Salary: £42,000 - £48,000
Contract: 1x permanent, 1 x 12 month fixed term contract. Open to remote working and compressed hours requests.
Location: Stratford, London. Currently remote working. Maximum of 2 days in the office.

Closing date: Midnight 6th June 2021. Please do not delay applying as we will be shortlisting on application and may close the advert earlier.

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Are you a skilled Senior Business Analyst with proven full life cycle business analysis experience? Are you ready to make a move into a cause driven environment?

What will I be doing?

Senior Business Analyst work on complex projects to develop innovative and flexible solutions that address our business challenges, whilst driving efficiencies where possible and harnessing shared capabilities across our portfolio.

• Providing business analysis skills to support the Technology department in the successful delivery of projects across Cancer Research UK
• Working with stakeholders to identify and assess options for both technical and business suitability, ensuring solutions provide the highest benefit/cost ratio
• Leading the analysis work on large, complex, multi-disciplinary projects, ensuring that the process and system changes to be implemented deliver clear business outcomes and benefits

You can help us beat cancer through your...

• Expertise in leading using your expert business analysis experience in complex digital/and or e-commerce projects.
• Proven track record of communicating complex concepts and ideas to stakeholders.
• Knowledge of payments processing and/or financial accounting would be highly beneficial.
• Experience/ background in project management in a scientific discipline or a keen interest in scientific research would be highly beneficial.

What's in it for me?

• 25, days annual leave (plus bank holidays and the ability to buy up to 5 days per annum) and 1 CRUK day.
• Pension (employer contributions of up to 10%), life insurance and a great benefit discount platform.
• A range of generous rewards and benefits via our Rewards platform everything from gym membership, cinema tickets to discounts on cars.
• Working in an award-winning team on exciting range of different projects

Our optimism and desire for success leads us to constantly challenge ourselves and others, which means you'll be encouraged to stretch yourself in our dynamic environment. And, ultimately, you'll know that you'll be changing lives through your work.

About the Together Trust

We are one of the North West’s leading disability charities, offering individual care, support and education to thousands of people each year.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without our incredible team of staff and volunteers who are positive role models to the people we support.

You will be joining an organisation driven by its values and desire to see meaningful change - the people we support really are at the heart of everything we do.

We want you to grow and develop - so we will support you to shape the career that you want to have.

We can’t promise a job with us will be easy. But what we can say is your work will be filled with meaning.

A job at the Together Trust is more than just a job. Together we’ll change lives.

The Together Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. It is a commitment we expect and require from all our staff and volunteers. All Successful applicants will undertake stringent recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS.

As a Business Analyst you will have patience and persistence with others who do not always understand I.T. systems. You will need to be a flexible, self-starter who uses your initiative, always looking for areas where improvements can be made and seeking out solutions to problems. You will also be good at communicating complex I.T. solutions to non-technical colleagues.

You will also be required to;

• Help colleagues with use of standard suite of Office apps. You must have advanced knowledge of MS Teams, Outlook, SharePoint, Excel & Word.
• Demonstrate features and run workshops to promote best practice use of Microsoft 365 functionality.
• Help to build solutions based on standard M365 applications e.g. SharePoint, Outlook, Excel, Word, Power Automate & Power BI
• Requirements gathering for new systems & platforms to support services.
• Documenting As-Is & To-Be processes with service areas. Use of collaboration tools such as Miro, Trello.
• Needs good understanding of project management documents and processes for both agile and waterfall methodologies.
• Help PM in managing project documentation, identifying risks and opportunities.

Qualifications & experience needed:

• Minimum 2 years in a similar role.
• Excellent communication and facilitation/presentation skills.
• Must have advanced knowledge of MS Teams, Outlook, SharePoint, Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Visio.
• Experience in use of advanced software packages and ability to develop procedures, tools and workflows involving multiple systems & platforms.
• Good stakeholder relationship and interpersonal skills.

Benefits

You will get to help the people we support celebrate along the road to a brighter future. And, be part of an incredible team of like-minded peers. Together we work hard, enjoy our jobs, and support each other. We also have a range of rewards and benefits for our staff:

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) rising to 27 after 5 years (plus bank holidays), 30 after 10 years (plus bank holidays).
• A company pension plan with 7% employer contribution.
• Opportunity to purchase a health plan to claim towards therapy, dental and more.
• Unlimited access to our employee assistance programme for advice and support.
• Support from mental health first aiders.
• Follow your ambitions and progress your career through on-the-job training, apprenticeships and qualifications.

Senior Finance Analyst

Location:?Stratford?1-2 days per week (expect significant home-working to begin with)

Salary: £44,000 - £48,000

Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week)

Flexible working

Closing Date: 20th May

We're looking for a qualified Senior Finance Analyst to join our team. In this exciting role, you will own and deliver timely, high quality and insightful reporting and financial planning for specified business areas. Using your expertise and experience, you'll provide high quality analysis and decision support to initiatives and projects across the organisation.

You will have significant experience of financial reporting and financial modelling. You'll be fantastic at building relationships at all levels, with the ability to thrive in a matrix structure, and ideally, you'll also have a passion for our cause.

Key?Accountabilities:?

Analysis and Financial Decision Support

• Use your expertise and experience to provide high quality analysis and decision support to initiatives, projects and business cases from any area of CRUK as requested by the finance leadership

• Analyse trends and performance, feeding findings into forecasts and long-term financial planning

• Produce analysis that turns data into insight, helping decision makers to understand the impact of their initiatives and decisions on the Charity's financial plan

Financial Planning

• Develop and provide income/expenditure modelling to support all financial planning (forecasting, budgeting and long-term planning) for specific business areas. Communicate clearly to enable the organisation to own and take responsibility for their plans
• Act as an advocate and role model for understanding cost drivers and cost control

Financial Reporting

• Own and deliver timely and insightful reporting for your specified business areas. Understand what is needed to inform decision making and identify and clearly communicate the impact on the future
• Review existing management information and analysis to find efficiencies and improvements ensuring that resource is focused on the organisation's top priorities
• Work closely with the management accounts team to ensure accounts are complete and correct

Key Technical Skills, Knowledge,?Experience?and Behaviours:?

Minimum Criteria:

• A qualified accountant (or by experience) with post-qualification experience
• Significant experience of complex financial planning, modelling and reporting
• Significant experience of building, managing and evolving business partnering relationships at senior management level
• Advanced excel skills, and has previously worked with financial modelling and with large, complicated data sets
• Proven ability to influence a range of stakeholders, including Directors and Heads to deliver strong financial controls

What will I gain??

Without you we wouldn't be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So, we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes discounts on anything from travel to technology, generous holiday allowance, gym membership, childcare vouchers and much more.?We want to ensure that you have the best work/life balance possible, so we actively encourage a flexible working culture for all of our roles wherever possible.?Depending on your role, options for flexibility could include homeworking, reduced or flexi-hours, job shares, job splits, and core hours. For the majority of our office-based roles?you'll only be?required to work from a specific location for 1 or 2 days a week on average.?You'll also be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. And ultimately, you'll know that you'll be changing lives through your work.???

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If you're as ambitious as we are, join our collective force and enjoy an excellent career, as we save lives and add years.?

How to apply:?

Please submit your CV online

Together, we will beat cancer.

About Reall

Reall is an innovator and investor in climate-smart affordable housing for people living on low incomes in urban Africa and Asia.

Reall’s purpose is to improve the lives of 100M people in urban Africa and Asia by 2030 through affordable housing.  We’re doing this because homes aren’t just a fundamental human right; they unleash unimaginable human potential to shape a future of gender parity, climate resilience, clean air, renewable energy, and socio-economic justice.

The Role

We need an experienced assurance professional who will work across Reall and with our partners, to support and deliver our structured programme of assurance work.

This role needs a strong and confident communicator, with high levels of financial literacy and excellent interpersonal, analytical, and organisational skills to join our growing team.

The main focus areas of this role are planning and implementing assurance visits to our projects in Africa and Asia, desk-top reviews, and internal process and audit reviews, as required, to ensure that programmes are delivering against agreed milestones, and all necessary information is recorded correctly for reporting and tracking purposes.

Full details are in the job description and person specification, which are available by clicking to apply for this role.

Why work at Reall?

With a modest UK-based team, Reall is an organisation driven by efficiency, with comparatively huge ambitions and a track record of significant success.

Our internal operations are underpinned by a culture of psychological safety, promoting trust, curiosity, and confidence.  This means that staff feel secure to speak their minds, tackle challenges creatively, and can never be described as risk adverse.  A committed investor in its staff, Reall promotes an environment of conscious diversity in all its forms.  You’ll be joining a high-performing, cohesive team with its sights firmly on global impact.

Role purpose

We are looking for someone to work across Voice 21 to support us with longer-term strategic planning and execution, and ensure that we are consistently aligned. This includes owning the process of setting our organisational objectives, and reporting how we are performing against them, and how we are managing and mitigating the risks that we are likely to be exposed to as we scale.

The successful candidate will work across every level of the organisation, driving the successful implementation and execution of our 2021-2025 strategy, while ensuring that we remain agile and responsive to changing circumstances on the ground as we grow.

Key responsibilities

Business Planning

• Lead on the termly and annual business planning cycles to ensure that individually and collectively we are clear on what current priorities are and how they help us achieve more impact over the long term.
• Proactively identify blockers which are preventing us from achieving our objectives and risks which might arise from these and ensure that these are addressed at the appropriate level.
• Lead on longer-term financial planning and projections, ensuring that these are continually updated with the latest data.
• Own and develop the Voice 21 annual calendar, ensuring that everyone across the organisation is aware of key milestones and deadlines and that potential conflicts or delivery risks are proactively identified and resolved.
• Ensure that our Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Board have the appropriate management information and dashboards to make effective decisions, and the correct topics are covered on meeting agendas at the correct time.
• Ad hoc project management of cross-organisational projects and initiatives related to business planning, risk or governance.
• Continually look to improve our business planning process and reporting. 

Risk Management

• Ensure that the organisational risk register is continually improved, updated and communicated.

• Proactively liaise with all risk owners to ensure that the correct mitigations are in place and being carried out.

• Lead on preparing an update on risk prior to each board meeting and SLT meeting, and continually look to improve its format and effectiveness.

Governance

• Act as the first point of contact for all queries from the Board.

• Organise all board meetings (including venues when we are able to meet face to face), and take and disseminate high quality minutes.

• Continually improve our Governance processes and procedures to ensure these are fit for purpose as we scale.

• Lead on the drafting and submission of our annual Trustee report.

• Act as the first point of contact for all activities relating to Voice 21’s governance (for example, details on Companies House).

Key competencies for the role

• Ensures accountability - you hold yourself and others accountable to meet commitments.

• Communicates effectively - you are adept at developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

• Manages complexity - you are able to make sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

• Organisational savvy - you are comfortable manoeuvering through complex policy, process, and people-related organisational dynamics.

• Global perspective - you take a broad view when approaching issues, using a global lens

Essential knowledge and skills

• Extremely proficient at presenting complicated information in a structured way to time-pressed individuals and groups.

• A familiarity with financial modelling and strong excel and data analysis skills linked to this.

• An instinctive nose for what is important and what isn’t, as well as the correct level to resolve these issues.

• A natural relationship builder, able to work with and gain the confidence of people at all levels to help us collaborate across boundaries.

• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to capture complex ideas simply, both in written and oral communication.

• Strong organisational and time management skills, able to stay on top of multiple, varied projects and relationships.

• A bias to action over planning, and a commitment to continuous improvement.

• It would be helpful (though not essential), if you have previous start-up/ scale-up experience.

You’ll love this job if...

• You are ambitious, and want to see first hand how social sector organisations scale their impact.
• You are a sharp analyst, with the ability to understand why, how and how often information should be shared with key stakeholders.
• You are comfortable thinking strategically but you get a kick out of implementing and problem solving.
• You naturally build relationships and trust with people at all levels of seniority through your attitude and the quality of your work.
• You are excited to make your mark on a growing, fast-paced organisation and will endeavour to show up every day with a positive and proactive mindset.
• You are passionate about Voice 21’s mission and helping us meet our ambitions.

Insight Analyst – PowerBI

A brand new and very exciting opportunity has just arisen for one of the UK leading charities to fully utilise its customer data through campaign analysis using PowerBI.  You will be working within a well-established team to really the charity change how they use data internally, make a real difference in how they utilise marketing information and interact with their data. As the Insight Analyst you will be working within the brand-new Dynamics 365 platform (full training required), start learning data science techniques and provide in-depth analysis in complex marketing campaigns.  

This is a brilliant opportunity for someone to take the next step in their career learn everything around Dynamics 365, PowerBI and move into a data science role. This is a perfect role for someone who has a couple of years’ experience and looking for a new challenge, looking to learn some new skills and work for a brilliant charity as they look to grow. You will be analysis customer data, providing insight into campaign performance and ultimately trying to get to that single customer view.

Skills required for the Insight Analyst – PowerBI are:

- Strong insight, reporting and analysis skills ideally within PowerBI
- A keen passionate for all things data related
- Ideally have experience working with customer / campaign / fundraising data
- Wants to learn new skills and be part of a growing team

Insight Analyst / Reporting Analyst / Data Analyst / Marketing / PowerBI / Dynamics 365

Salary: £35,000 + Excellent benefits  

Location: Vauxhall, Central London (ability to work from home 2 - 3 days)

Apply now for immediately consideration regarding this excellent Insight / Reporting Analyst opportunity.

Summary

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to help us improve our existing processes/systems and design new ways of working that sets us up to deliver our Customer Engagement and Experience goals. Working closely with our IT teams, you will implement change and new ways of working together across departments, helping us become more effective as an organisation and as a result, increasing fundraising income and supporting more people with, and at risk of diabetes.

Interview Date: w/c 24 May 2021

Package

What we can offer you:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays
• A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,500 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
• Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working
• Discounts on gym membership
• Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
• Annual season ticket loan* (on completion of your probation period and if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)
• Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
• Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
• Cycle to work scheme* (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)

*Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.

Main Responsibilities

In this role, you will work in our Engagement and Fundraising directorate, leading on technical and process development of key projects, reviewing, and providing recommendations for change. Working with key stakeholders in IT, you will also help us improve our delivery of technical projects and support the introduction of a new "Service Desk" to help us fix and rectify issues and incidents in line with our goals of an Excellent Customer Experience.

Ideal Candidate

We are looking for an individual with significant experience in utilising business analysis techniques or process improvement techniques. You will be able to support teams to understand existing processes and make recommendations for improvements, as well as creating processes for new projects. Key to this role is your ability to engage and support colleagues with their activities as well as influencing to drive change. You will be able to confidently work across multiple teams, influencing and driving change from within.

Systems Analyst: Permanent. £50,000 - £55,000 + Benefits | London

For a global FS client, we are recruiting a Systems Analayst. Reporting to the Finance Systems Manager, the Systems Analayst will work heavily on developing and using VB and SQL scripts, dealing with error messages and uploads for multiple data reconciliations. The role will support business systems and all users including the Purchase Ledger System, Expenses System, General Ledger and Trading Platforms. The role will work alongside the Finance Systems Manager to manage the prepaid card programme and will support a wide range of ad hoc and project support work including IPOS. SUN Systems, Infor Expenses, Tableau, SQL, and Chart of Accounts (COA).

Main Duties:

• Lead the Bank Prepaid Card programme financial reporting including daily VB scripts, posting journals, reconciliations, and allocations
• Maintain the IPOS system, managing the structure including new business units, users, items, and approval matrix. Month-end revaluation and uploads of sub-ledgers
• Infor Expense System management, including adding new users in SUN and Infor Expenses and configuration changes.
• Run VB script, producing Tableau reports backup for expenses payments and compliance reporting
• SUN System management, including setting up new users, Chart of Accounts, Bank Accounts, Suppliers etc.
• Q&A new user set-up and maintenance. Daily loads (SQL) and mapping of new accounts

Person Specification:

• Part Qualified CCAB (or equivalent) with very strong experience in SQL and Visual Basic
• Experience using SQL and Visual Basic to reconciliations and processes
• SUN Systems, Infor and Tableau experience would be desirable

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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

If you know anyone looking for a new role, your referral could earn you £250

The consists of five distinct brands: , , , and . If you or anyone you know is looking to join our growing recruitment team, speak to us today. £250 is on offer for any referrals we successfully hire.

Business Intelligence Analyst

We are delighted to be working with a great education charity who are looking for a SELT Business Intelligence Analyst to work alongside their Operations Manager on a 1 year full time contract.

As part of your role, you will be structuring data, completing analysis, and producing reports to help support the decision-making of the management team. You will play an important part in identifying inefficiencies and cost-saving opportunities. You will need to deliver effective solutions to complex problems, and ensure that you develop strong working relationships with all internal management teams.

The successful candidate will need:

• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills, with and a desire to challenge existing practices where appropriate
• Proven experience drafting and generating reports, and excellent presentation skills
• Ability to work on multiple projects at once and meet deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational abilities

Closing Date: 28/05/2021
Salary: circa £30,000

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we are experts in charity recruitment and excel at matching fundraisers to charity jobs. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically and supporting people to find their perfect fundraising jobs.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

We are excited to be working with a great homelessness charity who are looking for an Analyst to work alongside their System Development Lead, the role is for an initial 10 month contract, with possible extension.
 

As part of your role, you will help to identify inefficiencies in the existing system and problem-solve to help streamline these. You will migrate and update data on Salesforce, as well as provide ongoing technical management and troubleshooting support.
 

The successful candidate will need:

• Proven experience of Salesforce administration and backend development
• Proven experience analysing and reporting complex data
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to develop and maintain internal and external relationships
• Strong problem-solving skills with a solutions-focused mindset

Salary: £34,000 - £37,500

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Chloe on 02030 062787 or email [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

Summary

SumOfUs is hiring for an experienced researcher! We are looking for someone to join our team and help advance our mission to hold corporations accountable, with a special focus on reforming the actions of corporations driving disinformation. This is a contracted position 30 to 40 hours per week beginning in May or June 2021, running through the end of 2021. The role can be undertaken by anyone in a timezone between GMT 0 (Central European Time, West Africa Time) and GMT -8 (West Coast Americas).

This role will primarily focus on curbing the abuse of big tech globally and will report to our disinformation project leader. This role will be responsible for identifying and researching issues focused on tech accountability and regulation. You’ll conduct primary research, monitor and collect ongoing media coverage, and analyze data to help craft compelling narratives and media stories that contribute to impactful campaigns that cull big tech’s worst abuses and reshape it as a force for good.

The ideal candidate has three to five years of strategic research experience, with at least two years in a rapid response environment and some understanding of the role disinformation plays in our world today. If you are passionate about using data to challenge some of the world’s largest corporations, then this is the role for you.

A bit about us

SumOfUs is a global movement of consumers, investors, and workers standing together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new and sustainable path for our global economy. We are a movement of more than 15 million people, brought together by a global team of 35 campaigners, fundraisers, and operations staff who are passionate about creating a more caring, equitable society.

We are aiming to fundamentally reshape the global economy to put people and planet over profit, but we know we can not do it alone. We build partnerships with on-the-ground activists and organisers, and we follow their lead. We innovate, experiment and embrace professional and organizational growth. We invest in people and we invest in how we work, because our vision calls on us to build the most effective, global, diverse, and talented team possible.

We highly value a diverse team and an equitable work environment where every member of our team is set up to thrive. We have taken steps to nurture this environment including an Anti-Oppression Leadership Team that leads work to transform injustice within the organization. We expect all team members to take responsibility for co-creating an equitable work community where everyone is able to do impactful, world-changing work. We recruit and encourage people identifying with marginalized communities to apply.

What you’ll do as part of our team

• In collaboration with the disinformation team, identify and research issues focused on tech accountability and regulation, with a specific focus on disinformation, surveillance and data privacy, hate speech and other issues related to tech ethics; 

• Monitor and collect relevant information on news sites, social media channels as well as consulting a network of tech experts to help inform new and ongoing research projects;

• Monitor and investigate disinformation narratives and networks of fake and duplicate pages and groups, accounts, bots, trolls and disinformation operations on social media;

• Collect and analyse data using a range of methods and put together fresh analysis;

• Proactively study, analyze and assess how and where disinformation, hate speech and other illegal content is being spread on the media (news websites) and social media (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and others) and identify which actors are behind those campaigns;

• Proactively find, analyse and assess the actors behind pages, groups, channels and Facebook Ads disseminating disinformation and other illegal content on social media and online;

• Write and edit reports that assemble new research and analysis into a compelling narrative that can be used in advocacy with tech firms, politicians and media; 

• Collaborate with partners and coalitions around new research and campaign opportunities, and manage relationships that advance SumOfUs’ goals on tech accountability; and

• Perform other tasks as assigned by the disinfo project manager.

Skills and experiences you’ll need to bring:

We have no formal education requirements – if you can meet the responsibilities of the role and are willing to grow, that’s all that matters. 

All roles at SumOfUs require you to be:

• Dedicated to building a fairer and more sustainable global economy;

• Able to demonstrate a commitment to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive work community; and

• Able to work remotely.

And, this role in particular will require you to:

• Have experience of using a range of research tools to gather and analyse information and data and then, in collaboration with the disinfo team, present this in a compelling format to be used in advocacy; 

• Have excellent research, analysis, evidence collection and organisational skills, with methodologies and processes able to withstand high levels of scrutiny (eg. journalists, lawyers, policy makers etc);

• Be able to identify, deploy and often develop creative research methods and techniques that serve the goals of the disinformation project;

• Excellent English writing skills to translate findings into reports and briefings that tell a compelling story that will persuade political decision-makers and/or tech companies to act;

• Have a high-level understanding of social media platforms (particularly Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter) - and how those platforms are being misused;

• Passion and resilience for deep and detailed online research during most of your day, particularly on triggering topics and content;

• Have a genuine passion and ability for proactively identifying areas/regions/topics that are proliferating and/or fertile for disinformation and other illegal campaigns on social media and raise this for the project leader;

• Have an understanding and true passion for tech accountability issues and fight against disinformation and other illegal content, such as hate speech and white supremacy; and

• Be proactive and keen to learn and develop new skills, new softwares, be flexible and solutions-oriented.

Big pluses

We know that no one can possibly have all these skills and experiences - you will likely be able to bring 2 or 3 of the following to our team:

• Strong relationship building skills, able to forge and manage relationships with people and organizations working on similar issues or projects;

• Have proven experience in online corporate accountability research that has furthered an advocacy or media strategy; 

• Experience working on campaigns aiming to move political or corporate actors;

• Experience on investigative research on social media and investigative Open Sources techniques (OSINT and tools (eg. Crowdtangle, Gephi, Brand24, YTDT); and

• Fluency in languages besides English, particularly if spoken in the global south, eg. Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic. 

How to apply

Please submit your application using the form on our website. Submit a resume or CV in English and instead of writing a traditional cover letter, answer these four questions in English:

• Why are you applying for this job? (suggested word limit: 200)

• Name one research idea that you would like to develop that could be pitched as a media story to show that tech companies/a tech company is not taking action to address concerns around disinformation, hate-speech or data privacy. Briefly tell us how you would approach this task (suggested word limit: 300).

• Name one technology you would like to experiment with using in your research work, and explain why (suggested word limit: 300).

• List which of the “big plus” skills above you have, with a few words of explanation if that’s useful.

Applications will be open until May 31, 2021. However we will be reviewing and processing applications on a rolling basis and we encourage you to apply early.

Further details

Compensation is competitive and will be determined based on a combination of experience, seniority, and your location - ranging from $45-60 USD per hour. 

We are an equal opportunity employer, and are committed to racial equity and social justice.

Summary

SumOfUs is hiring for an experienced researcher! We are looking for someone to join our team and help advance our mission to hold corporations accountable, with a special focus on reforming the actions of corporations and central banks across Europe as it relates to climate finance. This is a contracted position 30 to 40 hours per week beginning in June 2021, running through the end of 2021. The role will preferably be undertaken by someone in a timezone between GMT, Central European Time, or Eastern European Time.

This role will primarily focus on helping build a financial system that supports and contributes to a fair, democratic, and sustainable economy and will report to our climate finance project leader. This role will be responsible for identifying and researching climate and social issues focused on money and banking system accountability and regulation. You’ll conduct primary research, monitor and collect ongoing media coverage, and analyze data to help craft compelling narratives and media stories that contribute to impactful campaigns that cull the biggest financial institutions’ failures and reshape it as a force for good.

The ideal candidate has three to five years of strategic research experience, with at least two years in a rapid response environment and an understanding of European financial institutions. If you are passionate about using data to reform climate financing, then this is the role for you.

A bit about us

SumOfUs is a global movement of consumers, investors, and workers standing together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new and sustainable path for our global economy. We are a movement of more than 15 million people, brought together by a global team of 35 campaigners, fundraisers, and operations staff who are passionate about creating a more caring, equitable society.

We are aiming to fundamentally reshape the global economy to put people and planet over profit, but we know we can not do it alone. We build partnerships with on-the-ground activists and organisers, and we follow their lead. We innovate, experiment and embrace professional and organizational growth. We invest in people and we invest in how we work, because our vision calls on us to build the most effective, global, diverse, and talented team possible.

We highly value a diverse team and an equitable work environment where every member of our team is set up to thrive. We have taken steps to nurture this environment including an Anti-Oppression Leadership Team that leads work to transform injustice within the organization. We expect all team members to take responsibility for co-creating an equitable work community where everyone is able to do impactful, world-changing work. We recruit and encourage people identifying with marginalized communities to apply.

What you’ll do as part of our team

• In collaboration with the Climate Finance lead, identify and research issues focused on climate finance at European institutions (including the EU, EU Commission, European Central Bank, and central banks in key countries such as France, Germany, Belgium and the Bank of England); 

• Monitor and collect relevant information on news sites, social media channels as well as consulting a network of finance experts to help inform new and ongoing research projects;

• Monitor and investigate opportunities to affect financing of climate impacting policies;

• Collect and analyse data using a range of methods and put together fresh analysis;

• Write and edit reports that assemble new research and analysis into a compelling narrative that can be used in advocacy with governments and banks, politicians and media; 

• Collaborate with partners and coalitions around new research and campaign opportunities, and manage relationships that advance SumOfUs’ goals on climate finance; and

• Perform other tasks as assigned by the project manager.

Skills and experiences you’ll need to bring:

We have no formal education requirements – if you can meet the responsibilities of the role and are willing to grow, that’s all that matters. 

All roles at SumOfUs require you to be:

• Dedicated to building a fairer and more sustainable global economy;

• Able to demonstrate a commitment to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive work community; and

• Able to work remotely.

And, this role in particular will require you to:

• Have experience of using a range of research tools to gather and analyse information and data and then, in collaboration with the campaign team, present this in a compelling format to be used in advocacy; 

• Have excellent research, analysis, evidence collection and organisational skills, with methodologies and processes able to withstand high levels of scrutiny (eg. journalists, lawyers, policy makers etc);

• Be able to identify, deploy and often develop creative research methods and techniques that serve the goals of the climate finance project;

• Excellent English writing skills to translate findings into reports and briefings that tell a compelling story that will persuade political decision-makers and/or banks to act;

• Have a high-level understanding of EU institutions including the European Central Bank, EU Commission, and central banks at the national level throughout Europe;

• Passion and resilience for deep and detailed online research during most of your day;

• Have an understanding and true passion for climate issues, and the power of companies and financial institutions to act; and

• Be proactive and keen to learn and develop new skills, new softwares, be flexible and solutions-oriented.

Big pluses

We know that no one can possibly have all these skills and experiences - you will likely be able to bring 2 or 3 of the following to our team:

• Strong relationship building skills, able to forge and manage relationships with people and organizations working on similar issues or projects;

• Have proven experience in online corporate accountability or finance research that has furthered an advocacy or media strategy; 

• Experience working on campaigns aiming to move political, financial or corporate actors; and

• Fluency in languages besides English, particularly French. 

How to apply

Please submit your application using the form on our website. Submit a resume or CV in English and instead of writing a traditional cover letter, answer these four questions in English:

• Why are you applying for this job? (suggested word limit: 200)

• Name one research idea that you would like to develop that could be pitched as a media story to show an opportunity to shift climate policy of a central bank. Briefly tell us how you would approach this task (suggested word limit: 300).

• Name one technology you would like to experiment with using in your research work, and explain why (suggested word limit: 300).

• List which of the “big plus” skills above you have, with a few words of explanation if that’s useful.

Applications will be open until May 31, 2021. However we will be reviewing and processing applications on a rolling basis and we encourage you to apply early.

Further details

Compensation is competitive and will be determined based on a combination of experience, seniority, and your location - ranging from $45-60 USD per hour. 

We are an equal opportunity employer, and are committed to racial equity and social justice.

Are you ready for a rewarding opportunity to apply your extensive Salesforce knowledge to make a real difference to homeless people’s lives?

About the role

CHAIN is a multi-agency database recording information about people sleeping rough and the wider street population in London. The system, which is commissioned and funded by the Greater London Authority (GLA) and managed by St Mungo's, allows users to share information about work done with rough sleepers and about their needs, ensuring that they receive the most appropriate support. CHAIN represents the UK’s most detailed and comprehensive source of information about rough sleeping, and our work provides a significant evidence base for the development of rough sleeping strategy and policy, both in London and at national level.

In this role, you will play a key part in a major project to review and update the CHAIN database. The programme will pave the way for future developments to the system and have a high impact on its 1200 users, who work for outreach teams, assessment hubs and hostels in every London borough.

Working with the CHAIN System Development Lead, you will:

• Implement the migration of the CHAIN database from Salesforce Classic and Partner Portal to Salesforce Lightning and Partner Central Community.
• Analyse and document key elements of the existing system and formulate solutions to streamline and standardise these
• Develop customised solutions within the CHAIN Salesforce platform
• Work with system users to understand user journeys, gather feedback, and coordinate user experience testing.
• Support testing and deployment of technical developments

About you

We’re looking for someone with a track record in Salesforce administration, ideally with a customised version of Salesforce. You will have experience of gathering and analysing system requirements, and turning these into workable solutions, together with the ability to analyse and report on complex datasets. You will be solution-focused, with a proven ability to learn and adapt quickly, and will be able to demonstrate a high level of IT skills, including Excel, Access and/or SQL.

What we offer

Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities

• We hold Investors in People Gold accreditation – one of just 3% of Housing Associations to achieve this. 82% of staff who took part in the survey say St Mungo’s is a great place to work.
• We are committed to developing all of our staff via routes such as secondments, transfers and promotion. In 2019 35% of our vacancies were filled by internal promotions.

A Diverse and Inclusive Work Place

• Equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work.
• We are proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion and have 8 great Diversity Networks to support clients and staff from different backgrounds so they are able to be their best selves.

Flexible Working and Pension

• We are committed to maintaining your work/life balance. We offer 25 days annual leave, and operate a very popular Flexi Time scheme, which allows you to supplement your annual leave entitlement. After 5 years, staff annual leave entitlement increases to 28 days.
• St Mungo’s contribute 4% of your gross annual salary, and you are able to enrol in the Defined Contribution scheme following a successful probationary period in which the employer contribution is 6%.

What we do

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, and in 2019 – 2020 we supported 32,800 people across all of our services. Our staff are crucial to making this happen.

How to apply

To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website. 

To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document available’ tab at the top of the advert page on our website.

Closing date: 10am on 24 May 2021

Interview and assessments on: 2 June 2021, to take place via video call

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.

As an equal opportunity employer we particularly welcome applications from disabled and BAME candidates, groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.

NPC is recruiting two senior consultants to join our dynamic Data & Learning team which focuses on helping the charity sector to make the best possible use of data and evidence. You can read a summary of our aims on the NPC website.

About NPC

NPC is the leading, independent consultancy and Think Tank for the UK social sector, working with charities, philanthropic funders, and policymakers to achieve the greatest possible social impact for the people, places, and causes that need it.

Our work is highly regarded in the sector, and we work with a range of clients including charities of all sizes, grant-making trusts, corporates, government, and philanthropists. This is an exciting opportunity if you have a passion for strategy and for making the social sector more effective!

About the role

You will work with a team of experienced consultants to deliver consulting projects for charities and funders. Often this involves working with organisations to think about what they want to achieve and develop approaches to evaluate their effectiveness. NPC works across the UK voluntary sector, so you will get to work on a wide variety of topic areas and organisations, on both large and small projects.

We would also encourage you to contribute to NPC’s think tank work, for example by writing blogs, reports and delivering presentations to external audiences.

The ideal candidates have relevant experience in a consulting or research role in professional services, public policy, or the third sector. You also have good research and analysis skills and are able to work flexibly and independently.

Experience of managing research or consultancy projects is essential. Other experience that would be an advantage are data analysis, statistics, economics, workshop facilitation, and qualitative research.

We are based in London with some flexibility around remote working.

The salary is £35,000–£40,000 per annum plus benefits. NPC benefits include 25 days’ annual leave, paid volunteering leave, and cycle to work loans. You can read about the full range of NPC benefits offers under the 'Work for NPC' section of our website.

We are open to applications from applicants looking to work part-time hours. We would also be open to job share and secondment options. If you would like to discuss the opportunity prior to making an application, please contact us to arrange a conversation. 

How to apply

We are an equal opportunities employer. As part of the application process, we ask that you complete an equal opportunities form. Information supplied will be treated in confidence. If you do not wish to complete the equal opportunities form, it will not influence your application in any way.

To apply, please send a cover letter providing your evidence of meeting the skills and competencies above and in the job description with a focus on:

• Experience in research and consulting
• Project management
• Business development
• Communication skills
• Enthusiasm for NPC and the sector

You should also include:

• your CV
• a completed equal opportunities form 

By midday on 20 May. Your cover letter should provide evidence of meeting the key skills and competencies noted above and in the job description and will be used in the initial screening of your application. For support in writing your cover letter, please refer to the guidance under 'Recruitment FAQ's' on our website.

Please include the job reference SC01 in the subject of your email and let us know how you heard about the role. If you require plain text versions of the job description or equal opportunities form please contact us.

Online interviews are due to take place w/c 24 May with the successful candidates to start on 7 June at the earliest.

Please note: NPC may close this vacancy at any time, if a sufficient number of applications has been reached so please do not hesitate to confirm your interest in this vacancy.