Cause: Education

Role: ?? Business Development Coordinator

Location: South West London

Employment Type: 6 month Contract from January 2020

Salary/rate: £32,000 pro rata

Working hours: 35 Hours a week

Ref: J72776

Closing date: Monday 16^th December 2019

Short description of role:

Our client, an Education Charity are currently recruiting for a Business Development Coordinator on a 6 month contract from January 2020. Our client ensures that the Further Education and Training sector develops leaders, teachers and trainers. They work across the whole sector and are funded by Government grant, commercial contracts, professional membership and a variety of other business activities. They are looking to appoint a Business Development Coordinator supporting the Relationship Manager to maintain relationships with existing corporate partners and develop future relationships with prospective partners.

You will report into the Relationship Manager who will support you to plan and undertake business development activity for the Corporate Partnership Scheme and the promotion of professional status for teachers and trainers.

You will need to generate leads, capturing and prioritising them using the CRM system and other planning tools including preparing and updating the pipeline. You will also provide administrative support to the Relationship

Manager and help organise and deliver particular parts of their overall sales and marketing activity.

Person specification

• Be educated to Level 3 or A-Level equivalent.
• A relevant Sales or Marketing qualification is desirable but not essential
• Have experience of working in an office environment
• Have experience of providing excellent sales support, including ability to generate, manage and qualify leads, make cold calls, organise sales appointments over telephone or e-mail
• Have experience in administering marketing collateral and supporting marketing events such as conferences and exhibitions
• Be highly self-motivated and proactive, with excellent interpersonal skills
• Have the ability to prioritise workload to meet tight deadlines
• Possess excellent oral, written and presentation skills

If you are interested in applying, please email your CV and Cover Letter outlining how you fulfil the requirements of the person specification. .

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We look forward to hearing from you.

Patient and Donor Coordinator, an excellent and rewarding opportunity to join a growing Global Health Charity, based in West London.

This outstanding health organisation provides lifesaving opportunities for millions of people diagnosed with blood cancer, enabling them to be matched with a stem cell donor.

The dedicated Donor Management Team provide support through registering, matching and facilitating these the stem cell donations by liaising with, and providing support to donors.

As the Patient and Donor Coordinator, working as part of this dedicated team, you will manage the donor journey by guiding and advising donors through all stages of the donation process.

• Working predominantly by phone, email and post to communicate with donors and using a bespoke database system to record donor information.

• Register and evaluate donors for suitability and eligibility using guidelines and national regulations.
• Notify donors of a match and help facilitate the donation process through communications with donor and medical professionals both based in the UK and internationally.

Training will be provided from day one to ensure you have the skills and knowledge to support donors effectively and efficiently. To be considered for this role our client is looking for transferable skills and experiences across areas such as:

• Outstanding customer service skills, ideally within a medical setting or with some knowledge awareness of medical terminally and patient care.
• Excellent organisations skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent attention to detail to ensure accurate recording of information.
• Good knowledge of medical terminology, case-note documentation and conducting medical histories is preferred.
• Advantageous though not essential, a degree in Medical or Sciences.

As we strive to protect the environment and tackle climate change at this critical time, we are seeking to appoint a Board member to join the Friends of the Earth Board.

Friends of the Earth is one of the UK’s most influential environmental campaigning organisations with an increasingly important role to play. We are part of an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it, with around 2 million supporters across five continents and more than 75 national organisations worldwide.  Every one of our people is vital to us achieving our goal; that by 2030 the next generation will enjoy an environment that's getting better: a safer climate, flourishing nature, and healthy air, water and food. 

Trustee 
Unremunerated
London 

Coming up to our 50th anniversary, Friends of the Earth is seeking a new Trustee to provide high quality governance as the organisation continues to affect positive change on behalf of the environment. 

The new Trustee will share the motivation and values of Friends of the Earth, make a strategic contribution to the board and will bring a background in and thorough understanding of finance. 

You will have a sound understanding of governance/board experience within a medium or large organisation and senior leadership experience within a public, private or charity sector setting.

Friends of the Earth is committed to equal opportunities and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. We are keen to encourage applications from people currently underrepresented in the environment movement and on our Board, including BAME, disabled people and LGBTQI+ people.

As we are engaged in campaigning across Northern Ireland, Wales and England, we also welcome applications from people based outside London and the South East. 
     
     
To read full details of the role and to find out how to apply please read the detailed Appointment  Brief attached on the Prospectus website which can be reached by clicking on the apply button.   
   
If you wish to have an informal and confidential conversation, please contact Lottie Wihl or Camille Revuelta at Prospectus.
     
Closing date: 20 January 2020     
Initial interviews with Prospectus: w/c 27 January 2020     
Panel Interviews with Friends of the Earth: w/c 10 February 2020 

Executive Assistant / PA - Temporary

Our client a leading health membership body are seeking a high-level EA to join the team in January on a temporary basis for approx. 1 month initially, central London based in walking distance from the tube station.

The role of the Executive Assistant is to provide confidential, high quality, effective and pro-active support to the Directors, to enable the delivery of strategic operational objectives. The post holder will also play a key role in supporting collaborative communications between Directors, the relevant Vice Presidents and Officers of the College and staff to facilitate matrix working.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Duties include but will not be limited to:

• To provide proactive administrative support to the Directors to include; diary/appointments management, confidential issues, travel/hotel bookings, meeting arrangements and keeping track of work deadlines.
• To ensure all information and papers relating to the Directors' meetings are provided prior to the meeting in a well ordered and presented manner.
• To coordinate attendance at various meetings liaising between colleagues, officers, members and external stakeholders including organising events such as the divisional away days and divisional meetings and servicing meetings.
• To ensure that the Directors are regularly briefed in writing or verbally highlighting actions that have been forwarded to other managers to action and chasing these actions as appropriate.
• To provide administration and monitoring of Directors' emails and telephone correspondence, ensuring strict confidentiality and proactivity at all times by drafting replies or directing emails to colleagues on behalf of the Directors.
• To use a variety of software packages to produce correspondence/ documents and maintain presentations, spread sheets and databases, checking for accuracy and good quality presentation in all correspondence.
• To maintain efficient filing and bring forward systems to ensure that essential deadlines are met and to ensure efficient management of information, including making certain that electronic and paper records systems are well maintained.

Personal Specification:

• Experience of providing PA support or working as an Executive Assistant to staff at Director level
• Experience of working in a busy and demanding office environment effectively and to tight time schedules
• Experience of working with and influencing a wide range of people at all levels of an organisation and strong experience of working with a variety of teams across an organisation.
• Experience of minute taking and preparation of board level papers for meetings
• Experience of organising events.

• Strong communication skills, both oral and written including excellent report writing skills and the ability to present information in a fluent and persuasive manner to people at a range of levels
• Well-developed experience and knowledge of Microsoft applications, including Word, Excel, Explorer, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Ability to deliver multiple objectives within short time frames to high standards and to meet multiple deadlines.
• Ability to act to minimise errors and inaccuracies, maintaining high standards of accuracy and correctness in dealing with information and data. Adopting an orderly and precise approach to work paying careful attention to following standard procedures and ways of working.
• Excellent proven organisational skills and an ability to adopt an orderly and precise approach to work paying careful attention to detail and ability to following standard procedures and ways of working

Role: Executive Assistant / PA

Location: London

Employment Type: Temporary, 1-month approx. starting January

Salary/rate: £18.88ph

Working hours: 35pw

Ref: 72771PMR

Director of Development

Science Museum Group

London, UK

Excellent Salary and Benefits

Incorporating 6 key sites nationwide, the Science Museum Group (SMG) is the most national of the UK’s national museums as well as the largest group of science museums in the world.

With unparalleled collections, SMG ignites curiosity and inspires futures by engaging people of all generations and backgrounds in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine.  We play a central and irreplaceable role in deepening and expanding science literacy in the UK through the breadth of resources, the diversity of the audiences and communities we serve, and the wide range of expertise embedded in our learning, collections and exhibitions teams.

We have a track record of successfully transforming a number of our Group’s estates, with  Mathematics: The Winton Gallery designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries in London and Wonderlab in Bradford as recent examples, and there are major ambitions to do much more over the coming years.  SMG Development will take a lead role in realising the vision for each of our Museums. Alongside these physical transformations, we will sustain the impact and breadth of our STEM offer; develop, grow and increase access to our extraordinary world-class collections; extend our international reach; become digital world leaders and increase our self-generated income – all the while exceeding our audience’s expectations.

As our Director of Development, you will play a fundamental role in shaping and driving our transformational strategy and team, to secure significant philanthropic support and underpin the success of SMG’s vision and ambitions. 

Your confidence in your ability to operate at this level will be underpinned by your substantial track record of delivering highly successful fundraising strategies and effective leadership of high-performing teams.  Your experience will ideally have been gained within an organisation of comparable scale and complexity, and you have always taken an inclusive and collaborative approach to your leadership and teamwork efforts.  Your innovative and flexible approach has enabled you to achieve outstanding results, and you have worked closely with senior volunteers and leaders to accomplish this.  Key to your success in this role will be your sophisticated communication and influencing skills, and your pragmatism, resilience and approachable manner helps you win the confidence of those around you.

If you are interested in playing a key role in the future growth and success of our Group, please contact our recruitment partners, Richmond Associates.  To download a detailed information pack for this role, please visit the Richmond Associates website, or contact them via telephone or email.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 10:00 ON MONDAY, 6 JANUARY 2020

A National Charity is looking for an experienced Income Processing & Gift Aid Operations Officer to join their team in London.

As the Income Processing & Gift Aid Operations Officer, you will play a key role maintaining, developing and implementing operational procedures to improve processes and systems relating to income processing and Gift Aid. An outline of the varied task will be to:

• Monitor and evaluate income processes across and identifying process improvement opportunities.
• Establish and maintain standard working practices and document these processes.
• Identify and test new and innovative payment methods.
• Promote the importance of developing and embedding Gift Aid capture and recovery systems across all Fundraising teams.
• Championing Gift Aid as a source of income, through the delivery of Gift Aid training modules.
• Work in collaboration with the Gift Aid Accountant to boost the performance of Gift Aid processes

Our client is looking for proven experience of Gift Aid processing and Income processing, using a fundraising CRM and experience of data management.

You will have excellent communication, stakeholder management and relationship management skills to communicate effectively across internal teams.

You will have a thorough understanding of fundraising activities, policy and compliance and Gift Aid compliance.

Also, excellent data analysis skills and the ability to advise on decisions based on datasets.

Head of Finance required for a £10m income arts charity in South Kensington. Handson role, managing all aspects of the team.

Your new company
An Arts charity based in South Kensington. This organisation has an income of £10m.

Your new role
Reporting to the Chief Executive, this is a key, hands on role with overall responsibility for the integrity of the organisation's accounting, and reporting processes, overseeing all financial controls, cash management and leading on the annual budgeting process.You will add value by providing accurate and timely financial analysis and insight into the operational activities of the business to influence and contribute to decision making and business planning throughout the organisation whist ensuring robust control environment and balance sheet integrity.

What you'll need to succeed
You will be a qualified accountant, with excellent financial accounting skills and experience of successful delivery by leading and developing a small Finance team. You will have sound knowledge and experience of statutory accounts preparation and ideally you will have experience with the Charity sector.

What you need to do now
Please apply ASAP to be considered!

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A charity are recruiting for an Interim Financial Controller

Your new company
A high profile charity based in Central London.

Your new role
Reporting to the Finance Director, you will be responsible for managing a member of staff in the production of accurate financial reporting, leading the financial audit and other ad hoc duties as they arise. Anticipated duration is for 3-6 months.

What you'll need to succeed
You will be a qualified Accountant with strong, recent financial accounting experience within the charity sector.

What you'll get in return
The opportunity to add value within a dynamic team.

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 an experienced merchandise professional looking for your next carer challenge in the beyond profit sector?

Prospectus is thrilled to be working on behalf of a well-known charity based in central London to recruit their new Merchandise and Online Shop Manager for a 12 month fixed-term contract. The role is offered either as a 4 or 5 day post.

Reporting to the Chief of Staff, the successful candidate will be responsible for the maintenance and development of the charity's merchandising and their online shop. Alongside spearheading our client's merchandising plan, you will be responsible for monitoring the stock and allocating the various merchandise materials across regional hubs. Liaising with the Finance Manager and the National Marketing Manager, you will oversee any merchandising-related matters such as selecting and purchasing the appropriate amount and typology of merchandise. Last but not least, you will ensure that the online shop is profitable and that any costs are covered.

We are seeking an experienced and creative professional with a proven track record of working within merchandise and ideally with some exposure to online shop functions. You will be an excellent communicator with exceptional commercial acumen alongside solid organisational skills. You will thrive working under pressure and, desirably, you will have some exposure to retail.

To register your interest and find out more about these positions, please attach your CV in Word Doc format; cover letters will be required but not at this initial stage of the application process.

An exciting opportunity for an experienced School Finance Manager to manage the entire Finance Function for an Education Organisation based in West London

Client Details

Based in West London this organisation provides Education to Children across West London.

Description

The School Finance Manager will be responsible for the following duties

• Liaising with Senior Management and Board Members to discuss income and expenditure.
• Preparing Monthly Management Accounts and Year End Accounts
• Managing all Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger and Payroll duties for the Organisation.

Profile

The Ideal School Finance Manager will have experience of working in a sole Finance Role ideally with in the Education sector or another Public Sector Organisation. Exposure to Great Plains is desired but essential.

Job Offer

A salary of between £28,000 and £32,000 plus benefits.

Do you have extensive 1st and 2nd line IT support experience?
   
Our client is a charity that provides grants, loans, and charitable benefits and they are seeking support in providing an exemplary IT service.
   
The successful candidate will be providing IT user support (desk-side and via phone) and user IT security training. They will play a pivotal role in engaging clients to identify their needs, troubleshoot solutions and escalate where required. Further duties include assisting on the management of on-site physical, virtual and cloud server environments, maintaining charity wide mobile devices and associated connectivity requirements and maintaining the inventory of IT assets.
   
The ideal candidate will have experience of 1st line support and be comfortable engaging clients to support them with seeing through on their IT requirements. Ideally the candidate will be proficient in a range of software including Office 365 and be equipped to work on mobile devices.   
   
To apply, please submit a Word Document version of your CV; cover letters are not required at this stage. 

Harris Hill are recruiting for a Part Time Head of Finance for this well-established Children's charity based in London.

You will take responsibility for the day to day finance team, making sure you are developing, maintaining and strengthening partnerships with internal and external clients. Set clear and challenging objectives, encourages high performance, inspiring and providing direction and guidance and encourage cooperation in order to achieve a shared goal.

* You will need to be a fully qualified accountant
* Advanced excel skills, and strong Microsoft Office skills.
* Experience of managing complex budgets
* Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to act as the main point of contact on financial issues.
* Ability to think and plan strategically.
* Excellent verbal and communication skill. Ability to communicate with colleagues who are not finance professionals.
* Excellent planning and project management skills.
* Experience of developing and maintaining a financial system, ideally SUN.
* Experience of working in the charity sector and of Charity SORP accounts
* Experience of working with outsourced providers.

Location: London

Hours of Work

21 hours a week. 3 days week. Normal office hours are observed but flexibility can be arranged in most areas of work. Family Friendly and Work Life Balance policies are observed.

Salary
to 50,110pa Pro Rata..

Annual Leave
25 days pro rata per annum plus one extra day for each completed year of service up to a maximum of 30 days after five years' service. Holiday year runs January - December.

Concession Leave
3 days a year for the period of office closure between Christmas and New Year.

Pension Scheme
Auto-enrolment pension scheme. Matched contribution rate for employee and employer of 5%.

Employee Assistance Programme
Covering employees and their families, a full EAP free counselling service is provided through Health Assured.

Season Ticket Loan
Yearly season ticket purchase available after six months satisfactory service, repayable over a ten-month period.

Provide an efficient advisory/casework service on employee relations issues, in line with employment legislation and the Charity's policies and procedures

Support the wider People Services Team with project and process improvement work, and HR helpdesk and processing as required

Key Responsibilities:

Casework/Employee Relations

• Advise managers on issues regarding: performance and capability; relationships; conduct; attendance; and mental and physical health; in line with the procedures and guidelines
• Attend hearings, grievance meetings, appeals and probation extensions
• Supervise referrals to the Occupational Health team including handling management queries, liaising with staff affected and advising line management on any issues arising from that process. Conduct welfare meetings in line with the absence management guidelines and policies
• Conduct face to face or telephone exit interviews, and update relevant stakeholders on themes and feedback as appropriate
• Provide support and cover to HR Specialist colleagues to maintain the HR service
• Compile documentation and record outcomes in line with HR processes.
• Maintain appropriate levels of confidentiality at all times

Change

• Support the HRBPs with restructures (preparing, carrying out and following up) including job profiles and grading, carrying out individual consultation meetings, query resolution and working with the relevant team members to make changes to Workday
• Support the staff consultation process, either directly through facilitation of a staff consultation forum, or indirectly by working with staff representatives on employee issues.
• Supporting the wider People Services Team
• Contribute to projects outlined in the People Services operational plan
• Contribute to the identification of areas for process improvement within the People Services team and implement changes
• Contribute to processing and helpdesk work within the team, when volumes are high, and resource is stretched
• Support with other team priorities as needed

Key Technical Skills, Knowledge, Experience and Behaviours

• Knowledge of employment legislation and best practice
• Experience of applying HR policies and procedures
• Experience of advising managers on employee relations cases including disciplinaries, grievances, capability and sickness absence issues
• Change/restructuring experience is desirable
• Experience of providing great customer service and demonstrates a drive to do so
• Ability to build rapport with people and maintain good working relationships
• Well organised with a strong ability to prioritise
• Demonstrates proactivity, tenacity and initiative
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Administrative experience
• Influencing skills and ability to work with a variety of stakeholders
• Good team working skills
• Ability to confidently and appropriately manage and communicate a range of information
• Ability to deal with confidential information sensitively
• Experience of using a database
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office

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

My Client is looking for a Director of Communications & Engagement to oversee a busy, high performing, self-motivated, and well-functioning team of press, digital, design, and health information staff (approximately 15 employees).  Their goal is to reach more people with their life saving information and you will steer this effort.

Key Responsibilities

• Overseeing the PR, Digital, Health information and Graphic Design teams
• Working with and advising other teams and on occasion, working with the global executive teams on communications planning and responses
• Reviewing brand strategy and communications work to identify creative and novel approaches for communications, with particular emphasis on social media, digital engagement, and digital fundraising
• Overseeing cohesion of content within their brand, including websites, news stories, press releases, corporate information, social media, blogs, science and policy products
• Developing and managing the departmental budget
• Analysing, reporting, and utilising press and web statistics

Experience & Skills required

• Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience in the design and execution of marketing, communications and public relations activities
• An excellent understanding and experience of all digital, marketing and communication disciplines and channels, particularly in the context of third sector / charity and service delivery
• Proven experience of successfully leading the development and implementation of an integrated brand strategy in line with the goals of an organisation
• Demonstrable experience of equipping an organisation to achieve its goals through the use of digital marketing tools
• Demonstrable experience of successfully leading on large organisation-wide projects
• Experience of leading multi-functional teams at senior management / executive level and fostering a culture of learning, growth and professional development
• Experience of successfully leading change across an organisation
• A track record of delivering results and quality outcomes
• Experience of managing significant budgets
• Experience of building and nurturing strong relationships, internally and externally
• Experience of working with schools

Skills and Behaviours

• Substantial communications experience within an organisation of similar size and complexity
• Experience of achieving media coverage, selling stories to the press and managing media relations
• Experience of writing and implementing traditional and digital communications strategies and evaluating outcomes
• Proven experience of effectively leading a team and developing skills, abilities and confidence in staff
• Knowledge and experience of the management of teams at both strategic and tactical level within communications and marketing
• Knowledge of the Health Charity Sector desired
• Strategic internal & external communication planning & delivery
• Project management skills including budget monitoring