St John Ambulance Cymru (SJAC) has supported people and communities across Wales since 1880. We existed before the National Health Service and provided the earliest ‘medical’ support to those who were sick or injured.

Now, in 2020, SJAC continues to perform a major role in strengthening community resilience, ensuring people are trained in first aid and able to fulfil key front-line roles to support our vulnerable people, in addition to offering the opportunity for people from all backgrounds to develop their personal skills and confidence to support our charitable and commercial services whilst assisting their own career development. As a Charity, we partner with the Welsh NHS Health Boards and the Ambulance Services NHS Trust, providing Non-emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) in addition to a falls service as well as maintaining our reputation as being the leading organisation to deliver first aid training to both commercial businesses and local-based communities including school throughout Wales.

We also provide additional support to the people of Wales through:

• Medical duties at events
• Community based divisions
• Falls Assistant programme
• Caring Caller programme
• Community First Responders (CFR)

Since March 2020, SJAC has worked in an even closer partnership with WAST and NHS than ever, as we have increased capacity and developed new innovative ways of working in order to assist and relieve the overwhelming pressure brought by COVID-19.

We have helped by providing an average of 30 additional ambulance crews per week, 3707 volunteer ambulance hours throughout April and May and 873 volunteer hours at the Dragon’s Heart Field Hospital. We are now also providing volunteer support to Pharmacy Deliveries throughout Wales.

St John Ambulance Cymru is currently undergo an extensive and exciting programme of modernisation, forward thinking, encompassing a review of its existing service, financial and workforce model, developing a rejuvenated culture aligned to our core vision and values to improve the volunteer experience and our offer to the people of Wales.

Your new role

Reporting to the Chief Executive, the Director of Finance and Corporate Services is a strategic and visible senior leadership role.

You will be technically and intellectually strong and have excellent vision and leadership skills to drive continuous improvement, providing high quality financial information and advice to enable the Senior Management Team to meet its operational and strategic challenges. You will provide strategic financial leadership to St John Ambulance Cymru (SJAC) through the development and implementation of financial plans to ensure that the business remains financially sustainable.

Within this, you will develop and lead the overall annual and long term strategic financial planning process across the organisation, including delivery and presentation of the financial part of the annual plan. You will lead the development of internal audit systems/processes and St John Ambulance Cymru’s strategic approach to finance and resourcing, including annual and long-term budget setting, performance analysis, capital expenditure/investment, risk management, project evaluation and decision making.

Additionally, the position will oversee responsibility for the provision of IT services equipped to support the overarching modernisation agenda, requiring development and implementation of a sponsored IM&T strategy which clearly outlines SJAC’s IT platforms and systems to meet our ambitions. This role will further require the post holder to develop and oversee the delivery of a property strategy to ensure robust management of the Charity’s assets and facilities management, aside from developing and implementing an effective procurement strategy to provide service improvements and cost reduction. This is envisaged to be a broad financial role that encompasses not only financial and treasury management but will also provide strategic leadership for the development of a modern corporate services function.

What you’ll need to succeed

To be considered for this role you will be a senior finance professional (i.e. Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA), educated to Masters Level with a proven track record of positive financial leadership. You will be able to evidence being an effective leader with exceptional people management and first class communication skills, with a passion for delivering excellent customer service, working collaboratively with stakeholders at all levels. Commercially astute, you will have the ability to influence at Senior Management Level and at Board level.

Experience in financial management within the charitable sector is a distinct advantage.

For full details of the role including the required personnel specification please download the attached job description and application form.

To apply, please email your CV along with a statement of suitability (no longer than 2 pages) and your completed application form

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 8th July 2020.