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Reducing the Risk is an Oxfordshire-based charity with a growing regional and national reputation for delivering high-quality, victim-centred domestic abuse services. Established in 2007, we empower communities, train multi-agency professionals, and provide critical Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) services to ensure the safety and wellbeing of adults and children at risk.
We are now looking for an exceptional, values-driven leader to build on these strong foundations and guide us through our next exciting phase of growth and innovation.
The Role
As our next Chief Executive Officer, you will work closely with an ambitious Board of Trustees to shape and deliver the charity’s strategic plan. Inheriting a highly skilled, dedicated team of practitioners and a network of over 1,800 Domestic Abuse Champions, you will balance compassionate strategic vision with sound operational and financial leadership.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute the charity's strategic plan, driving innovation and service development across our local and national footprint.
Income & Sustainability: Diversify income streams beyond traditional grants, growing our accredited training and consultancy services into sustainable earned revenue.
Partnership & Influence: Act as the principal public voice for the charity, building high-impact relationships with statutory, corporate, and voluntary sector partners.
People & Culture: Foster an inclusive, high-performing, and trauma-informed workplace culture that prioritises staff wellbeing.
Governance & Compliance: Oversee robust risk management, safeguarding frameworks, and regulatory compliance alongside the Board.
Who We Are Looking For
You are a credible, resilient senior leader with a proven track record in the charity, public, or social impact sectors. While a background in the domestic abuse sector is highly valued, what matters most is your ability to navigate complex funding environments, secure multi-source income, and champion victim-centred practices. You are a collaborative relationship-builder who combines commercial awareness with genuine empathy and integrity.
How to Apply
To apply, please submit your up-to-date CV alongside a covering letter explaining how your experience meets the job description and person specification.
Application Deadline: Midday, 14th August
Shortlisting: 19th August
Interviews: 26th August (In-person at our Oxford office)
Dedicated to the safety of adults and children at risk of domestic abuse and to the empowerment of the professionals and volunteers who support them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
£38,240.28 pro rata + Excellent Benefits
30–37 hours per week
Hybrid / Nottingham NG2 2JD
Help us shape the future of care and support for older people.
We are looking for a highly capable and ambitious Director of Care and Support to lead the next stage of development for our care services.
This is a senior leadership role, with responsibility for our Day Care and Home Support services, as well as our Home Care services, which are in development. The postholder will act as the CQC Registered Manager for our regulated care activity, ensuring that our services are safe, high quality, person-centred, compliant and ready to grow.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who combines strong care leadership with commercial awareness, operational grip and a genuine commitment to improving later life. You will help us build services that families trust, staff are proud to deliver, and older people experience as compassionate, reliable and life-enhancing.
About the role
As Director of Care and Support, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across a varied portfolio of services. You will be responsible for quality, compliance, people, performance, budgets and service development.
You will lead managers and staff to deliver excellent services, while also developing our care offer so that it is sustainable, responsive to local need and aligned with our charitable purpose.
You will ensure that our regulated service meets CQC requirements and that strong systems are in place for safeguarding, quality assurance, risk management, care planning, supervision, training, audit and continuous improvement.
This is a role for someone who can think strategically, act decisively and stay close enough to operational detail to know whether services are genuinely working well for the people who use them.
What we are looking for
We are looking for someone to help us create and launch something new – someone with significant experience in adult social care, community services, home care, or a closely related field. You will understand what good care looks like and have the leadership skills to make it happen consistently.
You will bring strong knowledge and experience of CQC-regulated services, safeguarding, quality assurance and person-centred care. You will also have experience of managing people, budgets, performance and change.
Just as importantly, you will be warm, professional, resilient and values led. You will be able to build trust with staff, families, partners, commissioners, trustees and regulators, while holding high standards and addressing issues when needed.
Why join us?
This is a chance to make a real difference at an important point in our development. We have clear ambitions for our care and support services, and we are looking for a leader who can help us turn those ambitions into high-quality, sustainable services for older people and their families.
You will join an organisation with a strong local reputation, a clear charitable purpose and a commitment to doing the right thing for the people we support. We're small but have big ambitions!
As an employee of Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire, you will be eligible for our attractive package which includes 24 days' annual leave (pro rata) plus public holidays, flexible working, and a 4% employer contribution pension (in line with auto-enrolment rules). You will also have access to a Blue Light Card, BUPA Employee Assistance Programme and a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.
For full details and to download an application pack, please visit our website via the apply button.
Closing date: 10.00am on Monday, 3rd August 2026.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
Registered Charity Number: 1067881
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Job Title: Corporate Partnerships Manager (Account Management)
Reporting To: Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager
Salary Range:£40,000 - £44,000 (Dependent upon experience)
Contract Type: Permanent, full time
Location: London and Hybrid, with weekly visits to our sites across London (mainly to Old Street and Canary Wharf)
Working days/hours per week: 35 hours, Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm
About Us
The Felix Project and FareShare have recently merged to form the UK's largest food redistribution charity. Its vision is a UK where good food is never wasted, and nobody goes hungry.
The organisation rescues high quality edible surplus food, from across the food industry and gets it to over 8,000 organisations across the UK who are working to strengthen communities and improve lives.
The charity manages seven depots across London, Suffolk, Merseyside and Hampshire and works with 16 network partners who operate a further 26 regional depots across the UK.
Over the next year our ambition is to rescue enough food nationally to provide nearly 200 million meals, turning an environmental problem into social good with measurable impact for people, planet, and the economy.
Purpose of the Job
This role will be responsible for managing and growing a portfolio of corporate partners, delivering high quality account management that deepens engagement and maximises income. The role develops tailored partnership plans, ensures seamless transitions from new business to account management, and collaborates across internal teams to deliver multi-faceted partnerships that align with organisational priorities.
Duties & Responsibilities
Recruitment Timeline
We reserve the right to close advertisements early and we might assess candidates and arranging interviews as applications comes in, so please apply as soon as possible, to avoid missing out on this opportunity.
Due to the anticipated large number of applicants, if you do not hear from us within four weeks of your application, we regret to inform you that your application has been unsuccessful. Consequently, will not be able to provide feedback.
We deliver this surplus food to charities and schools so they can provide healthy meals and help the most vulnerable in our society.



Salary: £60,000 (full time equivalent)
Hours: Full or part-time working, we are open to flexible working arrangements and applications from candidates seeking 30+ hours per week. Salary will be calculated on a pro rata basis for part time hours.
Location: The role is home-based, with regular travel across the South East, alongside occasional national travel.
Job Type: 12 months fixed term contract (Subject to the organisation's future strategic priorities and financial position, there may be the opportunity for the role to become permanent)
Chiltern Music Therapy is seeking an Interim Chief Executive Officer for a 12-month appointment to lead an ambitious programme of organisational transformation and sustainable growth. Working closely with our Board and team, you will strengthen our financial sustainability, develop new opportunities for growth and leave the organisation well positioned for its next permanent Chief Executive.
Hello, we’re Chiltern.
We are a social enterprise providing music therapy, community music services and training across England. Each year, we support more than 2,000 children, young people and adults across health, education, social care and community settings.
For many years, we have been exploring and developing a more self-managing and distributed approach to organisational life — one rooted in trust, autonomy, shared responsibility and reflective practice. This has helped us build a highly engaged and thoughtful team, alongside services that make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.
We are entering an exciting period of change, with a clear ambition to strengthen our commercial sustainability, increase our reach, grow our income and ensure our operating model is fit for the future. This interim appointment is a key part of that journey, bringing focused leadership to help us deliver meaningful organisational change while remaining true to our collaborative culture and values.
About the role
This is a delivery-focused interim leadership role with a clear mandate to accelerate organisational transformation and sustainable growth over the next 12 months.
The role combines strategic leadership of the organisation with hands-on responsibility for strengthening financial sustainability, business development, organisational alignment and ensuring the organisation is well positioned for long-term success.
We are looking for a CEO who is excited by creating opportunities. Someone who enjoys building relationships, spotting potential and turning ideas into sustainable partnerships that increase both our impact and our income. A central part of this role is generating new business for Chiltern by developing strategic partnerships, securing larger-scale opportunities and helping us grow in ways that remain true to our values and culture.
The role requires someone who can comfortably hold both the bigger picture and the operational reality — someone who enjoys being connected to the organisation, understanding how things are working in practice and helping create the conditions for people and services to thrive.
We are looking for a leader who is relational, commercially aware and emotionally intelligent; someone who can navigate complexity with clarity and steadiness, and who is comfortable working within a collaborative and distributed leadership culture rather than a traditional hierarchy.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for someone who can operate effectively in a self-organising, values-led, evolving system.
We are interested in hearing from people with senior leadership experience within complex, people-focused organisations.
You may come from health, education, social care, the charity sector, social enterprise, or another relevant service environment. What matters most is your ability to step into organisations during periods of change and quickly build trust, momentum, and clarity.
The successful candidate will leave a lasting legacy by strengthening the organisation's sustainability, capability, and readiness for its next phase of development.
You'll work within a collaborative and, values-led organisation, but you'll also be expected to provide clear direction, make confident decisions, prioritise effectively, and deliver measurable progress over a 12-month period.
You will likely bring:
Experience leading organisational transformation or significant change
A track record of driving sustainable growth and income generation
Strong commercial and financial leadership
Ability to quickly build credibility with Boards, staff and external partners
Experience delivering measurable organisational improvement
Excellent relationship-building and influencing skills
Confidence making decisions in complex environments
Experience of self-managing, employee-owned or distributed leadership environments would be welcomed, although this is not essential.
We’ve outlined the essential and desirable experience, knowledge and attributes for this role in the full candidate pack.
We know that strong candidates do not always meet every requirement. If this role resonates with you, we would encourage you to consider applying.
Recruitment process
We aim to make our recruitment process thoughtful, proportionate and human. You will be asked to complete an application form, answering some questions to demonstrate your skills and how you meet the requirements of the role.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview/ strategic leadership conversation with Board members and will be asked to deliver a presentation.
The application deadline is Sunday 26th July at midnight, with interviews/strategic leadership conversations taking place at Irwin Mitchell, London, EC4Y 0AY on Wednesday 12th August.
A full candidate pack is available here, including further information about the role and our organisational approach.
How to apply
Please complete the application form on our website and email a summary of your relevant experience (maximum 2 pages, traditional CV optional).
Get in touch
If you have any questions about the role, would like to discuss accessibility or reasonable adjustments, please contact us.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Woodland Trust is looking for a Principal Property Solicitor to lead the Trust property legal matters taking responsibility for a variety of cases.
The Role:
• Manage the Trusts property legal cases including estate acquisitions, commercial leasehold, agricultural property matters and estate management matters across the UK.
• Lead the Trusts team of property layers providing support and training where required.
• Provide pragmatic, considered and informed legal advice.
• Research areas of law to provide considered solutions in new contexts.
• Monitor and manage engagement with external solicitors and oversee VFM delivery.
• Understand and advise on legal risk to enable effective decision making within the organisation.
• Create bespoke documentation to produce appropriate agreements.
• This is a hybrid position with a mix of home working, and from our head office in Grantham, Lincolnshire. Head office attendance would be required no more than once every two months on average. Occasional travel to sites may also be required.
The Candidate:
• Must be a qualified solicitor or barrister in England with significant post-qualification experience within commercial or agricultural property law and must have a current practicing certificate.
• Strong negotiation skills with the ability to persuade and reason effectively.
• Experience leading on complex property cases.
• Knowledge about commercial property law including leases, overage, pre-emption agreements, options and large scale freehold acquisitions.
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to build strong stakeholder relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Knowledge on agricultural law with the ability to apply in practice.
• Experience advising stakeholders on complex property legal issues.
Benefits and Wellbeing:
Joining our team means you’ll be a big part of tackling environmental and climate issues. We take good care of our staff, offering support and training opportunities. We also offer:
• Enhanced Employer Pension
• Life Assurance
• Flexible & Hybrid Working Options
• Generous Annual Leave - 25 Days Plus Bank Holidays (pro rata’d for part-time)
• Buy and Sell Holiday Scheme
• Enhanced Parental Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
About Us:
The Woodland Trust is the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity. We want to see a world where trees and woods thrive for people and nature. The Trust engages and inspires people to make their difference tackling the nature and climate crisis helping protect, restore and create our vital woods and trees.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
To achieve our vision of a world where woods and trees thrive for people and nature, we need to better reflect society and the communities we work in. All people, no matter their background, identity, ability, or circumstance, should benefit from trees.
People of colour and disabled people are currently under-represented across the environment and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we particularly encourage you to apply.
Please contact us to discuss any additional support or adjustments you may need to complete your application.
Application Advice:
For fairness we keep our candidates’ personal details hidden from the hiring managers, and CVs are redacted until after shortlisting is complete. Make sure that you answer the Application Questions to show your relevant skills and passion for the role.
Acceptable Use - Artificial Intelligence (AI):
We understand that candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their job applications-for example, to help structure or edit written responses. We welcome the use of AI in this way, particularly where it helps improve accessibility, such as for neurodivergent applicants. However, we ask that any information submitted reflects your own experience, skills and understanding. During interviews, candidates are expected to respond independently without the use of AI tools.
Apply Now:
If you're ready to make a difference and grow with us, send in your application today. We might close the job opening early if we get a lot of applications, so it's a good idea to apply soon. If we do close the advert early, and you have an application in process, we will email you prior to closing to give you time to complete.
Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams on the 1st September 2026.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About the Foundation
STEPS Rehabilitation Foundation is a charitable foundation based in Sheffield, providing grants to people aged 16 and over following life-changing injuries and illnesses, enabling access to essential equipment, adaptations and support.
The Foundation supports individuals living within the designated grant area shown above.
Our Values
Compassion, empowerment and integrity are at the heart of our Foundation. We are dedicated to helping individuals rebuild their lives after life-changing injuries, who have no other funding options available to them.
Role Overview
The Chief Executive Officer will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Foundation and will report directly to the Chair and the Board of Trustees. The CEO will lead on planning and delivering fundraising, events, marketing, grant processes and future team development.
Marketing, graphic design and financial management support are available from within the STEPS team.
This is a remote working role, though applicants must be a commutable distance from Sheffield and happy to travel in and around the designated grant area when required.
Key Responsibilities
Person Specification
Essential
Desirable
The Opportunity
This is a CEO role with scope to shape the next five years. You will work with a committed Board of Trustees and have the opportunity to develop a team. If you are motivated by growth, visibility and making a meaningful difference to the lives of those affected by life-changing injury or illness, you will find this a wonderful opportunity.
Role available for immediate start, depending on the successful candidate's notice period.
STEPS Rehabilitation Foundation is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of background.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Chief Operating Officer
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £65,000 per annum
Hours per week: 35 hours
Annual Leave: 25 days plus 8 bank holidays
Role Description
The COO is the Cathedral’s principal member of staff and has responsibility for the overall operational performance and administration of the organisation, its assets and its people. Appointed by the Chapter and accountable to them through the Dean, the COO works with the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to develop and implement strategy and policy, ensure effective governance and compliance, manage the business functions of the Cathedral and monitor its overall progress and development.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
Safeguarding
Staff and Volunteers
Cathedral Compliance and Operational Management
Direct Reports
Attendance Required at:
Person Specification
Essential Qualities
Desirable Qualities
Knowledge and skills
Other criteria
Additional Information
The role requires the post-holder to work occasional weekends, evenings and non-working days, as required for which time off in lieu will be given. The post-holder will undertake such other duties as may reasonably be expected. This document is accurate at time of publication but is subject to regular review and may change in line with the Cathedral’s requirements.
Closing Date: 9.00 am Monday 3 July 2026
Interviews: Wednesday 12 August 2026
It is our aim to be a centre for learning, both for the Christian faith and beyond.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
HR / People Manager
Fixed Term initial 7-months | Maternity Cover
Circa £45,000 FTE | Hybrid working (3 days in office, 2 remote)
Essex / Kent (multi-site)
I am excited to be working with a respected not-for-profit organisation seeking an experienced HR / People Manager for a 7-month maternity cover contract.
This is a senior generalist role with real influence. You’ll lead the people agenda, manage a small HR team, and partner closely with senior leaders to deliver change, manage risk, and drive performance through people.
What you’ll be doing
Leading the delivery of the People strategy
Acting as a trusted advisor on complex ER matters, including ETs
Managing TUPE transfers and organisational change
Using people data to inform decisions and business cases
Coaching managers and embedding best practice
Working with Trade Unions and external partners
What we’re looking for
Strong senior/generalist HR experience
Proven background in complex ER and employment law
TUPE and change management experience
Confident stakeholder manager with commercial insight
CIPD qualified (or equivalent experience)
Why apply?
High-impact role, flexible/hybrid working, and the chance to make a real difference in a values-led organisation.
If you have the above skills and experience and are immediately available, please apply online today, I would love to have a conversation with you!
Planned & Cyclical Works Manager
East London (Hybrid) | £59,166 + Excellent Benefits
Goodman Masson are delighted to be partnering with Local Space to recruit a Planned & Cyclical Works Manager.
This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of a growing planned investment function within a values-led organisation that is committed to providing safe, high-quality homes for residents across London.
Reporting directly to the Head of Asset Delivery, you'll lead the delivery of planned and cyclical investment programmes, managing budgets, contractors and programme performance while helping shape the organisation's long-term asset investment strategy.
This role would suit an experienced Planned Works Manager, Capital Works Manager, Contracts Manager or Senior Surveyor looking to take on a strategic leadership position with genuine autonomy and influence.
The Role
You'll be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of planned and cyclical works programmes, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget and to the highest quality standards.
Working closely with Strategic Asset Management and Building Safety & Compliance teams, you'll use stock condition data and asset intelligence to develop and deliver investment programmes that maximise asset performance, improve resident satisfaction and provide excellent value for money.
Alongside programme delivery, you'll provide commercial leadership across contracts, ensuring robust financial control, contractor performance management and compliance with relevant contractual frameworks.
Key Responsibilities
About You
We're keen to speak with candidates who have experience delivering planned investment programmes within social housing, local authority or residential property environments.
You'll ideally have:
Job Title: Head of Finance and Income Operations
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £45,000 per annum
Location: Home-based in the UK, with occasional travel for team meetings and events
Role profile: A detailed role profile can be found in the 'supporting documents' for this advert
About the Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN)
The Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN) is a farmer-led organisation helping farmers restore the balance between farming and nature. We support farmers by sharing knowledge, resources and case studies that help boost food production, protect wildlife, and build climate resilience.
We influence policy to secure fair rewards for farmers who care for nature, and we connect like-minded farmers across the UK.
Our network is open to all: farmers, the public and partner organisations.
About the Role
We are looking for a Head of Finance and Income Operations to lead NFFN’s finance function and help strengthen the systems, controls and reporting that will support the organisation’s next stage of growth.
This is a senior leadership role at the heart of a small, ambitious and mission-led organisation. You will oversee day-to-day financial management, budgeting, management accounts, restricted funds, funder reporting and income operations. You will also help improve how finance works across NFFN, giving budget holders clearer information and helping the organisation make confident, well-informed decisions.
The role is about more than keeping the numbers moving. We are looking for someone who can help build a stronger finance function, improve internal systems, support funder confidence, and help NFFN manage a more complex mix of grants, donations, restricted funding and revenue-based delivery work.
Depending on your background, this may suit someone with strong charity finance experience, or someone from a finance, grants, funding operations or mission-led commercial background who wants to use their skills in a values-led organisation.
Key responsibilities include:
leading day-to-day financial management, controls and reporting
preparing budgets, forecasts, management accounts and financial updates
supporting budget holders with clear, practical financial information
improving finance systems, processes, approvals and reporting tools
overseeing restricted funds, grant conditions, funder reporting and income tracking
supporting funding applications with budgets, financial information and reporting structures
helping NFFN manage VAT, full cost recovery and different types of income as the organisation grows
working with the CEO, CSO, Head of Fundraising, SLT, Board and external advisers
providing line management to the Head of Fundraising and potential future roles within the finance and income operations function
This role will suit someone who combines financial rigour with practical judgement. You will need to be comfortable working independently in a remote organisation, explaining finance clearly to non-finance colleagues, and improving systems in a way that is proportionate and realistic for a small non profit organisation.
We know this is a broad role, and we are not expecting one person to have done everything before. We are looking for someone with strong financial experience, good judgement, attention to detail, and a genuine interest in helping NFFN build the financial infrastructure it needs for the future.
This is a fully home-based role, with flexibility in how work is managed and occasional travel for team meetings and events. You will be joining a collaborative, values-led team working to support farmers, nature and a more resilient food system.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is the organisational lead for all of our operations at Open Door Charity. Sitting alongside the CEO, the COO ensures the charity runs smoothly, ethically and effectively, with the systems, people and processes in place to deliver high‑quality, creative and impactful mental health support for young people.
The COO leads and will directly line manage a small number of Directors and Managers, providing senior oversight, alignment and accountability across the organisation. They ensure Directors and Managers are empowered, supported and held to account for the performance of their areas.
The COO does not lead on business development, bidding, commercial partnerships or strategic growth - these remain the responsibility of the CEO and the Strategic Growth Department. Instead, the COO ensures that once opportunities are secured, the organisation is operationally ready to deliver them with excellence. They will however contribute towards income generation.
This is a new senior leadership role, created to strengthen the charity’s foundations as we enter a period of significant expansion, including the opening of Joy. The COO will bring clarity, structure and momentum to the charity’s operations. The COO will have direct influence over our long-term strategy, as part of a growth minded and ambitious Strategy Group.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Senior Systems Accountant
(SEO)
£42,450 to £46,636 (National)
plus an Accountancy Allowance of £5,000 pa (Fully Qualified) or £2,500 (Part Qualified)
The Government Property Agency is the largest property holder in government, with more than £2.1 billion in property assets and over 50% of the government’s office estate. We are transforming the way the Civil Service works by creating great places to work, leading the largest commercial office programme in the UK, working towards halving carbon emissions from government offices, and achieving greater value for taxpayers. We are looking for innovative, solutions-focused people to join our team.
Representing the best covenant in the UK – His Majesty’s Government – we are leading ground-breaking programmes such as the Government Hubs Programme, Whitehall Campus Programme and Net Zero Programme, as well as delivering modern and cost-effective real estate service solutions.
Innovation and progress are at the heart of our behaviours. We foster a culture of lifelong learning, where curiosity and self-improvement are encouraged, and we’re dedicated to becoming a leading, inclusive employer both in the external market and throughout the Civil Service. Our strong emphasis on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is not just about driving inclusion across our organisation, it is also about ensuring our services meet the needs of government departments and the civil servants who use our spaces.
Join our dynamic and diverse team that leads with purpose, improving sustainability, nurturing social value, driving inclusivity and flexibility, and kickstarting economic growth. We are driven by purpose, and you can be part of it too: where you make a meaningful impact; where you influence; where your voice really matters; where you help to shape our future direction.
The responsibilities of the Senior Systems Accountant will include:
Key Skills & Experience:
Behaviours Assessed:
For more information contact Emma Fuller at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell at . To apply, please send your CV to .
The GPA is committed to representing the communities we serve by making Diversity, Equality and Inclusion part of everything we do. To ensure that we are always recruiting and retaining a diverse mix of talent, we are particularly inviting applications from candidates who are disabled, ethnically or gender diverse, and people who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community.
Community Foundations for Lancashire and Merseyside is a long established Liverpool based charity, that is part of a UK wide network of Foundations, who each offer expertise in their region to deliver funding and support to the local community.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our established finance team, you will be helping to deliver millions of pounds of grants to charities and community groups that provide critical and specialist support to the most vulnerable people across Lanchashire and Merseyside.
Additionally you will be responsible for all aspects of purchase ledger and will support the Finance Director on a day to day basis, maintaining finance records with a very high degree of accuracy. Whilst your role has a strong emphasis on payments, you may be required to support the team in dealing with recording income too.
To succeed in this role you need to be thorough with a strong attention to detail. We are looking for someone with a genuine interest in community affairs and being excited by the work we do. Being familiar with Sage 50 and Salesforce is an advantage but not essential.
This is a part time role, 14 hours per week, which is office based, in the centre of Liverpool's commercial district.
What we offer :
No agencies please
ABOUT THE ROLE
This is a senior hands-on role accountable to the Wolves Lane Consortium board who hold the 25-year lease for the Centre, and reporting to co-managing steward Ubele Initiative CIC whose investment has made this role possible and is the employing organisation.
This results-oriented role is pivotal to strengthening the Centre’s long-term financial resilience while maintaining its strong community ethos and aligning with the vision and mission. This to be achieved through identifying, developing and securing new income streams and expanding existing to generate gross profit, to contribute to overall running costs, and to generate sufficient yield for Consortium’s reserves and on-going investment.
Income streams to include from business to business, and retail sales; from increasing venue hires and event revenues; expanding value-partnerships with different sectors, and joint ventures; and at all times ensuring robust financial and performance oversight.
The postholder will be required to develop an Income Generation Strategy for approval by the Board and will be responsible for all its commercial elements. You must be community and values-driven, outcome-focused, an inspiring and collaborative leader and manager, and motivated by the Consortium’s vision and mission, and those of its co-stewards OrganicLea CIC and Ubele CIC.At all times you will be an ambassador for the Centre.
CO-LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Working on behalf of the Wolves Lane Consortium, informed fully by and reporting to co-stewards Ubele CIC, and sharing the leadership and management of the Centre with the Facilities & Operations Manager, together you will be relied upon for the Centre’s success in pursuing its strategic and annual plans, and in what it does and how it does it.
The Facilities and Operations role is primarily to ensure the Centre is fit for all of its many different purposes; provides all users and visitors with a safe environment for their operations and activities, and a pleasant, rewarding, inspiring experience that results in return visits, longer dwell time. And in so doing reaches and attracts new audiences and more custom.
The Community Enterprise role is predominantly outward facing - to create, attract and secure new and increased income streams through more sales of its products, services and offer; to co-create with entrepreneurs’ new community-based enterprise models and for joint ventures; to secure more investment from philanthropic and individual donations, and for funded programmes from new and existing partners.
These two distinct and overlapping roles will work collaboratively creating synergies to optimize the Centre’s income generating potential, the revenue and investment it secures, and at the same time increase its reputation, reach, and value as a vibrant community asset and contributor to community wealth building.
Together the two senior roles will deliver a seamless, compliant, and inspiring Centre offer, will co-lead and motivate the Centre team through a people management approach that fosters a culture of ambition, collaboration, care and success. Individually and together you will be accountable to the Consortium Board’s for ensuring all regulatory and customer standards are applied and met consistently, pursuing its vision through the strategy for the Centre’s good health, sustainability, and continuous growth in accordance with the Consortium’s values and ways-ofworking.
KEY RELATIONSHIPS
Wolves Lane Consortium Board – represented by the Consortium’s two comanaging stewards, OrganicLea CIC and Ubele CIC, and to whom this role is accountable
Ubele CIC – one of the Consortium’s two co-managing stewards, employer and funder of this role, and to whom this role reports
Wolves Lane Centre Facilities & Operations Manager - close collaboration as coleaders & co-senior managers of the Centre, jointly responsible to the Board for the Centre’s successful pursuit of its vision and mission
Direct reports: Hires & Events Manager; Senior Grower (Enterprise)
Wolves Lane Centre staff team - who you will jointly lead with the Centre’s Facilities & Operations Manager
Businesses, their associations, and sectors - with whom to do business; Value Stakeholders including existing and new £ funding partners, public sector commissioners; Venue Hirers - commercial, private & community; Local / subregional / regional stakeholders including government
Community organisations, groups & their members; local residents and other local stakeholders
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Enterprise and business development
Develop and implement a Board approved 2-year enterprise and income generation strategy and action plan aligned with the Centre’s mission and that, Identify and secure new, and increase and expand existing, commercial and retail sales income for produce and plants grown at Wolves Lane Centre, Pasteur Gardens and other growing sites.
Develop and increase the Centre’s venue hires & events offer including markets;
Co-create and support new community-based enterprise models that can operate within and / or be part of Wolves Lane Consortium eco-system, with a particular focus on increasing representation of those from Black and Racially minoritised communities
Support the Facilities & Operations manager in the development of financially viable business cases for the cafeteria and the retail offer and that contribute to Centre surpluses
Grow and diversify earned income streams to improve financial sustainability.
Monitor market trends and identify opportunities for innovation and growth.
Partnership development
Attract and build strong customer relationships with wholesalers, retailers, restaurants, concessions etc., and other businesses who will buy produce from Wolves Lane’s growing sites
Develop and maintain strong relationships with commerce to whom we will sell, community organisations, funders and public sector bodies and identify opportunities for sales and hires.
Act as an ambassador for the Centre, representing it at networking events and stakeholder meetings including the local Business Improvement District (BID).
Develop collaborative programmes and initiatives that enhance community impact and income potential and bring new communities onto our site.
Venue Hire and Events
Develop and implement a Board-approved Hires Policy, ensuring alignment with the Centre’s values as both a community and income-generating asset.
Working with key colleagues, maximise income from venue hire through proactive marketing and relationship management.
Oversee the planning and delivery of events that generate revenue and increase footfall
Ensure effective systems are in place for bookings, contracts, invoicing and customer service. Ensure effective use of the space-rental software, platforms, optimising functionality and user experience.
Ensure compliance with safeguarding requirements and GDPR.
Customer experience
Jointly with the Centre’s Facilities & Operations manager set centre-wide customer and visitor service standards applicable to all areas, facilities and services, ensuring these comply with all regulatory and health & safety requirements, and are consistently applied and visible.
Financial management and budget oversight
Jointly with the Centre’s Facilities & Operations manager develop annual budget in collaboration with and for the approval of the Wolves Lane Board
Working with the finance team, monitor income and expenditure, producing regular financial reports and forecasts for the areas of responsibility.
Ensure financial controls and reporting processes are robust and transparent.
Oversee the development of funding applications and business cases to attract income and to generate a significant net contribution
Leadership & People Management
Jointly with the Centre’s Facilities & Operations manager, to provide leadership to the Centre, motivating, inspiring and involving the Centre based team including its volunteers, and in a manner and style that is participatory whilst retaining accountability
Manage and coach direct reports in a participatory style, that inspires and motivates for the team members’ and team’s high-performance
Reporting & Governance
Be accountable the Wolves Lane Consortium Board on performance, risks and opportunities.
Report to Ubele Initiative CIC, the role’s employer and manager
Support the Consortium board in its strategic and action planning, within the context of its long-term business planning.
Ensure compliance with all relevant internal policies and procedures of Ubele and Wolves Lane Consortium; regulatory and legal requirements; industry-sectorprofessional recognised good practice in the areas relevant to this role.
Other Any other duties commensurate with this role’s status and purpose and as required by management.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential
Proven and successful experience in enterprise development, income generation, or running a business.
Strong sales, marketing and customer service skills, with a track record of meeting income targets.
Demonstrable success in developing partnerships and securing earned income.
Experience of budget management and financial reporting.
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
Entrepreneurial mindset balanced with a commitment to community values.
Senior-level experience of people leadership, people management and decisionmaking.
Ability to work independently and take responsibility and accountability for decisions made.
Experience of working collaboratively with shared responsibilities and accountabilities for decision-making.
Ability to lead and motivate teams to engage and perform, ideally using participatory approaches.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a collaborative approach.
Resilience, creativity and the ability to work in a dynamic, hands-on environment.
Commitment to the Consortium's and co-managing stewards' vision and mission to reduce economic, environmental, food, land, racial and social injustices through its work and decision-making, and to community wealth-building.
Desirable
Growing experience of plants, fruit and vegetables.
Experience of promoting or managing venue hire or events, ideally in a multi-use or community setting.
Experience of managing retail sales.
Experience of working with Black and racially minoritised communities, ideally widening opportunities for participation where there has historically been underrepresentation.
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