We are looking for a talented Head of Product Marketing for a part-time (4 days/week) maternity cover with a fantastic Educational Research not for profit.

This role will look to develop, maintain, and ensure delivery of an effective marketing strategy across the product portfolio, and will also take the lead on progressing the product development strategy for both UK and international markets.

Some of the responsibilities will include: 

• Lead the development and delivery of product sales and marketing strategy with a focus on business and revenue objectives 
• Establish and maintain a set of KPIs for the product portfolio, with a focus on campaign performance and customer engagement
• Actively seek and evaluate new opportunities to drive sales
• Manage the product marketing budget
• Lead the customer segmentation strategy for product marketing in order to drive effective revenue generation
• Act as the main contact for any partnerships or key stakeholder relationships relating to the product portfolio

Ideal experience will be:

• Track record in product marketing, ideally within the education sector
• Strong marketing communication skills within a B2B role
• A commercial mindset
• Comfortable driving strategic planning processes
• Marketing to international schools and/or international territories

If this sounds interesting & you have the relevant experience, please apply!

Permanency Service Team Leader

Adoption Agency developing exciting new therapeutic fostering service

Family Futures is an adoption and adoption support agency awarded an outstanding rating by OFSTED in 2018 for our third consecutive inspection. We have a reputation for innovation and offering a high quality service - an integrated multi-disciplinary assessment, treatment and family finding service for traumatised adopted and fostered children.

We are recruiting a Permanency Service Team Leader who will be responsible for continuing to develop and support our Adoption Service, i-Adopt and for developing our exciting new, therapeutic fostering service, We-Foster. We are looking for an energetic experienced manager with a background in permanency services who could take over, in a phased transition, the management of our permanency service. Ideally applicants would have experience of both fostering and adoption. However, as FF has long term experience in adoption it is more essential that the Permanency Team Leader brings experience and knowledge of fostering and is willing to build their knowledge and experience of adoption.

This role will be an exciting position working closely in collaboration with the Permanency Services Director, and managing a small team of social workers. Based on our NPP model, i-Adopt and We-Foster provide services that are child-centred and develop the skills of adopters and foster carers to therapeutically support the needs of the children placed in their care. The Team leader role involves some direct work assessing and supporting adopters and foster carers as well as managing and developing the skills of your staff team, working alongside and supported by the multi-disciplinary team.

Family Futures offers high levels of high-quality supervision and professional development training. We also offer a nurturing environment for staff to work in as we recognise that this is a stressful area of work. Further information about our post placement multidisciplinary assessment and therapy services and professional training programme can be found on our website.

Family Futures is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer. The organisation follows safer recruitment practices to protect children and adults at risk of harm, and will require the successful applicant to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Salary: £45, 000 - £50, 000 per annum

This is a full-time permanent position – 37.5 hours per week. Currently home-working due to Covid - normal location in London N1.

Closing date for applications is midnight Sunday 30th August with interviews scheduled to take place on Thursday 10th September. 

Do you want to play a key leadership role in creating positive change across Save the Children and the lives of children we fight for by shaping and leading our diversity and inclusion agenda?

If you do, come and join us as Director of Diversity and Inclusion; a highly visible role which will work closely with all our people, including our Executive Leadership Team, Board of Trustees and Equalities Networks.

Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) sits at the heart of who we are and who we aspire to be. Our approach to diversity and inclusion is connected to the way we work with children, encompassing respect, fairness, and equality. We recognise that acting on these values requires a willingness to challenge all forms of discrimination, an ability to listen deeply to others lived experiences and move decisively to action that will create positive change.

The Executive Leadership Team have recently made a series of commitments to anti-racism building on this approach. We know we still have a long way to go – but we are absolutely committed to getting there and doing it well. Getting this right is a condition for doing the best we can for children.

Our ambition is to be a leader in all things D&I across the charity sector and seen as a case study for what brilliant looks like. It’s not for the faint-hearted but you have a committed CEO and Leadership Team and engaged organisation to work with in making this a reality. As we’ve just started, we’re looking for an energetic and passionate Director/ Senior Specialist – which we hope will be you. 

In this role you will have responsibility for the implementation of our D&I strategy (co-created with staff) and ensuring it remains relevant and fit for purpose.

You’ll need to be adept at striking a balance between openness and applying a consultative approach whilst ensuring clear decision-making. It would be helpful if you had experience of applying D&I to policy and programmatic work given our work with marginalised communities – however experience of successfully applying your expertise to external facing work across products and services is just as valuable. 

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

If you share our belief in the power of children, join the fight. It takes relentless determination, creativity and a real commitment to real change. Because every child should be able to make their mark on their world, and help to build a better future. We look forward to hearing from you. 

To apply please visit our website. 

Closing date: 16th August 2020

£57,034 - £67,970 + £4,000 Accountancy Allowance

Two year fixed term contract

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) is at the heart of the government’s economic and social agendas. A quarter of UK businesses are in our sectors and are among the most exciting and fastest growing of the whole economy. They provide 5.2 million jobs and deliver £38bn worth of exports. Our mission is to drive growth, enrich lives and promote Britain to the world. 

Working in conjunction with our over 40 Arm’s Length Bodies we strive to create the conditions for everyone to enjoy our national culture, play sport, make the most of new technologies and have access to effective communications. Our sectors are critical to ensuring we have a strong place in the world - creating a global UK whose cultural, technological, creative, community and sporting assets mark us out as an essential partner for trade and investment. And making places that people want to live in, work in, invest in and visit.

This role will lead a team that supports one of the three Director Generals (DGs) and their teams to effectively discharge their financial accountabilities. This includes supporting directors’ responsibilities for effective financial oversight of the arm’s-length bodies sponsored by each DG group.

You will work closely with the Deputy Finance Director and other A(U) Heads of Finance to lead and develop the finance business partnering team - fulfilling the team’s vision to support strategic decision making and policy development by being insightful, trusted and professional.

You will be responsible for the provision of a valued, efficient and effective finance business partnering function across your areas.

Key responsibilities are as follows:

• Lead and engender a culture of continuous improvement and personally demonstrate DCMS’s values. Lead, manage, develop and support a high-quality team of individuals to achieve these aims.
• Provide high-quality finance advice and guidance on all financial matters as necessary, from accounting to budgeting, auditing and the government’s Estimates processes.
• Act as a senior finance business partner to your areas of responsibility ensuring that senior stakeholders have the right support to make good policy decisions in line Managing Public Money and other government finance rules.
• Provide strategic and tactical advice on all finance matters to Ministers, the Permanent Secretary, Executive Board and Departmental Audit & Risk Committee.
• Lead the team in scrutinising, challenging and guiding budget holders ALBs in the provision of timely and accurate forecasts against budgets, re-forecasting exercises, end-of-year reporting exercises, main and supplementary estimates and other fiscal events.
• Lead the team on scrutiny, challenge and the provision of financial advice on business cases, policy announcements including attendance at Finance Committee, Investment Sub-Committee in the capacity of the expert finance business partner.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Be strong leader with a solid history of delivery; be able to communicate effectively at all levels both internally and externally; and be able to routinely communicate complex financial, accounting and budgetary issues
• Be a fully qualified accountant with excellent interpersonal skills, along with excellent literacy and numeracy and a collaborate, solutions-oriented approach.
• Working knowledge of Managing Public Money and central government accounting and budgeting rules (desirable)
• Intermediate or higher Excel skills (desirable).

For more information or an informal discussion, please apply via the link, or contact Michael Swinburn or Stuart Thomson at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell. The closing date for applications is Sunday 16th August at 11:55pm.

Job purpose and summary

CDP is looking for a committed and dynamic change agent to join the Global Policy Team, leading the development and implementation of the sustainable financial system dimension of the CDP Policy Programme Plan. The role is new for the team and offers space for shaping content and definition of the programme, in the pursuit  of the overall CDP’s vision for a Sustainable Financial System. The post holder will report to the Global Director, Policy Engagement and work closely with the capital markets and the thematic teams.

About CDP

CDP is an international non-profit that drives companies and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect forests. Over 8,400 companies and 920 cities, states and regions disclose their environmental data to CDP. Our platform is one of the richest sources of information globally on how companies and governments are driving environmental change. By working with institutional investors with assets of US$87 trillion, we leverage investor and buyer power to motivate companies to disclose and manage their environmental impacts.

This role sits within the Global Policy Team, a dynamic group of committed policy professionals that engage with policy actors at global, regional and national level to advance the CDP Agenda.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead the implementation of the CDP Policy Programme Plan to (a) enhance policy conducive to more and better corporate environmental disclosure and (b) shape a Sustainable Financial System
• Develop (and coordinate the implementation of) policy engagement with key policy actors, including policy makers, central banks, financial regulators and supervisors, stock exchanges, Ministries of Finance, Development Finance Institutions
• Establish, map and manage relationships with the institutions mentioned above, in collaboration with the Regional Policy Teams
• Contribute to the management of the internal Global Policy Team knowledge on the topic.
• Develop policy briefings based on CDP’s data, disclosure, research, insight and expertise to inform a sustainable financial system
• Work closely with the capital markets and the thematic teams at CDP to develop briefings, ensure alignment of messages and coordination in the engagement with the above-mentioned organizations.
• Prepare briefings and bridge information to the organization above
• Draft internal and external communication e.g. content for outreach on policy-related updates

Required skills and experience:

• Minimum 5-year work experience in the field of finance, macro-economic policy, financial regulation and supervision. Experience of working within the financial system or on sustainable finance would be an advantage
• An educational background relevant to the role
• Knowledge of the dynamics and mechanisms governing the financial system
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal in English
• Proven teamwork and collaboration skills
• Track-record of international work and across time zones
• Solid analytical skills (e.g. in data analysis, political analysis, research)
• Strong project management skills, with proven track record of effectively leading workstreams
• Ability to work well to tight deadlines and in circumstances where things can change quickly, whilst ensuring attention to detail
• Strong stakeholder management experience

Desired skills and experience

• Familiarity with corporate sustainability and disclosure is an advantage
• Interest in policy engagement on sustainable finance
• Professional proficiency of other languages

This is a full-time role based at CDP’s London office , reporting to the Global Director - Policy Engagement. Contract is fixed term (1 year), with the expectation of extension. Interested applicants must be eligible to work legally in the UK.

Salary and benefits: £45,000 - £ 53,000 per annum, 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, generous non-contributory pension provision, annual discretionary bonus (depending on company performance), Employee Assistance Programme, life assurance, training and development, flexible working opportunities and other benefits.

Before you apply

We’ll only use the information you provide to process your application. For more details on how we use your information, see our applicants privacy notice. By emailing us your CV and covering letter, you are permitting CDP to use the information you have provided for recruitment purposes.

How to apply:

Please visit our website to find out how to apply.

While we truly value the time you invest in the application, we regret to inform you only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Should you not hear from us within 4 weeks from the deadline, you can consider your application unsuccessful.

The deadline is August 16th, 23:59 GMT.

Are you looking for a Head of Corporate Partnerships role? This health organisation has a great brand and is searching for someone ambitious, with a strong track record of winning and managing corporate partners to join them to lead a team of two.

The organisation has identified strong propositions to win corporate support and they are looking for someone to build on this strategy, strengthen existing partnerships and lead the team to win new partners.

This organisation is known for their great culture and flexible working, they now need a leader with a strong corporate fundraising background to join them.

You will have:

• Demonstrable significant experience of corporate fundraising, ideally with a new business and account management background

• Strong negotiation and influencing skills

• Excellent line management experience

• Drive, motivation and pro-activity alongside a collaborative approach

Closing date: 9th August

Salary: £50,000 - £55,000

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call me on 020 30 062787.

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we are experts in charity recruitment and excel at matching fundraisers to charity jobs. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically and supporting people to find their perfect fundraising jobs.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

Age UK's vision is a world where everyone can love later life. We know some people can face illness, loneliness or poverty as they grow older. Whatever the situation, Age UK provides support and vital services to help make later life the best it can be.

Like most large modern organisations, we have a complex IT Infrastructure, and its optimal performance is integral to everything we do. As such, we are recruiting for an Infrastructure Manager to join the team on a 3 - 6 month contract to take responsibility for the optimal running of our IT infrastructure and operational environment, supporting application deployment to internal and external customers, including network, server and device management.

The successful candidate will be comfortable acting as a technical authority on Office365 administration, WAN-LAN technology, PaaS such as Azure and AWS and working with external suppliers and internal technical teams. This is a hands-on role, where experience of cloud-based technologies, in particular Microsoft technologies such as InTune, AutoPilot as well as day to IT operational challenges with infrastructure require an experienced input. Whilst this role does have some management responsibility, it is primarily a hands-on technical role and would suit someone that is keen to be a key worker on several exciting "in flight" projects at the leading edge of technology.

About you

* You will be experienced managing complicated IT infrastructures in a large complex environment.
* You will be a highly experienced technical expert on Office 365 administration and Wide area networks, with appropriate knowledge to be source of authority and expertise to the team.
* You will have hands-on experience with performance optimization on Azure and experience of Microsoft InTune, and technologies such as Windows Autopilot.
* You should demonstrate experience managing multiple outsourced vendors and suppliers along with associated equipment, services and contracts.
* You will hold at least two of the following certifications Any two of the following certifications is essential, Microsoft certification, Azure certification or Cisco certification.

What we offer in return

In return we can offer a competitive salary, and great benefits including 26 days annual leave + bank holidays, pension, life assurance, healthcare cashback plan, season ticket loan, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, car lease scheme, flexible working and much more.

Additional Information

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Applications Developer

One Housing’s Software Development team is part of IT Operations. The team is responsible for the development and maintenance of business applications and system integrations. 

Reporting to the Business Solutions Manager, this Application Developer role sits within the Development team but will also work closely with QA and Application Support.

Technology stack is diverse and includes Azure, PowerApps, Dynamics, .NET Core and Mulesoft as well as some legacy platforms. The IT corporate strategy is cloud-first and API-led so there will be many opportunities to learn new technologies and be part of a transformational journey.

The role would ideally suit a web developer looking to diversify and gain experience in low-code, PaaS and IaaS solution development.

Duties

• Development of well-structured systems which utilise efficient, scalable code that follows our in-house coding standards and best practices.
• Effective and meaningful documentation of systems to ensure ease of support and modification in the future.
• Development of applications that meet agreed functional and technical requirements and provide excellent usability and reliability from a user perspective.
• Effective collaboration with colleagues and internal customers, to ensure that development targets and customer expectations are met.
• Ongoing personal development to ensure that the latest development tools and techniques can be utilised where appropriate.
• To work flexibly, which may on occasion involve out of office business hours including early mornings, evenings and weekends.
• Attend daily stand-ups and provide updates on tasks in hand, impediments as well as successes.

Benefits

• Annual leave – 28 days plus bank holidays
• Buying and selling annual leave - We know that getting the balance right between work and home life is a big part of supporting our colleagues’ wellbeing.
• Paid time offto volunteer in our communities.
• Season ticket loans
• A healthcare cash back plan – allowing you to claim back cash for you and your family’s routine healthcare.
• Colleague recognition scheme – we let you know when you’ve done a #greatjob
• One Academy – our innovative, in-house learning and development offering, designed to support with your personal and professional development.
• Study leave – up to five days off per year to study toward a relevant qualification.
• Career break - after three years’ continuous service.

About you

You will need the following experience

Essential:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Experienced in:
  • APIs (RESTful and SOAP)
  • CI / CD tools and platforms e.g. Azure DevOps, Teamcity, TFS
  • SQL (On-premise and/or Azure)
  • C# or similar language
  • TDD
• Customer service driven with excellent communication skills – both written and verbal.
• A passion for innovation and technology.
• Excellent and proven problem solving and troubleshooting experience.
• Personal accountability and drive for excellence.
• 3 years + professional experience in application development roles.

Desirable:

• Low-code Microsoft platforms e.g. Power Apps, Dynamics
• Integration platforms e.g. Mulesoft, Dell Boomi, Azure
• Javascript frameworks e.g. Angular
• RAML, Swagger
• Unstructured databases e.g. Azure Blob / Cosmos, MongoDB
• .NET Core
• Java or MEL (Mule)
• Agile / Scrum / Kanban
• Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc)

About Us

One Housing helps people to live better by providing high quality homes and care across London and the South East. We manage approximately 17,000 homes and have plans to build 5,000 over the next ten years. We also support over 9,000 people to help them live independently.

Our vision is to create places for people to call home and support them to live well. We do this by ensuring our five core values are embedded in everything we do, and by creating teams of dedicated people who share these values and actively contribute to achieving our shared vision.

As an organisation with a strong social purpose, One Housing works in some of the most diverse communities in the UK and their workforce reflects that. We understand the strength we gain from having and supporting our diverse teams. The different skills and experiences that our colleagues from different backgrounds bring to us allow us to make better decisions, consider different views and be an altogether more interesting and cohesive place to work.

We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of their background.

• N.B. This is a consultancy position
• Salary quoted above is the full time equivalent, this is a part time role and your salary will be pro rata of the amount stated above
• Position is 3 days a week for 6 months
• You MUST be have the right to work in Thailand

JOB PURPOSE

The video producer role involves creating on-site social videos for our various outputs and social channels including Instagram & Facebook. The goal is to boost our audiences online and digital engagement through creative compelling video that speaks to human rights issues of the day.

Fast punchy script writing (in English) that distils the essence of a story and Amnesty's added value in short form videos. Speed, creativity and the news cycle are priorities. Sourcing content, clearing consent and copyright are key elements. Additional language skills (Burmese, Vietnamese or Thai) desirable.

Collaborative working and efficient stakeholder management across a global organisation while driving the reactive process forward to meet deadlines is key. The role would suit a digital native with experience in a fast-paced, creative environment, particularly those with a background in news or social media.

ABOUT YOU

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Write (mainly in English) and edit compelling and informative human rights video content for our social media channels.
• Identify trending topics and distil information to craft regular short form videos.
• Working with country teams and communication colleagues to identify stories to develop
• Fact-checking to ensure all content is on point and on brand, and that assets used are either fully cleared or credited in accordance with Amnesty International video guidelines
• Reediting existing video content in a variety of dimensions
• Collaborate with team members across our organisation and ensure all content is reviewed by the relevant Amnesty stakeholders
• Schedule the production of video content including picture research, copyright, duplication and updates and distribution to the movement
• Ensure all original Amnesty International material is logged - specifically supporting the development of Amnesty's digital asset management system - ADAM.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Additional language skills (Burmese, Vietnamese or Thai) highly desirable.
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation skills with the ability to involve multiple stakeholders in video productions.
• Excellent video editing skills using Adobe Premiere with After Effects experience desirable
• Comprehensive grasp of media law (particularly copyright), ethical considerations regarding video or audio recording of individuals and licensing content.
• Ability to handle tight deadline pressures
• Post-production speed and dexterity essential.

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.

We’re looking for a senior fundraiser and leader to drive income generation and external communications for an incredible social mobility organisation that has worked with children, families, and schools for over 30 years to break the long-term cycle of deprivation. They look beyond school settings to address the barriers affecting school attendance and learning, building a vital and effective bridge between school and home life that results in better attendance, pupil behaviour and attainment.

There is a great deal of untapped potential here for a proactive fundraiser to unlock and the case for support has never been stronger. They have high-profile patrons, highly active trustees who understand fundraising (including one who is herself a senior fundraiser), a phenomenal CEO who worked her way up to the top job and is brilliant with donors, and a loyal donor base that has more capacity to support. This new, senior role brings together their fundraising and external relations, and is a super opportunity for someone to build on a strong existing portfolio with an excellent team..

It's a brilliant job, please get in touch for a confidential discussion. Head office is in east London and the culture is one of pragmatic flexibility. 

About the role

• Reporting to the CEO, the Head of External Relations is a newly-created position that sits on the SMT that will provide the leadership needed to support income growth and brand development to meet robust expansion plans.
• The post-holder will lead and motivate staff in activities to grow voluntary income and build the charity’s profile, reputation, and brand externally to a broad range of stakeholders across government, the education sector, families and donors.
• The Head of External Relations will also support the CEO in strengthening relationships with the charity’s high-profile patrons and supporters, as well as managing and growing their own portfolio of influential, high-value donors.
• The post-holder will be responsible for managing two Senior Partnership Managers and the Communications Manager and will oversee seven other members of a fundraising and communications team which currently raises c£1.5m from a largely high value donor base. Full breakdown can be discussed.
• The role offers a range of benefits which include flexible working, a family friendly environment, and remote working.

About you

• You will have proven leadership skills, experience of managing and developing staff, personal experience of securing philanthropic gifts from major donors (or equivalent), outstanding communication skills, and a passion for education.
• This is a great opportunity for a talented leader and relationship manager who is highly motivated and excited by the prospect of building and developing their own team and shaping fundraising and communications at a crucial time in the organisation’s growth and for the families it supports.
• We are ideally seeking someone who has led a multi-income stream team in a small or medium size organisation

Salary

• £55,000-£60,000
• We will consider looking at the same salary for fewer days for an exceptional, senior candidate – please ask.

To Apply

• The final closing date for applications is Friday 12th June 
• Interview dates will be confirmed nearer the application deadline and arrangements made in line with any current government guidelines relating to Covid-19.
• In the first instance please send a CV that contains full fundraising figures.

Position overview

As a member of the Programmes Team, the National Programmes Manager will be responsible for managing Malala Fund’s In-country Representatives (ICRs), monitoring grants and supporting the coordination of the country strategy in the countries in which Malala Fund operates. This will include day to day management of all ICRs, monitoring and oversight of grants, and working with the wider Malala Fund team to ensure alignment of all activities in-country.

The Manager will work with in-country and advocacy staff to establish partnerships with key stakeholders in the government, non-government and private sectors and thereby help to marshal the will and resources needed to progress an agenda for expanded access to quality girls’ education. Through close collaboration with the Grants Team, they will identify future grantees to expand the Education Champion Network to reach more of the world’s most marginalised and out-of-school girls.

Responsibilities and tasks

Strategic Coordination and Management

• Work closely with the leadership of the Programmes team and other relevant staff to create national strategies for each of the countries where Malala Fund operations
• Working closely with In-Country Representatives ensure the effective implementation of each national strategy, coordinating efforts across departments
• Coordinate with the Director of Advocate Programmes to effectively deploy Malala Fund Education Champions and girl activists to support country agendas
• Work closely with the Advocacy department to ensure support for joint advocacy efforts and national advocacy initiatives
• Facilitate coordination between In-country staff and Malala Fund HQ staff outside of Programmes and Advocacy departments.
• Work with In-country staff on coordinating communications, political positioning, and representation of Malala Fund in-country.
• Identify in-country developments of interest to Malala Fund leadership and/or Board

National Operations Management

• Supervise and manage the day to day working of all In-Country Representative in all aspects of their work, including:
  • Review and advise on individual workplans
  • Review and provide feedback on monthly country reports
  • Review and approve In-country staff travel
• Manage development of annual national budgets for operations, grants, travel and consultants in order to inform the wider departmental annual plan and budget
• Work with the ICRs and grant management staff to identify and resolve grant implementation issues and recommend grant modifications where needed
• With the support of the Director Strategy and Learning, recruit and manage future staffing for the geographical expansion of the programmes according to the strategic plan

Person specification

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in social and political science or a related field.
• Substantial experience with international programmes with several years in management roles.
• Experience living and working in developing countries, preferably in at least one where Malala Fund implements its programmes.
• Proven experience managing teams and consultants remotely in multiple countries.
• Proven expertise in innovative programme delivery focusing on empowerment of marginalised populations, preferably women and girls in the global south.
• Knowledge of issues and networks relating to girls’ education preferred.
• Strong political instincts and proven ability to cultivate influential networks of diverse stakeholders and creativity in influence decision-makers
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to relate and communicate with individuals from a variety of cultural backgrounds.
• Ability to think critically and consistently apply good judgement.
• The ability to travel (up to 20%) internationally and a willingness to be flexible in working hours working across different time zones.
• Strong commitment to the Malala Fund’s mission to empower girls through education.

Job Overview

Permanent Head of Finance for a Charity.

£55,000

Home Based

An excellent opportunity has arisen within a Globally renowned charitable body for a permanent Head of Finance to join an innovative and growing organisation.

You will be responsible for leading a finance team of three and shall oversee all aspects of finance.  This exciting role will see the successful candidate leading the annual statutory accounting and audit processes, as well as driving the annual budget setting process.

Covering the ‘business and usual’ day to day finance function.

• Producing annual statutory accounts and consolidated accounts
• Responsible for the consolidation budget and forecast.
• Be the lead Finance business partner, liaising with the non-finance budget holder.
• To ensure the delivery of the organisation’s strategy, supported by a 4-year rolling financial plan, disciplined budgeting and effective and timely forecasting of financial performance for the CEO and the Board.
• To provide Board members with strategic financial advice and assurance on all financial and corporate governance matters.

You will be Reporting into the CEO and sit on the senior management team.

Qualifications/experience required

Qualified Candidate ( ACA, CIMA, ACCA)

Previous experience working for a Charity or NFP organisation would be beneficial, but not essential.

What’s on offer?

£55,000 salary

Department: Executive Team

Location: Washington, DC, London or Lyon

Reports to: CEO & President

Staff reporting to this post: SVP and VPs responsible for program management, technical assistance and program development, and Directors of security, award management and regions.

Budget responsibility: Oversee a global spending equivalent of $125 Million

Safeguarding classification: This role is classified as requiring advanced pre-employment checks

About Relief International.

Relief International (RI) is a leading nonprofit organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.

Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach — which we call the RI Way—emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.

Relief International includes the four members of the RI Alliance in the USA, UK, France, and Belgium. Under our alliance agreement, we operate under a single, shared management structure with one CEO and one Board of Directors.

About our Programs.

RI is active in 16 countries around the world, including some of the most fragile: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen. Often, RI is the only organization providing assistance to highly vulnerable communities.

• RI employs 7,000+ staff and auxiliary workers

• 97% of staff are in-country nationals

• We only have some 90 ex-pat staff out of 7,000+

• RI spent $125 million in 2019 on our programs.

RI invests in four broad program sectors: Economic Opportunity, Education, Health, and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). We design our programs to incorporate The RI Way: local participation, integrated programming, the development of civic skills, and partnerships including with local NGOs, governments, and the private sector.

RI supports solutions that reinforce and improve upon existing in-country systems. Where such systems do not exist or are chronically underperforming, RI’s crisis response lays the foundation for long-term, sustainable change.

About the role.

This is a newly created role, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), to provide a single strategic leadership voice for our programs and knit together our major program related activities: program management, program development and technical assistance.

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) - Programs is responsible for leading and managing the efficient and effective implementation of Relief International’s global programs, in line with organizational strategy, consistent with our standards, and in compliance with donor, governmental and industry standards and requirements.

As COO-Programs your role will be to provide leadership to a high performing team of leaders across program management, program quality, program development, awards management and security.

Accountable to the CEO, and ultimately the boards of directors, for the implementation of strategic, high quality programs. Your role will be critical in partnering with your peers – the chief financial officer, and heads of risk management, human resources and development & communications – while also being responsible for the execution of field operations, including program planning, organizing, operating and staffing. You will also be responsible for managing the budget related to supporting effective program implementation.

You will provide insight and guidance on global-level strategy, approach, systems effectiveness and improvements to help strengthen our work in the field.

Role requirements.

You will bring the following skills and experience:

• Progressive senior management and leadership experience, preferably at an executive level.
• Solid educational background including an undergraduate degree and a master’s in international development/studies, MBA or similar advanced degree or equivalent experience.
• Success in developing and implementing an organization-wide strategy for program excellence, engaging partners, and partnering with a CEO and board of directors.
• Managed and led high performing teams operating across multiple development, humanitarian or nexus programs across a broad geography, including fragile settings.
• Strong relationship building and communication skills with experience leading diverse work teams and working in globally distributed organizations to delivering strategic results.
• Systematic approach to reporting, program measurement and program evaluation.
• Demonstrated integrity and excellence in your work, with experience leading others to new levels of effectiveness and programmatic impact.
• Passionate about Relief International’s mission and able to promote and communicate the philosophy, mission and values of Relief International to external and internal stakeholders.
• Experience of ensuring cultural diversity and gender equity are embedded into global strategy and programming.
• Ability and willingness to travel 25-50 percent of the time to provide on-site leadership for global program operations.

RI Values.

We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities.

We value:

• Inclusiveness
• Transparency and accountability
• Agility and innovation
• Collaboration
• Sustainability

Safeguarding.

Relief International is committed to protecting our staff and the communities we work with from abuse and harm including sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and sexual harassment.

All staff are expected to abide by our Code of Conduct.

Recruitment to all roles in Relief International include a criminal records self-declaration, references and other pre-employment checks, which may include police and qualifications checks.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Relief International is committed to diversity and gender equality, we strongly encourage applicants from the global south and female candidates to apply.

You will find full details about the role in the attached recruitment brochure.

To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button in the job advert page.

You will be asked to upload a CV and Cover Letter. The cover letter should be no more than 2 pages long and explain why you are interested in this post with Relief International and how your skills and experience make you a good fit.

Timeline.

Closing Date: 31 August 2020

First Round Interviews w/c 7 September 2020.

Final Panel Interviews w/c 21 September 2020.

*These dates may be subject to change and applicants will be advised in advance should this happen.

Due to limited resources, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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