"Finance Manager" Jobs in South West

Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is looking to recruit an experianced Foundations, Organisations and Institutions Manager to join our growing international team. 

About the organisation:

The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, based at the foothills of Mount Kenya, works as a model and catalyst for the conservation of wildlife and its habitat. We do this through the protection and management of species, the initiation and support of community conservation and development programmes, and the education of neighbouring areas in the value of wildlife.

For the last three decades, our practices have resulted in thriving black rhino habitat and population, which in turn has created a robust ecosystem for a multitude of species including the endangered Grevy’s zebra, elephant, lion, cheetah, giraffe and more. We envision a future where people across Kenya value, protect and benefit from wildlife. This future depends on communities being able to derive their day-to-day livelihoods in ways that are compatible with thriving wildlife habitat. As a result, we invest heavily in the livelihoods of our neighbours through programmes in education, healthcare, water, micro-enterprise, youth empowerment and more.

As a catalyst and champion of this model that puts people at the centre of conservation, Lewa has influenced and supported the conservancy management for both private and community lands across northern Kenya.

Purpose of the job:

This role is responsible for supporting the Director of Foundations, Organisations and Institutions to maximise income from foundations and organisations and institutions. The post-holder will develop a robust pipeline of funding through organisations based in the UK and internationally.

Skills and experiance required: 

● Minimum five (5) years of professional experience successfully delivering high value, multi-year funding from the UK and internationally

● Extensive experience of donor prospecting and pipeline management

● A strong background in foundation, organisation and institutional bid writing, application processes, reporting and stewarding with successful 5 and 6 figure outcomes

● Demonstrable experience of personally securing 5 and 6 figure sum gifts

● Experience of complex bid development and working with delivery teams on programme design and grant management

● Excellent written and spoken English

● Sound strategic thinking and planning skills and the ability to think creatively, set priorities, and develop of work-plans

● Ability to work under pressure and with multiple competing priorities

● Strong attention to detail

● Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills

● Experience in Salesforce highly desirable 

● Ability to travel periodically to the United States, Canada and Europe
 

Benefits:

The successful candidate will receive 21 days of annual leave (pro-rated from their start date) and 8 UK bank holidays. They will also be auto-enrolled into a defined contribution pension scheme administered by NEST.

Please note that the role is only applicable to candidates based and eligible to work in the UK.

Please identify your notice period and salary expectation in your cover letter.

Note: Unfortunately we cannot support applications from international candidates at this time

Job Title: Trust Fundraising Manager

Contract: Permanent, Full-time (35 hours per week)

Location: Anywhere in the UK, we are a remote-first organisation

Our mission is to tirelessly support and champion how parents can participate in education and have their voices heard.  We want to be a powerful force for good in education in the UK that strives to bring homes and schools together for the good of all children and society.  We have ambitious plans to increase our impact and are establishing a central fundraising strategy for the first time.  Therefore, we are looking for an experienced trust fundraiser to play a key role in delivering organisational growth. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our fledgling Fundraising Team and develop a trust fundraising programme from the ground up.  We are looking for someone with experience in raising funds from trusts and foundations, who is an excellent communicator - spoken and written – and who can undertake research to effectively identify appropriate prospects.  You will help to develop our case for support and develop a suite of proposals and reports that will convey to funders what Parentkind does, what the parents and schools we work with want, and how we support them.  Attention to detail is key, as is the ability to manage your time and prioritise your work.

If you are excited by the potential for helping to establish a brand-new fundraising team and the opportunity to build something transformational alongside passionate and committed colleagues, we would love to hear from you.

You’ll have

• A minimum of two years of experience in trust fundraising
• Demonstrable success in securing four and five-figure gifts
• Experience in managing funder relationships, and developing them into longer-term partnerships
• Strong research skills to help identify suitable prospects whose mission aligns with Parentkind
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills, with the ability to build and maintain positive relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Excellent communication skills - strong attention to detail and the ability to produce high-quality written applications, and proposals and deliver impactful presentations

You’ll get

• To join a fast-moving charity with an exciting future
• To help build a trust fundraising function from scratch, playing a key role in driving forward the charity’s strategy and shaping our fundraising activity
• Remote working full-time with a great online team culture
• 25 days holiday in addition to UK public holidays.

How to apply

A job description is attached to this listing.

To apply, please submit a CV and cover letter through CharityJob, outlining your motivations for applying for the role and how you meet the Person Specifications.

To arrange an informal discussion about the role please contact the Head of Grants, Seth Bara, at seth dot bara at parentkind dot org.

The deadline for receipt of applications is 9 am Monday 29th April.

Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications received after the deadline.

Interviews will be held the week commencing Monday 13th May – if you cannot attend an interview during this week, please let us know when submitting your application, and should you be shortlisted, we will make arrangements for an interview at another time if possible.  Interviews will be conducted remotely via video conference.

Parentkind is committed to a policy of equal opportunities and we ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and equally.  We would be grateful if you would complete the equal opportunities monitoring questions when applying online to help us check that we are carrying out our policy of equal opportunities for all people.  The information will be kept confidential and will be separate from your application.  It will have no bearing on your application.

Parentkind is committed to meeting the needs of applicants with disabilities.  Please let us know if you require any adjustments to your application or interview process.

More about Parentkind

Parentkind is a national federated charity that aims to advance education by encouraging the fullest cooperation between home and school, education authorities, central government and all other interested parties and bodies.  We are proud to be the leading membership organisation for parent teacher associations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.  Parentkind seeks to represent all these parent groups as they strive to help every child in their school and we support our 12,500 members to raise £122m annually.

As well as helping parent groups on the ground, we provide resources to support parent participation in education at school and home so that every child can thrive and reach their potential.  Ultimately, we want more parents to be empowered to be involved and engaged in their child’s education.  The evidence is clear that parental participation in education benefits children in schools and society and increases the opportunities for social mobility for our younger generations.

We are working towards a future where this is considered an essential ingredient in the success of our children’s education by society, schools and parents themselves by:

• Engaging and inspiring individual parents
• Supporting our PTA and other member associations and growing the number if PTAs across the UK
• Helping schools be parent-friendly through guidance and training
• Working with partners
• Championing the role of those with parental responsibility in their child’s education through our research and by influencing education sector interests and policymakers. 

The charity's impact is significant, and our work ensures that parent and carer voices are heard at a local, regional, and national level.

King's College Taunton

Finance Manager

£48,000 - £58,000 plus excellent benefits and holiday

Reporting to the Director of Finance and Operations you will provide operational management of the finance department of the school, ensuring accurate financial reporting, appropriate financial controls are in place, that cash is managed prudently and that the department provides timely and relevant support to the business

Key Responsibilities include:

• Manage the finance team and the day to day running of the Finance Department to support the operation of the Prep and Senior School and subsidiary companies.
• Prepare management accounts, including balance sheet for the School and its subsidiaries each month showing the financial performance and position of each entity compared with budget, and produce a concise commentary on variances and other matters of significance and review with the DFO
• Providing information for the DFO and Finance and Council meetings as required
• With the DFO, prepare annual budgets for review
• Manage the annual audit and prepare audit files for submission by required date and manage the audit onsite field work team
• Prepare the annual Statement of Financial Activities and Balance Sheets for the School and its enterprise and international companies
• Assist DFO in preparation of annual Directors' Report
• Prepare monthly cash statements and aged debtor analyses
• Prepare cash flow statements each term
• Ensure the fixed asset register is maintained and depreciation calculated accurately
• Ensure that all intercompany transactions are properly reflected in the accounts of each company and in the consolidated financial statements of the School
• Prepare group VAT returns for the School's and subsidiaries and monitor non-VATable transactions for the Charity in respect of registration requirements
• Reverse VAT charges for overseas agents
• Liaise with VAT consultant where necessary
• Corporation Tax Returns for trading subsidiaries in conjunction with advisor
• Reconcile bank accounts for restricted funds and analysis of fund market values and ensure all other bank accounts are reconciled monthly (fees and operating accounts)
• Reconciliation (and supervision) of all major nominal ledger control accounts
• Liaising with overseas partner schools re income and payments
• Reporting on investment portfolios
• Daily management of cash and optimisation of income from cash deposits
• Managing daily posting of all fees and operating bank accounts by Finance Team
• Managing the purchase ledger operation.
• Accurately managing accruals and prepayments and reporting for audit
• Recognising all non-fee/other income appropriately including donations, restricted and non-restricted

Commercial Finance Manager

Permanent Position

£50,000 - £54,000 Salary.

Remote working with occasional meeting in London.

The client is a UK Charity with a sizeable retail division.

• Finance Business Partner for the charities retail operations (budget approx. £22m)
• FP&A team/resource planning and manager of analysis team
• Overall responsibility for production of management accounts working with the Head of Finance.
• Deliver a finance business partner function for Retail operations, supporting senior management in Retail and Finance and developing a deep knowledge of the business, detailed cost structures (including salaries) and income streams
• Meet regularly with the retail team to discuss and understand financial results and business strategy and planning
• Oversee the production and monitoring of budgets and provide constructive challenge to understand budget, forecast and actual results
• Responsible (with assistance from the FP&A analysis team) for production of detailed and timely management information for the retail team on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
• Produce forecasts as required and take responsibility for their accuracy
• Review the information and systems used and recommend improvements for reporting content and efficiency.

closing date 19th of April

East Devon District Council

Interim Accountant / Finance Manager

£200 - £350 per day depending on experience

Location: Honiton, Devon / Hybrid working

About Us

East Devon is one of the eight Devon districts and in population terms is the largest in the County. Our district is set in one of the most attractive parts of the country to live in and the coastline forms part of England's first World Heritage site. There are also Areas of Outstanding Beauty within the district making it a beautiful place to live and work.

The Role

Support is needed on an interim basis for 6 months. Reporting to the Deputy s151 Officer, this role will be responsible for providing timely and accurate financial advice and information to managers to help them control and manage their own finances.

You will also support the Deputy s151 Officer in providing an efficient and effective accountancy service and to help ensure that the priorities and objectives of the Council are met.

You will also be the finance lead for various ambitious and exciting projects which the council is currently involved in.

About You

* Be a qualified accountant, have experience of working in a fast paced, challenging environment and can demonstrate considerable financial knowledge of accounting standards and codes of practice, ideally in Local Government, in the completion of annual accounts.

* Have experience of working with operational teams / stakeholders and of helping shape strategic and technical processes.

* Have experience of leading financial activities and be familiar with technical financial accounting information, budget setting and report writing.

* Have excellent verbal and written communication skills, so it is important that you can use your initiative and have a talent for communicating technical financial information into easy to understand language.

The Financial Inclusion Managers will play a central role in helping us achieve our vision for an end for the need for food banks in the UK. This is a varied, proactive and fast-paced role responsible for day-to-day coordination of local and regional projects and partnerships and providing direct support to food banks in your local area. The role will focus on delivering support and services to Trussell Trust food banks and partner organisations to develop and optimise timely access to financial inclusion support to those visiting (or at risk of needing to visit) food banks including through individual meetings, development visits, regional events, training sessions and national conferences.

Role responsibilities

· Assist food banks to develop their financial inclusion offering by providing advice and support to develop new initiatives and partnerships, optimise existing ones and/or develop referral relationships with advice sector partners

· Support good practice in service models, quality assurance processes, governance, monitoring, evaluation and reporting, referral pathways and engaging volunteers and promote a culture of learning and improvement and participation of diverse communities with lived experience.

· Build and maintain strong relationships with food bank staff and volunteers, as well as establishing effective partnerships with a range of stakeholders including (including those that work with specific diverse groups who are affected by poverty). This would include working with advice providers, local authorities, community organisations and churches (who are often involved in the governance and running of food banks) to build understanding of and commitment to the importance of effective financial inclusion provision in contributing to ending the need for food banks in local communities.

· Work closely with relevant Network Leads and Area Managers to ensure that support provided is well-aligned and integrated with Trussell Trust’s wider support offer

· Organise and chair regional training, clusters or events for managers, advisers and volunteers to promote co-operation and sharing of good practice around financial inclusion

· Contribute to the understanding of the Financial Inclusion team of the good practice, opportunities and challenges taking place within your area and support the development and promotion of national financial inclusion initiatives

Person Specification

Technical skills and minimum knowledge:

· Excellent knowledge of the advice and financial inclusion sector

· Experience of delivering training and presentations

· Experience of planning and managing innovative projects

· Experience of designing and leading participation of people with lived experience and utilising data and insight to tailor delivery to the needs of diverse communities

· Experience of managing stakeholder relationships, particularly working with local community organisations in a community development context

Behaviours and competencies:

· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

· Excellent problem-solving abilities

· Well-organised and able to juggle competing priorities

· Demonstrate a commitment to the values of the Trussell Trust and in particular, empathy for people from disadvantaged, marginalised or socially- excluded backgrounds.

· Able to build effective relationships in contexts where Christian faith plays a major part, and in which people of all faiths and none collaborate to make a difference together.

Key Stakeholders

· Food banks

· Area Managers and Regional teams

· Network Services

· Volunteering

· Policy & Research

· Partner organisations

Our Values

The Trussell Trust is a charity that works to end the need for food banks. It is founded on and shaped by Christian principles.

Our values of dignity, justice, compassion and community, are central to all that we do and therefore supports our aim to be an organisation where the diversity of all employees is valued. We welcome people of all faiths and none and those that are committed to these values.

We recognise that we have under-represented groups within our workforce. As part of our commitment to diversity and equality of opportunity we are actively encouraging applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re- entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority

Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions and those with a lived experience of poverty as well as any other under-represented group in our workforce. We are committed ensuring the safety and protection of our employees from all forms of harm.

Job Purpose

Your legacy will be a tangible impact on slowing down climate change and helping nature recover by overseeing and leading on financial strategy and income generation and sustainability, across Avon Needs Trees (ANT) at the organisational level and for our projects.

You will secure ANT financially and oversee good fiscal management of all its affairs, helping to deliver on our goals to plant hundreds of thousands of trees and complementary habitats. You will join a fast-growing organisation that started in 2019 with four volunteers and has grown to a staff team of thirteen (which will double over 2024), over 1,000 volunteers and ownership of 170 acres (soon to be 600 acres) of land that will grow woodlands of over 160,000 trees.

We are looking for a positive people-person with commercial development experience, exceptional financial acumen and the ambition to help take ANT to our next level of impact, as we prepare for exponential growth over the next year. As a fast-growing, high impact charity all of our roles have direct operational responsibilities in addition to managing teams and thinking strategically and with vision.

Main responsibilities

● Lead from the front in the development and implementation of a Commercial Trading Arm for ANT and spearhead new sources of income including green finance

● Ensure development of finance models and plans to support Landscape Recovery, including natural capital frameworks and administration of government agriculture subsidies

● Line-manage and oversee the work of our finance and commercial teams to ensure our people are well-supported and our work is impactful

● Direct operational responsibilities to advance our work at pace

● Work with the Chief Executive and other Heads on organisational strategy, finance, accounting and organisational sustainability

● Work with the Chief Executive to ensure trustees have appropriate information and understanding of our finances

● Ensure the production of internal reports, annual accounts, and reports for funders

● Identify, seize and support new income, funding and fundraising opportunities, and help guide ANT through a period of business and transformation and growth

● Lead the development and implementation of ANT’s finance strategy including:
    ○ Forecasting models
    ○ Assessing risk in financial decisions
    ○ Ensuring all accounting activities comply with regulations and our governed by robust and appropriate policies
    ○ Cost saving opportunities 

● Oversight of all ANT budgets, managing cashflows and profit/loss analysis

● Ensure compliance with laws and regulations in agreed areas of responsibility

● Identify and implement opportunities for ANT to continually improve, using your influencing skills to create opportunities

● As with all Avon Needs Trees roles, contributing to grant writing and fundraising activities

● Other duties and opportunities as required 

Working relationships and expectations

● As a member of the senior leadership team, you will work closely with the Chief Executive and other Heads, helping to lead the organisation in an exciting period of change and growth

● You will have a number of direct reports, which will grow as ANT takes on more staff

● Hybrid working between home and our office (currently on Gloucester Road, Bristol)

● Occasional evening and weekend working will be required but this is not a substantial feature of your role

● Our staff maintain an appropriate level of confidentiality, professionalism and discretion at all times

● Our staff comply with organisational policies, procedures, and guidance, and external regulations and laws

Stronger Together is an impact driven, not for profit organisation that provides businesses with practical training, resources, business services and collaborative programmes to achieve our wider vision of a world where all workers are recruited responsibly and have fair work, free from exploitation. We work across three continents and within multiple sectors with many organisations.

We are looking for an experienced Business Development and Advisory Manager to join our committed team, who will hit the ground running.

Key tasks and responsibilities:

• You will manage and grow Stronger Together’s business relations in a variety of sectors, both in the UK and globally to generate funding and drive impact. This includes taking the lead in developing project proposals for clients.

• You will deliver interactive training workshops and deliver premium quality services to businesses to support them to embed responsible recruitment and fair work and tackle modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.

• You will project manage all client projects from start to finish.

The role is diverse with opportunities to generate new funding to drive impact, project manage and implement training and activity with a variety of businesses, and to try out new ideas. You will work remotely, but in close cooperation with the Head of Business Development, and rest of our growing team across the world. 

Who you are:

• An experienced professional with an in-depth understanding of and subject matter expertise on working with businesses on responsible recruitment, ethical labour practices and modern slavery, and significant experience in business engagement/developing and managing senior management corporate sponsor relations (min. 5 years’ experience).

• The ideal candidate should have experience in a business development role, a track record in building and developing business relations, and strong experience of giving presentations, delivering pitches and closing deals.

• Experienced in maintaining and developing corporate sponsor relations including writing client and grant proposals.

• An excellent trainer, with experience of delivering training to businesses.

• A strong project manager and great organiser, with the ability to set and meet demanding targets and deadlines, and to hold others accountable to those.

• A professional who has worked with or within the construction, manufacturing, consumer goods, apparel, finance or care sector on responsible business behaviour.

• An excellent communicator, both verbally and in writing, with experience of developing and building new successful working relationships with a range of stakeholders, as well as confidence in representing the organisation professionally at a variety of events.

• A motivated and enthusiastic worker, able to work independently and with remote colleagues/stakeholders.

• Someone with a good eye for detail, whilst retaining sight of the bigger picture.

What we can offer you

• A permanent contract (0.8 FTE or full-time).

• A competitive salary (salary band £39,861 - £51,248 gross annually; pro-rata if 0.8 FTE) and enhanced employee benefits.

• Being part of a growing, innovative, and exciting not for profit organisation.

• A friendly global team which is passionate about and committed to fair work, ethical recruitment and systemic change.

• Flexible and family-friendly working arrangements.

• Working remotely (UK-based), with regular online meetings and social team gatherings and in-person meetings as required.

Details: Closing date: 26/04/2024 | Interviews: Thurs 09/05/2024 | Starting date: ASAP

To apply: Please send us your CV and motivation letter (max. 2 pages of A4) outlining the skills and experience you have that meet the requirements of this role as outlined in the Job Description, please include ‘Application Business Development and Advisory Manager’ in the subject line.

Finance and Operations Manager - 4 or 5 days a week - Fully remote - one year contract

An exciting opportunity has come up to work for a circa £1million turnover association. This is a newly created role, where you will be working very closely with reporting to the CEO.

This is a fully remote role, offering a salary between £40,000 - £45,000 per annum with 30% non contributory pension. My client is open to candidates looking to work 4 days a week, where the salary will be prorated.

This is a very hands-on Finance role overseeing the HR and the IT infrastructure. The role provides support to the Board ensuring the organisation is charity compliant in all its work. The organisation has grown rapidly recently, receiving a number of grants, and this role will help provide assurance regarding their administration and on reporting.

Key duties and responsibilities will include:

• Maintain a suitable business planning model covering long term cash flow forecasts
• Ensure annual Statutory Accounts are completed in adherence with UK accounting standards
• Develop and maintain adequate financial control systems and procedures
• Develop an effective IT strategy and ensure service levels are set and maintained with external IT suppliers
• Ensure that the organisation complies to relevant regulations for data protection and data security
• Day-to-day oversight of the finance function
• Support project officers with grant management and reporting
• Produce monthly management accounts and prepare the finance part of the annual report
• Main contact for accountants who audit and lead on preparing required documents
• Ensure processes are in place for payroll, expenses, assets, issuing of invoices, purchases
• Work with colleagues to produce detailed annual budgets and oversee financial planning for the organisation
• Oversee recruitment processes including advertising, interviewing, issuing contracts etc. for staff and contractors
• Lead on the development and implementation of technology solutions across the National Landscapes Association
• Working with colleagues and the Chief Executive to set strategic targets and develop an annual business plan

Candidates applying for this role must have the following:

• A recognised CCAB qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) or very strong QBE candidates
• Very strong experience in Charity SORP
• Experience of implementing financial controls, policies and procedures to ensure excellent service delivery
• Experience in financial planning and reporting.
• Experience of preparing financial business plans, modelling scenarios and carrying out sensitivity analysis and stress tests
• Track record of delivering on a range of other corporate support services such as IT, HR and Governance in addition to financial responsibilities would be an advantage
• Managing and supporting junior finance staff
• Working with Xero or a similar accounting software (desirable)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills at all levels
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills with the ability to multi-task

This role will be closing on 23^rd April, 2024.

First round interviews held over MSTeams w/c 22nd April

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with 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.

Gympanzees is a multi-award-winning Bristol-based charity. Our mission is to ensure all children and young people with a disability have access to regular exercise, play and friendship. We aim to open multiple exercise and play facilities around the country – the first of which will be in Bristol. This is an exciting time to join an ambitious team who will raise funds for the UK's first centre of its kind.

As the Grants and Statutory Funding Manager, you will be pivotal in securing appropriate grants to meet our annual grant income target at Gympanzees. This position is ideal for someone with proven experience in researching and crafting successful grant applications. You'll be tasked with distilling complex information into compelling narratives that effectively convey our mission and objectives while aligning with grant requirements. Excellent copywriting skills are essential, as you'll need to create engaging and informative content that tells our story authentically. Your approach will be highly organised and methodical to ensure accuracy and compliance with grant briefs. Reporting to the Head of Philanthropy, you'll collaborate closely with a high-level fundraising team to maximize funding opportunities and drive positive impact.

Role outline and purpose
Working as a key link between the Philanthropy team and wider organisational teams, the Philanthropy Content Reporting Manager – Trusts will create specific reporting materials for our key funders. You will hold responsibility for a reporting schedule for named partners and work closely with our impact and finance teams to track progress of funded projects and ensure that we deliver partner/funder updates in line with agreements. 

You will have experience of supporting high-value fundraising teams and be adept at building strong relationships across the organisation to help inform the Trusts team about the activities and outputs of our operational teams. You will understand complex qualitative and quantitative data and use this to write up, design and produce high-quality communications for donors. You will be confident at taking the lead on the reporting requirements of our relationship managers, with efficiency and effectiveness. 
 
Responsibilities
• Lead on the bespoke and restricted high-quality reports for funders in line with grant conditions 
• Work closely with our project delivery, impact, communications and finance teams to ensure funds are delivering greatest impact for our donors 
• Keep up to date on project delivery plans and aspirations 
• Understand and translate both qualitative and quantitative information and present these in a visually compelling, digestible format 
• Provide insight and performance information to help inform team strategy/projections, including the management of CRM, financials, and KPI reporting requirements
• Coordination of events to support effective donor engagement

Person specification
Technical skills and minimum knowledge:
• Experience in producing high-quality donor reports
• A track record of working collaboratively across a number of teams, including fundraising, operations and communications 
• Knowledge of programme monitoring and evaluation principles 
• Skilled networker, able to influence and win support from multiple key stakeholders 
• Ability to isolate and convey key programme information 

Behaviours and competencies:
• Analyses and communicates complex information effectively a range of audiences 
• Demonstrates dedication to the values of the Trussell Trust 
• Demonstrates empathy for people from disadvantaged, marginalised or socially- excluded backgrounds 
• Pro-active and solution focused by problem solving and making recommendations for improvements. 
• Works with others as one team, actively listening and collaborating to achieve a shared vision. 
• Builds relationships across The Trust, sharing information and expertise. 
• Role models inclusive behaviour, values and leadership 

Salary: £46,920 (London) / £42,373 (National) per annum

Hours: Full time (but open to proposals including part time, job shares etc)

Contract: Permanent

Benefits:

· 27 days annual leave + statutory holidays + 3 closures days over the Christmas period;

· Flexible working for all staff including working from home / hybrid working, and flexi-time/TOIL scheme;

· Attractive family friendly policies;

· Private healthcare cover;

· Season ticket loans;

· Employee awards, and training and development opportunities.

For more information about our benefits please visit our website.

Location:  London/Bristol - employees are able to work from home on an arrangement agreed with their line manager and we have colleagues based around the UK.

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the National Housing Federation (NHF) for a Policy Leader (Finance Policy).

The NHF is the voice of housing associations in England. We are the trade body to almost 600 housing associations, who have grown from philanthropic roots to provide 2.6 million homes to around 6 million people.

This role is a crucial and exciting one within our policy team and the wider organisation. You will use your knowledge and understanding of housing associations and their finances to build strong relationships with Finance Directors across our membership, and use their and your specialist knowledge to shape the financial environment so that housing associations can best deliver on their social purpose.

Whether this is making a persuasive and evidence-based case to the government for additional grant funding to build new homes, or working with sector experts on the detail of accounting, pensions, tax or treasury policy, or meeting with banks, lenders, ratings agencies, UK Finance, HMRC, and the Treasury on behalf of our members, this role is central to our work influencing national social housing policy.

Please scroll down to the bottom of the page to download the full job profile and person specification for this role.

Key elements of the role:

· Shape and lead our policy work on key strategic issues for housing associations around housing finance – advocating for solutions and mitigating risks that affect the delivery of housing associations’ social purpose;

· Develop evidence and ideas on technical policy areas into salient policy solutions that will make a difference for the sector and influence government;

· Represent the NHF to senior colleagues in government, members and external stakeholders with credibility, expertise and political judgement;

· Communicate with and provide advice to members on critical changes to policy and the external environment.

The successful candidate:

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

· A strong and in-depth understanding of housing association finances and the operating model of housing associations (finance qualifications are not required, but a technical understanding of finance and accounting issues will be vital);

· An ability to lead the development of credible, robust, evidence based policy, including on complex and technical policy areas;

· An ability to communicate credibly, clearly and persuasively in writing and in person including to Chief Executives, senior government officials and finance professionals;

· An ability to draft, oversee, adapt and deliver complex plans for the delivery of multiple projects or programmes of work.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we value the contribution each individual makes to our work.  

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and are working to increase the diversity profile of our workforce. We are currently under-represented by ethnic minorities, people with a disability or disabilities and LGBT+, and would particularly welcome applications from people in these groups.

Disability confident committed employer

We are a disability confident committed employer and if you are a disabled person who demonstrates you meet the skills and experience we consider essential for the role, we will offer you an interview.

We are happy to consider reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process if you have a disability or have a condition that you feel may affect your performance during the recruitment process. Please contact Stephanie Green, People Manager with your request or to arrange a time to discuss in more detail.

Our role profile and job advert can also be requested in large print or in accessible format via this email address.

Uploading your CV and cover letter

If you decide to apply for this role, when requested, please upload a version of your CV that does not include any personal details, such as name, gender, age etc.  You should also ensure that you do not add your name at the end of the cover letter. This will help us to shortlist candidates for interview based solely on their knowledge, skills and experience.

Right to work in the UK / UK VISA Sponsorship

You must have the right to work in the UK and it is important to note that the NHF does not sponsor individuals to work in the UK.

Closing date for applications: 6 May 2024

Interview date: 16 May 2024 

We are looking for Health Engagement Managert (North of England)

Job Title: Health Engagement Manager (North of England) 
Hours: 35 hours per week 
Salary: £43,209 per annum 
Location: Home-based, with regular travel required across the region and to our head office in London  
  

What we do: We help young people through cancer  

How we work: We’re Determined, United, Spirited and Kind  

About this role: 
 

• Someone with excellent influencing and relationship skills, you will be able to work with a range of key stakeholders, including NHS organisations, clinical teams, and charities. 
• Someone with a proven track record of forming, developing, and evaluating new partnerships to drive change and deliver strategic outcomes. 
• Someone with an expert understanding in measuring service outcomes, you will be responsible for providing the evidence of quality, impact and cost effectiveness for services funded and provided by Teenage Cancer Trust within your regions.
• Someone who can work strategically to create robust service delivery plans that will improve outcomes and reduce inequity for young people with cancer. 

How to apply: 

You’ll need to register on our portal, complete a short application and answer four questions about your skills and experience in relation to the role. 

First round interviews: 7-8 May 2024 

Second round interviews: 13-14 May 2024 

Compliance statements:  

At Teenage Cancer Trust one of our key focuses is around equity and making sure our services are accessible and inclusive to all young people with cancer, with no-one left behind. We have the same goal for people working with us. We want you to be yourself here and thrive doing so. In line with our Equity, Diversity & Inclusion commitments, we would love to see applications from LGBTQ+ people, people of colour/those from ethnically diverse communities, people living with disabilities and people of faith. 

At Teenage Cancer Trust we take our commitment to safeguarding seriously and work to protect and promote the rights of the young people who we support. Our safeguarding responsibilities extend to the children and adults who work to support the charity, who we also have a duty of care to protect. Safeguarding is at the forefront of each activity we carry out. In line with our approach, this role is subject to a DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service).   

For information on how we collect, store and process personal data please refer to our privacy policy on our website.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability, and potential. If there is any assistance or adjustments, we can make to support you to make your application, please contact HR.

Salary: £50,935.07 per annum

Location: Homeworking with expectation to travel to our London Office as required

Contract: Permanent

Hours : 37.5 per week

Closing date: Thursday 2nd May at 11:30pm

Are you a qualified CCAB, CIMA or overseas equivalent, or in the final stages of qualification?  Do you have proven experience of assessing financial risk and producing insightful financial analysis, plus a real desire to further develop? Then join Shelter as a Finance Business Partner and you could soon be playing a key role within our Financial Planning and Analysis team.

About Shelter

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team

Our Finance Department works as a team of experts to safeguard resources and support decision making across Shelter. We strive to ensure Shelter is financially sustainable in order to achieve our vision of a home for everyone. This particular role sits within the Financial Planning and Analysis team. We support the charity through financial reporting, analysis, and expert advice, and enable collaboration to support managers in making effective business decisions.

About the role

Joining a finance team that collaborates and communicates effectively to help us deliver our mission and vision, making vital business decisions that are driven by expert knowledge and financial acumen will be key to your success here. As part of the role, you’ll engage regularly with our Assistant Directors and their leadership teams to ensure that financial results and key messages are shared and you’ll support stakeholders in engaging with fully available financial insight and reporting.  When it comes to our stakeholders, you’ll support and lead finance education and training to equip them with the skills required to execute their own financial responsibilities.

Among your many challenges will be the need to align financial plans to operational and strategic plans and make sure they’re clearly understood by Business Units. Seeing that each Unit is provided with a channel of effective, two-way communication with Finance will be important too. You’ll also work with colleagues in Project Governance and HR Business Partnering to support Directorate planning and business cases, as well as supporting and leading on the delivery of cross-team projects.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About you

As well as being suitably qualified (or in the final stages of qualification), you’ll need to be used to working effectively with non-finance stakeholders and varying your communication style to suit the audience you’re addressing. You’ll be experienced in assessing financial risk, and able to produce insightful financial analysis. You’ll also need excellent organisational and time management skills, including the ability to work to deadlines and reprioritise tasks when necessary.

Excellent analytical skills, impeccable attention to detail, a high level of numeracy and intermediate Excel skills are all ‘must haves’ too, as is proficiency in the main Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook and Word. Additionally, it would be an advantage if you have experience working in a Charity and have associated experience of managing restricted funds and fundraising.

How to apply

Please click ‘Apply for Job’ below. You are required to submit a CV and a supporting statement. The supporting statement should address and cover the ‘About You’ points in the job description. Please provide specific examples following the STAR format and ensure you demonstrate how you address the behaviours below throughout your responses.

• We prioritise diversity and have an inclusive and open mindset
• We work together to achieve our shared purpose

Any applications submitted without a supporting statement will not be considered.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.