Robertson Bell are exclusively partnering with Look Ahead Care and Support to recruit a Senior Finance Business Partner for their fast-paced Finance team. Look Ahead is a unique organisation that provides specialist services across four key demographics: Learning Disabilities, Homelessness, Mental Health, and Care Leavers. Their turnover has grown steadily over the last 10 years and is now approaching £70m, with the majority of their income coming from providing care and support to some of the most vulnerable in society.

With head offices near Westminster and Pimlico station in Central London, the role of the Senior Finance Business Partner reports to the Director of Finance and acts as the "face" of finance, operating in a highly visible position by regularly visiting budget holders to be a true Partner, bridging the gap between Finance and the outside business. You will oversee a team responsible for the production of management accounts and providing financial information to aid senior management's decision making.

Additional key accountabilities include:

• Providing exceptional business partnering support to the Care directorate, including key contacts at Deputy Director, Heads of, and Contract Manager levels; building strong relationships and being face-to-face around the business to provide tailored support for non-financially minded budget holders
• Managing a team of four, consisting of one Finance Business Partner and three Assistant Management Accountants, mentoring each member of staff and providing them with tailored support to encourage their career development
• Support the business through high-level financial modelling of various contract scenarios, assessing financial viability and operating efficiency of schemes and appraising opportunities for new business, as well as existing contracts
• Developing efficiency within the budgeting and forecasting process, identifying ways to improve reporting capability to provide greater support to strategic and operational decision making
• Heading up the Management Accounting function, writing reports for Senior Leadership Team on the Housing, Support and Care directorates, overseeing the preparation of monthly management accounts for the Senior Management Team, including the provision of commentary and analysis.

Look Ahead is an organisation unlike any other - its range of services and focus on service users mean that while following Housing SORP, they operate in many respects like a commercial organisation. This role should therefore appeal to candidates who want to work in the not-for-profit sector whilst maintaining the pace, drive and commerciality of a large business.

In due course, this role has the potential to grow into a more senior role and take on more responsibility across finance as you develop underneath a supportive Director of Finance. On offer is an excellent benefits package including generous annual leave entitlement, as well as the opportunity to buy and sell annual leave. You will have a flexible working location, based from head offices that are clean, bright and welcoming.

To be considered, you'll need to meet the following minimum criteria:

• Be a fully qualified accountant who has exceptional communication skills
• Demonstrate experience of successfully providing business partnering support within a complex organisation and wide-ranging levels of budget holder interaction
• Have high-level financial modelling expertise and a proven ability to use the output to influence strategic decision making
• Previous management experience is not essential, however the desire and ability to lead a team is! You will have the confidence to be a strong people manager who can lead staff at a mix of levels and abilities.

The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 1st December 2019, with interviews for successful applicants being arranged shortly afterwards. Applications are now under continual review, so if you meet the minimum criteria, please apply now through the link below.

The Trussell Trust’s vision is to end the need for foodbanks in the UK. The Trust recognises the value of developing and maintaining excellent, responsive and user-led ICT infrastructure, systems, and innovation, to support the Trussell Trust in achieving its vision.

As a visible, engaging and business-facing leader, the Head of ICT will drive and deliver a successful ICT programme. This programme, which has already been established with external consultancy support, is getting ICT ‘fit’ to support the Trust’s 2020 strategy. With a focus on delivery, the Head of ICT will lead and deliver this substantive transformation of ICT within the Trust.

How to apply

For more information and to apply for this role please click on the button below and then follow the instructions given.

Please submit your application no later than 12pm on Friday 29 November 2019. We reserve the right to close early or extend this date depending on the number of applicants.

Interviews will be held in the week commencing 16 December 2019.

Please note, incomplete or speculative applications will not be considered.

An SME sized housing charity based in south London (Zone 2) is seeking an experienced Head of Finance & Resources for a permanent role.

The organisation is only a few years old and is looking to grow over the next few years. They are based in new offices and have a dynamic and forward thinking culture.

The charity manages around 1800 properties & community houses on behalf of a larger parent organisation.

Reporting to the Executive Director, the role involves managing a team of 4 and sits on the senior leadership team, and will involve a mixture of hands-on and strategic finance duties, plus a small amount of other corporate resources responsibilities (HR, Governance, Compliance).

The organisation has a turnover of around £7.5 million and has 40 staff. The role would best suit someone with experience in a senior finance role in a similar sized organisation rather than a very large or very small organisation.

A qualified accountant with experience in the housing sector is preferred, but the organisation welcomes applicants from other sectors, and from part-qualified or QBE applicants.

Specific duties include:

-Work with the Executive Director as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team to help drive the strategic direction of the organisation

-Oversee the timely delivery of high-quality management and statutory accounts and commentaries making effective presentation of these to all audiences as required

-Devise and implement improved formats and substance of financial management reports in line with the demands of users, management, and external requirements

-Manage the budgeting process in an efficient and consultative manner and deliver the operational budgets on time, presenting this to managers, committees and board as required

-Lead in the implementation and operation of financial management contracts for third parties including delivery within Service Level Agreements.

-Management of the audit

-Oversee the efficient delivery of all services under delegated authority including:  Service Charges Accounting, Purchase Ledger and Payments, Payroll and Pensions, Governance and Compliance

-Oversee the optimum operation and where necessary, upgrade, of all financial and HR system applications and deal with any issues in liaison with the IT Provider

-Prepare and provide periodic regulatory information/returns to government agencies, Charities Commission and/or other regulatory bodies

-Provide oversight of the HR services function, ensuring the HR Adviser and information systems are managed efficiently

-Provide an oversight of the governance and compliance function ensuring risks are kept to a minimum

-Attending board meetings

-Managing a team of 4 finance and resources staff

Requirements:

-CCAB Fully Qualified Accountant or QBE

-A minimum of five years post qualification experience of financial management in an organisation of a similar size

-Good leadership skills including ability to motivate and develop staff in a challenging and pressurised environment

-At least two years’ experience of preparation of final accounts including compilation of appropriate working papers and dealing with external auditors

-At least three years’ experience of successful leadership and management of a high performing team

-A clear understanding of Charity SORP and other accounting and regulatory standards in relation to charities

Initial closing date: Tuesday 19th November, although applications may be considered after this date

Interviews: 29th November

Please send your CV for immediate consideration

Amnesty International - Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

Amnesty International is a Nobel Peace Prize-winning global movement of more than seven million people in over 150 countries who campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. Our aim is simple: an end to human rights abuses.

Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they're denied. And whether we're applying pressure through powerful campaigning and advocacy supported by high quality research, or direct lobbying, mass demonstrations or online, we're all inspired by hope for a better world. One where human rights are respected and protected.

We are seeking a highly experienced financial leader who is passionate about creating a better world to join our newly formed Coalition Leadership Team.

You will have a clear track record of accomplishment as a senior leader of an international financial operation and be committed to ending human rights abuses. You will show strong leadership, coaching and analytical skills, with a track record of robust financial management, sponsorship of the IT strategy, driving organisational development and oversee the inhouse legal and global securities and work force. You will be comfortable navigating complexity, creative in the face of challenge and have outstanding strategic skills. You will thrive in multi-cultural environments, be a passionate believer in diversity and relish the opportunity to contribute significantly to drive transformative change in our global organisation.

To apply or to download further information on the required qualifications, skills and experience for this exciting role, please click on 'Apply now' and quote reference 4228. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 27th November 2019.

Formal interviews will be held on the 17th and 18th December 2019.

The role will be based in London and the salary is competitive and commensurate with the seniority of the appointment.

Equality and diversity are at the core of our values. All of our staff work collectively and individually to promote a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a variety of backgrounds, where the work of all is valued and respected. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people.

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The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant and will lead a small finance team. The post holder will be responsible for the overall financial management of the charity including preparation of annual budgets and cash-flow, quarterly management accounts and annual reports, as well as ensuring the financial controls are fit for purpose and operating effectively.

The role will oversee the operational and enterprise areas of The Charleston Trust including developing new business areas for the charity while ensuring profitability and excellence in the catering, retail and visitor experience.

The job will entail reviewing the charity’s financial processes to improve efficiency and effective financial reporting and will be required to support the ongoing process of change at Charleston. Good technical skills and IT literacy will be required to ensure that all financial, ticketing, membership and enterprise systems are sufficient to deliver timely and accurate KPIs and other data for Director/CEO, staff and Trustees.

Main tasks and responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of the financial management of the charity.
• Provide the Senior Management Team with all relevant financial information to enable them to plan effectively and control their strategic and commercial responsibilities.
• Prepare management accounts, cash flow forecasts and all other relevant financial information for presentation to the Board of Trustees and the Business & Finance Committee.
• Ensure the charity and its enterprise subsidiary conforms with all financial, charitable and other statutory responsibilities.
• Support budget holders to set and monitor budgets.
• Be responsible for putting in place and maintaining robust financial systems and controls.
• Responsibility for submission of tax and VAT returns and other matters pertaining to HMRC, Charity law, Company law, PAYE and other relevant legislation.
• Work closely with the auditors to manage the annual audit process including preparation and submission of statutory accounts.
• Work across the organisation to monitor, improve and/or retender for new financial, ticketing, sales and membership systems.
• Manage and co-ordinate the organisation’s insurance provision and work closely with the Head of Operations and Visitor Experience to ensure good value for money with major utilities and facilities contracts.
• Be an inspiring, effective and supportive line manager to all line reports.
• Manage the Finance department to ensuring a productive and professional service within and outside the organisation.
• Support the Head of Retail & Product Development and the Head Chef/Catering Manager to access, analyse and report financial information relating to their departments. Work closely with these line reports to understand visitor habits, make improvements to ensure profitability, manage costs and maintain/increase spend per head while delivering an excellent experience appropriate to Charleston’s unique heritage.
• Provide line management support for the Head of Operations & Visitor Experience in all their areas of responsibility including buildings, site and facilities maintenance, ticketing and groups management, and the management of a large team of Visitor Service Assistants and Guides.
• Support the Director/CEO to ensure the organisation works to both legal requirements and sector good practice for HR and governance.

Person Specification

Essential skills and experience

• Qualified accountant (ACA, CA or CIMA).
• Significant senior experience in managing an organisation’s finances.
• Line management experience and skills to line manage senior staff.
• Proven track record in business planning and development.

• The skills to collaborate effectively with colleagues, staff, external stakeholders, consultants, trustees, and senior managers and to present financial information in an easily understandable manner.
• The ability to adapt to new technology; exceptional IT skills across a range of platforms and software relevant to the role.
• Experience co-ordinating and setting multi-departmental budgets and producing complex cash-flows.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and prioritise effectively.
• Ability to think strategically, commercially and entrepreneurially.
• Understanding of, and preferably experience in, charity finance.

Core competencies

• Exceptional oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• An interest in the heritage sector.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing demands and new challenges.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a small team.
• Ability to mentor and supervise individuals.
• Good time management with the ability to work to tight deadlines.

Deadline for applications: 5pm on Wednesday 20 November 2019

Interviews will be held: Thursday 28 November 2019

Additional information

• Because of the rural location of Charleston, the post holder must be aware that getting to work without the use of a car involves some additional planning and commitment.
• The basic annual leave entitlement is 25 working days, excluding bank holidays.
• We offer employers contribution pension scheme (on successful completion of probation).
• The Trust has a commitment to ensure equality of opportunity for all employees and employees are required to adhere to this in their work.
• Our aim is to become a truly inclusive and diverse organisation. We welcome applicants from disabled, black, minority and ethnic communities and LGBTQ+ people.
• All positions at Charleston are offered subject to the following conditions:

• Receipt of satisfactory references
• Proof that you are legally entitled to work in the UK

• All applications received will be acknowledged. Please note that due to limited resources we are unable to give feedback to all applicants.

The Charleston Trust

Charleston is a seventeenth century Sussex farmhouse that was the home of two of the most important and influential British artists of the twentieth century - Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Their uniquely decorated house became the country retreat of a group of individuals known as the Bloomsbury group which included Vanessa Bell’s sister Virginia Woolf, the economist John Maynard Keynes and critics Roger Fry and Clive Bell. Writers Lytton Strachey, TS Eliot and EM Forster were also regular visitors.

Today, Charleston is a thriving house museum with a programme of regular exhibitions, events and festivals, a café/restaurant and retail operations. The Charleston Trust receives no public funding to support its running costs and each year is entirely dependent on self-generated income and fundraising.

This role will be national (flexible base) Salary - up to £84,311 per annum

FSC is an independent charity which receives no core funding from statutory sources and therefore relies on fees paid by our visitors and the generosity of donors, trust funds and grant awarding bodies to finance our activities.

Entering into a new strategic plan, and with a new dynamic and visionary CEO in place, FSC has big ambitions to increase the number of people who get to benefit from these opportunities and to further strengthen its commercial performance.  We are therefore looking to recruit an experienced Commercial Director, who can demonstrate considerable recent success in a similar, senior commercial position preferably within the educational / residential or hospitality industries. 

This is a new role that will be crucial for FSC to deliver its growth ambitions and will enjoy the support of the Board, the CEO and the senior team.  It will also be a high-profile role, with the post holder’s performance being under considerable scrutiny.  The successful candidate will need to have the resilience and drive to ensure success and the ability to mould the ways of working of the charity to deliver this key growth objective.

If you have what it takes to make a difference to this leading UK environmental education charity, then we want to hear from you.

Job Purpose:

To create and implement a strategy that identifies opportunities and delivers a consistent trajectory of commercial growth and resilience for the FSC, enabling the achievement of agreed key targets in the areas of:

• Financial performance of the charity, measured by revenue, occupancy, yield and utilisation
• Increasing the number of new customers to FSC, from both existing and new market sectors
• Customer satisfaction levels
• Repeat booking levels

The post will include the need to travel to FSC locations and other venues across the UK and occasionally abroad, and will involve some overnight stays

Benefits

• Holidays - 28 day inc bank holidays (increases with length of service - up to 5 extra days)

• Pension

• Sick Pay

• Employee Assistance programme

• Life Assurance

• Health Cash Plan

• Friendly Team
• Free parking
• Training & Development

• Happy to talk flexible working!

Key Accountabilities:

•  Providing strategic leadership and operational management of the marketing, sales, publications, business development and charitable fundraising functions within the FSC

• Creating and implementing a brand strategy that will allow the FSC to engage in a wider market and attract new audiences as part of an overall sales and marketing plan

•  Creating and leading the go to market strategy for all products in both B2B and B2C markets

•  Creating and implementing a sales management strategy that will enable all sales functions to thrive in a supportive, yet challenging environment:  this should include regular reporting and scrutiny of every aspect of the sales pipeline

•  Creating and implementing a product development strategy that will increase the revenue, occupancy and yield created by a network of FSC locations and on-line via e-commerce

•  Developing the means necessary to collate and analyse the management information required to enable evidence led decision making

Essential Skills, Experience and Qualifications:

•  Qualified to degree level or equivalent

•  5+ years’ recent senior management experience in a similar Director level position, including demonstrable experience of operating at a strategic level

• Proven experience of developing and implementing commercial strategies that allow for fluctuations in levels of demand, profitability and revenue

•  A current successful track record of achieving sales growth in a multisite network, ideally in the educational / residential / hospitality industries

•  A proven track record of providing entrepreneurial leadership to sales and marketing functions, ideally in educational / residential / hospitality industries, with a mix of B2B and B2C sales strategies

• A proven ability to lead significant cultural change – to drive financial growth

Desirable Skills, Experience and Qualifications Required:

• Membership of a professional body, e.g. Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM); Institute of Directors (IoD)

•  MBA

•  Experience of selling residential or non-residential courses within this industry area

• Understanding of, and experience in, delivering commercial growth within the not for profit, private sector

• Ability to apply commercially focussed strategies and ways of working sensitively, demonstrating that they support the charities objectives

•  Understanding of the educational residential market with experience of selling to the UK schools network

For more information regarding the expectations of this role please refer to the full vacancy pack attached

Closing date for reciept of your application is 12 noon Monday 25th November 2019

Interviews will be held at FSC Head Office in the week commencing 9th December 2019

About the charity

Social entrepreneurs co-founded WE and WE Charity, an international charity and educational partner, 20 years ago. They have grown it into a family of organisations across a number of countries, linked by their shared mission: WE makes doing good, doable.

WE Schools are academic programmes run in schools globally, including 3,000 primary and secondary schools in the UK. The programmes give children (and their teachers) the skills, knowledge and motivation to bring positive change in themselves and the world. The WE Schools programme is proven to increase academic engagement, active citizenship and university and workplace readiness. 

WE Villages is a five-pillar international development model bringing positive change in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Through education, water, health, opportunity and food programmes, WE tackle poverty holistically and for sustained change in the communities in which they work. The impact is impressive and is a useful tool to showcase their work. 

WE Day is a celebration of the WE movement, and an opportunity to celebrate the young people who have made a difference. It is truly unique: you can’t buy a ticket, you must be invited, and it attracts world-renowned speakers, performers, celebrities and real-life impact stories. From a fundraising perspective, WE Day is also a useful hook for potential partners.

Virgin Atlantic funded the establishment of WE Charity’s London office almost 10 years ago. Corporate and foundation support continues to make up most of the UK voluntary income, such as the Virgin Atlantic Foundation, the #iwill Fund, Boots, Unilever and the Rumi Foundation. Income has hovered around the £3m mark for the past four years, but with some contracts coming to an end in 2021, a bigger focus is needed on new business development in the coming years. Targeting large global brands is key.

Job description

WE Charity are looking for a Director of Business Development to manage a Business Development Manager. Together you will be responsible for all prospecting, new approaches, networking, pitching and securing of new significant corporate partnerships. Some of this will be foundations work, but mostly you will be looking at marketing or strategic partnerships.

The charity have some fantastic products. These include Track Your Impact, a fantastic tool which means consumers can purchase a CRM product (either made through the WE social enterprise, or one of the retailer’s own products), as well as WE Day (see above).

The pipeline has been established, with five or six potential partners which look promising, and a wishlist of ideal partners. The team are organised and meticulous with their pipeline tracking on Salesforce, so the new Director of Business Development should be able to get to grips with ongoing conversations quickly. The postholder will start working on big and long-term prospects, rather than going after quick wins straight away.

WE Charity need a first-rate specialist fundraiser to help them on their journey. They expect to continue the rapid trajectory of growth, and in years to come this role could also oversee wider fundraising elements, including statutory, trusts and foundations, and philanthropy.

The Director of Business Development should be personally leading new business development, and ideally will be out at meetings, pitches and/or networking opportunities as much as possible. Some leads will be warm (made through connections, major donor work, trustees, founders and Canadian contacts) but the postholder needs to be equally comfortable going after cold prospects if there is a strategic fit. The role is very senior in order to be able to have the gravitas and confidence to negotiate and influence at C-suite level.

Candidate requirements

Experience

• Significant experience of corporate partnerships/CSR
• Track record of securing significant partnerships, ideally global
• Exceptional pitching and presenting skills
• Competent networker and relationship builder
• Comfortable with travel

Personality

• Highly proactive and self-starting
• Collaborative and flexible
• Enjoys prospecting opportunities
• Professional
• Adaptable
• Cause-driven

WE Charity is a vibrant, purpose-driven, fast-paced, highly dynamic organisation. It is successful around the globe but has retained its start-up feel. The charity aims high, is run by highly influential founder-directors, and has a strong mission and ambitious culture.

Having been founded by a 12-year-old who was frustrated at the responses to his ideas for good, there is a culture of collaboration and encouraging ideas. Confident, intelligent, creative individuals thrive in this environment.

The Director of Business Development will visit international work in the field a few times a year, as well as meetings in North America. They will also be asked to spend some time at the WE global headquarters in Toronto, Canada at the beginning of their employment, for training and induction.

To apply for this role, please click Apply with Charityjob to submit your CV to Emily Birch at QuarterFive Fundraising Recruitment. If your experience is a good fit, we will send you a job description and arrange a briefing call or meeting that will provide you with all the information required to formally apply. QuarterFive aims to proactively support your job search, so we may also consider your details for other job vacancies to enable us to find a position that is most suitable for you.

The Client

Our client is a large not-for-profit organisation looking for an IT Systems Manager to lead from the front in terms of applications development and the roll out of agile working.

Your Role

As an IT Systems Manager you will be required to:

• Work with key stakeholders to ensure any application development coincides with the overall IT Strategy.
• Acting as the first point of contact for the business on any potential applications
• Implement new projects in line with the overall strategy
• Liaise with key stakeholders and 3rd party suppliers
• Update and improve internal policies and procedures along with creating new ones

Skills/Knowledge required:

• Knowledge of applications and the full development cycle
• Competent understanding of Cloud and Microsoft Technologies
• Ability to confidently liaise with third party suppliers and outsourced IT Functions
• Must have experience with MS SQL and Access
• Charity, Housing or Not-for-Profit experience is essential for this position

What you get in return

• £60,000 salary plus benefits
• Flexible Working
• 30 days annual leave

What you need to do now

Please click apply or send your CV directly or give me a call on 02074198961

Morgan Hunt is a multi award winning Employment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Title: Development Lead
Reports to: Director of Partnerships and Influence
Salary: c£50k + benefits
Line reports: Team of 2
Location: London or nationwide, with frequent travel to London

UnLtd, the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, is looking for a new Development Lead to help drive forward their ambitious income generation plans.

UnLtd is a charity that finds, funds and supports social entrepreneurs – people with vision, drive and passion who are coming up with solutions that can change the world for the better. Put very simply, these are people who create a business idea with the aim of solving a social problem or effecting social change. As their businesses are generating revenue, they can build their enterprises to become sustainable and grow to help many, many more people that need their support.

In the last few years, UnLtd has focused their support on social entrepreneurs who are creating Access to Employment; those who are developing Solutions for an Ageing Society and those helping to build more Resilient Communities – UnLtd’s impact areas. During the first phases of work in these impact areas, UnLtd has learnt more about what it will take to support social entrepreneurs to grow their ventures and make them sustainable.

UnLtd is now entering an exciting phase to develop our work in these impact areas further. Taking all the learnings to date, UnLtd believes it will be able to support social entrepreneurs to help close the disability employment gap; increase healthy life expectancy for older people and transform more of the communities in which we live and work.

UnLtd needs to raise £7m over the next 3 years to help realise its ambitions for social entrepreneurs working in these impact areas and more. To help them bring their ideas to life, grow their ideas and scale them so ultimately social entrepreneurs can ‘go mainstream’. Where government, business and public all recognise the value they create for society.

We are recruiting an experienced Development Lead with a track record of building new partnerships, cultivating them and converting them. You’ll need to drive the fundraising strategy and activity, making sure we are all making the best of our contacts, bringing in new prospects and using all our energy to convert the best of these to income generating partnerships. You’ll have one eye on managing the income forecast and pipeline and the other on getting out to build and convert prospects.

We’d love to hear from you if you share our goals and ambition. Please click 'Apply for Role' to be directed to the website of Peridot Partners, our recruitment consultants.

Director of Services 
Homeless young people and families in need
Cardinal Hume Centre, Westminster, London
Permanent contract, £60,000 per annum
Closing date – 2 December (9.00am)

Are you passionate about preventing youth and family homelessness and poverty?
Can you champion the interests of people who need our support?
Can you lead a team to have a greater impact by providing early and preventative help? 

Over the past thirty years the Cardinal Hume Centre has seen substantial growth.  Based in Westminster we work hard for homeless young people, insecurely housed families and their children.  Last year over 1200 people used our different services.

We have made real improvements in recent years, but we know we face challenging times.  In nearly all its forms, homelessness is increasing in Westminster and around a third of families live in poverty. People face some of the highest housing costs in the country, a challenging labour market and rising levels of violent crime.  Some of those we support come from care or broken relationships which can limit access to support which most of us take for granted. Some are seeking asylum, safety and support.

Our response is far too important to be left to chance. We need a new senior leader to direct our support for our homeless and badly housed clients. You will join at a critical stage as we have reviewed the focus and shape of our future work. We know it will involve change and your role will be to ensure that this is in the best interest of homeless and insecurely housed young people and families. Our aim is to develop a distinct and strategic response that builds on our strengths and draws on the very best of our team, values and ethos. 

Of course we need someone with experience of leading and developing services for vulnerable people, but equally important is the ability to be an inspiring and insightful leader.  We need someone wo can work together as part of a senior team and can use digital technology and evidence to shape the bigger picture.  A person who can collaborate and use their soft and technical skills to draw out the individual qualities of the team. 

It will be a challenge, but if you join us you will get an amazing opportunity to work with a passionate team of staff and volunteers. You will shape a respected charity, develop as a leader and most importantly have real impact on the lives of people who need our help.   If you want to work at a Centre that values every individual and is determined to make a difference, please come and join us.

For an application pack and how to apply, please visit our website.

You may have experience or a background in the following: Director of Services, Strategic Director, Head of Services, Service Delivery Manager, Operations Manager, Project Manager, Head of Operations, Operations Director, Strategy Manager, Continuous Improvement, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, Third Sector etc.

ECPAT UK is recruiting a CEO to provide highly effective leadership of ECPAT UK. You will use your demonstrated skills and experience to ensure ECPAT UK’s mission and strategic objectives are achieved through excellent organisational management and administration. As CEO, you will maintain and develop external relationships and use your strategic vision to lead the organisation through an exciting period of evolution. The CEO of ECPAT UK is a central player in the fight against child trafficking, with the opportunity to make a real and lasting difference to the lives of very many children around the UK and internationally.

About ECPAT UK

Every Child Protected Against Trafficking (ECPAT UK) is a leading children's rights organisation working to protect children from trafficking and transnational exploitation. We support children everywhere to uphold their rights and to live a life free from abuse and exploitation.

Since its establishment as a multi-agency coalition in 1994 (registering as an independent charity in 2004) ECPAT UK has played a pivotal role in raising the awareness of policymakers, professionals and the general public in order to tackle and prevent the exploitation of children.  We work directly with victims of trafficking to support them and to enable their voices to be heard across the spectrum of debate - at all times ensuring that our work is child-centred, rights-based and that it is rooted in every child’s fundamental human right to be protected from trafficking and exploitation.

We are part of the ECPAT International network, which is present in 93 countries, working to end child exploitation.

Our vision

Children everywhere are free from exploitation, trafficking and modern slavery

Our Mission

• To improve legislation and policy to end child trafficking and transnational child exploitation
• To improve the child protection response of professionals in the UK and overseas
• To ensure that the views of children affected by exploitation are part of the solution

Our strategic priorities

1. Improve legislation and policies protecting children trafficked and exploited in the UK and overseas through research, campaigns and advocacy
2. Promote new and increased understanding of child trafficking and exploitation in the UK and internationally, with a specific focus on root causes and gaps in protection
3. Improve the practice of frontline professionals through capacity building and sharing of specialist expertise
4. Promote active and meaningful youth participation with young people and those affected by trafficking and transnational exploitation, to inform policy and practice in UK and abroad
5. Position ECPAT UK as a key knowledge hub campaigning and advocating for every child’s right to be protected against trafficking and transnational exploitation 
6. Strengthen and sustain ECPAT UK’s growth

Our team

In addition to the CEO role there are currently 11 posts, covering policy and research, parliamentary affairs and campaigns, youth programmes, projects, training, communications and media, development / fundraising, finance and administration.

Recruitment of a Chief Executive Officer

We believe this to be an exciting and crucial time in the evolution of ECPAT UK and of the fight against child trafficking and transnational exploitation.  There is an increasing awareness of the various forms that modern slavery can take, and how that interfaces with the trafficking and exploitation of children; at the same time the situation is constantly changing, and at times seemingly intractable.  It is the role of ECPAT UK and the other actors in our space to tackle this intractability and to make sure that the issue remains at the forefront of our society’s attention so that it can be addressed effectively and permanently.  The CEO of ECPAT UK is a central player in this fight, with the opportunity to make a real and lasting difference to the lives of very many children around the UK and internationally.

Job Description

Job Title: Chief Executive Officer

Location The post is based at ECPAT UK’s Office in central London

Reporting to: ECPAT UK Board of Trustees

Salary: £55,000 to £60,000 (depending on experience) plus 6% pension paid by ECPAT UK.  An additional 1% allocation to pension will be taken from your wage (this is subject to change due to pension regulations).

Working hours: This is a full-time position and work will be carried out during normal office hours from the ECPAT Office. However the pattern of hours may vary according to operational needs and travel requirements, including overseas travel where appropriate.

Contract: Permanent after probationary period (6 months). The post requires a satisfactory DBS check.

Annual Leave: 28 days per annum plus statutory holidays.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

1 Leading and managing the organisation

• To ensure that a long-term strategy, reviewed and approved by the trustees, is in place to guide the organisation in achieving its objectives.
• To ensure the production of appropriate business plans to implement and achieve the strategies agreed by the board.
• To ensure that the organisation has the human, material, financial and research resources it needs to operate effectively.
• To ensure that ECPAT UK has the right management systems and structures to carry out its work effectively, accountably and safely.
• To build the internal culture of ECPAT UK and strengthen the organisation by ensuring that staff are suitably equipped, provided with training, appraised in their work and given opportunities for professional development.
• To review with staff all new developments for the organisation and proactively research and promote ways to increase ECPAT UK’s influence and impact.

2 Promoting the mission and strategic objectives of the organisation

• To represent ECPAT UK in a variety of settings including government, industry and NGO partnership work and to ensure that all internal and external stakeholders are aware of ECPAT UK’s mission, vital activities and success.
• To protect and enhance the reputation of the organisation and at all times model the highest ethical standards and ensure that ECPAT UK maintains the highest quality of work.
• To take appropriate steps to protect the organisation from risk, including undertaking an annual risk audit.
• To represent the organisation, including speaking at conferences and participating in national and international fora and meetings.
• To ensure that ECPAT UK is well profiled in the media
• To manage the links with the ECPAT International Secretariat and other ECPAT groups worldwide.

3 Advocating for children and young people

• To be committed, at all times, to working for the best interests of children.
• To ensure that the views of children and young people are represented both in the external arena and within the organisation.

4 Overseeing income generation

• To work with staff to ensure income targets are set, effective fundraising strategies and activities are implemented and that the organisation is able to capitalise on its income generation activities.
• To meet with key funders regularly ensuring that supporters are kept up to date with work and recognised for their contributions.
• To research new funding sources and work with fundraising staff to bid for contracts, apply for funding and new work, and proactively seek out new funding partnerships.

5 Exercising financial stewardship and governance; ensuring organisational effectiveness

• To ensure that the annual budget and projected income and expenditure are set, monitored and regularly assessed.
• To ensure that ECPAT UK is in a position to fulfil its financial obligations under the Company and Charity Laws.
• To ensure that the annual accounts and Directors’ report are completed, audited, approved by Trustees and submitted to Companies House and the Charity Commission annually.
• To ensure that the responsibilities of Company Secretary are discharged appropriately.

• To oversee operations to ensure efficiency, quality, service, and cost-effective management of resources.
• To ensure that the culture of quality improvement is maintained, ensuring that evaluation (external and internal) processes are carried out which measure the success of ECPAT UK’s programmes of work and that staff refine or change programmes in response to that information.

6 Working with the Board of Trustees

• To support the Chair and the Board of Trustees in formulating and regularly reviewing the organisation’s vision, mission and values.
• To develop, in partnership with the trustees, a long-term strategy for the organisation within the vision, mission and values established by the board.
• To review and develop, with the board, the organisation’s policy proposals and activity and adequately monitor annual plans, targets and performance.
• To report to the board on organisational progress, providing information on targets and organisational performance.
• To establish, with the Chair, the annual calendar for board and subcommittee meetings. 

Person Specification

ESSENTIAL

1. Highly motivated with strong leadership qualities and experience of managing staff, programmes and projects in a non-governmental organisation (charity, development agency or human rights organisation).
2. Sound understanding of ECPAT UK’s key policy issues
3. Experience of representing an organisation to others, ranging from grass roots activists to government officials.
4. Experience of working collaboratively with external organisations whilst maintaining the unique vision of the charity
5. Experience of fundraising from trusts, governmental and/or corporate sources.
6. Experience of developing and managing budgets.
7. Good written communication skills, including fluent spoken and written English.
8. Excellent interpersonal skills, particularly in staff leadership, management and development.
9. Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines and to react quickly when unexpected demands from the external environment occur
10. A willingness to ‘roll up the sleeves’, working flexibly within a small inter-disciplinary team
11. Ability to work pro-actively and reactively with all forms of media
12. Sensitivity to issues of children, gender orientation, race and religion and commitment to ensuring equal opportunities.
13. Education at degree level or equivalent
14. Willingness to travel abroad and to work outside usual office hours if necessary.

DESIRABLE

1. Knowledge of voluntary sector governance practice
2. Proven track record of influencing governmental/inter-governmental policy.
3. Experience of working internationally and/or in children’s rights and campaigning for change
4. Experience in, and understanding of, different methods for measuring, demonstrating and communicating successful outcomes
5. Working knowledge of / fluency in a second language

Recruitment process

A CV, plus a two-page personal statement demonstrating how you meet the person specification, should be submitted by 9am on 2nd December.

Shortlisting will take place during the week of 2nd December, with shortlisted candidates being notified by 11th December. 

Interviews will take place at ECPAT UK’s offices (81A Endell Street, London WC2H 9DX) during the week commencing 16th December (precise date to be confirmed).

The process will consist of a panel interview, to include a presentation.  Shortlisted applicants will be informed of the presentation topic at the point of notification.

The CEO will lead UpRising, taking overall financial and managerial responsibility as the internal and external face of the organisation. They will be responsible for identifying and implementing development strategies, stewarding our resources, fund raising and ensuring that UpRising continues to be effective and sustainable in our work with young people.

Reports to: Chair & Board of Trustees

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Strategy

• Work with Trustees and Senior Management Team to ensure an effective fundraising and operational strategy is in place to deliver the organisation’s mission. 

Income Generation

• Take overall responsibility for fundraising and the ongoing development of a sustainable business model – with specific responsibility for monitoring the overall budget. 
• Work alongside Head of Development on the delivery of a fundraising plan to ensure diverse and sustainable revenue streams (including via grants, corporate sponsorship, local stakeholder investment, alumni and individual giving). 

Business Model

• Lead the ongoing evolution of the UpRising delivery and replication model. 
• Grow our social franchising model and other earned income streams (to sit alongside traditional direct delivery).

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the external face for UpRising, developing and managing key national relationships. 
• Manage key partnerships with funders, corporate supporters and public sector bodies.
• Work alongside leadership team and local managers to ensure effective regional and local stakeholder management.

Operations

• Work with the Senior Management Team to ensure effective staff management and delivery of programmes, devolved budget management, and impact and evaluation in each of our locations.

Communications

• Ensure that UpRising maintains and continues to build a strong brand and reputation across all sectors. 
• Attend key internal and external events and articulate UpRising views and experience regarding participation, diversity and inclusion.

Governance

• Work with the Chair to enable the Trustees to fulfil their duties and legal responsibilities, including responsibility for risk register.

General Responsibilities

• Be proactive in keeping up to date with developments affecting your work and maintain and improve personal competence through continuous professional development. 
• Take direction on projects and priorities from Trustees, which may vary from time to time. 
• Abide by all organisational policies, codes of conduct and practice. 
• Support diversity and equality of opportunity in the workplace.

The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families supports distressed children and their families through innovative therapeutic practice and research, training and promoting awareness of mental health issues. In April 2019, the Centre opened its new Centre of Excellence located in King’s Cross.
The Training Lead will work closely with current training developers who have already created and implemented mentalization based trainings for children, young people, parents/carers and families in order to improve the consistency, coherence and content of training content and materials across the different trainings used in mentalization based interventions for children, families and parents/carers. The trainings included in this role are: MBT-A; MBT-F; MBT-C; RF; RP; AMBIT.
The post-holder will report to a newly created AFNCCF Mentalization Training Steering Group for Children, Families and Parents/Carers.
This post is for a clinician familiar with mentalization based approaches to provide expert input into improving the quality of mentalization based trainings for this group of clients. The post-holder will also play a part in developing a strategy for MZ Training for children, families and parents along with the Training Steering Group. The post will be funded from MZ training income and the post-holder will be working within the structures and policies of the Centre.
The post-holder will work closely with the Mentalization Trainings Coordinator in the Short Courses Team in the planning and delivery of courses.
The post-holder will be based at the Anna Freud Centre, 4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH.
The Centre values diversity and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Contract duration
Fixed term, 12 months in the first instance
Our Patron: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge
The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families is a company limited by guarantee, company number 03819888,
and a registered charity, number 1077106.
Closing date for applications
Midnight, Monday 2 December 2019
Notification of interview
Shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Friday 6 December 2019
Please note: due to volume of applications expected, we will be unable to notify
unsuccessful candidates
Interviews
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 11 December 2019
 

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £51,466 - £70,798 per annum

Location: London

Ref: ALNAP/04/19

An independent, global think tank, working for a sustainable and peaceful world in which every person thrives.

About us

ODI is an independent, global think tank, working for a sustainable and peaceful world in which every person thrives. We harness the power of evidence and ideas through research and partnership to confront challenges, develop solutions and create change.

ALNAP is a global network of NGOs, UN agencies, members of the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, donors, academics, networks and consultants dedicated to learning how to improve response to humanitarian crises. ALNAP believes that by improving the quality, availability and use of knowledge and evidence from previous responses we can make the system perform better and be more accountable. To do this, ALNAP facilitates learning between our Network Members, hosts the largest library of evaluations of humanitarian action, carries out original research and hosts events and conferences.

ALNAP is looking for a Head Research and Impact to lead the ALNAP Secretariat’s research agenda and to develop, fund-raise for, conduct and manage high-quality and innovative research projects. The Head of Research and Impact will lead specific high-profile policy research and advisory projects, engaging with policymakers in research and advisory processes, and disseminating results. Specifically for the Triennial ‘State of the Humanitarian System’ report. This role will provide senior-level representation and external engagement for the ALNAP network on major research and policy agendas, interacting with senior officials and policymakers.

Recent ALNAP highlights include:

• Deliver of the 2018 Edition of the State of the Humanitarian System (SOHS). The SOHS is an independent study that compiles the latest statistics on the size, shape and scope of the humanitarian system and assesses overall performance and progress. Published every three years, it provides a unique sector-level mapping and assessment of international humanitarian assistance.
• Delivery of the 32nd ALNAP Annual Meeting on the topic of relevance. The meeting aimed to answer the following questions
  • How best to understand what’s most relevant when people’s needs are diverse, dynamic and sometimes at odds with expert views?
  • Who gets the power to decide what’s relevant and how?
  • To what extent can humanitarian aid be culturally and contextually relevant, while upholding principles and delivering on time and at scale?
  • Indeed, is it possible for the western-bred humanitarian system to transcend its origins in order to do so?

About you

• Internationally recognised expert in global humanitarian action.
• A post-graduate degree in relevant discipline, preferably a PhD.
• Extensive and deep knowledge of key issues and organisations related to global humanitarian action.
• Extensive experience in policy-oriented research at a senior level, demonstrated by a track record of influential publications
• Extensive experience in design and implementation of high-level, global meetings
• Experience of leadership and management at senior level, in an academic or policy environment.
• Strong track record of engagement in major humanitarian global policy processes
• Excellent research and analytical skills, a capacity to write clearly and persuasively, and first class oral communication skills.
• A demonstrated capacity for policy advisory and or public affairs work, based on a rigorous approach, and an innovative and creative communications ability.
• Ability to translate research and policy ideas into compelling and fundable projects and initiatives.
• Skills in negotiation, listening, communication of ideas, problem solving, decision making.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team, providing both leadership and mentoring for less senior staff.
• Proven organisational and time management skills, including managing a complex and varied workload and timely delivery of research projects for large Donors.
• Proven ability to fundraise and build up a coherent portfolio of research and advisory work.

Closing date: 1st January 2020

Interview date: 16th January 2020