King's College London Student's Union is looking for a Campaigns Organiser to work within the Community Representation Team to:

Lead on supporting the growth, planning and delivery of KCLSU campaigning and organising activity ensuring that elected officers and students are enabled and empowered to create strategic, people powered campaigns.
Support our student officers to develop, shape and deliver their agenda, providing advice, coaching and guidance on how to develop impactful campaigns and projects.
Work with the community representation team to embed people powered campaigning and organising across all areas of our work ensuring that students from every segment of the membership are empowered to make change through campaigns.
The ideal candidate would be experienced working with groups, supporting them to organise and deliver impactful campaigns on areas of shared interest. They will need to know about utilising online and offline organising and campaign tactics and have a passion to empower and enable individuals and grassroots movements.

KCLSU is a fun, social and flexible work environment which offers opportunities for development as well as great staff benefits.

If this is you, please download and complete an application form and an equal opportunities monitoring form from below and email directly through the kclsu website.

Applications close:  Monday  1st February 9am

Interview date: Thursday 11th February

Assessment type: Interview and Presentation

We’re looking for a motivated, imaginative and organised human to be the heart and soul of this small team and large community. You would be responsible for innovating and implementing new Covid-safe cycling adventures whilst meeting ambitious fundraising targets to support Choose Love. 

Thighs of Steel

Our purpose is to raise money and awareness for refugee-supporting organisations. We do this by running empowering and community building cycle adventure events. To date, we have raised over £450,000 for Choose Love, Europe’s largest donor of grassroots refugee aid, providing emergency support and long term solutions where they are most needed.

Our rides are deliberately uncompetitive, accidentally but proudly feminist, and offer genuine adventure. Our organisation is small, purpose-led and independent. The team consists of two Directors, who will coach you into the role and work together with you on strategy, finances and impact goals. There is also a dedicated team of volunteers within our community who run aspects of the organisation including Comms and the London Cycle Club. With this small team around you, you will be the driving force of the organisation, spending more time working on it than anyone else. Our community of cyclists are so engaged we see them as a wider part of the organisation . With many of our community craving adventure after lockdown, but social distancing necessities reaching into 2021, it is a creative time to join the organisation as new events and adapting existing ones will be the first priority.

Essential responsibilities:

• Inventing: Creating new fundraising cycle adventures, that empower, challenge and are enjoyable for participants. They must also be financially sustainable and add to our purpose, fundraising for Choose Love

• Fundraising: Meeting an ambitious fundraising goal of £150,000 per year for Choose Love.

• Organising: Making the cycle adventures happen on time and to a budget. Recruit and organise training for the core team for the rides. Build a team of volunteers from the community to support you with route planning, booking accommodation, etc

• Community Building: You will be the point of contact for all communication with participants. You’ll be a highly organised and easygoing person that always has time for people on and offline. Community building will include ensuring the Cycle ‘Clubs’ are thriving and led by the community itself as much as possible. 

• Partnerships: Collaborating and communicating with our key partner, Choose Love, including regular check-ins about our fundraising progress, comms collaboration and event opportunities. Additionally, building and exploring new partnerships to help us meet our goals. 

• Comms: Creating the strategy and delivering content to engage and grow our audience through online and occasionally offline mediums. This includes social media platforms, website building, content creation and designing. Comms strategy will involve working towards building the breadth of our community, in collaboration with Choose Love.

About you 

• Experience in an organisational role in the third sector (social enterprise, charity etc)

• Passionate about refugee rights and freedom of movement 

• Have an interest in cycling and adventures

• Organised with good attention to detail and comfortable organising online with tools such as Mailchimp, Slack and Google Drive incl Sheets, Docs.

• A good communicator, sociable and able to contribute and encourage a close knit community. 

• Good at multitasking a varied workload

• Comfortable being your own boss, taking initiative and responsibility, whilst co-creating a team who collaborate and respect each other.

• Flexible with workload, there may be times in the year where things are busy and other times where it’s a lot quieter, so weekly hours will vary, whilst monthly pay remains at an average of your annual workload. 

• You are passionate about helping to create an inclusive, anti-oppressive organisation that treats people with respect and dignity. Considering accessibility in the ways you work, such as in communication and events design

Practical information

Contract: 12 months (possibility of extension depending on funding) with a 6 month probationary period

Salary: £21,000 pro rata, 0.6FTE, therefore pay is £12,600. 28 days of holiday pay are offered, including bank holidays, pro rata. Salary is the London Living Wage.

Hours: 3 days a week on average, if working 7.5 hours a day. 

Location: Whilst Covid-19 restrictions make supported group rides impossible, the role can be remote. However once rides are possible you would need to be able to work regularly in Bristol or London, where the majority of our community are. If this wouldn't be possible but you still feel you are right for the role, please do apply and let us know your location and how you think it would work.

Our approach to hiring:

We encourage applications from a wide variety of backgrounds who can drive and inspire change for refugees and displaced people. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic candidates, and candidates with disabilities.

We promote equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We are happy to talk about flexible working and we promote a workplace where you can be your authentic self and achieve success based only on your merit.

Could you be Settle’s Operations Manager? This is a new role for a small but impactful charity and will be key to our future success and ability to deliver high quality, essential services to our community.

About Us

Settle is an award-winning charity that supports vulnerable young people moving into their first home. Our mission is to break the cycle of youth homelessness by equipping young people with the life skills and confidence they need to thrive.

About the role

Due to recent expansion, we are now looking for the right person to help lead the next phase of our development as Operations Manager. This is a new role and will be key to our future success and ability to deliver high quality, essential services to our community. You will be responsible for the smooth day to day running of the charity, overseeing the operational and financial management aspects of Settle. You will work with the team to help build on the success of Settle’s first 5 years and report directly to our CEO.

You will have understanding, and experience, of the business and operational skills needed to meet the needs of a growing, fast paced charity. You will bring the ability to evaluate, adapt and create the effective and economical processes needed for Settle’s operations and culture to thrive, problem solving challenges where needed.

You will be a great organiser who does not shy away from a challenge. Flexible, enthusiastic and highly motivated, you will have great communication skills with the ability to build relationships with a range of diverse stakeholders. You will bring your professional excellence to all aspects of the role.

Key info

• Salary: £30-35k pro-rata depending on experience
• Hours: Part-time, 3 days per week
• Contract Length: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract with a view to extend
• Location: Currently remote working with future work at our office in London Fields, Hackney
• Start Date: March 2021

Please read the full job description before applying (attached below).

Recruiting an Electrical Surveyor to join our Head Office based in Westminster!

GBP 40,000 - 45,000 per annum, 35 hours per week, 12 month FTC, 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

Operational
- Act as the lead on the delivery of the electrical services and fire alarm/detection safety works programmes and ensure that all works are
completed within agreed timescales and KPI's to the required standard and quality
- To provide comprehensive professional, design, detailing and contract administration on services on a diverse range of commissions for LA when needed, fully utilising in house IT support systems.
- Review all electrical and fire alarm/detection and lighting remedial actions and provide technical specifications and engineering solutions to ensure compliance which represent value for money.
- Provide up to date information on electrical and fire alarm/detection and lighting related KPI's and provide commentary in weekly compliance meetings.
- Ensure completion of all electrical services and fire alarm/detection remedial actions from any notice received from LFB within agreed timescales.
- Carry out pre and post inspections for all areas of all electrical services and fire alarm/detection as required to ensure value for money, quality of work and resident satisfaction.
- To carry out pre-inspections to electrical services including fire alarms and emergency lighting systems to building services including full surveys to identify defects including preparation of detailed reports, specifications and cost estimates where necessary to ensure the appropriate remedial works are undertaken, to ensure effective and appropriate repair solutions ensuring all current applicable regulations are complied with.
- Provide technical advice on building defects relating to electrical service and fire alarms/detection and diagnosis to the organisation including the day-to-day responsive repairs service, as well as, from time to time, carrying out post inspections of repairs to help better manage our contractors.
- Ensure that all databases are continually updated to reflect servicing works carried out and all required certification is provided on completion of works.
- Attend various meetings, both internal and external, to represent LACS and conduct joint site meetings with LACS staff, contractors and external agencies such as LFB.
- Be part of an effective operational team, focused on achievement of service plans and departmental priorities, providing guidance in your area of professional specialism.

Contract Management
- Make visits to site to monitor contractor performance against key performance indicators and to validate servicing and remedial works being undertaken to ensure that they are to a high standard.
- Deputise for the senior compliance manager when required and lead contract management meetings.
- Assist in the procurement and tendering of new contracts and preparation of briefs and appointment of external consultants and contractors as required.
- Effectively manage contractors and consultants delivering repairs, servicing and projects ensuring they comply with contractual obligations and take remedial action where performance does not meet their contractual obligations.
- Ensure all projects and services are effectively managed including monitoring costs, progress, performance against KPI's, ensuring regular progress meetings are in place. Keep management informed of progress, highlighting areas of concern.

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the
needs of Look Ahead.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative
opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with the Inclusive Employers Standard 2020. We welcome applications from people of all
backgrounds.

The Head of Syria and Iraq Detention Project is responsible for overseeing Reprieve’s work on detention cases in North East Syria (NES) and Iraq.

There are currently thousands of people indefinitely detained in camps in North East Syria, in conditions the UN has described as “deplorable and inhumane”. Others have been transferred to Iraq or Assad-controlled Syria, where they have faced torture and the death penalty without anything resembling due process.

Reprieve’s Syria and Iraq Projects aim to ensure that individuals detained in Syria and Iraq are treated in line with international law, and not subjected to the death penalty, extrajudicial execution, arbitrary detention, torture or rendition. We also aim to challenge and change flawed ‘war on terror’ narratives and legal and political frameworks – including in the UK, Europe and the US – that engender state-sanctioned discrimination and abuse and undermine the rule of law and human rights.

You will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies using a dynamic approach in which each of Reprieve’s methodologies—casework, investigation, litigation, political and public engagement, outreach and support for affected communities—connect with one another in pursuit of saving clients’ lives and addressing structural rights violations. You are an experienced campaigner and advocate, with significant legal, casework or litigation experience and strong writing skills. You have demonstrated experience leading teams and managing a complex portfolio of cases.

For full details and information on how to apply please see the job description.

A membership charity based in London are looking for a Local Groups & Networks Coordinator. A local group could be 4 or 40, meeting in a university or going for a ramble, or sitting down for a group knit at the Community Centre. But we need a clear agreement in place for how groups are run and promoted, where data is kept, how people are protected, and importantly the messaging around the cause.
Key responsibilities
You will also be responsible for helping secure and set up new local groups and networks recruiting coordinators, setting them up, helping knit them into the coordinators network, which you'll also set up.
You'll set up systems and relationship so that our local organisers are kept up to date, can support each other and keep the organisation grounded.
Person specification
Insight into the legal and organisational issues facing group leaders.
An interest in the disabilities, diversity and inclusion agenda.
Demonstrable interpersonal skills. Can you show us that you have successfully influenced,
persuaded, guided, listened to and negotiated with others, constructively challenging
thinking where appropriate.
Ability to build and manage effective and good relationships with a wide range of individuals.
Strong skills in identifying and analysing problems, issues and areas of improvement, able to
work with others to develop creative solutions.

Closing date: 6th January 2021

Recruiting a MechanicalSurveyor to join our Head Office based in Westminster!

GBP 40,000 - 45,000 per annum, 35 hours per week, 12 month FTC, 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

Key Responsibilities:

Operational
- Act as the lead on the delivery of all gas services ( domestic and commercial) water hygiene including water risk assessments (WRA) safety works programmes and ensure that all works are
completed within agreed timescales and KPI's to the required standard and quality
- To provide comprehensive professional, design, detailing and contract administration on services on a diverse range of commissions for LA when needed, fully utilising in house IT support systems.
- Review all gas services and water hygiene remedial actions (WRA) and provide technical specifications and engineering solutions to ensure compliance which represent value for money.
- Provide up to date information on gas services and water hygiene related KPI's and provide commentary in weekly compliance meetings.
- Ensure completion of all gas and water hygiene services remedial actions from regulator inspection/audit within agreed timescales.
- Carry out pre and post inspections for all areas of all gas and water hygiene services as required to ensure value for money, quality of work and customer satisfaction.
- To carry out pre-inspections to gas and water hygiene services to building services including full surveys to identify defects including preparation of detailed reports, specifications and cost estimates where necessary to ensure the appropriate remedial works are undertaken, to ensure effective and appropriate repair solutions ensuring all current applicable regulations are complied with.
- Provide technical advice on building defects relating to gas and water hygiene services and diagnosis to the organisation including the day-to-day responsive repairs service, as well as, from time to time, carrying out post inspections of repairs to help better manage our contractors.
- Ensure that all databases are continually updated to reflect servicing works carried out and all required certification is provided on completion of works.
- Attend various meetings, both internal and external, to represent LACS and conduct joint site meetings with LACS staff, contractors and external agencies such as LFB.
- Be part of an effective operational team, focused on achievement of service plans and departmental priorities, providing guidance in your area of professional specialism.

Contract Management
- Make visits to site to monitor contractor performance against key performance indicators and to validate servicing and remedial works being undertaken to ensure that they are to a high standard.
- Deputise for the senior compliance manager when required and lead contract management meetings.
- Assist in the procurement and tendering of new contracts and preparation of briefs and appointment of external consultants and contractors as required.
- Effectively manage contractors and consultants delivering repairs, servicing and projects ensuring they comply with contractual obligations and take remedial action where performance does not meet their contractual obligations.
- Ensure all projects and services are effectively managed including monitoring costs, progress, performance against KPI's, ensuring regular progress meetings are in place. Keep management informed of progress, highlighting areas of concern.

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the
needs of Look Ahead.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative
opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with the Inclusive Employers Standard 2020. We welcome applications from people of all
backgrounds.

£50,000 per annum

12-month fixed term contract

37.5 hours per week

Flexible remote working with regular travel to our London Bridge office (currently closed due to Covid-19 restrictions)

What the job involves

You’ll be leading the way in our adoption of Agile, owning high profile projects and taking us through our transformation into an Agile organisation. Along the way you’ll be sharing your experience and helping people develop their own skills while owning and maintaining the training to get them there.

You will be given the freedom and support to have a substantial and lasting impact on the UK’s leading men’s health organisation, getting involved in a diverse range of projects from delivering our support for men with prostate cancer, to inspiring people to fundraise for us, to technical infrastructure improvements.

What we want from you

You have solid experience of Scrum and Kanban across a number of different projects, products, campaigns or companies and now you want to put that experience to good use at an organisation fighting a disease that kills 11,000 men every year.

You’ll be joining a team focused on transformation aimed at making us fit for the digital age and capable of adapting to a worldwide pandemic. You’ll need to be able to deliver noticeable improvements quickly to prove the credibility of your change programme and have the tenacity to see things through when faced with obstacles. This role works with all levels across the organisation and that will be only possible if you are an excellent communicator capable of both sharing big visions and giving detailed instructions.

You have a practical understanding of Agile with a pragmatic approach to implementing it across a range of projects. You’re comfortable talking about and demonstrating Agile methods and will have some experience of Agile transformations in previous roles – helping people learn and develop their skills. You might have aspirations to be an Agile Coach in the future.

You’re passionate about the positive effect Agile can have and are keen to help people realise that in a practical way. You are comfortable giving talks and training to large groups and building up one-to-one working relationships across a diverse skillset.

Why we’re here

We’re here to stop prostate cancer killing men and damaging bodies and lives. We unite the brightest minds in science and healthcare and the most passionate and caring people to help men live long and live well. As the number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer continues to rise, we continue to make advances in research to focus on radical improvements in diagnosis, treatment and support so that we can build a future where lives are not limited by prostate cancer.

The support we’ll provide

Join our team and you’ll be working at an award-winning charity that will help you learn, develop your skills and expertise, and achieve your highest aspirations. We provide everything you’d expect from a professional organisation – competitive benefits package, contributory pension scheme, life insurance, childcare vouchers, and season ticket loan – but much more besides. Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we fight for a better future for men.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Closing Date: 8th February 2021

Interviews: 15th February 2021

Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 02653887.

Internews are exclusively partnering with Robertson Bell to recruit their Finance Coordinator role on a permanent basis.

Following a recent period of rapid growth and expansion, Internews are now looking to recruit this key role.

The Finance Coordinator will be responsible for a variety of tasks across team including ensuring smooth operations between Internews Europe and its Related parties. The role will support both Corporate and Project finance tasks, as well as assume responsibility for key areas of Corporate reporting.

About Internews

Internews is an international non-profit organisation whose mission is to empower local information providers worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect and the means to make their voices heard.

Internews provides communities the resources to produce local news and information with integrity and independence. With global expertise and reach, Internews trains both media professionals and citizen journalists, supports business development strategies for the sector and helps establish policies needed for open access to information. Internews programmes create platforms for dialogue and enable informed debate, which bring about social and economic progress.

Internews’ commitment to research and evaluation creates effective and sustainable programs, even in the most challenging environments. Internews operates internationally, with administrative centres in Arcata, California; Washington DC; and London, UK; as well as regional hubs in Bangkok and Nairobi.

Formed in 1982, Internews has worked in more than 90 countries, and currently has offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.

Our commitment to a culture of belonging

Internews is passionate about our core values and about supporting positive change in the world. We pride ourselves on our commitment to innovation and flexibility. We believe that diverse teams are strong teams, and work to support an ethic of belonging, dignity, and justice for all people. Our current team includes a mix of genders, parents and non-parents, the self-taught, and people of multiple races, nationalities, ages, sexual orientations, and socio-economic backgrounds. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage candidates of all races, genders, ages, abilities, orientations, ethnicities, and national origins to apply, and actively welcome those with alternative backgrounds and experiences.

The key responsibilities are as follows:

• Monthly review of financial records, ensuring the completeness of records and reconciled balances:
  • Balance Sheet reconciliations
  • Partner/Sub-grantee reconciliations
  • Regular Balance sheet reconciliations
• Supervision and management of organisational timesheets.
• Oversight for Internews Europe’s key financial relationships with its sister companies, including preparing monthly reconciliations and allocations, providing financial accounting support and regularly liaising with key stakeholders to manage relationships.
• Work closely with the Audit Manager to provide support in funder audits as required.
• Provide efficient delivery and support of periodical assignments such as annual budgeting, cashflow reporting and year-end statutory tasks.
• Provide invaluable support in the creation of new policies.
• Play a significant role in supporting the migration from Quick Books to Unit 4 ERP. 

The successful candidate will have:

• Made significant progress on working towards a professional accountancy qualification (ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA).
• A minimum of five years’ experience of working in a fast-paced finance department.
• Strong experience preparing balance sheet reconciliations.
• Ideally, previous experience working within an NGO. However, candidates without this are still strongly encouraged to apply.
• Previous experience assisting on management and/or financial accounts.
• Good Excel skills, including vlookups, SUMIFS and Pivot Tables.
• Proven experience in working across diverse teams and multi-cultural environments.
• Good understanding of other Microsoft Windows applications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven multi-tasking skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

CVs are being reviewed on a daily basis with first stage screening interviews commencing as early as 14th January. Please submit your application ASAP with our exclusive agent Robertson Bell to avoid disappointment.

Farm Africa are partnering exclusively with Robertson Bell to recruit to a Director of Finance role on a permanent, full time basis. For more than 35 years Farm Africa has worked with farmers, helping them to increase their harvests, build their incomes and sustain their natural resources. They do this by working closely with local communities, partnering with governments and the private sector to find effective ways to fight poverty.

Farm Africa are now seeking an exceptional Director of Finance to provide outstanding leadership and expertise to strategically manage finance and other control functions. This role also plays a vital role providing broader leadership in the delivery of the ambitious strategy, and is a crucial business partner to the CEO, the SMT, and the board treasurer.

The key responsibilities will be:

• Responsible for accounting including the production of the annual accounts for the Charity & its subsidiaries, financial planning, the production of management accounts and all banking & cash management.
• Provide strategic input to the development of the organisation’s strategy and future growth plans, thinking beyond own direct areas of responsibility.
• Together with the Chief Executive, develop annual and medium-term financial plans for Farm Africa ensuring the longer term financial sustainability of the organisation.
• Set the strategic direction and annual objectives for the finance function, covering UK head office and Africa-based teams.
• Line manage the Head of Finance, and support Country Directors in their line management of country Finance leads.
• Ensure that financial risks throughout Farm Africa’s activities are identified and ensure that appropriate processes are in place to monitor and mitigate them.
• Act as the key staff contact for the Finance, Risk and Audit committee (FRAC), ensuring (together with the Treasurer) that meetings take place regularly, agendas are appropriate and that the committee discharges its devolved responsibilities on behalf of the board.
• Ensure all financial activity is compliant with relevant charity and statutory legislation and donor / contractual requirements.

The organisation:

Farm Africa operates in East Africa, with offices in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, with a Head Office in London.  There is a finance team of four based in the UK, with other finance staff dispersed around the organisation, including country offices and field offices.

Farm Africa is embarking on a new five year strategy and is recruiting for a new Director of Finance to lead the financial management of the organisation through a period of growth. Building on foundation of strong financial planning and control and of exceptional audit compliance they are seeking an experienced and dynamic new Director to join their team. 

Essential requirements:

The successful candidate will have a recognised accountancy qualification, in-depth understanding of financial management in a complex grant-dependant organisation, experience of strategic planning and an aptitude for controls such as governance, risk management and the charity legal environment.

Farm Africa’s UK office is based in central London, however, we are flexible on working location and will consider substantial home working.

The closing date for applications is 9:00am on Monday 15th February 2021. Applications will be under constant review before the closing date so please submit your application to our retained search agent Robertson Bell. Apply now to be considered!