Our Head of Operations, Compliance & Finance role is a new senior management position in the IBD Registry that reflects both our fast growth and increasing maturity. The primary function of this role is the effective management, development and delivery of the key strategic business operations that underpin our work. The wide range of business operations including contracts and performance (grants, clients, suppliers and staff), compliance (data protection, client deliverables reporting, and pharmaceutical industry), staffing (from recruitment onwards) and finance (financial reporting and from budgets, both the main company budget and specific project budgets).  

You will be part of a small and growing and highly collaborative team, reporting directly to and working closely with the CEO.  You will support the CEO with critical operational reporting, in strategic development, taking delegated responsibility for team management and acting as deputy CEO when required.  You will be supported in your work with high-quality advice from our retained specialists in HR, Information Governance, Legal and Accountancy; and operationally within the team by team members who cover the day to day functions including financial and office management, and corporate and healthdata IT.

ABOUT YOU

To be successful in this role you will be a delivery-focused problem-solver, both organised and adaptable, with massive attention to details and a practical hands-on style. You will have senior experience (broadly equivalent to director level) in finance, operations, people and compliance management and be confident and competent working with technical and data projects.  You will have a strong academic qualification record, including postgraduate qualifications in finance or business management. Ideally you will have come from the healthcare or pharmaceutical industries, or as an alternative from a highly-regulated sector where both data protection and delivery are critical. You may have gained your experience in a large consultancy or in running a business, in either case, your most important attributes will be your rigour in thinking, readiness to learn and your 'can do’ mindset. Above all, you need to believe in our mission and want to join us to make a difference: our small team makes a big difference in IBD across the UK and this needs to be more than ‘just a job’ for you.

DURING COVID19

All our staff are working from home currently due to COVID-19, and all interviews will be held by video (MS Teams).  We have successfully recruited and onboarded two staff members entirely remotely recentlt, so please don;t be deterred - we know it works!  Please see our Role Pack for full details of the remote interview process.

We’re seeking a Policy and Campaigns Manager to support our ambition to influence government policy and decision-makers to recognise and support coaching in prisons as an effective rehabilitation intervention. 

You will develop our policy positions and voice, ensuring that we are listening to those with lived experience. You will initiate and lead our campaigns, helping to position Spark Inside as the number one coaching organisation in the criminal justice system. You will be our lead expert in prison policy and rehabilitation, and ensure there is a strong policy and research basis for all our campaigns. You will work across the organisation to ensure policy developments feed into our work, and to ensure that what we do is presented in an engaging way to policy-makers and relevant stakeholders.

This is an interim role initially for 6 months, with the potential to extend, as we navigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the delivery of our programmes in prison. We believe that more than ever, we need to be advocating for our work, so that those in prison are not forgotten.

Please see JD for details and how to apply.

Volunteering and Social Value Manager

Location: Flexible to be agreed – will require regular travel to our central office in Knottingley, West Yorkshire, and across RLO services in England

Circa £27,000

The role

We are looking for a volunteering and social value professional to join out operational team. You will have proven experience in setting up and managing volunteering programmes and social value projects and initiatives. You will work closely with local Service Managers, Heads of Operations, and the Director of Operations England to implement and Co-ordinate the ‘Real Life Volunteers’ project across RLO services in England.

You will work across RLO services in England to encourage and support volunteering project development and secure funding, either through supporting applications into the RLO Community Service Fund or sourcing appropriate external small grants and funding streams.

You will manage the recruitment, placement and retention of volunteers; develop volunteer specific procedures and processes, implement appropriate monitoring and reporting systems, best working practices and administrative support services.

Key to a successful volunteering programme will be the ability to develop close working relationships and build effective networks with local community volunteer brokers, community groups and national volunteering agencies (e.g. NVCO and Volunteering Matters) to promote and encourage volunteering within RLO services and share best practices in volunteering.

To support the development and implementation of the Social Value project across England services, you will be coordinating and supporting social values programmes and activities and acting as Social Value Champion; promoting social values to stakeholders both internally and externally.

The Person:

You will have a number of year’s proven experience of developing and managing successful volunteering projects, along with a good understanding of the necessary governance, including safeguarding and risk management for volunteers. You will have some experience of sourcing and successfully securing additional external funding for volunteering projects. You will have experience of promoting and championing initiatives, such as social value; comfortable promoting to and encouraging participation with internal and external stakeholders. You will be a self-starter, used to managing a diverse and varied work load, a good communicator and excellent ambassador, who can identify and develop key relationships internally and externally.

Benefits and Rewards

At Real Life Options we treat our people with the same respect, care and consideration that we show to the people we support. Not only do we provide competitive rates of pay, a great place to work and great job satisfaction, our additional benefits include:

• Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
• Access to training bursaries
• A minimum of 33-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
• An employer contributory pension scheme (4% employee 4% employer)
• A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
• 2 x Monthly salary death in service cover
• A financial wellbeing scheme
• A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services

We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:

Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence

Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.

Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.

Please note applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis as received ,so the post may be filled before the published closing date. 

The Services Manager role is an exciting opportunity to join the leadership team of a specialist sexual violence service, delivered by and for women and girls. She will provide operational management of frontline services at SRC, providing leadership and expertise to a team delivering their specialist roles. The Services Manager will lead both the counselling team and outreach service and will work collaboratively with the Director to ensure high-quality support to diverse women and girls throughout Suffolk. She will have strong experience in leading remote teams and delivering therapeutic and practical support services. SRC provides high-quality face-to-face and online support and the service Manager will continue to build and develop these life-changing and life-saving services. 

Ipswich or Bury St Edmunds offices (part-time homeworking will also be considered) 

Flexible working and job sharing will be considered. 

About Suffolk Rape Crisis 

SRC is a specialist, feminist sexual violence service run by and for women. We work to support survivors of sexual violence and to challenge the underlying attitudes that allow Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) to continue. SRC provides support to all self-identified women and girls aged 14 and above who have experienced any form of sexual violence, at any point in their lives. 

SRC provides a range of person-centred services to meet the needs of diverse women in Suffolk, including counselling, outreach, helpline and online support. SRC also takes part in both local and national feminist activism, including coordinating the annual Ipswich Reclaim the Night March.

Our Vision: A world free from sexual violence and gender inequality 

Our Mission: To work as part of a worldwide movement to ensure that women and girls experiencing any form of sexual violence in our community are able to access needs-led, specialist support. At the same time we will challenge the underlying attitudes that allow sexual violence to continue. 

Our values:  

• Empowerment 

• Diversity 

• Transparency 

• Change 

Benefits: Competitive salary, 30 days annual leave, pension scheme, family friendly working practices, including enhanced parental leave.

An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role. 

SRC is committed to quality, equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. SRC would welcome applications from BAME women who are currently underrepresented within our team. This post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. 

Unexpected illness, job loss or relationship breakdown can turn a life upside down – it can happen to any of us, and the consequence is often loss of income, loss of housing, and personal crisis. 22% of us are currently in poverty, including a shameful 33% of all children. It’s likely to affect the lives of our friends, family and colleagues: poverty is unpredictable, and poverty touches us too.

Turn2us is a national charity which focuses on alleviating poverty, helping people access welfare benefits, charitable grants and support services. It wants to stop people falling into poverty and give practical help to anyone struggling to cope so they can get back on track.

We now have a new role of Response Programme Manager which we are looking to fill to help us respond to people’s immediate financial needs as a result of Covid 19.

This role will lead on creating and implementing new grant making progrmames for individuals who are experiencing financial hardship specifically due to Covid19. It will ensure that co-production is central to the heart of all our grantmaking and work with external partners to create new grant programmes linked to Covid 19. 

The successful candidate will have substantial experience in designing and delivering programmes and in working in complex partnerships and matrix arrangements. This will require a good understanding of safeguarding, equality and a passion for social justice.

Please note that this role is a fixed term contract for 12 months and will require a self disclosure of any convictions prior to interview and a DBS check.

Liberty is a high-profile campaigning organisation that has been fighting for human rights and
civil liberties for more than 80 years. We are independent and unshakeable. Our principles
are guided by evidence and expertise – not political agenda, profit or popular opinion. We are
not afraid to speak uncomfortable truths or challenge intolerance, injustice or abuse of power
wherever we find it – but we always treat people with respect. We inspire and empower others
to defend their own rights and the rights of their family, friends and communities. Together,
we use our voice in courtrooms, in the news, on the streets and in politics to demand and
deliver lasting change to benefit the many and the most vulnerable.

Liberty works on a diverse array of issues, including non-discrimination, migrants’ rights,
protest, privacy, digital rights, free speech, police misconduct and access to justice. We are a
uniquely multi-disciplinary team, working to achieve change through a powerful combination
of lobbying, communications, strategic litigation, campaigning, member activism and providing
free advice and information to the public. Liberty has been standing up for people and holding
the powerful to account since 1934 and is needed now more than ever.

We are looking for an Operations Intern to provide support to staff across Liberty, and perform several administrative functions. You will gain experience supporting a medium sized office, along with putting new systems and processes in place.

The role

‘Inspiring Financial Leadership’ summarises both CFG’s identity and its purpose as an organisation that supports thousands of financial leaders in the charity sector. Our vision is of a charity sector that is financially confident, dynamic and trustworthy. We provide a range of services to our members and the sector more widely. These include training, a range of publications and a sector-leading programme of meetings and conferences throughout the year both physical and virtual.  We also work with other sector bodies to lobby the government and regulator on legal and regulatory issues affecting the sector. The organisation has grown consistently in recent years.

We need a Communications Manager who will work closely with other functions of the company to support our external and internal communications across all channels, and raise our voice to support our organisational delivery and complement the work of our policy, membership and marketing teams.

Why work for us?

We are a friendly team with a great sense of humour that enjoys the work that we do. There is lots of potential for development for talented individuals within CFG, and we can provide an excellent platform for career progression within the sector. We also offer a superb range of benefits including a generous pension contribution, flexible working, season ticket loans and childcare vouchers.

How to Apply

Please read the full job description and person specification (pdf), then email your CV.

Deadline for applications: We will be reviewing candidates as and when we receive CVs and cover letters and will appoint as soon as we meet the right person. Therefore, to avoid disappointment please apply early. This position is available immediately.

For information on the data we process during recruitment, please see our GDPR compliant Privacy Notice(pdf).

About HART

HART was founded in 2004 by Baroness Cox to support people suffering from conflict and persecution in places often neglected by the international community. HART works where many larger humanitarian agencies cannot, delivering aid to some of the world’s most oppressed people and helping to build local capacity. HART works in partnership with community based organisations and develops strong relationships with local partners on the ground who are best placed to improve the wellbeing of their communities.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced and results driven Fundraising Manager to identify, establish and manage relationships with major donors and potential donors including Trusts and Corporates in order to support HART’s annual fundraising targets.

The role is to:

• Develop a yearly fundraising strategy
• Identify a range of potential donors, engage and manage those relationships
• Write grant proposals
• Develop HART’s ‘Case for Support’
• Develop alliances with other NGOs
• Network and engage with businesses
• Work collaboratively with the team to enhance fundraising efforts
• Plan and coordinate funding approaches including developing log frames and theory of change in accordance with funder guidelines
• Produce monthly (internal) reports and quarterly (Board Meeting) reviews on the performance and progress of fundraising against agreed financial targets, operational activities and annual objectives
• Frequent communication with Projects Officer on donor requirements i.e. deadlines/report requirements
• Manage relevant due diligence processes
• Keep up to date on institutional donor trends in line with global development goals
• Support other areas of fundraising as required
• Work closely with Fundraising & Communications Manager and Projects Officer to ensure understanding of any implications, risks and opportunities of funding applications/awards.

About you

The successful candidate will be able to confidently communicate the crucial work undertaken by our partner organisations in 8 countries to a range of potential supporters and new stakeholders. With excellent communication and influencing skills, combined with the gravitas required to build effective relationships with senior executives, you will drive and deliver new opportunities and deliver winning charity pitches.

In order to succeed you will have:

• Exceptional interpersonal skills;
• Be highly motivated by the charity’s work in supporting and empowering persecuted communities around the world;
• Strong IT skills and ability to build effective relationships and influence and persuade stakeholders.

Person specification:

• 3-5 years of fundraising experience with good knowledge of a range of traditional and innovative fundraising methods and practices
• Demonstrable experience of building strong and trusting relationships with corporates
• A self starter with a track record of growing income generation, specifically raising unrestricted income
• Pitching and proposal writing experience
• Creative and innovative in all aspects of work
• Excellent communication and influencing skills (written and verbal)
• Strong networking and presentation skills
• An interest in and understanding of HART’s values and ethos  

*This role is part-time, requiring 2-3 days a week, at a salary of up to £20,000 - £30,000. The role is based in our Northwest London offices. As part of a small but lively team, the role is managed by the CEO and works closely with the Fundraising & Communications Manager.

If interested, please apply with your CV and cover letter detailing how your experience fits the job description. We look forward to hearing from you. 

Windle International is looking for a highly-skilled and motivated Fundraising Manager to create and lead on the fundraising strategy for the organisation – helping people who have been affected by conflict and marginalisation in East Africa to get a quality education, so that they can contribute to sustainable development and the creation of peaceful societies. 

Windle International (WI) is an international NGO, comprised of independent charitable organisations – our members - based in and operating across East Africa, the UK, the US, and Canada.

What we do

Starting from humble beginnings in 1977 with the establishment of Windle International Kenya in Nairobi by founder Dr Hugh Austin Windle Pilkington, we now operate in Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, the UK, the US, and Canada.

Together, we empower refugees and people affected by conflict to achieve their academic potential, and contribute to sustainable development, by acting as a lead provider of quality education and training. We run education and vocational training programmes, manage Early Childhood Development and Vocational Training Centres, primary and secondary schools, and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate scholarship programmes. Our vision is a world in which every child has the opportunity through education and training to make the most of their potential and contribute to sustainable development.

About the role

Windle International is the umbrella organisation responsible for representing, supporting and coordinating Windle’s work at an international level. Windle is at a crucial time in its development, and we have exciting plans to build on our reputation for being a trusted and well-respected organisation and to increase support for our work. We are seeking a highly-skilled Fundraising Manager who has significant experience of fundraising, including proven track record of writing successful proposals, negotiating, winning and delivering partnerships with, and funds from, charitable trusts and foundations, companies, individuals, and major donors. Experience of delivering successful fundraising campaigns would be an asset.

This is a newly-created and pivotal position, and the successful post-holder will work closely with the recently appointed Communications and Advocacy Officer who is based in Oxford, UK. The role is part of a small, dedicated and friendly team and will have a lot of autonomy. It will involve close collaboration with the leadership and senior staff in our member offices in East Africa and Europe, and the trustees of the organisation. The role will require national (UK) and international travel. We welcome applications from people seeking to work from home, provided they can commit to spending regular time in the office in Oxford.

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to play a significant role in shaping the organisation’s fundraising strategy whilst generating immediate impact. If you have a passion for humanitarian work, are experienced in setting up a prospect pipeline, managing partnerships and securing funding, we would love to hear from you.

Download the Fundraising Manager Recruitment Pack for more information and detailed job description.

35 hours per week | Based in Ipswich, Central Office

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager to join our Income Generation and Marketing Team at Ormiston Families. We are looking for someone who is passionate about the work that we do and will support our successful team in creating valuable relationships with stakeholders and employees. You will have a high level of experience or working in the third sector and in designing, executing, and embedding impact measurement and monitoring frameworks.

The post holder will develop and implement impact measurement and evaluation strategy across all our services.  The role will be central to creating an impact culture and embedding evaluation into service development and delivery across our projects.  You will enable the organisation to prove and enhance our value to our partners and supporters, continuously learn, improve, and innovate and keep ourselves accountable to our key stakeholders.

This is both an internal and external-facing role and you will need to be an excellent communicator and team player, confidently working with colleagues within the organisation to understand trends and their concerns, promote findings and recommendations, and develop new and better ways of working. You must also be able to manage external relationships with a number of stakeholders including commercial partners, and programme specialists, on various levels and engaging them in a clear and accessible way.

For more information or to apply please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date:9am, Friday 5th June 2020

Ormiston Families is committed to safeguarding. We are an equal opportunities employer; we value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. 

Finance Manager

Salary £41,000 pro rata

Part-time, 17 hours per week

Kennington SE11 5DP

Here at Straight Talking Peer Education, we employ teenage parents to educate young people about early parenthood and relationships, enabling them to make responsible choices and keep young people safe from harm.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Finance Manager to join our charity at a time when our beneficiaries need us more than ever. Straight Talking is located in a Central London office and our output is increasing; requiring sound financial infrastructure. 

Your role will be to manage the charity’s financial transactions and management reporting, working to deadlines, meeting statutory requirements and reporting to the SMT and board who meet in the evening bi-monthly.

Specific duties include but are not limited to:

• Preparing robust management information including cash flow projections, for the board and management team
• Day-to-day financial management: bookkeeping, processing receipts and payments
• Ownership and regular review of all financial internal controls
• Preparing and monitoring budgets for funders
• Advising the board of financial matters
• Managing the outsourced weekly and monthly payroll process
• Managing year end accounts review process
• Managing external relationships with HMRC and other statutory bodies

To be successful, you will have:

• Part or fully qualified accountant status (or equivalent)
• Significant direct experience of financial and budgeting responsibilities
• Financial work experience within the third sector
• An understanding of Charity Accounting (SORP)
• Experience reporting to Trustees and Funders
• Excellent communication skills, administration and IT skills, particularly with Excel
• Particularly well-developed organisation and internal information-sharing skills
• Attention to detail and the ability to work on own initiative
• Understanding of the issues of poverty
• Ability to use Salesforce CRM and would be advantageous

To apply, please upload a CV and cover letter stating how you meet the criteria above.

Closing date: All applications will be assessed as they are submitted.

Interim Marketing Engagement Manager 

Remote working with occasional visits (when conditions allow) to the office in Liphook, Hampshire

Opportunity open to an individual or marketing agency
Temporary contract (up to 6 months) with potential to move to permanent
Individual - £30,000 pro rata per annum or Agency - £3,000 per month
Full-time or part-time hours available (28 – 35 hours)

About Us

Dreams Come True is a national charity with a big heart and a clear purpose. We exist to fulfil the dreams of children and young adults with serious and life-limiting conditions.

We are the only wish granting organisation that fulfils the dreams of children and young adults with such a wide range of backgrounds, medical conditions, locations and ages. We believe that because of this, we are answering an unmet need by allowing these two to 21-year-olds – who would usually otherwise be missed – a chance to have their dream transformed into a reality.

And that’s what makes us unique – we have a simple principle that we aim to help those that others can’t and in doing so, place our amazing Dreams Families at the heart of every decision, every action and at every opportunity. We are a charity that focuses on impact and making a positive difference to those we seek to help.

The Opportunity 

We’re looking for an interim Marketing Engagement Manager or suitably qualified marketing agency to join us on a contract (for up to six months) which has the potential to become a permanent position. 

This is a key role within the charity, as it is the driving force behind increasing our awareness, supporter base, digital impact and donations.  

As the Marketing Engagement Manager, you will work collegiately across all areas to ensure that the right message is delivered, to the right audience, at the right time. 

You will lead the planning and delivery of all marketing activity that at its heart has clear and concise messaging, compelling dreams stories, calls to action and ultimately positions the charity as “one that can”.

This role is about building on good foundations with the primary focus being on taking ownership of the charity’s website and social media, campaign development and delivery and being responsible for all marketing engagement activities utilising all channels. 

Key requirements include:

- Driving marketing communications activity through the supporter base and the wider like-minded supporter universe 
- Developing and delivering campaigns that take account of the current pandemic and instil a desire to take part and donate
- Being responsible for all engagement activities including the production of website content, social media, public relations and email marketing

About You

To join us, you will need: 

- Previous experience of charity marketing, including brand proposition, audience development and increasing awareness and associated return
- Experience of making a significant difference in marketing engagement, both on and offline 
- A track record of updating databases and utilising CRM, website management and development and overseeing and developing marketing campaigns, both organic and paid, utilising all social media channels 
- The ability to write and proofread creative copy

Other organisations may call this role Marketing Manager, Marketing Campaign Manager, Charity Marketing Manager, Engagement Manager, or Digital Marketing Manager. 

Additional Information 

We are committed to safeguarding. The successful applicant will be subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check prior to appointment in line with Safer Recruitment.

Dreams Come True values equality and diversity, and welcomes applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.  

So, if you are an individual or a marketing agency seeking an exciting new challenge as a Marketing Engagement Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Founded in 1903, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s longest established international conservation organisation. Our vision is to create a sustainable future for the planet where biodiversity is conserved by the people living closest to it. We aim to do this through the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take account of human needs. We have become a trusted entity in the world of conservation. Today FFI is active in over 40 countries.

FFI is seeking a highly experienced conservation professional to manage FFI’s newly established Eastern Atlantic Islands Programme.  You will represent FFI in the region and ensure the effective management and technical delivery of projects in Cape Verde and Príncipe, leading on the development of projects in these countries and elsewhere in the Eastern Atlantic, working in close collaboration with FFI’s teams and partners in the region.

You will have a strong proven track record in operational, project, grant and financial management at a similar level.  You will be skilled in providing both strategic advice and technical input to the design, development, implementation and evaluation of projects.

Strong leadership and people management skills are essential to the role to ensure a professional and motivated team that delivers effectively against project aims, objectives and timelines.  The role also requires a skilled and credible communicator, who is confident in developing and managing relationships internally and with relevant stakeholders, including governments, non-governmental partners, donors and funders.

An advanced degree or equivalent level qualification in a relevant discipline and strong technical conservation skills are essential.  You will have a strong track record in fundraising, experience in institutional development and capacity building and be able to demonstrate an understanding of the statutory and regulatory frameworks within which FFI operates in the Eastern Atlantic Islands. Fluency in written and spoken English and Portuguese is essential; Creole or another language relevant to this region is desirable.

In return, the role offers the opportunity to work within a groundbreaking and entrepreneurial organisation, at the forefront of global conservation. In addition, you will receive a generous pension contribution, attractive annual leave allowance and life insurance.

Our offices are located in The David Attenborough Building in central Cambridge, just a few minutes’ walk from glorious historic buildings and museums, the picturesque River Cam, the central market and shopping centre, and a host of cafés and restaurants. 

The closing date for applications is Tuesday, 2 June 2020.