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Help Shape the Future of Housing in Greater Cambridge 

Our client is a charitable housing association managing 1,500 homes across Greater Cambridge. They are seeking new Board Members and an Independent Audit & Risk Committee Member to help guide their future and deliver positive outcomes for our customers and communities.These are strategic governance roles. Board and Committee Members do not manage day-to-day services, but provide oversight, constructive challenge and assurance, holding the Executive Team to account for delivery in line with the Society’s mission, strategy, regulatory duties and customer commitments. 

They welcome people with strategic insight, strong values and a commitment to good governance. Previous board experience is not essential. They are keen to hear from people with connections to Greater Cambridge, lived experience of social housing and a passion for customer engagement.  They are looking for the following skills: 

Board Members 

· Digital, data and technology expertise and/or 

· Asset management, repairs, housing quality or building safety experience.

Audit & Risk Committee Member 

· Qualified accountant or equivalent 

· Senior finance leadership experience 

· Audit, assurance and risk management expertise.

Why Join Them? 

· Influence strategic decisions 

· Support strong governance and customer outcomes 

· Help shape the future of a respected local organisation 

· Develop your governance and leadership experience 

· Receive training, mentoring and ongoing support.

Commitment: 

Board Member 
£3,500 per annum plus expenses ¦ Around 1.5 days per month.

Independent Audit & Risk Committee Member 
£2,125 per annum plus expenses ¦ Around 1 day per month.

If you are motivated by social purpose and want to use your skills to make a lasting difference, we'd love to hear from you. 

Finance Officer (Income)
Salary: £36,000 per annum
Hours: 33.75 hours per week (Monday–Friday, 9.15am–5.00pm)
Location: Central London
Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 days per week in the office initially, reducing to 1 day per week once established in the role
Contract: 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract (Maternity Cover)

Are you an experienced Finance Officer with strong income reconciliation skills and experience working with CRM or membership systems?

We're recruiting on behalf of a well-established professional membership organisation for a Finance Officer to join their collaborative finance team during an exciting period of systems transformation. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working with financial data, investigating discrepancies, improving processes and taking ownership of reconciliations.
The organisation supports a large membership base and manages significant volumes of subscription and fee income, making this an ideal opportunity for someone with experience in membership, subscription or recurring income environments.

The Role

This position is predominantly focused on income accounting (70%), with a smaller purchase ledger/accounts payable element (30%).
Working closely with the Finance Leadership team, you will be responsible for managing high-volume income transactions, reconciling data across finance and CRM systems, investigating anomalies and supporting the organisation through a major CRM migration project. This is a hands-on role that would suit someone who is confident working independently, interrogating data, investigating discrepancies and identifying practical solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Reconcile income across bank accounts, CRM and finance systems.
• Investigate and resolve reconciliation discrepancies.
• Process membership and subscription income.
• Manage direct debit collections, refunds and income allocations.
• Extract, analyse and interrogate CRM data and financial reports.
• Support the migration to a new CRM system.
• Process supplier invoices and support purchase ledger activities.
• Reconcile company credit card expenditure.
• Assist with month-end processes and finance administration.
• Maintain accurate financial and CRM records.
• Support wider finance projects and process improvements.

About You


You will be someone who enjoys working with large volumes of data and can confidently investigate issues, identify trends and propose improvements.
Experience dealing with membership fees, subscriptions, deferred income or similar recurring income streams would be highly advantageous.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong experience within an income-focused finance role.
• Significant experience of high-volume bank reconciliations and income reconciliations.
• Experience working with CRM, membership or customer database systems.
• Experience extracting, analysing and interrogating financial data.
• Experience reconciling transactions across multiple systems.
• Sage experience is essential.
• Strong Excel skills, including Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP.
• Purchase Ledger / Accounts Payable experience.
• Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.

Benefits Include

• Hybrid working with office attendance reducing to one day per week once established.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Generous employer pension contribution.
• Private medical insurance.
• Employee discounts and wellbeing benefits.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Paid volunteering days.
• Supportive and collaborative team environment.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

Are you a skilled finance professional looking to make a meaningful impact within the education sector? Goodman Masson are recruiting on behalf of a leading, highly respected multi-academy educational trust for a Regional Finance Manager to join their collaborative finance team in West London. This is a pivotal role where you will drive high-quality financial services, manage key monthly financial processes, and act as a trusted strategic partner to school Principals and leadership teams. You will have the unique opportunity to lead regional processes, champion continuous improvement, and truly shape financial best practices across multiple sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Business Partnering: Work closely with Principals and senior staff to ensure effective budget management, adherence to financial compliance, and strategic decision-making.
• Financial Reporting & Analysis: Prepare monthly management accounts, cash flow forecasts, control account reconciliations, and annual budgets/reforecasts.
• Team Leadership: Support a high-performance culture by managing and mentoring local finance staff, identifying training needs, and fostering a learning mindset.
• Process Improvement: Drive forward initiatives that promote value for money, propriety, and outstanding financial standards across the region.
• Compliance & Governance: Ensure all accounting procedures, payment runs, and payroll processes strictly adhere to trust policies.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Part-qualified or Finalist (ACCA, CIMA, or ACA).
• Proven experience running effective administrative and financial systems.
• Strong management accounting experience.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel. Experience with accounting platforms such as Sage Intacct, Concur, or IMP is a distinct advantage.
• Strong communication skills to skilfully maintain effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

Location: West London (with Hybrid working)  

Salary: £45,000 – £50,000 per annum (depending on experience and qualifications) + Excellent Benefits. 

Contract: Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)  

Closing date for applications is Thursday 23^rd July. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

Data Selections and Imports Manager

Immediate Start | 6-Week Temporary Assignment
Full Time or Part Time (3 to 5 days per week)
Fully Remote or Hybrid

Hourly Rate £23.08 per hr

We're recruiting on behalf of a well-established national organisation for an experienced Data Selections and Imports Manager to support the team during a busy period.

Available on either a full-time basis or part-time (3 to 5 days a week), this is a fantastic opportunity for someone who can hit the ground running and is available to start immediately.

The role

You'll be responsible for producing data selections for marketing and fundraising campaigns, managing data imports into the CRM, and ensuring data is accurate, reliable, and ready to use.

Working closely with marketing and fundraising teams, you'll turn campaign briefs into targeted data selections, resolve data queries, and help keep campaign activity running smoothly.

Key responsibilities

• Produce campaign data selections using SQL

• If Manage and validate data imports into the CRM

• Maintain high standards of data quality and accuracy

• Work with stakeholders to understand campaign requirements

• Prepare and manipulate data for campaigns and reporting

• Maintain clear process documentation

• Support improvements to data processes where appropriate

About you

You'll have previous experience working with customer or supporter data and be confident using SQL to extract and manipulate data. You'll be organised, accurate, and able to manage multiple requests to tight deadlines.

You'll also have strong communication skills and enjoy working collaboratively with both technical and non-technical colleagues.

You'll ideally have

• Strong SQL skills

• Experience producing campaign or marketing data selections

• Experience managing data imports

• CRM experience, ideally Microsoft Dynamics

• A strong understanding of data quality and best practice

If you are immediately available with the above skills and experience, please apply online today, I would love to have a conversation with you! 

Harris Hill has an exciting opportunity for an Events Assistant to join a national charity, supporting the delivery of an up and coming event , taking place in September. 

This role is 2 days per week, starting the week of the 27th July ideally, with an initial day or so in the office, then working remotely.

The events itself already has an venue and a first batch of invitations have been sent. Your role will be to arrange steering group meetings and administration, takings notes, and minutes, arrange pre and post events communications,  manage logistics with events venue and make arrangement, support event day set up, registrations, and attendee management on the day. 

The client is looking for a suitable candidate, who is happy to just get stuck in, who has previous experience of supporting the planning and delivery of in person events. You will have strong administration and communications skills, experience of scheduling meetings, taking minutes, and updating systems such as the CRM, Microsoft Dynamics, although others are fine too.

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, and take a look at the JD, please apply ASAP, as the client will shortlist Thursday or Friday this week.

Procurement Manager

• £53,592 - £60,535 FTE per annum (dependent on experience)
• Full time, 35 hours per week
• Fixed term contract ending 31st December 2027*

*This contract has the potential to become permanent.

About the role

London-based contract with the option of hybrid working between the office and home. Please note, the current expectation is that colleagues will travel to the office in London one day per week throughout the year, on specified days agreed with line manager in advance.

We’re looking for a Procurement Manager to support a leading health focused Membership Body’s Facilities & Operations team leading a pivotal function. This autonomous role is responsible for coordinating procurement activity across the organisation to help deliver value for money for their members, strengthen contract management and build strong supplier relationships. 

Whether you're an experienced Procurement Manager looking for the opportunity to shape and lead a new standalone procurement function, or an experienced procurement professional ready to take the next step into your first Procurement Manager role and develop strong oversight and governance across the organisation, we'd love to hear from you. This role offers the chance of real impact from day one, with the support and encouragement to continue developing your skills and grow into the full scope of the role.

The organisation is a dynamic membership body with an ambitious corporate strategy to increase support to members and ensure they are fit for purpose as a sector-leading hybrid working organisation. The Procurement Manager is a key appointment offering the opportunity to shape and professionalise procurement across the organisation. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in strengthening governance, achieving savings, and building lasting capability in procurement and contract management, ensuring fit for purpose services are achieved across the Society in a value for money led, well-coordinated way for the benefit of their members, now and in the future. This is particularly important to us as they embark on a multiyear programme of Digital Transformation, which involves reprocuring business critical contracts and embedding positive supplier relationships.

The Facilities & Operations team work as part of the Corporate Services and Infrastructure (CSI) directorate within the organisation. CSI is a centre for excellence; a collection of professionals leading the organisation in its ambition to be a modern, influential and impactful organisation. Their Charter aligns strongly to their values and recognises the connection between their work, that of their colleagues and the care their members provide to patients.

Are you:

· A solutions focused and big picture thinker, who is able to challenge and shape efficiencies across the organisation?

· Driven and passionate about building effective relationships and maximising value for money?

· Able to challenge well and support contract managers development at all levels across the organisation?

· A values-led and trusted people leader with strong technical skills?

If so, we want to hear from you!

Working arrangements

Hybrid working. The organisation operates a hybrid working model, allowing employees to work between their home and the office. While they do not stipulate the number of days in the office, employees decide, through discussions with their line managers, how, when, and where they work best, balancing the needs of the organisation, the team, and themselves. Employees are still expected to attend the office for in-person meetings when required for their role and the organisation. Homeworking is subject to meeting homeworking assessment requirements, which include a minimum broadband speed of 18Mbps and a dedicated space to work from.

Flexible working. They currently have employees working part-time, job share, compressed hours, adjusted start and finish times, and other non-standard working patterns. They are open to considering alternative arrangements and would welcome discussion with successful candidates about any specific flexibility they may require, subject to organisational needs. 

Why work for them?

The organisation is the professional, educational and trade union body for the UK's 67,000 chartered physiotherapists, physiotherapy students and support workers; and one of the largest representative bodies in healthcare.

Their goal is to create a culture characterised by innovation, respect, encouragement, passion and teamwork. They all strive for continuous improvement and to deliver the best possible outcomes for their members. They aspire to work in a way that embodies their values of learning, courage, inclusive and integrity. Shared values are part of their organisational DNA, reflecting the expectations they have of ourselves and others.

How to apply

Please reply to this advert with your CV in the first instance. We will then send the full recruitment pack.

As part of the application process, candidates will be asked to provide written responses to six criteria listed on the recruitment pack.

Closing date: 10am, 30th July
Shortlisting outcome: W/C 3rd August
Interview date: Likely 13th / 14th August (likely remote interviews)

Equality, Diversity and Belonging

Accessibility and adjustments

To support an equitable and accessible recruitment experience, we actively encourage candidates to let us know if they require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview stages.

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme candidates who declare a disability and meet the six essential criteria we have selected will normally be shortlisted for interview. There may be occasions, such as having a high-volume of applications, where it is not possible to interview all Disability Confident candidates who meet the six selected essential criteria for the role. They may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both candidates with and without disabilities. In these circumstances, they will ensure that a proportionate number of disabled candidates are shortlisted for interview.

The organisation is committed to equity of opportunity, aiming to provide a working and learning environment free from discrimination. They are taking appropriate steps to create a workforce that reflects the diverse society in which we work and live in. Therefore, they particularly encourage applications from candidates under-represented in the current workforce, including those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and LGBTQIA+ people. Please note, all candidates will be expected to actively demonstrate their commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Belonging throughout the application and interview stages.

Are you a creative fundraiser who enjoys turning ideas into compelling stories that inspire support? Do you have a passion for using your skills to make a meaningful difference?

Charity People are delighted to be working in partnership with the RAF Association to recruit a Trusts Officer to join their fundraising team. This is an exciting opportunity to help secure funding that enables vital welfare, wellbeing, and childcare services for serving personnel, veterans, and their families.

Salary / Contract: £35,004 - £36,845 | 37.5 hours per week (open to 0.8)
Location: Leicester based with hybrid working (1-2 days/week in the office)

Benefits include:

Up to 42 days annual leave (pro rata), life insurance, and sick pay.

Health cashback plan, virtual GP, health and stress support, plus gym discounts.

Cycle to work scheme and subsidised short breaks at selected RAFA accommodation.

RAF Association:

The RAF Association is a leading charity supporting over 85,000 members of the RAF community each year. Their work is built around ensuring no member of the RAF community is left without the support they need and deserve.

With their centenary approaching in 2030, this is an exciting time to join. From RAFAKidz childcare services to new welfare and wellbeing initiatives, your fundraising expertise will help create lasting impact.

About the role:

Reporting to the Senior Trusts Manager, you'll play a key role in securing income from trusts and foundations, developing relationships with funders, and creating compelling applications that demonstrate impact.

You'll focus on researching opportunities, developing strong proposals, and building relationships with trusts and foundations to support the RAF Association's work.

Key responsibilities include:

• Researching and identifying potential trust and foundation funders.
• Managing a portfolio of applications and funding opportunities.
• Creating persuasive funding proposals and reports.
• Building relationships with funders through excellent stewardship.
• Working collaboratively with teams to develop strong cases for support.

About you:

We're looking for someone who is passionate about making a difference and enjoys using creativity and storytelling skills to secure support. You may already have experience in trusts fundraising, or you may be looking to develop your fundraising career with strong transferable skills.

You'll ideally have:

• Excellent written communication and storytelling skills.
• Experience creating proposals, applications, or reports.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage deadlines.
• The confidence to build relationships and work collaboratively.
• A proactive approach and the motivation to identify opportunities.

Experience of trust fundraising, grant management, CRM systems, or the Armed Forces charity sector would be beneficial, but we're also keen to hear from candidates with strong writing skills and a willingness to learn. If you're looking for a role where your fundraising skills can directly contribute to services that change lives, we'd love to hear from you.

How to Apply:

All you need to do is send a copy of your CV to Priya at Charity People in the first instance. We'll then be in touch with full application details if your experience is a strong match.

Closing date: 9am on the 5^th of August
One stage interviews: w/c 17^th August (ideally in person). We understand it's peak summer holiday time, so if this date doesn't work let us know and we can try to work around it.

The RAF Association is a Disability Confident employer and welcomes applications from candidates from all backgrounds. Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK as we are unable to offer sponsorship.

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.

HAED OF FUNDRAISING & MARKETING

Are you an inspiring fundraising and marketing leader ready to drive growth, innovation and impact?

Do you want to lead a talented team and help shape the future of a highly respected charity?

Location: Hybrid – minimum 2 days per week in Abingdon

Age UK Oxfordshire is a trusted and influential charity supporting older people and unpaid carers across the county. As part of its ambitious plans for the future, the charity is seeking an exceptional Head of Fundraising & Marketing to help sustainably grow and diversify income, strengthen their public voice, and extend impact for older people and unpaid carers across Oxfordshire.

This newly created senior leadership role offers the opportunity to drive a step-change in fundraising and external engagement, helping to deliver the organisation's strategy through to 2030. 

About you:

• A successful leader in fundraising, marketing, communications or income generation
• Proven experience of developing income growth strategies and delivering results
• An inspirational people manager with experience leading and developing high-performing teams
• Commercially aware, data-driven and strategically focused
• An excellent communicator with strong stakeholder engagement skills
• Passionate about making a difference to the lives of older people and unpaid carers

About the role:

• Lead and inspire the fundraising, marketing and communications team
• Develop and deliver an integrated income growth strategy
• Grow and diversify income streams and supporter engagement
• Strengthen the charity's profile, brand and public presence
• Use insight and data to drive performance and decision-making
• Work closely with the CEO, Trustees and leadership team to achieve ambitious organisational goals 

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a talented team, build a sustainable income engine, and play a key role in expanding the charity's reach, influence and impact across Oxfordshire. 

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Please see the Candidate Pack for full details. If you feel you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role, please submit your CV and supporting statement via the Charisma Charity Recruitment website.

For an informal and confidential discussion, please contact Sandra Smith, Senior Consultant at Charisma Charity Recruitment.

Closing date for applications: 18th August 2026
Client Interview dates: 9th & 16th September 2026

We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.  We particularly welcome applications from people whose backgrounds, experience and perspectives are currently under-represented in our workforce.  We also recognise the value of lived experience, including that of unpaid carers, people with disabilities, and those from diverse communities across Oxfordshire.

Financial Controller - Multi Academy Trust 

Location: Thrapston, Northamptonshire
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £51,000 -£58,000 per annum

· Lead and develop a Finance Operations team within education

· Partner directly with the CFO on strategic financial planning

· Hands-on financial accounting role managing a team

· Develop your career within a Trust committed to professional growth

Our client, a well-established Multi-Academy Trust with schools across Corby, Kettering and Wisbech, is seeking an experienced Financial Controller to join their central finance team – in the Thrapston Head Office. This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional looking to make a meaningful impact within the education sector while advancing their career in a supportive and values-driven organisation.

Company Overview 

This Multi-Academy Trust of 12 primary & secondary schools is committed to enhancing strategic financial insight across its schools and leadership teams. They focus on the efficient allocation of resources, integrating finance with curriculum planning, and ensuring compliance with ESFA and academy handbook requirements. The Trust values continuous improvement and invests in the ongoing professional and personal development of every employee. With a strong emphasis on collaboration, high standards, and courteous service, they create an environment where finance professionals can grow while making a real difference to students and staff across their schools.

Position Overview

As Financial Controller, you'll play a key role in ensuring financial sustainability across the Trust. Working closely with the CFO, you'll manage capital and revenue budgets, produce financial reports and statements, and lead the Finance Operations team of 4 staff. This position is central to maintaining robust financial controls, managing risk, and ensuring compliance with financial and legal obligations. You'll also build strong relationships with external stakeholders including banks, the DfE, and auditors, while identifying opportunities for cost savings and improved efficiency across the Trust.

Responsibilities 

· Manage and monitor capital and revenue budgets effectively

· Support the CFO in producing regular finance reports and budget packs

· Prepare financial statements including cash flow, income and balance sheets

· Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations and fixed asset reporting

· Maintain the Key Financial Controls Framework across the Trust

· Conduct fixed asset verifications and stock takes

· Manage financial risk and ensure compliance with regulations

· Build and maintain relationships with banks, DfE, auditors and stakeholders

· Organise and follow up on internal and external audits

· Lead, develop and manage the Finance Operations team (4 staff)

· Monitor cost-effectiveness of services and identify savings opportunities

· Oversee transactional processes including banking, purchase ledger and sales ledger

· Manage working capital and cash flow forecasting

· Partner with the CEO, Regional Executive Principals and School Business Managers

Requirements 

· Proven experience managing budgets and financial controls in a similar role

· Ideally fully-qualified ACCA, CIMA, ACA or CIPA accountant

· Strong technical accounting skills including balance sheet reconciliations and financial statements

· Experience leading and developing finance teams

· Knowledge of compliance requirements, ideally within education or public sector

· Ability to build effective relationships with senior stakeholders

· Experience managing audits and working with external bodies

· Strong analytical skills to identify cost savings and efficiency improvements

· Understanding of working capital management and cash flow forecasting

· Commitment to continuous improvement and professional development

Benefits

· Competitive salary of £51-58k

· Leading public sector pension contributions

· The role is office based but there is flexibility to work from home during quieter periods

· Commitment to ongoing professional and personal development

· Supportive leadership and clear career progression opportunities

You'll join a Trust that genuinely values its people and invests in their growth. Working alongside committed professionals, you'll be part of an organisation focused on continuous improvement, high standards, and making a positive impact on education.

How to Apply 

If you have the skills and experience to succeed in this Financial Controller role and are looking to advance your career within the education sector, please submit your CV and a cover letter outlining your relevant experience. We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date: Ongoing/ASAP

Your new company
Hays is delighted to be supporting a nationally recognised arts, heritage and cultural organisation in the recruitment of an Employee Relations & Advisory Team Lead. This is an exciting opportunity to join a purpose-led organisation with a strong commitment to inclusion, collaboration and delivering an exceptional employee experience.Operating across multiple UK locations, the organisation is investing in its people function and has created this new leadership role to establish and develop a dedicated Employee Relations and Advisory Centre of Expertise. As such, this position offers the opportunity to shape services, influence strategy and make a lasting impact across a complex and diverse workforce.

Your new role
Reporting to the Head of People, you will lead a team of Employee Relations Advisors and People Advisors, providing both strategic and operational leadership across employee relations and people advisory services.This newly created role will be responsible for embedding a high-quality Employee Relations and Advisory function, ensuring the delivery of consistent, commercially focused and legally compliant HR support across the organisation.
Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading, coaching and developing a high-performing Employee Relations and Advisory team.
• Acting as the senior escalation point for complex and high-risk employee relations matters.
• Establishing and embedding employee relations governance, frameworks, policies and procedures.
• Supporting organisational change programmes, restructures, consultations and senior-level casework.
• Building strong partnerships with senior stakeholders, people leaders and recognised trade unions.
• Overseeing employee relations reporting, identifying trends and using data to support decision-making.
• Managing external employment law and occupational health providers.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance manager capability and employee experience.
• Championing inclusive, fair and transparent people practices across the organisation.

This role offers a blend of strategic leadership and hands-on operational involvement, making it ideal for an experienced employee relations professional looking to lead a function while remaining close to the delivery of high-quality people services.

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful, you will have significant experience operating at a senior HR or Employee Relations level within a complex, multi-site environment.
You will also bring:

• Extensive knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations best practice.
• Proven experience leading employee relations teams and developing high-performing colleagues.
• Strong experience managing complex and sensitive employee relations cases.
• Experience supporting organisational change, restructures, consultations and redundancy programmes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the credibility to partner senior leaders.
• Experience developing HR policies, governance frameworks and people processes.
• Strong analytical and reporting capability with a data-driven approach.
• A pragmatic, solutions-focused mindset with strong professional judgement.
• Outstanding communication and relationship-building skills.

Experience within a unionised environment and/or the public, charity, cultural, education or not-for-profit sectors would be advantageous.

What you'll get in return

• Salary of £60,000 - £70,000 per annum
• Hybrid working environment
• 35-hour working week
• Opportunity to build and lead a newly established Employee Relations & Advisory function
• Exposure to strategic people projects and organisational change initiatives
• A supportive and values-driven culture
• Excellent opportunities for professional growth and development
• The chance to make a meaningful impact within a nationally respected organisation

What you need to do now
If you're an experienced Employee Relations leader looking for a role where you can shape strategy, influence senior stakeholders and drive positive change across a complex organisation, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today or contact Matthew Sharman at Hays for a confidential discussion and further information.

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Are you a fundraising leader looking for a role where your work truly changes the lives of babies and children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families?

Charity People are delighted to be partnering with Zoe's Place to find their next Head of Fundraising. This is a pivotal moment in their growth, and they are looking for someone experienced and inspiring to lead their Coventry team with confidence, compassion and creativity.

Salary: £47,000 - £50,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week
Location: Zoe's Place Baby Hospice, Coventry (3 days on-site) with flexibility to work from home
Benefits: 5% employer pension contribution, 27 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays and closure between Christmas and New Year, free parking onsite, and professional L&D opportunities

Zoe's Place is the only baby specific hospice charity in the UK, providing specialist palliative, respite and end of life care for children aged 0 to 5 with life limiting and life-threatening conditions. They offer a safe, nurturing and joyful environment where families can feel completely supported. With their dedicated nurses delivering 24-hour care, they work together to make every moment of childhood count.

About the role
As Head of Fundraising, you'll lead a dedicated team and take ownership of income generation across the Coventry hospice. You'll shape and deliver fundraising strategy, develop sustainable income streams, build meaningful partnerships and ensure the organisation continues to thrive for the families who rely on its services.
This role offers a fantastic balance of strategic leadership and hands-on fundraising. One day you might be developing ambitious plans for future growth, the next meeting supporters, attending events, nurturing corporate partnerships or helping your team unlock new fundraising opportunities.

About you
We're looking for an experienced fundraising leader with a track record of delivering income growth and developing successful fundraising strategies.

You'll bring:

• Significant fundraising leadership experience across multiple income streams
• Experience leading, motivating and developing high-performing teams and volunteers
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting and income planning
• Experience developing partnerships and engaging a wide range of supporters and stakeholders
• A practical, hands-on approach with the confidence to represent the charity externally
• Experience delivering fundraising campaigns, events or community fundraising initiatives
• A passion for making a meaningful difference through your work
   

Most importantly, you'll be someone who combines ambition with compassion, and who is excited by the opportunity to help shape the future of an organisation that means so much to the families it supports.
If you're motivated by the idea of shaping a team, driving ambitious income growth and making a real difference to children and families every single day, we'd love to hear from you.

To apply:
All you need to do is send a copy of your CV or draft profile over to Ellen Drummond as the first step. From there, we'll be in touch with full application details if you meet our initial assessment of the skills and experience required.

Deadline: We're working on a rolling basis, only because this role has been previously advertised and we're keen to appoint as soon as possible.
However, if you feel this disadvantages you in any way, please get in touch with Ellen at Charity People and she'll ensure you do not miss out.

First Stage Interview: W/C 25th August (ideally in-person)
Second Stage Interview: TBC

Please let us know if you have any issues with interview dates above as we understand that it's peak summer holiday time and we don't want this to impact your being able to apply.

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.

Build partnerships that change young lives!

Wigan Youth Zone is looking for a Corporate Partnerships Manager to build meaningful relationships with businesses that want to make a real difference in their local community.

Salary: £35,000 - £37,000 per annum
Hours: Full-time (with some flexibility considered)
Location: Wigan Youth Zone

Benefits include:

• 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays), plus more with service
• Your birthday off
• Gym access
• Training and development opportunities
• Employee assistance programme and pension
• Discounted holiday club access for staff

About the Youth Zone:
Wigan Youth Zone gives young people somewhere safe to go, something positive to do, and someone trusted to talk to. As a vibrant, purpose-built facility supporting young people aged 8-19 (up to 25 with additional needs), it plays a vital role in the life of the borough. This role helps that impact continue and grow by connecting local businesses with a cause that really matters.

The opportunity:
Working closely with the Head of Fundraising, senior leaders, and trustees, you'll lead on securing and growing significant corporate partnerships, generating £75,000+ per year, with ambition to increase this to £100,000+ over time.

What you'll do:

• Build new, long-term corporate partnerships
• Develop compelling partnership ideas and proposals
• Steward and grow existing supporter relationships
• Identify opportunities for collaboration and engagement
• Represent Wigan Youth Zone across the local business community

This is a hands-on role with real scope to shape your approach and clearly see the impact of your work.

Who this role could suit:
We are look for an extremely proactive relationship developer.
You might come from community fundraising, corporate partnerships, business development, sales, marketing, communications, or another relationship-led income role.
What matters most is your ability to build trust, communicate impact, and turn relationships into sustainable support. Strong transferable skills such as influencing, persuasive writing, stakeholder management, and strategic thinking are highly valued.
Local knowledge of Wigan and existing networks are a real advantage.

How to Apply:
Please send a copy of your profile or CV to Ellen Drummond as a first step.
If your experience matches what we're looking for, we'll be in touch with further information on how to make your formal application.
This role is being advertised on a rolling basis, which means we will be sharing applications as and when we receive them if this affects you in any way please let Ellen know.

Interviews: TBC

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with

Your new company
A medium-sized, London-based not-for-profit organisation.
Your new role
Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will manage a team of three and take ownership of the smooth running of the finance function and oversee the financial management of the organisation. Duties and responsibilities include overseeing the financial strategy of the organisation; preparing reports and papers for committee meetings and overall responsibility for statutory financial reporting and accurate budgeting and forecasting. The anticipated duration is 6 months+. To start ASAP.
What you'll need to succeed
You will be a qualified Accountant with strong, recent experience as a Head of Finance/Director of Finance for a not-for-profit organisation.
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 about your career.

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Ivy Rock Partners is supporting a UK charity with the recruitment of an experienced Financial Modeller to design and build a robust, integrated financial planning model that converts the organisation's annualised five-year financial plan into a fully phased monthly forecast over a five-year horizon.

This role will be responsible for replacing existing multiple planning models with a single, sustainable solution that supports budgeting, forecasting, scenario planning and strategic decision-making.

This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong finance professional with exceptional financial modelling skills who enjoys solving complex problems and building practical, user-friendly planning tools.

Key responsibilities:

• Review and document the existing financial planning model and supporting workbooks.
• Design and build a fully integrated five-year financial planning model with monthly forecasting capability.
• Develop integrated forecasting across the Income & Expenditure Account, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Reserves and Capital Programme.
• Create robust monthly phasing methodologies for income, expenditure, capital investment and working capital movements.
• Consolidate multiple planning workbooks into a streamlined, efficient and well-controlled modelling framework.
• Build scenario planning and sensitivity analysis functionality to support strategic decision-making.
• Develop key forecasting drivers and assumptions to enable efficient reforecasting and long-term planning.
• Produce a sustainable budget model to support future annual budgeting cycles.
• Ensure the model accommodates restricted and unrestricted fund accounting requirements.
• Implement model controls, reconciliations, validation checks and audit trails to improve governance and reliability.
• Produce comprehensive documentation, user guides and knowledge transfer to enable ongoing internal ownership.

You will:

• Be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or possess significant relevant financial modelling experience.
• Have a proven track record of building complex, integrated financial models in Excel.
• Possess strong experience developing three-statement financial models incorporating profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow forecasting.
• Have excellent knowledge of FP&A, management accounting, budgeting and long-term financial planning.
• Be highly proficient in advanced Excel, including building scalable and well-controlled financial models.
• Have experience consolidating multiple data sources and planning workbooks into a single modelling framework.
• Possess excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Ideally have experience within the charity or not-for-profit sector, including an understanding of restricted fund accounting.
• Be able to communicate complex financial concepts clearly and work collaboratively with finance and non-finance stakeholders.

What's on offer: 

• Day rate: £400 - £500 per day
• Hybrid working arrangements