Our partner offers children and youth from low income families, access to quality, affordable education. They are doing this by developing a strong curriculum, incorporating technology and other innovative learning methods, investing in teacher training and offering students, girls especially, a safe space to learn. More recently, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, created a long-distance, online learning tools to enable students to continue learning and remain safe. As they look to move from a start-up to a growth stage social enterprise, they are seeking a dynamic Finance Director to develop a resilient, multi-country finance function. This is a newly created role, and will be an interesting position for someone willing to be hands on, whilst offering strategic oversight and support.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the integrity of the accounting and financial management systems, oversight of the transaction processes, preparation of the year-end financial statements and the annual audit, and ensuring that the organisation meets all its statutory and regulatory compliance.
• Review and strengthen the control environment, ensuring that accounting processes are understood and adhered to across the organisation.
• Establish finance systems and teams in new locations.
• Lead on organisational budget creation, developing and strengthening of budget monitoring, reporting and cashflow forecasting and reports.
• Drive on financial planning, offering the senior leadership analysis and advice on new business and growth opportunities.
• Work with senior leadership in designing the fundraising strategy (grants and investments), prepare the financial models and support presentations made to funders/investors.
• Business partnering and management of external stakeholder relationships – including investors, banks, suppliers and auditors.
• Oversight of the finance staff, responsible for hiring and retaining a qualified team.

Person Specification

• Senior finance professional, with an undergraduate degree and accounting qualification, and demonstrable experience of running the finance function of a fast growing small- to medium-sized enterprise (preferably in a start-up environment), including of developing controls, accounting processes and financial management tools.
• Experience of corporate finance & fund accounting.
• Excellent proficiency in written and verbal English
• Strong problem solver, flexible and able to handle a large and varied volume of work and responsibilities maturely
• Excellent relationship management skills, and ability to deal with stakeholders diplomatically and with tact.
• Passion for the education sector.
• Experience of working in Africa is desirable.

Salary c. $65,000 + benefits depending on experience. This role will be based in Ghana, with travel to other West African countries. 

A small international NGO with headquarters in London, is seeking a part-time Finance Manager for a permanent role. The role will be for 3 days per week (22.5 hours per week) with the possibility to increase to a full-time role in the future.

The organisation both gives and receives grants, and is focused on the protection and freedoms of the media and lawyers in developing countries.

The role will report to the Finance Director, and will manage one Finance Officer. It will involve a mixture of day-to day operational finance, and managing donor funds (from the UK, EU and US). Applicants with experience in an international NGO with strong understanding of donors and grants will be best suited to this position.

Typical duties:

-Manage day-to-day financial operations including accounts payable, accounts receivable/grants claims, bank reconciliations, general accounting functions (including petty cash)

-Monthly reconciliation of balance sheet/control accounts

-Financial evaluation of grant applications and evaluation of financial reports from grantees, including on-site support/evaluation visits

-Support the Finance and Operations Director to improve economy and efficiency across the organisation and ensure a robust internal control environment, including through identification/development, implementation and enhancement of relevant systems and processes

-Support the Finance and Operations Director with the preparation of annual budgets and quarterly financial forecasts, management reports, donor reports and statutory annual accounts.

-Basic HR duties, including managing payroll

-Office and premises management duties including overseeing IT support (with the Finance Director)

Requirements:

-Fully or part-qualified ACCA, CIMA or equivalent experience

-Experience working in an NGO

-Demonstrable experience of charity accounting and donor funding management

-Experience managing staff

-The right to work in the UK is required for this role

-An interest in human rights, media and legal issues would be an advantage

Closing date: 5pm Weds 24th June

Please send your CV for immediate consideration

My client is a UK charity with a rich history which exists to provide support to vulnerable members of society. We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic Financial Controller to provide high quality support to the finance team.

Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Financial Controller is a key position responsible for the maintenance of all finance, accounting and reporting activities across the organisation. Principal activities include:

• Being responsible for grants management, including monitoring budgets throughout the grant/funding period and preparing financials for grant proposals, renewals and annual funding requests.
• Leading on budgeting, forecasting  and month end reporting, including commentary for and presentation to senior management;
• Leading the preparation of annual report and accounts in compliance with relevant accounting standards;
• Preparation of quarterly VAT, cash flow forecasting and consolidated accounts;
• Communicating complex financial information and influencing and building rapport with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

The successful candidate will be fully qualified and to come from an audit, charity or commercial background. We are looking for a friendly and open individual, with excellent organisational and communication skills. Suitable candidates will have exceptional attention to detail but will also be capable of stepping back and assessing the bigger picture.  This would be a fantastic opportunity for a newly qualified professional looking to make the first move out of practice.

To apply please send your CV via the link. For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Bryony Feeney at Allen Lane.

We have an additional role within our Opportunities team for a Recovery and Opportunities Co-ordinator.

SHP (Single Homeless Project) is one of London’s leading homelessness prevention charities and a dynamic and growing organisation changing 8,000 lives every year across London - from supporting people in crisis, to helping them take the final steps towards independence and employment.

As part of SHP’s Opportunities Programme, you will be responsible for designing, implementing and co-ordinating a recovery-focused activities and group work programme, within designated housing schemes.  This will be co-produced with clients, within a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE); an approach to supporting and working with clients, which SHP provides a comprehensive training programme to all staff within client services.

You will also facilitate group work and activities, as well as coach and support staff members, volunteers, students, clients and peers, to lead on groups and activities themselves.  Other responsibilities include working with partnership agencies, to ensure the programme meets the needs of clients, supports their recovery and their move towards independent accommodation. 

To be successful, you will have experience of working with people who have needs in the following areas; mental and physical health, substance use or offending.  You will also have experience of developing, facilitating, co-ordinating and group working, as well as the ability to teach, coach and support staff and clients to develop and run groups.  Additionally, experience in developing and maintaining positive partnership relationships with a range of internal and external providers and services, is also required.

We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds and are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse individuals, skills, experiences and abilities.  Due to current under –representation, we therefore particularly encourage applications from individuals within our Black and Asian communities and from individuals with lived experience of services.   

Closing: 21st July 2020 (at Midnight)

Interviews:  during August 2020 

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.

Our attractive benefits package includes:

• A salary increase after successfully completing six months.
• A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
• 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
• A contributory pension scheme: SHP will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
• Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
• Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work

SHP is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces.  We are also Disability Confident Committed, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and IIP accredited.  In the London Homelessness Awards 2019 one of our Projects was commended for their work.

Head of Client Finance - Grade 6 (Band A+)

Salary - £57,000 - £65,308 + £5,000 accountancy allowance

The Government Property Agency (GPA) was launched as an Executive Agency of the Cabinet Office in 2018. The GPA represents a step change in the way that Government property estate and assets are managed efficiently, by providing innovative and flexible solutions across the Government estate. Our core service is to support departments in business change and workforce transformation. The GPA is the place to be for UK's leading professionals in estates, commercial, project management and beyond.

The Government Property Agency is expected to grow exponentially over the first few years of its existence; this equates to transferring hundreds of assets (worth billions of pounds) onto its balance sheet from Government Departments, as well as gaining responsibility for the running of a large part of the central government office estate.

The Head of Client Finance will be responsible for leading this new function and managing GPA's income which is set to grow from £600m this year to £1bn. The successful applicant will be responsible for engaging with finance directors in client organisations, providing them with high quality information and advice, winning their trust and confidence. As this is a new function, they will be responsible for developing and setting up the team, its processes and culture.

The responsibilities of the Head of Client Finance will include

• The GPA's Head of Client Finance is responsible for managing GPA's income which is set to grow from £0.6bn this year to £1bn by 2023.
• Leadership of team of 7 staff with indirect leadership of management accounting and project accounting finance staff to ensure accurate and timely property accounting.
• Responsibility for change management including the development of staff and the introduction of new systems, processes and technology solutions.
• Providing clients with high quality forecasts, analysis and advice, helping clients and GPA achieve their financial goals.
• Provide each client with forecasts on rent and other charges for the financial year.
• Take the lead in financial management services provision by the managed property service partner to deliver monthly KPIs and service changes.
• Oversee forecasts to include: operating costs; projects; and dilapidations provisions, ensuring forecasts comply with government accounting standards.
• Develop and introduce processes for client finance that are aligned with other business processes and scale up efficiently as GPA's turnover grows.

The post holder may be required to undertake additional responsibilities as expected in relation to the role and grade.

Key Skills & Experience

• CCAB qualified, or equivalent.
• Must have experience in client finance.
• Good experience setting up systems and processes, managing change.
• Good experience of using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
• Proficient using Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to seek and analyse significant amounts of financial data to inform decisions.
• Ability to put customer needs at the heart of delivery and communicate complex ideas to a non-financial audience.
• Ability to lead a geographically dispersed team.
• Ability to plan and prepare to maximise time and productivity.
• Ideally candidates will have property industry experience in a medium or large organsiation of £100m

Desirable experience

• Skills in MRI Horizon, Yardi Voyager or other property management systems.
• Skills in use of Excel and Hyperion for financial reporting.

For more information, please apply using the link, or contact Katie Wilson-Smith or Stuart Thomson at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.

Interested in joining a charity that is about to embark on an exciting period of growth? Looking for a role that leads the budget and forecast process? Could you offer financial insight which will assist the Finance Director to develop and create the new five year financial strategy? If yes, please read on!

Robertson Bell are working with this brilliant charity whilst they recruit for a permanent Finance Business Partner to join their London based finance team. Reporting into the Head of Finance you will hold a crucial role within this £20m turnover organisation and will be responsible for building successful working relationships with members of the Executive Leadership team. Through the provision of vital financial support and advice you will enable them to deliver financial targets. Duties for this role will include:

* Assist the Finance Director in the development of the organisations new five-year model.
* Influence key senior members of the organisation to ensure alignment with the organisational strategy is maintained and financial sustainability is prioritised.
* Act as the lead on process improvement projects with an aim of improving value for money and efficiency.
* Oversee the forecasting and budgeting process for several departments.
* Liaise regularly with budget holders ensuring they are on track with spending.
* Create the monthly management accounts and lead on the reporting cycle.
* Act as the main point of contact for any technical and financial queries.
* Create and roll out necessary finance training to internal staff and ensure they have access to resources needed to meet their financial responsibilities.
* Work closely with the Finance Director to assist with the completion of the statutory accounts.

This permanent Finance Business Partner role offers a unique opportunity for someone with previous charity experience (either through audit or in industry) to join a growing charitable organisation. The role would be offered on a remote working basis to begin with but would eventually be based at their head office in North London.

This successful candidate will be:

* ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA qualified or a Finalist.
* Experienced in business partnering.
* Experienced in the charity sector with sound knowledge of charity SORP.
* Confident leading in month end processes.
* An excellent communicator.
* An advanced user of Excel.

If interested, please do not delay in applying as CV's will be reviewed daily.

Our partner works to influence policy outcomes and to ensure that resources are being used effectively and reaching those that they are intended to reach. They are seeking an Interim CFO to offer strategic analysis and development support, strengthen the finance function and build internal capacity in the organisation as they look to develop their new 10-year strategy plan.
 

Responsibilities

• Developing forward-looking financial models, undertaking scenario modelling & developing a financial strategy to underpin the organisational strategy, and 3-year operational plans.
• Develop budget monitoring, income generation & cashflow monitoring tools.
• Provide the Executive Team with analysis and information to support in decision making.
• Develop and implement an internal audit plan.
• Strengthen grants compliance & management skills, specifically of DfID funds.
• Provide coaching / mentoring support to the Head of Finance, and work with them to identify what financial structure the organisation will need as they grow.
• Support HoF in meeting financial and legal obligations

Person Specification

• Experienced senior finance professional, with a background in modelling, analysis, strategic decision making and leading an organisation through a period of growth.
• Qualified accountant, with a strong technical skillset in accounting, controlling, financial management and reporting.
• Experience of managing an international charity with a complex structure and multiple income streams. Knowledge of grants compliance & reporting, specifically of DfID funds.
• Experience of coaching senior finance staff in their roles.

This is a part-time role over a 9 month period, with a minimum of 2 days/week commitment required. Initially, this will be home-based, however, once the offices reopen, there will be an expectation for the individual to be office-based. As such, this role is only open to those candidates with the right to work in the UK.

Harris Hill are recruiting for TWO Finance Business Partners - Donor reporting roles for this international development charity.

One position is a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract and the other is permanent.

You will work alongside the Finance Business Partner to support the delivery of timely finance donor reports, provide structured finance technical support and assist with generating monthly management reports.

You will support the finance team in delivering an efficient business partnering function to other teams.

Responsibilities

* To provide business partnering and support to teams, including providing technical finance assistance and taking part monthly meetings.
* Assist in the investigation of Budget versus Actual variances as highlighted by budget holders or teams.
* Working with the Finance Business Partner and programme teams, prepare interim and final financial donor reports as they fall due.
* Provide technical support and assistance to budget holders during the annual budget planning process
* Provide support with uploading the approved annual budgets on the accounting system
* Create project and donor codes on the accounting system for new projects/donors
* Working with the Finance Business Partner, deliver accurate and timely comparative management reports to the teams

Person Specification
Essential

* International Development Experience is essential
* Experience of working as part of a busy accounting function.
* Good attention to detail
* Good communication skills
* Experience of Finance Business Partnering
* Experience of working in a grant funded environment
* Extensive experience of project accounting and donor reporting
* Proficiency in the use of Excel and major accounting packages

The Financial Controller role reports into the Head of Financial accounting and effectively acts as the deputy in the preparation of the organisations statutory accounts. This is a great role for someone that has recently qualified and is looking for a broad technical position.

Client Details

Our client is a one of the fastest growing homeless charities in the UK and is actively tackling the issues of homelessness. With ambitious expansion plans this is a fantastic time to join as it seeks to grow over the coming years.

Description

The Financial Controller position will involve the following responsibilities:

• Line manage 1 finance assistant providing support, training and development opportunities.
• Responsible for all the financial accounting activities and financial control monitoring
• Maintain and develop accounts payable and receivable services.
• Produce cash flow reports and forecasts.
• Manage all restricted funding and ensure all funds are agreed and utilised in line with business aims.
• Manage payroll accounts
• Maintain compliance with HRMC gift aid requirements and prepare VAT returns for the organisation.
• Produce and review annual reports and month-end balance sheet reconciliations.
• Liaise with external advisors on tax efficiencies

Profile

Essential:

• Newly qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Exposure to the preparation of statutory accounts and ideally hands on experience of preparing them yourself.
• Excellent analytical skills to review data effectively.
• Experience of developing complex spreadsheet models for record keeping and reporting financial information with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills across a range of audiences.

Desirable:

• Knowledge and experience of managing VAT, Gift Aid, and tax matters.
• Experience of working within the property/housing sector.
• Technical understanding of Housing SORP.

Job Offer

£45,000-48,000 + Excellent benefits, working from home options and

Greenwich Hospital is a unique 325 year old Crown Charity. On a cold October day in 1694, William III and Mary II signed a royal charter establishing a Crown charity for the benefit of naval seamen and their families. Things have changed a lot since then, but Greenwich Hospital remains a vital provider of funds in supporting naval sea men and women in the UK. 

Greenwich Hospital is no longer a hospital, nor is it based in Greenwich.  What it is is an organisation with an extensive asset portfolio that it manages to generate funds to provide necessary charitable support to a range of worthwhile causes in the navy sector.  We hold property investments in Greenwich town centre, including the lively Greenwich Market, as well as agricultural and residential holdings in Suffolk and Northumberland, and a significant financial investment fund.

And with that deep heritage, and an eye to the future, we are looking for an ambitious and forward thinking Financial Controller, to join during an exciting period of change and provide high quality support to a newly structured finance team.

Reporting into the Finance Director, this is a key position and your responsibilities include:

• Being responsible for the preparation of consolidated accounts (monthly management and annual financial), quarterly VAT returns, monthly cash flows;
• Overseeing and developing financial procedures, and updating policy papers;
• Driving development of GH financial systems and continuously implementing new process improvements;
• Supporting and deputising for the Finance Director, including in the preparation of Panel and Board papers.

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant from the charity, commercial or wider public sector. You will have an understanding of strong financial control environments and a proven record of an ability to highlight process improvements and implement change. We are looking for somebody driven who will provide a ‘best in class’ approach to GH’s finance team. Experience of Group Accounting would be an advantage.

Recruitment Timetable:

Application deadline: Monday 6th July

Shortlisting: beginning of w/c 13th July

First stage interviews: Thursday 16th July / Friday 17th July

Group and Final interviews: w/c 20th July

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter via the link by Monday 6th July. For an informal discussion regarding the roles, please don't hesitate to contact Bryony Feeney via the Allen Lane agency website.

Hours Various / Flexible

Are you looking for a new role where you can play a part in making a difference, demonstrate your transferable skills and choose from a variety of working hours that suit your needs? If the answer is yes, then read on.

Whether you are looking to work days, evenings, nights or weekends only; we may have something perfect for you.  We are urgently seeking to increase our current pool of Bank/Key Support Workers; in order to meet the needs of our services that provide support to homeless and vulnerable people in London.

SHP (Single Homeless Project) is one of London’s leading homelessness prevention charities and a dynamic and growing organisation changing 8,000 lives every year across London - from supporting people in crisis, to helping them take the final steps towards independence and employment. 

As a Locum Bank / Key Support Worker you will be joining our dedicated teams of staff, in carrying out the daily tasks and duties required to support our clients.You will either be located within one of our Supported Accommodation Projects or in the newly created accommodations for Homeless/Rough Sleepers within London’s Hotels.Wherever possible, we will place you in a service that is either within your borough or is easy to commute to.

We are seeking people with experience gained from a varied background or from a different job sector, who will demonstrate a commitment and passion for the work that we do.So, if you possess transferable skills such as good communication skills, the ability to multi-task, work as part of a team and deliver a quality customer focussed service, we want to hear from you.In return, we will provide you with a comprehensive induction and plenty of opportunity to learn on the job.

Submission of applications: ongoing

Interviews will be held:  during April & May 2020

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.

SHP is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces.  We are also Disability Confident Committed, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and IIP accredited.  In the London Homelessness Awards 2019 one of our Projects has been commended for their work

Hours: Full Time, but with some flexibility possible

Contract type: Permanent 

Salary: £26,500 - £33,000 + 8% pension contribution

Deadline: Monday 13 July 2020 at 9am

Background

ShareAction is a charity and campaigning organisation working to unleash the power of the financial system to drive social progress and protect our environment. We focus on transforming the investment system, using it as a lever to generate positive social and environmental impact in the real world.

We do this by:

• Educating and working with investors to improve their practices;
• Influencing the policy-makers and industry regulators that can ensure the investment system serves society’s interests in the long-term;
• Campaigning to unlock the power of investors, as shareholders in companies, to change corporate behaviour (on issues such as climate change, good work and human rights, sustainable food and public health);
• Mobilising ordinary people, who have a stake in the investment system through their pensions and savings, to demand a change in how their money is invested;
• Collaborating with other civil society organisations who share our vision.

Job Description

You will be joining us at an exciting time, when there is rising interest in how banks are addressing climate change risks and fostering the transition to a cleaner and safer world. This is a rapidly evolving field and we are looking for someone with excellent research skills and a passion to make a difference to join our team. You will be responsible for supporting ShareAction’s banking work with high-quality research and analysis, and contributing to the development of standards for the banking industry on climate change and other ESG issues going forward.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Although your role will be varied and open to some change in the activities you will undertake, below are the types of activities that you can expect to be doing:

• Responsible for drafting reports and briefings for a range of audiences, including investors, banks and companies, and leading research on new areas of work – e.g. forestry;
• Shares guidance with the banking team and wider organisation where appropriate on the reports and briefings;
• Supporting the banking team with ad hoc research, for instance to prepare for meetings or presentations;
• Presenting research findings to banks and investors on an occasional basis and with the support of the Financial Sector Strategies and Communications teams;
• Contributing to the development of standards for the banking industry – initially on climate change but this might include other ESG issues going forward, working closely with the Senior campaign manager and Director of Financial Sector Strategies;
• Contributing to analyses aimed at increasing investor engagement standards with the banking industry on climate change – this might include other ESG issues going forward;
• Helping the Head of Financial Sector Research develop survey methodologies and analyse survey responses. See for example the 2020 Banking on Climate Change survey we published in April 2020;
• Working closely with our communications team to coordinate press and social media around publications;
• Assisting in the submissions of responses to consultations, such as those ran by the Bank of England, European Central Bank and the European Commission;
• Helping the banking team to file shareholder resolutions, draft investor letters and AGM questions, etc.

Please note that this list isn’t exhaustive and the role might change slightly from time to time.

Person specification

We are looking for a passionate, determined individual, with the following experience and skills:

ESSENTIAL

• At least two years of work experience in or with the banking sector, ideally focused on sustainable banking;
• Excellent and demonstrable research skills;
• Excellent analytical skills – the ability to quickly get to grips with new and complex subject areas, assimilate information, pull out the relevant points and communicate them;
• Great attention to detail;
• Great team player, who is happy to take advice and direction from colleagues working in other work programmes, such as supporter network/grassroots organising;
• Experience using research tools such as Eikon or the Bloomberg terminal;
• Excellent organisational, project and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure, plan and prioritise work effectively and meet deadlines;
• High standard of written and verbal communication;
• 'Can do' attitude, willing to help support projects for the banking campaign, such as the filing of resolutions, and drafting of investor letters and AGM questions;
• Demonstrable understanding of ShareAction’s theory of change and a commitment to the organisation’s values and principles on equality and inclusion;
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, Excel and Powerpoint.

DESIRABLE

• Experience of working or volunteering for a civil society organisation;
• Experience of implementing international sustainable banking best practices and standards;
• Fluent in any of the following Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian and/or Spanish;
• Experience of using social media or speaking to the media for professional purposes;
• A good understanding of responsible investment;
• Experience of working with Microsoft Office 365, particularly SharePoint;
• Experience of working with CRM systems, ideally Salesforce.

ShareAction values and respects all differences in people (see and unseen). One of the ways we do this is by actively encouraging staff to work in ways that best suit their needs and our flexible working policy outlines many of the options available - such as part-time and term-time working, job sharing, home working and working compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

Due to Covid-19 all interviews will take place online, you will also be expected to work from home for the foreseeable future

How to apply

Click the Apply button for further details.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community. Note that all personal information will be removed from applications prior to shortlisting which can delay the process in responding to applications. 

Please note that to be considered for this post you must be legally eligible to work in the UK. Due to current restrictions we are unable to hire anyone that isn’t already living in the UK.

The Institute of Physics (IOP) is looking for a Head of English Regions as part of the Senior Management Team with responsibility to build influential relationships and partnerships with stakeholders from across and beyond the physics community.

This role is responsible for drafting the IOP’s English Regions business plan through their knowledge of regional political and economic drivers that is in line with the organisation’s strategy whilst working with other Head of departments to ensure the whole of the organisation is run efficiently. You will be working closely with IOP’s central office near King’s Cross London acting as a senior lead for our regional team who deliver our strategy, and with the membership across the UK and Ireland who volunteer to deliver events and various other activities through a network of regional branches and centres.

The role

This is a new exciting role, reporting to the Deputy Chief Executive and working closely with other members of the Executive Team.  You will work to identify, promote and develop regional relationships and partnerships with stakeholders within and beyond the physics community. You will be maximising our impact within regional policy, education and business environments as well as making sure there is excellent engagement with our membership. You will be required to lead a team of regional managers and be part of IOP’s senior management team.

The person

We are seeking a candidate who is motivated, customer focused, and drives for results with functional knowledge and excellent people management skills; you must also be dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers/partners. We welcome candidates with a strong public affairs background and understanding of the importance in building economic resilience in the English regions through research and innovation. Experience will come from having led teams working in different locations and being able to advise and contribute to the work of the Executive team and Senior Management team in planning and managing stakeholder relationships and engagement.

We are looking for someone who has good knowledge of the English regional political and economic strategies and can support our strategic ambition. This is a very influential role, where you have to be comfortable in a standalone role, but also know how to work with colleagues across the organisation. The proven ability to achieve systemic change by influencing stakeholders will be key, with the resilience to react to the ambiguity that comes from a changing environment essential.

Why work with us?

The Institute of Physics is one of the world’s largest professional body and learned societies for physics. It is the national body for the UK and Ireland and also has a seat at international bodies including the UN.  Our members come from across the physics community whether in industry, academia, the classroom, technician roles or in training programmes as an apprentice or a student.  We are a world-leading science publisher and are proud to be a trusted and valued voice for the physics community.

The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland,.We seek to raise public awareness and understanding of physics and support the development of a diverse and inclusive physics community. As a charity, we’re here to ensure that physics delivers on its exceptional potential to benefit society.

We have an ambitious new corporate strategy and you’ll play a part in helping us to deliver it.  There’s never been a more exciting time to join the IOP - watch our new film to find out more about our work.

As well as a competitive salary and professional development opportunities, we offer employees a comprehensive benefits package including an excellent pension scheme, private medical insurance and generous annual leave. We also offer a range of other benefits including childcare vouchers, gym membership and interest free season ticket loans.

The British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) is looking to appoint an experienced Head of Operations to support the continued growth and development of the organisation. You will be joining at an exciting time in the organisation’s development, as we rebrand and grow our team.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive, the post has responsibility for all operational matters, member and registrant support, events, finance, risk management and human resources for the organisation.

We are looking to appoint an experienced, highly organised, individual who can demonstrate excellent and wide-ranging operational management experience, with strong financial skills preferably in a not-for-profit and/or regulatory/membership body.

The post will work closely with the Chief Executive to support the delivery of the strategic development of the organisation, managing the operational functions.

Key responsibilities include;

• advising and supporting the Chief Executive on all operational issues
• managing financial procedures, including budget setting, financial reporting and monitoring of financial risk
• managing our member support services
• managing our accreditation process, working with the regulatory team to support this essential function
• managing all aspects of the office processes and infrastructure
• managing the IT infrastructure, including the membership database and annual registration process
• human resources
• managing risk and ensuring compliance with Companies House and the Charity Commission
• providing the secretariat to the Board of Trustees and to Council
• line managing the Membership Officer, Administrative Support Officer, Events Coordinator and PA to the Chief Executive, Bookkeeper and occasional temporary staff

A salary of £45,000 - £55,000 (depending on experience) is offered, plus 6% employer pension contribution and annual season ticket loan.

This role is to cover maternity leave and is offered as a 10-month contract with an ideal start date of 1st September. The role is full time, 35 hours a week with 28 days annual leave per annum, prorate as per contract length, plus bank and other statutory holidays. Occasional hours after normal office hours may be required – time off in lieu is always given. The post is London based but may require occasional travel to events and meetings in the UK

About the BPC

The BPC is highly regarded in the psychotherapy field, having a tradition of excellence and intellectual rigour which that is highly regarded nationally and internationally. We are a charity that advances the health of the public through the maintenance and regulation of professional standards and clinical practice and advances education in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. In doing so we safeguard the public, promote the highest standards of training and research and work to make psychotherapy accessible to all. We are a Professional Standards Authority accredited voluntary register.

We run a number of events and conferences throughout the year that are aimed at clinicians and academics, publish New Associations (our highly-regarded magazine for psychoanalytic thinking) and promote the profession through a comprehensive policy and public affairs programme that includes meetings with MPs and policy makers.

The BPC opposes any discrimination of any kind. This includes, but is not limited to, any discrimination on the basis of age, race, gender, ethnic origin, religious belief or sexual orientation.

To apply, please send your cv with a covering letter of no more than two sides of A4, demonstrating how you meet the role criteria and person specification by 9am Monday 20th July 2020.   Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

1st interviews will be held W/C 27th July 2020.