As part of our plan for continued growth we are recruiting an experienced co-ordinator to develop and manage the day to day running of our Befriending services across the London Boroughs of Hillingdon, Harrow and Brent, including One to One Home Visiting, Good Neighbour Service and Phone Pals.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Recruiting, training, supporting and leading a team of volunteers, ensuring that the delivery of services meets the required standards and targets
• Liaising and working with a wide range of other health and social care professionals and agencies to promote awareness of the service
• Monitoring the ongoing support being provided, the welfare of both volunteers and service-users and evaluating the service against agreed outcomes
• Line managing a small staff team

The ability to travel and navigate independently and to work efficiently without direct supervision is required. The successful candidate will have a good understanding of the needs and issues affecting the independence of older people.

Exciting part-time opportunity to take the lead on a start-up operation in London/ South East. Flexible hours available to make a practical difference in communities affected by child poverty, food insecurity and the challenges falling out of welfare reform. Join a team that is big on ideas and passion for making a difference but needing an extra pair of capable hands to meet demand in East London over the next six months.

Clean Slate Training & Employment CIC and Quids in!, the money skills initiative, have come together to open Quids In Centres in a number of locations around the UK to help low income households stretch and grow their budgets. They engage social tenants, benefit claimants and low paid earners to become better off through improved money skills, employability and digital access.

Clean Slate delivers training (money and employment workshops) and support (peer-led outreach) while Quids in! produces a quarterly magazine, a monthly money email service (see here) and guides to, eg, Universal Credit or taking on a new tenancy.

Clean Slate is seeking a Service Coordinator, (initially fixed term for six months), to deliver frontline services including the Quids in! ‘3 Bs’ money skills training workshops. You will also manage a small team of Peer Workers, supporting them to provide basic support and information to people from their communities and signposting them to more specialist services as appropriate. You will help us harness communities’ ability to help themselves. We will engage, invest in and employ people from disadvantaged neighbourhoods who speak the right language and understand the cultures and motivations of local people.

To apply, please send a CV and cover letter telling us why you’re the ideal candidate for the post, referring to the role description. 

About Mencap

We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something really meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You’ll have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.

Our work includes:

• providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
• providing advice through our help lines and web sites
• campaigning for the changes that people with a learning disability want.

Job Advert

Do you have a passion for all things volunteering? Would you like to make a real difference to the lives of people with a learning disability??

If you’ve just answered yes, then we have just the opportunity for you!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate and committed individual to join Mencap as a Volunteer Services Co-ordinator. In this role you will take a regional lead on all aspects of the volunteer journey across a designated geographical area (Wales & West Midlands), ensuring a great experience and outcome for all.

You will directly support the delivery of the Mencap Visiting Service (MVS), a befriendingservice to older adults with a learning disability, as well as providing direct support and expertise to all teams in your area, ensuring a quality approach and sharing great practice across all volunteering activities.

This is a full time 12 month fixed term contract (37.5 hr per week) and is based in our Cannock office, but home based applications will be considered, with frequent travel throughout the West Midlands and Wales. 

It is a great development opportunity if you are looking to progress your career in volunteer recruitment and management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver the Mencap Visiting Service within your geographical area through the recruitment induction and supervision of volunteers, a robust and flexible matching, and managing ongoing training and development requirements for all volunteers in the area
• Liaise with Mencap teams throughout your region to understand how they work, develop partnerships and assess their volunteering needs
• Generate appropriate volunteering opportunities and role profiles and promote these using the Mencap online job site, social media and creative thinking.
• Support teams with recruitment, induction, support and management of volunteers

To be successful in this role you will need a background in delivering a befriending service for adults, recruiting and managing volunteers and have superb communication and interpersonal skills. You will have a keen eye for detail with the ability to frequently work to tight deadlines. Ideally you will understand the rights and needs of people with a learning disability and have an idea of the structure of learning disability services and the support that is provided.

A FULL valid driver’s licence, with access to a vehicle, for business purposes, is essential to be considered for this post and you must be willing to travel across your geographical area with occasional overnight stays as and when required. Mileage will be paid for by Mencap.

(Please view a more extensive list of responsibilities and key skills required for this vacancy in the Role Profile, including the Job Description and Personal Specification)

At Mencap we are passionate about learning disability and expect all employees to embrace the following values:

• We are Inclusive.  People with a Learning Disability are at the heart of everything we do.
• We are Trusted.  When we promise something, we don’t let people down.  We are dependable and determined and the people we work with know it.
• We are Caring.  We see the individual.  We never forget that everyone is different and everyone deserves to be treated equally.
• We are Challenging.  When we see things that aren’t fair we will campaign until we see real change, whether it be for one person or the whole country.
• We are Positive.  We never stop believing in a better future and we celebrate the things we have to be proud of right now.

This role will close for shortlisting on Sunday 2nd Feb 2020.

Interviews will take place on Thursday 13th Feb 2020 in our Cannock office.

Benefits

We believe that all employees are amazing and we wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without them. Here are just some of the ways we would value and invest in you.

• 24 days’ holiday (exclusive of Bank holidays) increasing to 27 days’ with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme*
• Amazing Induction from day 1
• Access to award winning training and development
• Service related sick pay when 6-month probation is completed
• Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan where Mencap matches contributions upto 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings*
• Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service life cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness*
• Tax free child care vouchers via salary sacrifice scheme for working parents
• Loans for bikes, computers and phones when you have been with us for 6 months
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencapextras
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Quarterly award scheme and recognition at every 5 years through our YouRock program

*T&C's apply based on contract

We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect. We provide advice and support to empower anybody experiencing a mental health problem and we campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

We are looking for someone who is real, personal and compassionate. In the competitive and constantly changing environment that charities find themselves in, providing a stand out experience to supporters has never been more important. This exciting opportunity, to join a growing supporter care team whose aim is deliver exceptional customer service to each and every person its supports, should not be missed! 

Engagement and communication is at the heart of this role so if you enjoy speaking to people and can deliver great customer service, then this could be just the role for you.

Experience of working in a busy customer focused environment is desirable as well as exceptional administrative skills, excellent attention to detail and your ability to communicate passionately and confidently about Mind’s work.

This is a Fixed Term Contract until 31st March 2020.

To find out more, please download the full job spec and person specification. 

Context
Sanctuary Hosting is a small Oxford-based charity working across the Thames Valley to match homeless asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants with people who offer a rent-free spare room for an agreed period of time.

The Service Coordinator Job
Salary: £21,000 pa (pro rata)
Location: Travel throughout the Thames Valley area, with a particular focus on Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes. Much of the job is also home-based working.
Hours: 22.5 per week.
Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 27th January 2020. Interviews will take place Tuesday 4th February 2020.

The Service Coordinator has responsibility for ensuring the service runs smoothly and safely, assessing and responding to guest referrals and coordinating, facilitating and supporting hosting placements.
You will need experience of delivering high quality, confidential, user-centred services for vulnerable people. You will also need a general understanding of and empathy for the situation of refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants. The role requires strong partnership working, communication, organisational and IT skills. An awareness of boundaries and willingness to engage in regular supervision to promote self care are essential.
You will need to be able to work flexibly, undertaking out of hours and weekend work as required, and to travel extensively across the Thames Valley area. 

We are committed to welcoming people from the widest possible diversity of background, culture
and experience. As part of its recruitment and selection procedures Sanctuary Hosting conducts DBS checks of all staff and volunteers.

To apply

Please carefully read the job description, and details for applicants, both attached here.
If you would like to apply, please complete the attatched application form send it to us.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND CVs.  APPLICATIONS MUST BE MADE USING A SANCTUARY HOSTING APPLICATION FORM.

You may also, if you wish, complete and send the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form to us. This is anonymous, entirely voluntary and does not form part of the assessment process.

Short-listed candidates will be informed as soon as possible and will be invited to an interview. 

The role will be based between the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRU) and Community House, South Street, Bromley.

Age UK Bromley & Greenwich is the leading voluntary sector provider of services for older people, working across both boroughs with a reputation for quality and innovation.

About the Role

We are looking for a co-ordinator to manage the Sitting Service, one of the services within Bromley Well. The role is predominantly office based but working closely with Princess Royal University Hospital. You will be responsible for the organisation, co-ordination and evaluation of the 24 hour sitting service. The sitting service is a CQC registered service and experience of working as a registered manager is desirable, as is a knowledge of hospital discharge.

If you hold a recognised health and social care qualification, a dynamic approach to work and have the ability to manage staff and rota’s as well as an empathy for older people, we would love to hear from you.

For further information about the role, the benefits of working for Age UK Bromley & Greenwich and to apply please visit our website.

Closing date: midnight on Tuesday 4th February 2020

Interview date: Wednesday 12th February 2020

Please note we do not accept CV applications.  No Agencies, thank you.

The role

Would you like to make a real impact on the lives of people with breast cancer in the North of Scotland? Are you passionate about ensuring that people with breast cancer receive the emotional, social and practical support and information that they need? If so, you could be the Service Development Coordinator we are looking for to join our busy team and help us reach more people through our award-winning face-to-face services, working in partnership with the NHS, voluntary and statutory organisations in locations across the North of Scotland.

About you

Thriving on challenge, you will have the determination to see through the service development process from initial scoping with potential partners to going live, with experience of coordinating and facilitating events or services. Vital will be your confidence in developing and maintaining partnerships with health professionals.

We are looking for a person with excellent organisational and time management skills, excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to multitask. Your base will be in Aberdeen, with an office in the Clan Cancer Charity, but you will be working independently with a willingness to travel and work with teams across different geographical sites mainly focused in the North East of Scotland. In return you will be rewarded by making a real difference to the lives of people with breast cancer as well as benefitting from an excellent rewards package including an agile working environment and a generous annual leave entitlement.

About us

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

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

For further information and to apply

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

Closing date Monday 27 January 2020 at 09:00am

Interview date Thursday 6 and Friday 7 February 2020 (Glasgow office)

The role

Would you like to make a real impact on the lives of people with breast cancer in the North of Scotland? Are you passionate about ensuring that people with breast cancer receive the emotional, social and practical support and information that they need? If so, you could be the Service Development Coordinator we are looking for to join our busy team and help us reach more people through our award-winning face-to-face services, working in partnership with the NHS, voluntary and statutory organisations in locations across the North of Scotland.

About you

Thriving on challenge, you will have the determination to see through the service development process from initial scoping with potential partners to going live, with experience of coordinating and facilitating events or services. Vital will be your confidence in developing and maintaining partnerships with health professionals.

We are looking for a person with excellent organisational and time management skills, excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to multitask. Your base will be in Inverness, but you will be working independently with a willingness to travel and work with teams across different geographical sites mainly focused in the North West of Scotland. In return you will be rewarded by making a real difference to the lives of people with breast cancer as well as benefitting from an excellent rewards package including a flexible working environment and a generous annual leave entitlement.

About us

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

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

For further information and to apply

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

Closing date Monday 27 January 2020

Interview date Thursday 6 and Friday 7 February 2020 (Glasgow office)

Head of Landscape Services
Rangers Lodge, Hyde Park

This is an incredible opportunity for a motivated and experienced landscaping professional to help protect the green spaces of one of the world’s most iconic cities.

About Us

Created in March 2017, The Royal Parks is a charity that supports and manages 5,000 acres of historic parkland across London. Millions of Londoners and tourists visit our beautiful sites, which offer unparalleled opportunities for enjoyment, exploration and healthy living in the heart of the capital.

We look after eight of London’s largest open spaces; Hyde Park, Green Park, Richmond, Greenwich, St James’s, Bushy and The Regent’s Park, and Kensington Gardens. We also manage other important open spaces in the capital including Brompton Cemetery, Victoria Tower Gardens, Canning Green and Poet’s Corner.

We’re eager to enhance our levels of expertise as an organisation and grow the scale and scope of works that we are undertaking across our parks. As such, we are looking for a Head of Landscape Services to join us in this entirely new role and support the conservation of our amazing landscapes.

The Benefits

- Salary of £50,000 - £57,000 per annum DOE
- Pension scheme
- 26 days’ holiday per annum plus public holidays
- Work from Rangers Lodge, a beautiful building based in the heart of Hyde Park

Our parks are rich with history. Hyde Park was used by King Henry VIII to entertain ambassadors and dignitaries. In World War I, Regent’s Park, Kensington Gardens and Greenwich Park were home to allotments to alleviate the food crisis. The Green Park was once home to ice houses, so King Charles II could give his guests cold drinks in the summer.

These are just a few of the countless stories that our parks hold. It is vital that they are protected so Londoners and tourists alike can enjoy them, learn about their astounding past and walk where kings and queens once stood.

You will have the chance to influence how we preserve these stunning sites for decades to come and play an integral part in ensuring our parks are not only protected, but enhanced and treasured, as time goes on.

The Role

As the Head of Landscape Services, you will lead the Landscape Services team in safeguarding the landscape of London’s Royal Parks, ensuring they can be enjoyed by future generations.

In this important role, you will:

- Lead on the development of an overarching landscape strategy for the next 20 – 25 years
- Oversee the strategic development of landscape projects and programmes
- Provide expert advice and landscape design services to colleagues during the planning, development and delivery of activities, programmes and projects
- Support project funding bids
- Manage landscape consultants and budgets

About You

To be considered as the Head of Landscape Services, you will need:

- To be a chartered member of the Landscape Institute with significant post-chartership experience
- Significant experience of working at a senior level in an environmental and/or landscape management organisation
- Demonstrable experience of leading teams or functions through change to achieve overall goals
- Experience of thinking and working strategically, including strategy development and implementation
- Extensive knowledge of the design and management of historic landscapes
- Strong financial management and control skills, including the ability to plan within budget
- A postgraduate qualification in landscape architecture and/or management or equivalent

Other organisations may call this role Head of Landscapes, Senior Landscaping Manager, Senior Landscape Programme Manager, or Head of Park Landscapes.

The closing date for applications is the 3rd February 2020. Interviews will take place the week commencing the 10th February 2020.

Webrecruit and The Royal Parks are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you are seeking your next challenge as our Head of Landscapes, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

SENDIASS Coordinator (Advice and Support)
Location: Near Coventry, Warwickshire
Department: SENDIASS
Salary Details: £23,908 - £26,214

About KIDS 
KIDS is a national charity which has been supporting disabled children, young people and their families since 1970.

We work with children, irrespective of their disability or impairment, from birth through to 25 years. Each year we support over 15,000 disabled children, offer over 120 different services and work with about 80 Local Authorities across England.

We are passionate, caring and trusted and our vision is a world in which all children and young people realise their aspirations. We offer support and practical help for families, every step of the way.

About The Role 
To coordinate and develop a high quality information, advice and support service for children and young people with SEND aged 0-25 years and their parents and carers in compliance with the SEND Code of Practice and national and local standards including working strategically to support the development of SEND services in the area.

About You 
To be able to carry out this role we would expect you to have the following characteristics:-

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience delivering services to Children, Young People or families with SEN or disability
• Line Manager experience
• Educated to a minimum of level 3
• Minimum 2 years’ experience of team leadership
• Ability to manage service and own workload
• Proven ability to manage the day to day responsibilities of direct service provision
• Ability to create and manage networks
• Experience of multi-agency working
• Minimum 1 years' experience within a customer facing role
• Experience of delivering training and or presentations

Closing Date: 26 Jan 2020

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website where you can downloadthe job description and complete the online application process.

KIDS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All children and young people we work with must, at all times, feel safe. KIDS practices safer recruitment. For certain roles successful applicants will be required to carry out a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

KIDS is a disability Confident Committed Employer and an equal opportunities employer. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. 

No agencies please.

This is an exciting innovative role for a passionate individual looking to embed the involvement strategy and continue to deliver quality volunteering and peer support services at Oxfordshire Mind. It is an important role that involves managing cultural change and creatively engaging individuals with lived experience to have their voices heard in a variety of ways.

Title: Service User Involvement Coordinator
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: £24,799 - £26,999 (SCP 19-23) per annum
Pension: Auto-enrolment scheme in place
Contract: Up to 12 months maternity cover
Probationary Period: 6 Months
Accountable to: Wellbeing Service Manager (Localities)
Place of Work: 2 Kings Meadow, Osney Mead, Oxford, OX2 0DP

About Oxfordshire Mind

We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We’re here to make sure anyone with a mental health problem has somewhere to turn for advice and support; in total over 20,000 people in Oxfordshire access our services each year. With one in four people experiencing a mental health problem at some point in their lives, people need Mind more than ever. Our work includes

• The Transitional Supported Housing Recovery Service (part of the Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership).
• The TalkingSpace Plus psychological therapy service in partnership with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
• The Oxfordshire Mind Wellbeing Service, which is part of both the TalkingSpace Plus and Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnerships and includes:
  - Four Wellbeing Centres throughout the county
  - Public Wellbeing & Information Services
  - Physical Activity and Wellbeing
  - Benefits for Better Mental Health, a welfare benefits advice service
  - Volunteering and Peer Support Opportunities
  - Raising awareness and campaigning activity.

We employ over 100 staff and operate in 28 locations around the county.

Purpose of the job:

To ensure that the views and needs of service users are comprehensively understood by Oxfordshire Mind, and are utilised to develop the way we deliver our services.

This role is also required to lead, and line manage our Peer Support & Volunteer team and work with them to deliver outstanding peer support services and volunteering opportunities

Project Profile: Service User Involvement and Volunteering and Peer Support

Oxfordshire Mind launched their first Five Year Involvement Strategy in April 2019, with a commitment to embed the involvement of service users and stakeholders at all levels within the organisation, while aiming always for a co-productive approach. Oxfordshire Mind strongly values involvement and aims to ensure that all involvement is recovery and wellbeing focused, is inclusive, is meaningful, and has a positive impact. This role is about working with service users, volunteers and staff to implement this positive cultural change within the organisation.

This role also manages the Peer Support and Volunteering team. Oxfordshire Mind has a long-standing commitment to volunteering and peer support, and currently has over 80 active volunteers and peer supporters who volunteer in any of our 10 different volunteer roles across our services. We are dedicated to providing a quality volunteer journey from recruitment to placement for volunteers and peer supporters, whilst supplying the organisation with vital volunteers who support the running of our services across Oxfordshire. A significant proportion of our volunteers and peer supporters have expert lived experience of mental health conditions, and we encourage volunteering as a key part of a person’s recovery journey.

Closing Date: 2nd February 2020
Interview Date: 11th February 2020

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website. There you can complete your application for this position. 

CV’s will not be accepted.

Oxfordshire Mind is fully committed to the principles and practices of equal opportunity and diversity.

We are a Mindful Employer.

No agencies please.

Independent Living Service Coordinator

Rochdale

Salary: Grade 7 £31,089 - £34,879

Permanent, Full Time 

36 ¼ hours per week in accordance with Worklife Balance Scheme and service requirements

Do you want to work for a forward thinking mutual organisation who puts its customers at the heart of everything they do? 

Did you know that 42% of our clients tenants are aged over 55? They’re committed to providing great services for older people, and their Corporate Strategy “Together” sets out how they are going to continue to make Rochdale borough a great place to grow old. They have recently undertaken a customer led review of their Independent Living Service (ILS) and are looking to recruit a Co-ordinator to join the service management team.

You will be responsible for overseeing the daily operation of the their Independent Living, Activities and Extra Care services - providing a great customer focussed service to RBH customers, with day to day supervision, direction, and performance of ILS colleagues. 

You will be a self-motivated individual committed to continuously improving the services we provide to older people. You will be a values-led leader that understands how to support older people to live independently for longer. A great communicator, you will provide a supportive environment for colleagues to develop and grow whilst promoting effective team working to provide excellent customer focussed services.

Closing date – Wednesday 29th January 2020 at Noon.

Assessment Centre date Tuesday 11th February 2020.

Vacancy Reference Number:

ISUFSC/ISU/UK-R1

Position title:

International Support Unit (ISU) Finance and Services Coordinator

Reports to:

Director of International Support Unit

Location:

Muslim Hands, 148 – 164 Gregory Boulevard, Gregory House, Nottingham, NG7 5JE

Hours of Work:

Full-time, 35 hours per week

Salary guideline:

£27,000 – £32,000 (depending on experience)

Terms of Employment:

12-Months’ Fixed-Term Contract (with a 6-Month Probationary Period, Extendable)

Application Process & Closing Date:

Send an up to date CV and supporting Covering Letter by Email by no later than 7th February 2020

Approx. Interview & Role Commencement Date(s):

Interviews: As and When Suitable Candidates Identified

Start: ASAP thereafter

NB: -

• Strong Applicants may be contacted sooner, ahead of the closing date, to hold Skype Interview with Muslim Hands; therefore, please include your Skype ID in your application.
• Muslim Hands reserves the right to end the application procedure early should the right candidate be found ahead of the ‘closing date’ [7th February 2020].

Background

Muslim Hands is a UK-based international relief organisation working in over 40 countries worldwide. International Support Unit (ISU) support the development of Muslim Hands partner offices in the areas of fundraising and communication, program management, administration and finance and at the outset the unit will focus on the following countries non-exhaustive list Canada France South Africa and the United Kingdom. 

Job Specifics

1.  Finance

• Provide direction and support to the partner offices to develop and implement a financial strategy in line with their organisational strategic aims.
• Work with international partner offices to develop and implement the organisation’s annual budgetary planning. Ensure effective models and tools to enable planning and budget management at all levels.
• Oversee the preparation of the partner offices’ annual budget, monthly management accounts and annual financial accounts.
• Support senior management in creating strategic financial plans for the future through an analysis of the business climate and market trends.

• Ensure that financial policies and practices are in line in statutory regulations and legislation in their respective countries in the partner offices.
• To develop, implement and maintain the operation of financial controls, standards and systems in the partner offices.
• Facilitate day-to-day operations, including tracking financial data, invoicing, payroll, bank statements, and reviews completed monthly bank reconciliations.
• Support to produce and monitor the departmental and annual budget, review cash flow, accounts and other financial transactions for each department within the partner offices.
• Reviews, develop and maintain internal accounting controls and procedures and advise staff on internal controls and accounting policies and procedures in the partner offices.
• Organise monthly budget review meeting and prepare official reports on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis to present to Director of International Support Unit, Management and Board of Trustees in the partner offices. 
• Organise and lead monthly meetings regarding financial performance in the partner offices and ensure all budgets are confirmed and accurate for quarterly presentations to the Management for future decision making.
• Lead financial training for budget holders to enable them to fulfil their responsibilities concerning financial Management.
• Support managers in the partner offices by critically analysing projects budgets, and financial proposals.
• Oversee both internal monitoring and evaluation processes and the external auditing process. Carry out internal checks and audits as needed.
• Assist the Director/Board in preparing and ensuring annual accounts (All MH-internationally registered entities) are instructed.

2.  Programme Financial Management

• Support Muslim Hands partner offices to produce program financial reports at regular intervals (monthly, quarterly and annually).
• Oversee the preparation of project budgets and costings as well as project-based accounts.
• Support international offices to develop and implement the programme annual budget to ensure it is in line with the organisation’s financial procedures to deliver projects.
• To support international offices financial transactions to and by MH partners in accordance with MOU and programme funding agreement.
• Support International Offices in presenting financial reports to the Director, Senior Management and Board of Trustees on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.

3.  Finance Human Resource

• Review, revise and ensure that HR processes and procedures are appropriate within finance teams.
• Support the partner offices to effectively recruit, induct, trained and manage staff in the relevant department.
• Provide regular feedback, training and support throughout the year to create a capable and highly motivated workforce in the partner offices.

​4. General Responsibilities

• To demonstrate Muslim Hands’ values and ethics in own working practices, approach and conduct
• To support with Fundraising activities from time-to-time, committing to partake in approximately 5-Live-TV-Appeals during our peak periods.
• To undertake any reasonable responsibilities as required by Line Manager
• To promote and adhere to all Muslim Hands Policies, Procedures and Professional Practices

NB: This Job Description is illustrative and non-exhaustive in scope.  The post-holder may be required to undertake any reasonable tasks as and when required by Line Manager from time to time to reflect the changing needs of the Organisation

Person specification: - 

Essential Requirements:

• Ability to demonstrate current eligibility to work within the United Kingdom
• Must be able to either:

Provide a valid Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate (issued within the last year) when requested by Muslim Hands;

OR

Undertake to provide full cooperation for Muslim Hands to perform a DBS Check at the required level appropriate for this / similar role.

• Frequent International travel to Partner Offices in Canada, France and South Africa

Please register your interest and apply by sending in your current CV and a suitable covering letter.

Deadline for applications is 7th February 2020 however we reserve the right to end the application procedure early should the right candidate be found. 

NB: Unfortunately, we will only be able to contact successful candidates so if you have not heard from us by the closure date unfortunately your application will have been unsuccessful.

Are you highly organised with a pro-active and customer service focused approach to everything that you do? Could you use your experience to help one of the UK's largest charities find the best people to support our mission to beat heartbreak forever?

We're looking for a Recruitment Coordinator to join us at our offices in Claygate, Surrey to deliver a high quality recruitment service to both hiring managers and candidates.

About the role

As a Recruitment Coordinator you'll support the Recruitment Advisors and Partners in providing a first class recruitment service to both hiring managers and candidates. You'll play a key role in the day-to-day coordination of the recruitment service by writing and placing engaging adverts, arranging interviews, providing feedback to candidates, making offers of employment and carrying out pre-employment screening checks. You will also get involved with shortlisting candidates, telephone interviews and conducting sourcing and CV searches when required.

You'll be an ambassador for the BHF, providing a seamless experience for our candidates at every touch point of the process.

A career with us will allow you to make a difference as every day, your time, energy and skills are helping to fund life- saving research.

About you

With excellent communication skills you'll have the ability to build strong working relationships across all areas of the business.

Ideally you'll have proven experience of working in a customer facing role. You'll have strong time management skills and a focus on getting results as well as being IT proficient with intermediate knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite (Word/Excel/PowerPoint).

Knowledge of SharePoint and Workday is desirable but not essential.

In return we offer a generous benefits package including flexible working, healthcare cover, dental plan, subsidised gym membership and substantial annual leave.

About us

You'll be joining a sociable, supportive and hard-working recruitment team of 10 at our Camden and Claygate offices. At the BHF we encourage our colleagues to develop themselves and give them the tools and opportunities to do so.

The British Heart Foundation is the nation's biggest heart charity and the UK's premier charitable funding body for cardiovascular research, with an annual income of around £170m.

How to apply

To apply for this role please use the apply button below. Our process involves submitting your CV and supporting statement, which should outline your interest and explain how you meet the role's criteria.

Please note there will be weekly travel required between our London and Claygate offices, and we are open to applications from candidates who wish to be based at either location.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

Here at the British Heart Foundation we celebrate diversity and make inclusion part of what we do every day. Diversity and Inclusion forms a main pillar in our People Experience Strategy and we drive our strategy through our diversity and inclusion leaders group Kaleidoscope. Our aim is for all of our colleagues and volunteers to bring their true self to work, so we can beat heartbreak for everyone. Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on