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£55,125 - £60,375 ($73,757 - $80,782 USD) base salary, plus benefits
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Permanent
Job description
About Parenting for Lifelong Health:
Parenting for Lifelong Health (PLH) aims to empower parents to improve child development, reduce family violence, and promote mental health. We give parents the support they need, the skills that work, and trusted advice they can count on to protect and support their children’s health, safety and development. Our parenting courses are developed with families, powered by low-cost and accessible technology, backed by rigorous evidence, and delivered within systems. Originally founded as an initiative in 2012 in collaboration with UNICEF and the WHO, Parenting for Lifelong Health was established as a UK charity in 2022 and since then has reached over 8 million families in more than 35 countries.
PLH Values
- Courage We have the courage to design for the big picture and complex problems with a commitment to creating sustainable solutions that last.
- Evidence We believe our work transforms the lives of children, families, and communities. Evidence of impact guides every decision, and we are relentless in pursuing the greatest impact with the least investment of time and resources required for parents and providers.
- Playfulness Parenting and child wellbeing thrives on play — and so do we. We experiment, learn from each other, as well as from parents and children, and create playful and engaging products and programmes that inspire joy, curiosity, and connection.
- Respect Everyone brings something essential. We show kindness in our team, honesty with our partners, and deep respect and empathy for parents and children, and those who are on the frontline of providing services for them.
PLH has a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity in how we work, who we work with, and what we do. Candidates from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.
PLH also has a strong commitment to the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA). All candidates considered for the role will be subject to background and reference checks in their country of residence.
Benefits: Flexible remote-working, home office set-up, unlimited annual leave, professional development opportunities, enhanced pension contributions, enhanced statutory leave provisions including maternity and paternity leave.
About the role:
The Finance Manager is responsible for PLH’s financial systems, controls, and compliance. The role is responsible for ensuring smooth financial operations, accurate and timely reporting, and full compliance with UK Charity Commission requirements and donor regulations.
The position acts as:
- the primary point of contact between PLH and its outsourced accounting firm;
- the operational counterpart to a strategic Senior Director of Finance; and
- the primary source of financial support for programme teams.
Responsibilities:
Financial Operations
- Act as the primary organisational contact for the outsourced accounting firm, setting expectations, reviewing performance, and ensuring service quality.
- Oversee the monthly financial close process, reviewing outputs from the outsourced accounting firm and producing management reports and key financial insights, including:
○ Cash flow and liquidity position
○ Income recognition
○ Restricted vs unrestricted funds
○ Project-level budget variance and cost recovery
- Maintain and update PLH’s Financial Model to reflect actuals, updated revenue and expense projections, and key variances against the approved annual budget, highlighting any significant issues or risks to the Senior Director of Finance.
- Regularly update forecasts based on actual performance and current assumptions within PLH’s Financial Model.
- Manage PLH’s project budgets and work closely with project managers, enforcing consistent standards of budget management, forecasting, and financial reporting.
- Oversee the monthly payroll process, ensuring accuracy, compliance with local regulations, and timely coordination with external providers.
- Manage internal accounts payable and receivable processes, ensuring appropriate controls, approvals, and segregation of duties.
- Manage and maintain PLH’s expense management and banking systems.
- Oversee PLH’s donation processing systems, with a strong focus on fraud prevention, anti-money laundering, and donor due diligence.
Financial Compliance
- Review accounting records and supporting documentation prepared by the outsourced accounting firm.
- Ensure compliance across all donor-funded projects, in line with donor regulations and PLH’s internal financial policies.
- Enforce and evaluate strong financial policies and internal controls, regularly reviewing and aligning these systems with UK Charity Commission guidance and reporting requirements.
- Lead audit preparation, coordinate internal inputs, and act as primary day-to-day contact for external auditors.
- Organise the completion and submission of PLH’s annual return and HMRC corporate tax return.
- Monitor exchange rate fluctuations and advise the Executive and Operations teams on mitigation measures (including approved salary adjustments) to buffer sharp decreases in currency value, in line with organisational policy.
Essential criteria:
- Fully or part-qualified professional accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA, CPA, or equivalent), or demonstrably equivalent professional experience.
- Minimum of five years’ experience in a finance role, including at least two years in a finance management or senior finance position.
- Demonstrable experience overseeing monthly close processes and producing high-quality management accounts and financial reports.
- Strong experience monitoring budgets, maintaining rolling forecasts, and updating financial models based on actuals and revised assumptions.
- Experience preparing for, coordinating, and supporting audits, including liaison with external auditors.
- Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills, including complex formulas, linked models, and scenario-based inputs and assumptions.
- Strong experience working with cloud-based accounting systems and the ability to rapidly become fully proficient in PLH’s finance systems.
- Strong understanding of internal financial controls, segregation of duties, and financial policy compliance in a regulated environment.
- Ability to work with outsourced accounting or payroll providers, ensuring accuracy, quality control, and timeliness.
- High attention to detail, analytical rigour, and ability to interpret financial data to support evidence-informed decision-making.
- Ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues and support budget-holder capacity-building.
Preferred criteria:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, business administration, or a closely related quantitative discipline.
- Experience working within a UK-registered charity and familiarity with Charity Commission guidance and reporting requirements.
- Experience implementing or maintaining financial policies and procedures aligned with UK charity governance standards.
- Experience managing multi-currency transactions and foreign exchange exposure, ideally using Xero or comparable systems.
- International donor compliance experience, particularly with institutional or multilateral funders (e.g. UNICEF, UN agencies, WHO, major foundations).
- Demonstrated success working in early-stage or scaling organisations, with the ability to operate both independently and collaboratively.
- Experience working with globally distributed teams and multiple country contexts.
- Confidence delivering financial guidance or training to project managers and non-finance staff.
- High level of proficiency in written and spoken English.
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Posted on: 05 May 2026
Closing date: 30 May 2026 at 15:53
Tags: Finance
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London, Greater London (On-site)
17.81 miles
£55,000 - £63,000 per year
Full-time
Permanent
Job description
Deputy Chief Operating Officer
Position: Deputy Chief Operating Officer
Location: London or Bath, with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office
Contract type: Full-time, permanent
Salary range: £55-63,000
Reporting to: Chief Operating Officer
Applications: Please apply here by 25 May
About EJF
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) exists to protect the natural world and uphold our fundamental human right to a secure environment. We work at the frontlines of environmental injustice, alongside communities most affected by climate breakdown, biodiversity loss, and exploitation - transforming evidence into action, and injustice into lasting change.
EJF is a global non-profit driven by a powerful belief: that environmental protection and human rights are inseparable. Through courageous field investigations, rigorous research, and strategic international advocacy, we expose environmental crime, challenge impunity, and catalyse systemic reform. Our work delivers real-world impact, shaping policy, strengthening governance, protecting vital ecosystems, and defending those who risk their lives to safeguard them.
Our campaigns span four deeply interconnected areas: oceans, climate, forests and wetlands, and the training, protection, and empowerment of environmental defenders and journalists. From illegal fishing and forced labour to deforestation, land grabs, and climate displacement, we confront some of the most complex and urgent crises of our time - always with a focus on accountability, equity, and durable solutions.
EJF is an international organisation with a diverse team working across four continents, united by a shared ambition: to protect people by protecting the planet. We are bold, evidence-led, and impact-driven. We speak truth to power - and we build pathways to a fairer, more resilient future. Join Us.
About the role
This is a rare and exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced individual to play a central role in driving effective, efficient, and impactful global operations at one of the world’s leading environmental and human rights organisations.
As Deputy Chief Operating Officer, you will report directly to the COO and support the smooth, efficient, and ethical running of EJF’s international operations across 16 countries on four continents. You will work at the heart of the organisation, supporting critical priorities such as donor relations, recruitment and retention, financial controls and development, safeguarding, risk and security, cybersecurity, and ensuring the efficient operation of offices around the world.
This is a senior operational role that offers broad responsibilities and meaningful engagement across global teams and strategic priorities. You will be a solutions-focused, highly organised, and values-driven individual who brings experience in HR, finance, and broader operations. This role is ideal for a professional who is committed to EJF’s mission, vision and values, now seeking senior-level responsibility and broad, meaningful engagement across global teams and strategic priorities.
Key responsibilities
1. Finance and Organisational Integrity:
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Work with the finance team to provide time-bound, clear tracking of financial income and expenditure against agreed budgets; insightful financial projections to inform strategic decisions; and recommendations on ethical banking and investment opportunities and changing needs.
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Ensure operational systems work effectively when they interface with finance, including ensuring value for money when undertaking procurements.
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Work closely with the finance team to ensure strong financial controls and systems are in place across the global offices, robust against fraud and error.
2. Human Resources:
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Supporting and enhancing EJF’s HR systems to ensure they are fit for purpose, fair and appropriate across all jurisdictions.
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Coordinating and supporting Managers with effective recruitment processes globally.
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Ensuring managers have the systems and tools they need to induct, manage, and retain staff, including guidance on management, issue escalation, monitoring performance and reviews.
3. IT and Artificial Intelligence:
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Ensuring that the IT, software systems and internal processes that the EJF team depend on are effective, secure and offer value for money.
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Contributing to EJF’s approach to tech and innovation, particularly the effective, ethical use of AI.
4. Fundraising Support and Donor Reporting:
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Support fundraising, including coordinating complex applications and ensuring proposal budgets and other operational information are accurate and consistent.
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Supporting decision-making relating to future fundraising priorities and new income streams.
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Ensuring operational developments are accurately reflected in donor reporting.
5. Safeguarding, Risk and Security:
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Overseeing the implementation of EJF’s safeguarding, cybersecurity and whistleblowing policies and monitoring, ensuring consistency across countries.
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Working with relevant teams, regularly review safety and security protocols in EJF’s global teams, including digital systems and data security.
6. Leadership and Coordination:
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Leading the roll-out and periodic review of improved operational processes and systems across the organisation, ensuring buy-in across teams.
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Providing clear, detailed updates on operational developments to the COO and, where appropriate, to the Senior Management Team and Directors.
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Deputising for the COO when required
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Management of an Operations Officer
Essential skills and experience
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Demonstrable commitment to EJF's vision, mission and values and a determination to change the world for the better.
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Strong administrative and organisational skills.
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Financial literacy and experience working with finance systems, controls and protocols.
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At least five years’ experience in HR, finance, or other relevant operational roles.
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Demonstrated experience managing or supporting recruitment and HR systems.
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Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across cultures and time zones.
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Sound judgement and discretion when handling confidential or sensitive information, including HR and personnel matters.
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A proactive, solutions-focused mindset, with confidence, taking initiative and improving systems.
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Strong ethical commitment to safeguarding and equality.
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An interest in developing a career in NGO operations, preferably with experience in the sector.
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Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a fast-paced environment.
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Fluency in English.
Desirable skills and experience
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Degree in a relevant discipline; relevant professional qualifications (e.g. CIPD, accountancy, legal) and additional relevant languages are desirable.
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Experience working in a non-profit, international NGO or other mission-driven organisation.
We strongly encourage candidates from underrepresented backgrounds in the environmental and human rights sectors to apply. If you believe you would be a great fit but don’t meet every requirement, we would still love to hear from you.
What we offer
We offer a rewarding package designed to support your well-being, flexibility, and professional growth:
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22 days’ annual leave (exclusive of bank holidays), increasing with each year of service, plus additional paid leave between Christmas and New Year.
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Private healthcare package.
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Generous pension scheme, with employer contributions increasing over time.
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Flexible working hours and hybrid working (typically 3 days in the office / 2 from home).
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Cycle-to-work scheme.
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A dynamic, supportive, and inclusive working environment, with genuine opportunities for professional development and career progression.
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The chance to contribute to an organisation delivering real-world impact for people and planet.
Application process
To apply, please complete the application form here. This includes:
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A personal statement outlining your suitability for the role (max 2 pages)
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Your CV (max 2 pages)
The deadline for applications is 25 May.
Interview processes for different roles will vary, but is likely to include three stages: a short screening call, a panel interview with a task relevant to the role, and a final interview.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Candidates must have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom.
EJF is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity within the workplace.
Organisation
Posted on: 07 May 2026
Closing date: 25 May 2026 at 17:09
Tags: Operations, Office Management
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