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The United Bible Societies (UBS) is on a mission to make the Bible accessible to everyone, everywhere. Through our International Support Programme (ISP), we invest over $30 million annually in more than 1,000 Bible ministry projects across 140 countries. At the heart of this mission is Solomon - our grant management system that supports this global programme.
We are now looking for a visionary Grant Management Systems Lead to take ownership of Solomon, providing strategic leadership and managing its development. You will be the essential link between our technical partners and our worldwide user base, helping to shape the future of how we manage, develop, and grow this vital system. You will:
- Lead the strategy and roadmap for Solomon’s development.
- Act as a bridge between users and developers to translate needs into technical solutions and manage our outsourced technical team.
- Drive continuous improvement in user experience, data structures, and integration with other systems.
- Ensure compliance with data protection, safeguarding, and accessibility standards.
- Train users and support change through thoughtful engagement and communication.
We are looking for someone with:
- A strong foundation in product or systems management, ideally in a complex user-facing environment.
- Experience in a grant-making or donor-funded context.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- A collaborative spirit, curiosity, and with a drive for continuous improvement.
- The ability to work comfortably across cultures and with remote teams.
Thank you!
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About Chapter One
Chapter One is a dynamic, growing charity with a vision of a world in which all children have the literacy skills needed to thrive. Our mission is to close the reading gap by providing children with one-to-one support at the time they need it most.
Our unique Online Reading Volunteer programme currently supports over 3,200 children a year. It pairs disadvantaged, struggling five to eight-year old (KS1) readers with reading support volunteers who come from over 160 local and national businesses. The volunteer ask is very focused: readers commit 30 minutes a week to read with a child using a bespoke digital platform for an entire academic year. The results are transformative, boosting children's reading confidence and ability.
For more information about our programmes please visit our website. Please also take some time to visit our social media channels and watch our videos.
About the Role
The Finance Assistant has responsibility for a variety of finance functions including the purchase and sales ledger, making payments to suppliers, invoicing Corporate Partners and Schools and reconciling bank accounts. They support the day to day running of the Finance Team ensuring that tasks such as posting invoices, reconciling customer accounts, supporting credit control and chasing non-payments are carried out in a timely and accurate fashion.
The Finance Assistant reports to and works closely with the Head of Finance and plays a critical role in resolving finance queries from Chapter One colleagues, maintaining accurate financial records, supporting internal processes and contributing to the effective financial management of Chapter One.
This role is ideal for someone who has experience in a similar position within a finance team and has good working knowledge of accounting principles and a basic understanding of income for charities. They will work remotely and will need to have access to a reliable internet connection. This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and the post-holder must be permanently based in the UK at the time of applying and for the duration of their employment.
All Chapter One employees are required to attend quarterly in-person staff meetings held in various locations across the UK (all expenses covered) as well as monthly all staff virtual meetings which are held on the first Wednesday of each month from 12:00 - 13:00; participation is mandatory.
How to Apply
Please read the full job description for details of the responsibilities of the role, and our employee recruitment pack to learn more about Chapter One. Application instructions included below.
Interview Dates
First Round Interviews: w/c Monday 8th September
Second Round Interviews: w/c Monday 15th September
Chapter One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value and celebrate diversity in backgrounds and experience and are deliberate about the kind of teams we are building. Literacy is a universal concern, and we need people from all backgrounds to maximise our innovation, creativity and impact. We especially welcome applications from individuals who have experienced disadvantage and/or from those who are of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities who are currently underrepresented in the organisation
Please send your CV (maximum 2 A4 sides) and a covering letter via CharityJob. Your covering letter (maximum 1 side of A4) should include:
1) A summary of your relevant experience, including clear examples
2) Tell us about a time when you identified an opportunity to improve a financial process or system
3) Tell us about your journey of continuing professional development
4) Tell us about how our organisational mission is in line with your values
Applications that fail to meet these criteria will automatically be discounted. We want you to have every opportunity to shine and to show us your talents - please let us know if there is anything we can do to make sure the assessment process works for you.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
At Chapter One, we want to create a world where all children have the literacy skills needed to thrive.
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Position: Drive Finance Manager (Respect)
Reports to: Head of Finance (Respect)
Responsible for: Self
Hours: Part-time 21 hours per week
Salary: Point 42-45 £45,530-£48,620 (£27,318- £29,172 pro rata for 21 hours)
An additional pro rata London Allowance will be applied to employees who live in London. There is 6% employer’s pension contribution subject to an additional minimum 2% contribution by the employee.
Location: Remote working from home in the UK
Travel: You will be required to travel when the role requires it for team meetings and appraisal.
Contract: Fixed until 31st March 2026
Benefits:
- Friendly and collaborative working environment
- Remote working
- 25 to 30 days holidays per annum plus bank holidays (depending on length of service and pro-rata for part-time employees)
- Contributory pension scheme including 6% employer’s contribution (subject to employee’s minimum 2% contribution)
- Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay
- Occupational sick pay depending on length of service and pro-rata for part-time employees.
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to staff discounts
Closing date: 3rd September 2025, 17:00
Interviews to take place: 17th September 2025
About the role:
The post holder will support Respect’s Head of Finance to deliver an efficient budget holder support service to Respect’s Deputy Director of the Drive Partnership. This will ensure effective financial planning, monitoring, reporting, fundraising support as well as identifying and implementing potential for system improvements.
About you:
You must be able to work remotely and at a level where you are able to prioritise your workload and provide good financial customer care to your budget holders.
This role requires exemplary financial and inter personal skills.
Alongside experience of financial management including setting up budgets, completing budget forecasts, accounting and providing meaningful commentary, we are particularly interested if you have that experience in a charity or similar not-for- profit service area.
Demonstrate a commitment to - and understanding of - the values, aims and objectives of Respect.
About Respect:
Respect is a pioneering UK membership organisation in the domestic abuse sector. Founded in 2000, we have built our expertise over the last 25 years in what was then a fledgling sector and recently have seen significant and rapid growth.
How to apply
You must download an application form from Respect's job page, and submit to operations. Word Doc. format only, please..
Closing date: 3rd September 2025, 17:00
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About the Choir with No Name
The Choir with No Name has been running choirs involving people impacted by homelessness and marginalisation since 2008, and we currently have choirs in Birmingham, Liverpool, London, Cardiff, Coventry, Sheffield and Brighton. We were founded on the premise that singing makes you feel good; it distracts you from all the nonsense in life and helps you to build confidence, skills and genuine, long-lasting friendships. Each choir gets together to rehearse every week and share a meal together at the end of rehearsal. Our values are family, fun, inclusion and integrity.
Job Purpose
We are looking for maternity cover for our part-time Finance and Data Administrator role. As Finance and Data Administrator, you should have a proactive mindset and a positive attitude. You should have some previous administrative experience and a meticulous attention to detail. You will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the Choir with No Name’s finances and impact data. We are looking for someone who is comfortable working independently with a helpful and can-do attitude, a quick learner with a calm disposition when under pressure and able to work accurately and to deadlines.
We particularly welcome applicants from people with lived experience of homelessness.
- Reports to: Head of Development
- Hours: avg. 12 hours a week, flexible across the month to account for busier times/finance deadlines
- Location: Work from home, UK based (home working allowance given)
- Salary: £24,722 (pro rata)
- Annual leave: 25 days per year, pro rata, increasing 1 day per year pro rata with each year of service (to a maximum of 30 days)
- Employee benefits: Employee assistance programme, flexible working
- Contract: Fixed term 11-month contract
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 9am Monday 15th September 2025
JOB DESCRIPTION
Invoices and expenses
- Inputting all expense invoices, staff expenses & petty cash transactions into accounting software (Xero), ensuring everything is coded to the right budget line
- Issuing invoices for suppliers, ensuring payments are received in a timely manner and recording them in Xero.
- Sending a monthly reminder to freelancers and choir managers to submit invoices & completed petty cash books in time for month end deadline
- Saving invoices into SharePoint and ensuring these records are complete and up to date every month
- Cross checking bank statements with income and expenses, ensuring all transactions are accounted for, identifying missing invoices/receipts and chasing the relevant staff
- Updating our contact and invoicing details with suppliers and freelancers
Donation administration
- Recording all donations & donor info in our donor CRM database (eTapestry)
- Producing income queries and reports when required
Impact data
- Inputting member survey data as well as other impact data as needed
- Producing reports on impact data as needed
Finance reporting
- Input cash basis income and expenditure into a monthly cash flow spreadsheet and create summaries for Choir Managers
- Consolidating income data from multiple online donation platforms and in varied formats into a single monthly report
- Producing month end platform and database income reports for our bookkeeper
- Support the Head of Development with month and quarter end reporting for the board of trustees.
General administration
- Minuting quarterly board and committee meetings
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Alignment with our values of family, fun, integrity and collaboration
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Self-motivated and able to work independently
- Confident with numbers/maths
- Good time management
- Good communication skills
- Excellent knowledge of Excel and use of formulae
- Ability to work to hard deadlines
- Plenty of common sense
- Ability to learn quickly and use initiative to get the job done
- Trustworthy and honest when handling confidential information
Desirable
- Knowledge of basic bookkeeping
- Experience using of online accounting software ie: Xero
- Experience of using donor databases/CRM systems such as eTapestry/Raisers Edge
- Experience using Microsoft 365 programme suite incl. Teams, Outlook, Excel
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