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

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

Additional key accountabilities include:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity to inspire our team and stakeholders during the next exciting phase of Gloucestershire Nightstop?

If you are an experienced service manager, passionate about transforming the lives of vulnerable young people with the ability to lead a committed staff and volunteer team, then Gloucestershire Nightstop has the perfect role for you.

You will oversee a service providing excellent outcomes for young people whilst protecting our unique ethos and approach towards the prevention of youth homelessness in Gloucestershire. We have supported vulnerable young people aged 16-25 years old in Gloucestershire for the past 18 years. Our vision is that every young person has the resources they need to live a happy, healthy and fulfilling life.

Our purpose is to be there for and respond to vulnerable young people when they need us most. Offering emergency accommodation in the homes of trained and committed volunteers.

We are looking for a Service Manager with experience of working with young people and/or vulnerable young adults. You must have a driving licence and an enhanced DBS check will be required.

Background to the job: Acquired brain injury (ABI) is one of the commonest causes of death and disability in working age adults. Survivors of brain injury can live with a range of difficulties affecting their physical and cognitive functioning. Living with a brain injury can result in social isolation, mental health problems, difficulties with family relationships and unemployment.

Headway SELNWK is a medium size charity, over thirty years old, that supports people affected by ABI. We provide support services across SE London and North West Kent in the community and at our day service. Most of our members’ support is funded by social services or the NHS. Whilst we want to maximise this funding where possible, we also want to develop models of support that are not dependent upon statutory funding.

Headway has well established links with local hospitals notably with the Major Trauma Centre at Kings’ College Hospital.  We foster active links with a range of community providers including neurological rehabilitation and social work teams and other Third Sector organisations.

Headway SELNWK is entering a phase of new development and is looking to recruit an outstanding Director of Operations and Finance to oversee the development of its finance, human resources and IT processes. This person will combine technical skills in one or more of these areas with an evident passion for the charity’s mission to improve outcomes for people affected by ABI.

The Director of Operations and Finance will be responsible for overseeing the development of the charity’s finance, human resources and IT, ensuring that systems are effective and help to drive the charity’s mission. With technical skills in one or more of these areas, they will identify what is already working well and what could be improved, before drawing up short-, medium- and long-term priorities to improve the charity’s operations. As well as applying their technical skills, this will also require excellent project management, including the management of a small Operations team. The Director of Operations and Finance will enjoy working across a range of projects and will be able to strike the right balance between leading tasks themselves and working with their team and with external partners. As well as focusing on the immediate needs of the charity, part of the Director of Operations and Finance's remit will include laying the foundations for the capabilities that will be needed in the future as the charity grows. In particular, we want to implement our fundraising strategy with a view to eventually developing a fundraising team.

The ideal candidate will not necessarily have all of the required and desired characteristics, though they will certainly have real strengths in some of these areas. What is most important is that they will have a commitment to the charity’s mission and the tenacity and drive to achieve to very high standards. They will demonstrate a genuine openness to feedback and continuing improvement and will seek to learn from those within the organisation and its wider network of partners.

Responsibilities

While not exhaustive, the following list of responsibilities gives a comprehensive overview of the role:

• Senior leadership within the charity, feeding into strategic planning and decision-making by the charity’s Board and Executive
  • Working with the Director of Strategy and Business Development to ensure the operations structures of the charity can deliver its strategy
  • Working across the charity to develop systems and processes that are effective at all levels
• Overseeing the development of the charity’s finance department
  • Working with the Finance Working Group, payroll provider, bookkeeper and auditor to ensure compliance with relevant frameworks
  • Developing financial forecasts, management accounts and other financial reports
  • Implementing financial controls and policies across Headway SELNWK
  • Lead on fundraising in conjunction with all staff, Trustees, members, volunteers and external contractors (such as professional fundraisers)
  • Develop, implement and evaluate Headway SELNWK’s fundraising strategy; work towards a business case for recruiting a fundraising team.
• Overseeing human resources
  • Working with the Senior Management Team and Trustees, to ensure the charity recruits, trains and retains outstanding members of staff
  • Supporting development of competency framework, performance review and CPD
  • Implementing HR policies across Headway SELNWK
• Overseeing information systems
  • Working with external providers to build information systems capacity within the charity
  • Ensuring that members of staff are equipped to make best use of IT capacity and information

Interviews are scheduled for week commencing 9th December 2019 

Acquired brain injury (ABI) is one of the commonest causes of death and disability in working age adults. Survivors of brain injury can live with a range of difficulties affecting their physical and cognitive functioning. Living with a brain injury can result in social isolation, mental health problems, difficulties with family relationships and unemployment.

Headway SELNWK is a medium size charity, over thirty years old, that supports people affected by ABI. We provide support services across SE London and North West Kent in the community and at our day services in Deptford and Shooter's Hill. Most of our members’ support is funded by social services or the NHS. Whilst we want to maximise this funding where possible, we also want to develop models of support that are not dependent upon statutory funding.

Headway has well established links with local hospitals, notably with the Major Trauma Centre at Kings’ College Hospital.  We foster active links with a range of community providers including neurological rehabilitation and social work teams and other Third Sector organisations.

Headway SELNWK is entering a phase of new development and is looking to recruit an outstanding Director of Strategy and Business Development. The ideal candidate will have significant experience of working with people affected by ABI and an evident passion for the charity’s mission to improve outcomes for them.

The postholder will be responsible for overseeing the development of the charity’s strategy and external relationships to drive the charity’s mission.

With a strong commitment to working co-productively with our members and their families, the post holder will identify what is already working well, what could be improved and how to implement and evaluate these improvements. The post holder will work closely with our Community Organiser to develop inclusive and inspiring models of practice that are responsive to the needs of our members and their families. This role will be key in developing a strategy for the training and development of our staff so as to best meet the needs of our members and their families and the demands of the local health and social care system.

With the Director of Finance and Operations and the Board of Trustees the post holder will develop a short-, medium- and long-term strategy to improve the charity’s operations and will work across the charity to implement and evaluate the strategic aims and objectives.

Therefore the post holder should have good project management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities at once. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential as the post holder will represent the charity to external partners such as commissioners, supporters and other statutory and third sector organisations.

The post holder must understand how Headway SELNWK's local work fits into regional and national agendas to develop services for people affected by ABI. We'd expect the post holder to have awareness of the challenges and opportunities of working within the Third Sector.

The ideal candidate will not necessarily have all of the required and desired characteristics, though they will certainly have real strengths in some of these areas. What is most important is that they will have a commitment to the charity’s mission. They will demonstrate a genuine openness to feedback and continuing improvement and will seek to learn from the experience of our members and their families.

What we are looking for?

We are looking for someone with experience of facilitating either operational or strategic planning, ideally in a brain injury rehabilitation service and/or within the Third Sector. You should have demsonstrable experience in developing plans with clear objectives and outcomes. You will be confident, astute and strategic in your assessment of complex issues, an excellent listener and someone who has the ability to manage a variety of stakeholders with differing expectations.

The Role Profile

Working with the Board of Trustees, the Director of Finance and Operations, our Community Organiser, our members and their families, this role will be pivotal in helping us shape the future of Headway SELNWK.

The post holder will work closely with the Director of Finance and Operations in developing Headway SELNWK's strategy and service development. Main areas of responsibility will be:

1. To lead the development, implementation and evaluation of new Headway SELNWK services
2. To lead the review, evaluation and revision of any current Headway SELNWK services
3. To take a lead role in consultation, development and implementation of Headway SELNWK's strategy 
4. Internal coordination and management of staff input and consultation to strategy and service development
5. Oversight and coordination of our external stakeholder consultation, to be defined. 
6. To take a lead role in maximising the engagement and inclusion of our members and their families in the development of our services and strategy
7. To maintain and develop Headway SELNWK's relationships with local stakeholders, seeking opportunities for collaboration, new service developments and income stream

Key Tasks 

1. To lead processes for any new service development or review of current services, ensuring the best standards of co-production / inclusion, budgeting and resourcing, implementation and evaluation
2. Take a lead role in implementing a strategy consultation plan, involving staff, members and families, trustees and external stakeholders. This may include leading on Headway SELNWK away days, project managing their conception, budget, execution and logistics as well as other methods such as interviews, focus groups, surveys, review of service data, appraisal of public policy etc.
3. To devise and run methods for keeping staff and our members and their families included in strategy and service development processes and to be informed of progress
4. To take a lead role in writing Headway SELNWK's strategy document and any associated business / operational plans
5. To lead the translation of the strategy into operational reality through the development of plans and KPIs- helping to bring Headway SELNWK together behind the strategy
6. Work across Headway SELNWK to ensure input is received in good time against the strategy milestones, and proactively identifying where conflicts arise
7. To shape and run an effective and inclusive stakeholder consultation process ensuring outputs from evaluation are shared, strategy content is consulted on accurately, in good time and fed back in to the strategy development. 
8. Work alongside and communicate with regional and national colleagues as appropriate
9. Proactively escalate issues, opportunities and potential variances from milestones or budget to the Board of Trustees
10. Ensure Headway SELNWK communicates effectively about strategy and service development with members and staff and externally with our partners, funders, supporters, local and regional policy maker

Interviews are scheduled for week commencing 9th December 2019

Age UK Coventry & Warwickshire are actively recruiting for a Director of Finance to effectively manage and develop financial resources in line with the organisation’s vision. Age UK's vision is to make the UK a great place to grow older. We do this by inspiring, supporting and enabling in a number of ways.

You will directly manage the finance teams and ensure production of timely and high quality financial management information. Working in Coventry, with frequent travel around Warwickshire and Coventry, you will also be responsible for all aspects of financial control and fraud prevention.

The Director of Finance has specific responsibility for the operational function and strategic development of the organisation’s financial services. You will be an active member of the Senior Management Team and be expected to contribute to the strategic and operational management of all areas of the organisation.

You will:

• Work with the CEO in providing leadership and direction in the development of a broad range of activities, whilst being consistent in our Strategic Plan, and promoting the organisation’s vision.
• Ensure the organisation maximises its financial performance across the broad range of activities including long-term financial planning and a strategy for the Property Portfolio.
• Manage the finance services with a high level of customer focus and support managers with service development.
• Drive a high quality and performing culture, responsive to Board of Trustees’ needs.
• Embed effective systems and procedures creating a culture of continuous improvement.
• To advise department/unit managers on financial matters including budget preparation and guidance as appropriate. To support service managers in the preparation of bids and contract negotiations.

Skills and Experience:

• A professional qualification and membership of an Accounting body
• A degree or equivalent experience of continuous professional development
• Experience of senior/strategic leadership within an organisation
• Experience of working with SORP and/or a not for profit organisation
• A proven track record of leading and inspiring diverse teams to high level of achievement and innovation
• A successful track record of initiating, leading and managing associated risks
• Experiences of successfully developing and leading a strong performance and outcome focussed culture
• Evidence of a detailed understanding of working within Trustee Boards or similar governing bodies
• Ability to present complex financial information clearly and concisely
• Analytical skills with the ability to exercise sound judgement and sensitivity
• Ability to build effective teams and relationships and achieve results through others by leading, inspiring and motivating others
• The ability to achieve change and results through influence, negotiation and collaboration
• Good knowledge of quality assurance systems and the organisational accreditation
• Committed to continuously improving service delivery
• Persistent and able to persuade others to meet your deadlines
• Excellent communications skills

What we offer in return:

• 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Pension: 3% employer contribution

Further information regarding this post is available via Age UK Coventry & Warwickshire's website, or you can download a recruitment pack and related documents below.

Age UK Coventry & Warwickshire do not accept CVs whether included with an application or sent speculatively from individuals or recruitment agencies, nor accept the fees associated with them. 

The decision to invite candidates for interview is based on the details completed in your application, so please make sure you complete all sections of the application form as fully as possible. There is no need to attach a CV to your application.

Position: Director of Business Services
Location: Guildford, Surrey
Salary: £52,000 - £61,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Monday – Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm with the occasional need for out of hours working/ attendance to Board meetings, halow’s fundraising events etc.

Reports: halow care Services Manager, Finance Manager, Senior HR/Admin Officer

halow’s Mission:

“Nurturing and enabling independence for young people with a learning disability.” To support each other and work as part of the team, respecting every individual’s gifts, skills and qualities, and the unique talents they bring to halow.

Role:

halow are seeking an experienced and inspirational leader to fulfill the role of Director of halow care Business Services. This position will work in partnership with the Director of halow Project, and together, shall build upon the success of the current CEO by confidently leading the Organisation through the next stage of the strategic plan and beyond.

Accountable to the Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees, the Director of Business Services halow care will be responsible for successfully overseeing halow’s care provision and all this entails:

• Inspiring and driving the implementation of innovation and best practice within services; identifying strategies to overcome barriers and delivering halow’s exciting new strand: ‘Exceptional Personalised Care’, to our young people. To jointly lead and model an organisational culture of ambition and aspiration for and on behalf of our young people.
• The senior management and delivery of care services, staffing and compliance.
• All aspects of financial management and control throughout the Organisation (for both halow project and care) including (but not limited to) payroll, forecasting and budgetary control, financial reporting for the Board, implementing/reviewing financial systems, financial and legislative compliance and credit control;
• The smooth running of the Organisation’s Human Resources function (covering both halow project and care) including (but not limited to) recruitment and induction of new starters, day-to-day HR administration, advice and procedure associated with all aspects of employee relations, policy implementation/review, training and development and, compliance with current employment law and best practice standards;
• Overseeing facilities management for the Organisation including providing a safe environment for all staff, young people and visitors by conducting regular risk assessments; and,
• The management of IT services for the Organisation including the account management of external providers and internal systems.

To be successful in this pivotal, wide ranging role, the job holder will need to draw upon their knowledge and demonstrable experience in the following areas:

• Strategic management including the development, implementation and delivery of strategic plans
• Business development and account management
• Financial management and budgetary control
• Effective staff management and leadership skills
• Working with Boards and a wide range of stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills with a passion for customer service
• Commitment to effective governance
• Promoting equality and diversity within a workforce

This role is business services focused however, it would be advantageous for the successful candidate to;

• have experience (or as a minimum an understanding) of the issues facing the social care sector.

Closing date for applications: 5pm, Sunday 1st December 2019

Interviews will be taking place during the advertising period so please do not delay in submitting your application.

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website. 

• halow is committed to equal opportunities and values diversity in its workforce.
• Successful applications are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.
• halow is committed to equal opportunities and values diversity in its workforce.

Registered charity number: 1116773.

No agencies please.

TPP are recruiting a Business Development Manager for a charity that offers services across London and surrounding regions, as well as campaign and advocate nationally on the issues that affect the people we work with.

Main Purpose of role:
The Business Development Manager will take the lead on the development of new business through tenders for contracts and the establishment of viable social enterprises; contributing to the charities ambitious growth targets.

Some Key responsibilities:
Lead on tenders for allocated geographical patches and types of service that meet the charities strategic objectives, as agreed with the Director of Performance and Development.
Finalise technical questions in PQQs and method statements in allocated submissions and ensure they are completed on time.
Support the Business Development Officer by overseeing all administrative aspects of the tendering process.
Work closely with Operations staff to develop staffing structures and service delivery models to ensure best outcomes for service users.
Undertake financial modelling for agreed submissions in consultation with the Director of Performance and Development and Director of Finance.
Work closely with HR to model the impact of TUPE on financial models.
Engage with the mobilisation of allocated successful tenders from award to contract commencement, working with senior operations management and central staff.
Take part in the preparation of tender presentations and participate in clarification interviews as required.
Evaluate successful and unsuccessful bids and/or proposals, getting feedback from Commissioners, with a view to improving future submissions
Ensure that all tenders are returned on time and are properly presented to include the correct number of documents and formats as required by the funding authorities.
Understand procurement practices and keep up to date with commissioning trends and priorities in housing, care, support, health and community developments nationally, but particularly in London.
Attend meetings with Commissioners, tender briefings and strategic and partnership forums as required
Support the re-development of existing services to secure additional/alternative funding/efficiencies as per agreed work plans and area based requests.
Pursue opportunities to meet plans for self-funded building-based initiatives, negotiating with housing associations and other providers.
Develop partnerships and consortia as viable and effective methods of service delivery.
Support retention of existing services via providing a supporting role in operational improvement initiatives as required.
Work in a manner that acknowledges and preserves the commercial confidentiality of the team's work.
Attend relevant training courses and conferences, as agreed with the Director of Performance and Development.
Produce reports for appropriate internal and external bodies.
Attend internal best practice and policy and strategic development working groups on behalf of the team.

Key skills:
Strong written and presentation skills
Good communicator
Organised
Basic research and analysis experience
Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding issues and ability to address them appropriately.

This charity offer excellent benefits such as working from home and flexible working.

If you would like to find out more about this opportunity please get in touch ASAP
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Service Development Programme Manager

The Service Design Programme Manager will be a catalyst for creating and delivering exciting ways to improve the services and impact we deliver to children and young people with cancer and their families.

You will be responsible for improved cross departmental collaboration, co-development of fundraising proposals and developing new and innovative ways of delivering better outcomes for those we support through direct service delivery and influencing and campaigning for system change. Additionally, this role will work across the Services Directorate to ensure we have appropriate systems and processes in place to plan developments, quality assure services and monitor and report progress.

If you are an experienced project or programme manager who is passionate about championing innovation, developing new and improved services through a user-centric and insight led approach, and are skilled in engaging stakeholders and managing a broad portfolio of work at pace – join our fight!

About us

At CLIC Sargent we are One Team with One Target. It is our mission to ensure that everyone under 25 with cancer, and their families, get the support they need to thrive, not just survive. We fight tirelessly to stop cancer destroying young lives and we strive to improve the services we deliver to children, young people and their families.

We want to build on what is great about our services. We also know that there are significant opportunities for attracting new sources of funding through improved cross departmental collaboration and co-development of fundraising proposals that will support the sustainable delivery of these services to those we support.

About the role

- Identify opportunities to improve services so that what we do has greater impact on the outcomes of those we support and gives the best value for our funders.
- Develop investment appraisals and business cases for these opportunities
- Manage a portfolio of projects across the full lifecycle - to deliver new and innovative approaches along with incremental improvements
- Champion innovation and continuous improvement approaches across the Services Directorate and broader organisation
- Promote and facilitate children, young people and their families participation and consultation in co-design and co-creation of services and improvements
- Develop approaches with our insight and data teams to ensure an evidence based approach to service developments, performance reporting and service evaluation activity
- Support the efficient operation of the Services Directorate by helping to organise and deliver the strategic and annual planning and budget setting process and the development and delivery of new approaches and improvements to quality assurance, risk management and reporting activities

You will bring

- Significant experience of managing complex projects and programmes with multi-disciplinary stakeholder groups
- Demonstrable experience of delivering new and improved services and ways of working (knowledge of health and social care sectors ,along with digital is highly desirable)
- Good knowledge and experience of approaches to project management, innovation and theory of change
- An interest in research and data along with the ability to analyse, interrogate, understand and draw insights to inform new developments, drive improvements and evaluate the changes that we make
- An engaging communication style and the ability to influence and build strong working relationships.
- Strong consultative and listening skills with a drive to be solution focused and collaborative.
- The ability to work at pace, quickly get up to speed on complex subjects that you may not have had prior experience of and manage competing demands and priorities effectively

What we offer

In return for your commitment, we offer a great reward package, which includes generous annual leave entitlement, pension scheme and season ticket loan. (For more information search for ‘our benefits’ on our website.)

We are always looking for talented people from all backgrounds, to join us and help improve the lives of children and young people with cancer and their families. We particularly want to encourage people from under-represented groups to step forward and apply to work or volunteer with CLIC Sargent.

CLIC Sargent is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

This post may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

To apply for this role please visit our website - you will be invited to answer some standard questions and then upload your CV and a supporting statement outlining your interest in the role and what skills and experience you feel you would bring.

Location: Bristol, BS6 5TL

Job type: Full Time, permanent, 35 Hours per Week, Flexible working considered

Salary: £36,043 per annum

Closing Date: noon on 4th December 2019

Interview Date: 1st round 10th December, 2nd round 16th December 2019

You may have experience of the following: Project Manager, Programme Manager, Project Management, Programme Management, Service Development, Service Design, Innovation, Continuous Improvement, Product Manager, Product Management, Service Delivery Manager, etc.

Ref: 90363

• Salary: Circa £48,000 + London Weighting (Pro-rata)
• Hours: 30 per week (4 days)
• Contract: Maternity Cover (up to 1 year)
• Location: London

Brook is the UK’s leading provider of young people’s sexual health and wellbeing services. Our services provide free and confidential information, counselling and support to help young people make positive, healthy lifestyle choices to improve their wellbeing.

Our education work supports young people’s emotional development and teaches core life skills and our training for professionals improves their experience of health and education.

About this position

This role will be responsible for leading innovation enabling Brook to grow our clinical services and education and wellbeing work. You will be responsible for identifying and securing opportunities for new business and growth and responding to complex tender opportunities, driving activities through all stages of the bid process.  You will lead work to submit bids and tenders for services in new locations across the country with key commissioners and partners, and for retendering services for our existing work. 

You will work closely with colleagues, at all levels, across the organisation and with external partners to develop and write successful tenders.  This role will support Brook to diversify its income and from time to time you may be required to support other fundraising activities, including the identification, development and submission of funding applications to trusts, foundations and statutory funders.

About you

Essential to this role is significant experience in a senior role leading service development and business growth. You will have a successful track record in generating statutory income through competitive bidding processes and experience of leading and coordinating tender submissions to local and national commissioners such as local authorities, the NHS and other statutory funders.  Your knowledge of the current funding and commissioning environment will support Brook to grow its business and expand its reach. 

You will have experience of leading multi-disciplined project teams and of working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders and partners and you will use your excellent communication, negotiation and networking skills to support business growth.

You will have excellent leadership, communication and organisational skills, great attention to detail and be able to manage a complex and busy workload.  With proven project management experience, you will be able to make decisions, work autonomously and to tight deadlines.  You will be expected to represent the organisation externally and you will have excellent presentation and networking skills.

In return for your expertise, enterprise, initiative and drive, we can offer a truly supportive environment and genuinely interesting work within a charity that has a proud history and an exciting future.

Your application

To apply for this role, please submit your CV and a personal statement no longer than two pages by 27th November 2019. It should outline why you are a suitable candidate and your reasons for applying.

Interviews for this role will take place in London on Thursday 5th December 2019.

Service Development Manager

South West England

£34,788-£38,813 pa

Permanent/Full Time (37.5 Hours per week)

We have an exciting opportunity to join St Mungo’s as a Service Development Manager, covering our South West England Region.

At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions.  As a homelessness charity and housing association our clients are at the heart of what we do. We provide a bed and support to more than 2,700 people a night who are either homeless or at risk, and work to end homelessness and rebuild lives.

This will have a particular focus on delivering new housing and homeless projects, developing and improving our current provision. This role is based in either Oxford or Bristol but travel across the region and London is expected.

Key responsibilities in this role are:

• To investigate and develop new business opportunities. To work with the Service Director and Business Development Team on developing and growing our portfolio of services within the Region; supporting the development of regional pipelines and a regional growth strategy.

• To establish and implement new contracts. To be directly responsible for the successful implementation and startup of new teams and services.

• To support Regional Heads where management gaps, issues or opportunities arise. To lead and motivate the managers responsible for the day to day delivery of an agreed number of teams within the region.

• To build a network of contacts across the region. To represent St Mungo’s to external stakeholders, including local authorities and other funders.

• To support Service Managers in delivering best practice across their services. To help develop and implement processes, initiatives, policies and procedures, and services that promote the key ambitions and approaches of the organisation.

We are looking for someone with the demonstrable ability to complete delegated tasks and to effectively manage multiple service priorities and commissioner contacts. Someone with the energy and project management skills to successfully seize opportunities, trouble shoot problems, implement projects and ensure effective contract compliance. If you have experience of leading teams to deliver services to groups of vulnerable clients, in an outreach, supported housing, care or other relevant environment; of networking, liaising and negotiating and, of successfully setting up new services we encourage you to apply.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including a pension scheme, staff discounts scheme and initiatives to help you maintain a healthy work/life balance. We are also committed to providing our staff with a wide range of learning and development opportunities; in support of their personal and professional development.

If you believe that you have what we are looking for, and have an interest in working for a charity which makes a real difference to the lives of people who are homeless, we encourage you to apply.

Please ensure that you read the comprehensive job description and person specification for the role. When applying please address the person specification, clearly setting out how you meet the requirements for the role. To view job descriptions on our vacancies page, please click on the document available tab above the relevant job advert.

To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s Careers page.

Closing date: 10am on Monday 25 November 2019

Interview and assessments on: Thursday 12 December 2019 (taking place in Bristol)

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) applicants, as they are under-represented within St Mungo’s at senior management level.

At St Mungo’s, equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work. We are in the top 50 of Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2019, we are also proud to have been awarded Personnel Today’s 2018 Diversity and Inclusion (Public Sector) award and we are a Disability Confident Employer. To ensure that our workforce reflects the diversity of our clients as well as the communities that we live and work within, we encourage and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

It is a requirement for this post that an enhanced DBS disclosure check, will be undertaken for the successful candidate.

Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.

London EC3N

6 months’ maternity cover from February 2020, with possible extension

The role

You will lead on ensuring successful delivery of our existing portfolio of services and negotiate new services, working in partnership with the NHS, voluntary and statutory organisations in locations across the South of England region. 

You will be responsible for managing a team of permanent and contract staff and supporting our vital services’ volunteers, working closely with the other services’ teams to increase access, reach and influence across the UK.

About you

Thriving on challenge, you will have the determination to see through the service set-up process from initial discussions to operational delivery. With a willingness to travel, you will have proven people management skills, and the ability to work as part of a busy team and with other teams across different geographical sites. It goes without saying that you’ll need exceptional organisational and time management skills, and be able to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication.

About us

We’re excited to announce that in April 2019, Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now united to create one charity for everyone affected by breast cancer. From research to care, our new charity has people affected by the disease at its heart – providing support for today and hope for the future. United, we can carry out even more world-class research, provide even more life-changing support and campaign even more effectively for better services and care.

By bringing together our passion, energy, expertise, funds and networks, we will make greater progress in more effective ways to make sure that, by 2050, everyone who develops breast cancer will live and receive the support they need to live well. 

For further information and to apply

Please download a copy of the job description and person specification. Please submit your application through our online application portal.

Closing date 9am on Monday 2 December 2019

Interview date Wednesday 11 December 2019

Second interview date Monday 16 December 2019

Itad is a leading international development consultancy providing technical advice to governments, foundations, multilateral agencies and non-profits on how to maximise the impact of their investments. We have a 30-year track record of providing our clients with the information and insight they need to make development work smarter, produce better results and improve people’s lives.

Our knowledge and expertise are grouped around Practice areas including Human Development Fragile and Conflict-affected Settings (FCAS), Inclusive Growth, Resilience and Natural Resources and Markets and Governance and Institutional Strengthening.We continue to grow in size, commercial performance and professional reputation and we are increasingly recognised as a global leader with a diverse client base including international development agencies and philanthropic foundations.   We have recently opened our first international office in Washington DC which reflects and supports this growth.

Our core areas of work are:

• Independent evaluation of large-scale, long-term multi-disciplinary programs, strategies and organizations, where we have over 30 years of experience;
• The design and implementation of complex, multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholder M&E systems;
• Training, capacity building, and lesson learning in M&E frameworks and approaches including collaboration, learning and adapting; and
• Providing advice to organizations on program strategy and design, including theories of change, impact/uptake pathways, and Value for Money (VfM).

Practice Overview

The Health team are positioned within the Human Development Practice and oversee a dynamic and rapidly evolving portfolio. This is broadly in four thematic areas, adolescent, sexual and reproductive health and rights, health systems strengthening, global health strategy and global health security. We support solutions to knotty problems current in global health, such as tackling anti-microbial resistance, pursuing youth-led design for health, applying resilience-thinking to the continuity of SRH services in fragile states and many others. Our growing education practice focuses among other things on education reform, providing data, information and evidence to policy-makers, program architects and implementors. We deliver these expertise across a diverse client base including Dfid, UK Department of Health & Social Care, Gavi, Global Partnership for Education, the Global Fund, UNICEF, BMGF, Wellcome Trust, Public Health England, Hewlett Foundation and Elma.

The Role

We are recruiting for an experienced consultant to join the team to lead projects and programmes across the whole portfolio.They will lead and contribute to project delivery, develop and own stakeholder relationships, support the development of strong, high performing teams, contribute to business development activities and build our reputational capital and market presence.The core technical strengths of all our consultants are focused around four key areas:

• Evidence Advocate:using robust evidence to support clients and shape global debates;
• Change Agent:guiding clients in reflecting, learning and managing change;
• Project Manager: building high performing project teams that deliver quality and commercial targets;
• Trusted Advisor: building and shaping long term relationships with clients and partners that add value and deliver commercial success.

The Candidate

You will have a post-graduate degree in a relevant discipline and a proven track record in a global health area, which may fall within one or more of the following topics: health systems strengthening, global health strategy, adolescent, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and global health security and education. Experience in as we continue to develop our service offering in the US, experience with US government related project delivery would be welcomed

As an evidence advocate you will be utilising your knowledge and experience of MEL to lead and advise others in the design and implementation of complex MEL projects and workstreams. You will have demonstrated technical expertise in designing MEL systems, tools and processes for a range of clients, and designing and delivering evaluations using a range of approaches and methodologies. You have used these methods to present evidence and analysis to clients – both written and verbally – in a clear, distilled and accessible way, facilitating engagement and use.

As a change agent you will have demonstrated facilitation and communication skills and experience, conveying ideas to clients and teams in a clear and focused style, flexing your technique to suit the environment, and in a way that generates buy-in and supports learning.

As a project manager you will have a track record in managing and leading the delivery of complex projects, setting clear direction, managing risk and ensuring delivery of high quality outputs that meet commercial targets and provide value for money.

As a trusted advisor you will have a strong understanding of how our clients work, and demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with clients that generate repeat work. You will also have experience in successfully leading complex bid processes, including building and managing large teams and consortia.

You will also have a track record in the management of internal and external high-performance teams (both internal and external teams).  You will be a good communicator, have empathy, be able to delegate and empower effectively and have strong organisational skills, able to work closely with technical consultants and business units to efficiently deliver results.

The salary for this role is up to £65K depending on your skills and experience. In addition, we also offer a comprehensive learning and development programme, 24 days holiday plus additional time off over Christmas, matched company pension up to 5%, and a discretionary bonus.  Other benefits include Cycle to Work scheme, eyecare vouchers, weekly fruit and subsidised yoga classes in our offices.

The closing date for applications is December 6th, however, please note we will be interviewing candidates on a rolling basis.

For non-EU applicants: If you are a non-EU National then please refer to the UK Border Agency website for information regarding your eligibility to work in the UK.

Whether you wish to pursue a career in the health or social care professions or have a genuine enthusiasm to support those on their road to independence from an ABI, we would like to hear from you.

Headway SELNWK is a charity dedicated to the support, advocacy and awareness of the ongoing needs of individuals who have experienced acquired brain injuries (ABI) in the South East London and North West Kent area. We have an exciting part-time opportunity to join our expanding Social Rehabilitation and Community team across the Bexley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Bromley, Southwark, KCC and Lewisham service areas.  We are looking for motivated and dynamic individuals who will support our clients to achieve their full potential and satisfaction in participating in society.

You will be working in a key-worker role with support from the Occupational Therapist and Director of Strategy and Business Developement to deliver individually tailored one to one and group activities to our members. This role is part-time 30 hours per week.

Previous experience of rehabilitation is not crucial as ongoing support, training and supervision will be provided to ensure the applicant acquires the requisite skills, although a willingness to develop is essential. As you progress you will have the opportunity to provide support to the volunteers, students and other supporters of Headway SELNWK.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our Social Rehabilitation Services, working within the South East London and North West Kent region.

We will offer you;

5 weeks paid annual leave, extensive training in the Bridges self management, mandatory training, continuous in-service training in Brain injury, QCF level 3, supervision support, mentoring and peer support sessions with our clinical lead.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Social Rehabilitation Team to develop the Headway SELNWK Social Rehabilitation Service

• To key-work for a defined caseload of adults with complex ABI using evidence based practice, rehabilitation processes and client-centred principles

• To carry out assessments, reviews, evaluations and identify goals with clients (in conjunction with the Occupational Therapist)

• To plan, run and evaluate group activities

• Participate in the identification and resolution of daily operational issues arising within the Social Rehabilitation Service

• Interviews scheduled for week commencing 9th December 2019.

At Frontline, we are creating an organisation with less bureaucracy, high levels of autonomy and feedback, and deeply responsible colleagues with clear expectations of one another. We believe this culture will accelerate our impact and progress towards our mission. The Head of People role is critical to making sure this culture runs throughout the employee experience, from recruitment and on-boarding to learning and development and performance management, ultimately supporting colleagues to do their very best work at Frontline.

You will set the overall strategic vision for the People function as we launch our new organisational strategy next year. Leading a talented and committed team, you will deliver a top-quality service to colleagues who proactively seek out and trust the expertise of the People function. You’ll also be responsible for developing the people capability of the organisation, holding colleagues to account for leading and managing the performance of their teams and ensuring that the effectiveness of Frontline’s employees is everyone’s priority.

We are seeking a broad range of applicants for this role, including actively seeking applications from black and minority ethnic applicants and those with a disability so that discussions at our leadership group level have a wider range of perspectives and to improve the rigour of decision making. We believe that the strongest performing teams have a lot of difference in them and we are actively seeking to diversify and to create a workplace that is welcoming for all, regardless of disability, religious belief, sexuality, gender or ethnicity.