someone who's had experience of growing income from corporate partners, who's excited by the possibility of building the income stream and who has a strategic, impact-led approach to partnership development.

You be able to demonstrate:

- Significant experience of successful corporate partnerships fundraising across the full corporate fundraising mix, including strategic partnerships.

- A track record of meeting and exceeding challenging targets

- Experience of effectively managing six-figure, multi-year partnerships.

- Proven experience of leading, inspiring and empowering a team to deliver excellent results

- Excellent communication skills - written and oral with the proven ability to communicate with persuasion and credibility, conveying complex information simply and demonstrate tangible benefits of collaboration

To apply please send your CV and a supporting statement (max 1.5 pages), both in WORD format to our Senior Consultant, Philippa Bryant.

Deadline for applications is midday on Friday 7th August.

Head of Data & CRM

A brand new and urgent role has just arisen for a proven Head of Data or an aspiring Database Manager to join a leading charity as they embark on a data transformation. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone to lead an established team of 12 data experts as we go a huge data integration project, create & implement a brand new a new data strategy and change the way we use our data. You will need to have proven line management skills, ability to build out a data strategy with the future in mind, project management, fundraising CRM and business analysis skills.

As the Head of Data & CRM you will provide the entire leadership and direction for the department, this charity see their future in the use of data which means you have their entire backing. This is a great chance for a proven Head of Data take on a very interesting project or for an experienced Database Manager who is ready to take the next step in their career.

This is a great chance for a Head of Data to really make a mark within a well-known charity and lead them to revolutionise how they use data.

Skills required for the Head of Data & CRM are:

- Proven experience working within a charity CRM environment
- Ability to build data strategy
- Proven experience in developing a fundraising CRM further
- Strong line management skills
- An expert communicator and have the ability to work with senior stakeholders

Head of Data / Head of CRM / Database Manager / Data Manager / CRM Manager

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 (would ideally like to appoint at the mid point)

Location: Liverpool Street, Central London (the role will be fully remote until 2021, with the idea you will be in the office 1 / 2 days a week from there onwards)

Apply now for immediate consideration regarding this excellent opportunity.

Understanding Recruitment is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy.

We are working with a very reputable charity client of ours who need some interim marketing support for three months initially. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to further develop their marketing skills and work with senior managers across a range of projects and campaigns.

Some of the brief responsibilites include;

• Helping support the senior management team with marketing activity and supporting communications plans
• Supporting the wider team on multiple campaigns and clear projects targetted to their audiences
• Working on the full marketing mix helping with the day to day tactical and operational support.
• Managing key inboxes and offering full support to the senior management team with adminstrative tasks and other marketing related activities
• Helping with digital marketing activity in particular digital advertising campaigns

The ideal candidate will have:

• Charity/NFP or voluntary sector experience
• Worked within a marketing team previously 
• Excellent project management, time management and communications skills
• A good digital understanding and eagerness to pick up new skills quickly
• Understanding of the full marketing mix and experience in this.

Due to the large volume of applicants, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted whilst the application is still live. Interviews with the hiring manager will happen as soon as possible and there is scope the contract could get extended after 3 months.

Area Housing Manager, £50,000 + Bonus and Benefits, East London

For a large Housing Group, we are looking for an Area Housing Manager to lead, motivate and develop a team of 8 overseeing a demanding PFI Contract. As part of the Senior PFI Housing Management Team, this role will champion the raising of standards, the implementation of robust processes and procedures and seek to embed a culture change in alignment with the strategic direction and KPI's, improving the quality of life for all service users. The Area Housing Manager will manage resources to provide first-rate customer service, challenge objectives and inspire the team to exceed targets around tenancy and estate-management. The Area Housing Manager is accountable for the improved performance and delivery of the PFI Housing Management Contract.

Role Profile:

• Lead, inspire and develop Area Team to deliver first-rate customer service focused services and excellent standards of tenant and estate services
• Review, support and develop Area Team to ensure staff hit individual and team targets
• Support Head of Housing to identify, develop and implement service and contract improvements including KPI improvements, quality of service and customer satisfaction
• Inspire, lead, and motivate team to exceed targets and KPI's
• Implement robust processes and procedures to ensure performance of PFI Contract is exceeded.
• Support elected members and deal with their enquiries; Manage and monitor elected member casework
• Monitor Area Budgets, ensuring value for money for tenants and leaseholders
• Ensure all customer and service complaints are investigated, resolved, and responded to
• Develop and deliver Tenancy and Estate Management Improvement Plans
• Encourage tenant and leaseholder involvement to ensure engagement and influence
• Ensure operational procedures and processes are developed, reviewed, and updated
• Take part in forums, review panels, partnership meetings, tenant and resident meetings and community events

Experience Required:

• CIH qualified or substantial track-record of success within Social Housing
• Front-line area housing management experience dealing with complex issues and priorities
• Experience leading, motivating, developing and performance managing teams to achieve challenging targets and objectives
• Experience of contract management within Social Housing, ideally with experience of a PFI housing management environment
• Experience of legal and statutory frameworks relating to employment, social housing, and FM services
• Demonstrable evidence of improving services and performance for tenants and leaseholders

Would you like £500 in high street vouchers?

Well, if you know any tax, legal, finance, HR or marketing candidates looking to move jobs please refer them to us and if we successfully find them a new job in the next 12 months we will send you £500 in high street vouchers of your choice.

As well as this we are looking to grow the Pro-Recruitment Group family and would be interested in any amazing Recruitment Consultants you think might like to work for us. £500 on offer for any referrals we successfully hire.

The consists of five distinct brands: , , , and .

The Leprosy Mission Trading is seeking a new CEO to lead their organisation's exciting work. You will be working with fun and lively people who celebrate achievements and support each other. TLMT is part of something amazing, changing people's lives.

The Leprosy Mission (TLM) International is a leading international Christian development organisation with 140 years' experience and is part of the TLM worldwide family. TLM serves the poorest of the poor, raising funds to provide life-changing healthcare, education, training, housing, clean water and job opportunities for people who have only ever known suffering and rejection.

The Leprosy Mission Trading (TLMT) is 100% owned by The Leprosy Mission International. It exists to raise funds and awareness for the charity by selling a range of products through its mail order and growing Ecommerce channels. TLMT fulfils its purpose by engaging new and existing supporters in TLM's work through selling branded TLM items, communicating the life-changing service TLM provides to people affected by leprosy, and by helping to provide livelihoods for these people that TLM serves.

It raises funds through its profits, as well as selling virtual gifts and products made by artisans affected by leprosy/disability. The organisation's artisan product ranges support people affected by leprosy socially and economically, helping them lead a dignified life, whilst demonstrating one area of the rehabilitation work TLM is involved with.

You will have either a proven record of delivering sales and profit growth through your marketing/procurement and/or developed entrepreneurial/business skills. You will have proven strategic management skills and be a dynamic and inspirational leader.

TLMT require a committed Christian to lead this exciting organisation. TLMT is a Christian charity, and part of the CEO's role is to represent the Mission's purpose and ethos to external audiences, to provide Christian leadership and to inspire churches and individual Christians to pray for the Mission's work. There is therefore an occupational requirement for the CEO to be a practising Christian.

If you'd like to find out more about this opportunity or for an application pack please contact Nick Shanks at Harris Hill.

Our client is a leading medical and dental school offering international levels of excellence in research and teaching. This role is based within one of the main departments in the school and will contribute to the aims of the unit through acting as the lead in the area of data management for clinical research, which will also include line management and supervision of work for more junior colleagues

This post will oversee all data management activity across the study life cycle with a focus on liaison, advise and support to the study teams and researchers. You will lead on the development and review of data management processes and documentation, whilst planning and project managing activities across the research studies, as this is a management post you will also directly line manage and supervise more junior colleagues.

To be considered for this post you will have worked in a similar post previously at a senior level in clinical data management across the full lifecycle, along with holding clinical data management certification, and previous project management experience. You will have prior working knowledge of systems such as OpenClinica, RedCap, MACRO, Rave. A solid understanding of information governance and regulatory framework for data protection and management including the data protection Act 2018 and GDPR

This post is being offered on a temporary basis for 6 month initially, and to be considered you will ideally need to be available to start as soon as possible.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. 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.