FP&A Analyst: up to £43,900 (12 months FTC) London

For a large University, we are recruiting an FP&A Analyst for 12 months (FTC) although this may move to a permanent position. They FP&A Analyst will report to the FP&A Manager with will support with the production of consolidated management accounts, quarterly re-forecast, budget planning and cyclical forecasting. The FP&A Analyst will also take on analysis projects including student numbers, revenue analysis, and cost allocation using advanced Excel skills.

Main Duties:

• Preparation of monthly management accounts in terms of updates, analytic reporting, and first-draft of papers
• Forecasting for revenue and income, in year and in future years
• Work with the Planning and Statistics Team to model revenue including scenario modelling
• Analysis of high volumes of data and delivery of key insights
• Reconciliation of complex data-sets and construction of scenario-based forecasts
• Suggesting and implementing improvements to systems and processes
• Analysing large data volumes in conjunction with the Planning Team
• Maintaining and updating budget and forecast spreadsheets, coordinating collection of data across the Finance team
• Reconciling budget and forecast spreadsheets, evidence, and workings file
• Preparing summary and presentation data for Board

Person Specification:

• Part-Qualified / Finalist level Accountant with proven experience of Financial Planning and Analysis
• Experience of preparing consolidated / monthly management accounts
• Experience of budgeting, forecasting, and modelling revenue data
• A proactive mindset is essential as is the ability to seek information and problem solve
• Experience of report writing and analysis of complex data in MS Excel
• Financial Modelling and the understanding of source data and data models is essential

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FP&A Analyst (12m FTC), London – Higher Education, up to £44,000

A newly created position has been made available in a London based University. Suitable candidates will be part qualified with strong Excel skills and have experience manipulating large data sets. The role will be split between month end activities and bit costing and forecasting projects throughout the year. Ideally candidates will be available within one month, with a planned start date of early September.

Key Responsibilities:

• Management accounts, tuition fee and budget deliverables achieved on schedule
• Conclusions presented clearly and engagingly as appropriate to the audience
• Process improvements and efficiencies identified
• Inquisitive attitude to investigating and resolving problems
• Collaborative and supportive approach with a solution focused mindset.
• Responsible for preparing the monthly management accounts including liaison with finance colleagues for the latest updates, analytical reporting and preparing the first draft of any papers.
• Forecasting student tuition fee income, both in year and in future years, analysing large volumes of data and working closely with the Planning and Statistics team.
• Maintaining and updating the budget and forecast spreadsheets for the university, co-ordinating the collection of inputs from across the finance team, reconciling versions, updating the CFO and ADF on key movements, maintaining a detailed evidence and workings file, and preparing summary and presentational data for committees.
• Analysing and improving course costings across the university.
• Work closely with Finance and Planning teams to ensure that student number and tuition fee modelling requirements are delivered, including scenario modelling over a number of years.
• Analysis of high volumes of student data and delivery of key insights.
• Reconciliation of complex data sets
• Construction of scenario-based forecasts

Key Skills & Qualifications:

• Part Qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA
• Experience in a month end/analyst position
• Understanding of financial modelling and strong Excel skills
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Solutions focussed with good initiative
• Immediately available/up to 1 month notice period

We are looking for a Data Analyst to join our Digital Listening Service team to inform continuous improvement in our services. As Data Analyst, you’ll analyse data and communicate insights, plus inform our work in research, fundraising, communications, partnerships and influencing. You’ll play a key role in supporting the Samaritans vision that fewer people die by suicide.

Key projects within the team include our multi-channel CRM platform, which allows volunteers to answer telephone calls, online chats and emails within one platform.  We are also rolling out Online Chat, as well as looking at digital outreach and several other exciting developments. 

• £35,000 - £38,000 per annum plus benefits
• Permanent role
• Full time (35 hours per week)
• Linked to either our office in Ewell, Surrey or London Bridge, with the majority of time spent working from home
• We are open to flexible working requests

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand the needs of users for data analysis and reporting
• Provide regular reports and document these
• Summarise and present data and conclusions in the most appropriate format for users
• Apply tools and techniques for data analysis and data visualisation
• Identify, collect and migrate data to and from a range of systems
• Manage, clean, abstract and aggregate data
• Identify patterns and insights based on data models and projections

We are keen to hear from candidates who have demonstrable experience of:

• Understanding users and identifying what their needs are, based on evidence
• Managing stakeholder needs and expectations (able to pre-empt amount of work required, join related requests together, and manage expectations on timings)
• Creating, editing and managing multiple data reports, plus document processes and decisions
• Understand how to prepare and cleanse data, ensuring data is accurate and fit for purpose
• Identifying and applying the most appropriate analytical techniques to bring different sources together to tell a story
• Presenting and communicating findings clearly, using the most appropriate medium to visualise data to tell compelling and actionable stories
• Degree educated within Maths, Science or Computing (desirable)

Samaritans is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person that they are. We warmly welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences.

The closing date for applications is 04/08/2021

Location: Any of our UK Trust offices

This is a fantastic opportunity for an accomplished data analyst to join The Prince’s Trust, working on our crucial Health & Social Care contract.

Making an impact on young people is at the heart of what we do so analysing and evaluating our services is key to informing the programmes we design and showcasing our success with partners and funders. We’re on an exciting journey to transform how The Trust users data and want you to be part of it!

Most importantly you must believe in The Trust’s work, live our company values and fit in with our team’s positive, supportive and collaborative culture.

What you will do:

• Lead the data strategy for our H&SC contract, driving our performance and showcasing our work with our supporters
• Work with a team of analysts to transform how we use data across the Trust to shape our services
• Create and maintain an infrastructure of systems and tools for undertaking analysis and supplying data and insights.

What we need from you:

• Strong analytics skills including use of data analysis tools such as Tableau, Power BI and Google studio, BI systems such as Oracle service cloud and software including R, Python and SQL
• Strong communications skills including both written and verbal outputs, including facilitating insight-based discussions
• Experience leading an analytics project or development of new functionality
• The ability to upskill and knowledge share with less experienced colleagues, this role will include line management of a less experienced analyst.

For more information and to apply, please go to our website. 

To be considered, you will need to add your CV and a covering statement as to how your experience fits the role criteria. We are currently receiving high volumes of applications, so we urge you to complete a supporting statement, otherwise, your application could be unsuccessful.

The Data Selections Insight Analyst helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by delivering all data selections for fundraising and marketing communications activity across the organisation, as part of the Data team.

The role maximises the quality of data insight to all fundraising teams to ensure delivery of progressive fundraising activity. You will provide informed, clear and well-articulated interpretation of all data analysis and actively advise on an appropriate course of action to allow fundraisers to make informed choices and maximise opportunity on all income related activity.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year.

We recognise that the world looks a little bit different since the pandemic. Therefore, we’re committed to enabling our staff to work where best suits the needs of the individual, their team and the organisation. For this role, there will be opportunities to work from home as well as the office. We want our staff to flourish and work in environments which maximises their potential and best serves our stakeholders.

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

Interviews will be held on 24th August 2021.

More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Candidate requirements

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential
· A degree or equivalent industry experience in business or marketing with excellent numeracy and statistical knowledge.
· Proven relevant experience in direct marketing is required for the role.
· Proven experience of working with a CRM system of at least 3 million records and good understanding of relational databases.
· Proven applied knowledge of data management and relational database structures.
· Demonstratable knowledge of statistical packages, preferably Fast Stats and PeopleStage.

Desirable
· An industry qualification with the DMA or the IDM.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply

If you have any accessibility issues, please contact our Recruitment Team.

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above.

As part of your application ensure you provide to evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised.

If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.

Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

Please contact our Recruitment Team if you require any support with your application.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXPERIENCED SENIOR MANAGER TO JOIN OUR VAWG TEAM AND STRATEGICALLY MANAGE OUR BRENT, EALING AND IRIS SERVICES.

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding senior management role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos?

Then Advance could be the career choice for you!

Role: Senior Services Manager (Domestic Violence)

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum depending on experience

Location: Advance Head Office in Hammersmith, Brent Civic Centre, and regular travel across London service locations (including Ealing).

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 hours per week

This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010. 

Advance is committed to equality and diversity and strongly encourages applications from women with disabilities, from BME backgrounds and the LBT community.

About Advance

Established in 1998, Advance is an award-winning innovative non-profit organisation supporting women and girls experiencing domestic abuse and those women in contact with the criminal justice system, enabling them to live safe, violence-free and equal lives. We are at the forefront of developing whole systems change services, establishing the first teams working within statutory settings such as justice and health services, to reach women and girls.

We are a passionate and dedicated team who believe in empathy, empowerment, collaboration and innovation and accountability. These qualities characterise our work with women and girls experiencing trauma, reaching over 7,000 women and their children each year.  The organisation has recently expanded its services across England, with annual income of £6m and 125 staff.

The role:

You will be responsible for managing the quality and delivery of services to women who have experienced domestic violence and abuse from crisis to step down and recovery. The portfolio includes management of West and/or Central London domestic abuse services (e.g. IDVA and social care projects), as well as developing services along with growing and expanding our remit into other boroughs, developing and managing commissioner and partner relationships.

What you will bring:

The successful candidate will bring a passion for the women’s sector and a dynamic, can do attitude. You will be an exceptional relationship builder with a proven track record of leadership in providing services to women experiencing violence against women and girls (VAWG) and working with partners and funders. You will be an inspirational leader, responsible for recruiting, developing and managing a team including first tier managers and their teams and will be responsible for coordinating, reporting, and the delivery of the related services as commissioned by the boroughs and other funders.

In short you will have:

• A relevant qualification or equivalent experience (e.g. management and leadership) with a particular focus on the women’s sector/community and voluntary sector
• Significant experience, likely to have been gained over several years, of strategic planning and operational management at a service manager level and developing and delivering services at senior service management level.
• Strong negotiating skills and the ability to build strong and effective relationships and partnerships, dealing with ambiguity and resolving conflict effectively, achieving the right outcomes for the organisation, collaborating and networking.
• Significant experience of work with women and/or children with a complex range of needs, risk assessing, needs assessing and safety and support planning.
• Experience of developing relationships with funders/commissioners and achieving required outcomes.  

What we offer:

• 30 days holiday plus public holidays, pro rata for part time, and a day off for International Women’s Day
• Pension scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• The opportunity to work in a flexible, supportive environment with a team of committed, inspiring women and we will support you as you to continue to build your skills and experience.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 1st August 2021.

To apply: Please send your CV with a supporting statement outlining your suitability for and interest in the role, paying particular attention to the essential criteria in the person specification along with information on your salary expectations, where you first saw this role advertised and notice period.

Please note that any offer of employment will be made subject to references and confirmation of the right to work in the UK and satisfactory enhanced DBS check

Location: Any of our UK Trust offices

This is a fantastic opportunity for an accomplished delivery manager to join The Prince’s Trust, leading the work of our Operations Systems team.

Making an impact on young people is at the heart of what we do. Your role will help our technology team effectively deliver change, ensuring our frontline teams have access to systems that meet their needs and are as efficient and effective as possible. We have an exciting transformation agenda ahead of us and need the support of an exceptional delivery manager, as maternity leave cover, to make things happen!

Most importantly you must believe in The Trust’s work, live our company values and fit in with our team’s positive, supportive and collaborative culture.

What you will do:

• Plan, manage and assume overall accountability for the delivery and ongoing optimisation of a number of delivery streams across the Trust’s operational systems including both continuous improvement and major change initiatives
• Work with senior colleagues in Technology and across the organisation to facilitate the solution design process to ensure that project requests can be effectively scoped, budgeted and signed off
• Take a hands-on role in leading the full delivery lifecycle; leading and demonstrating through actions and coaching what good practice looks like.

What we need from you:

• Excellent project delivery skills, with experience of scrum-based delivery – we have adopted and fully embedded scrum, so you will need to lead and continuously improve these ways of working
• Strong ability to bring control and order to ambiguity, enjoying the challenge of overcoming problems due to a desire to continually improve the way things are done
• Experience leading the work of business analysis and test teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

For more information and to apply, please go to our website.

To be considered, you will need to add your CV and a covering statement as to how your experience fits the role criteria. We are currently receiving high volumes of applications, so we urge you to complete a supporting statement, otherwise, your application could be unsuccessful. We are advertising two Delivery Manager roles at the moment for two different teams. Please feel free to apply for both if you are interested in both and use your cover letter to explain any preferences.

35 – Hours – Fixed Term Contract Until December 2021

We have big goals over the next few years.

We’re going to be fighting for mental health in a way we never have before.

Together we’ll be working to make sure everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets the support and respect they deserve.

Will you join us?

The recently formed Partnerships Business Support team is looking for a passionate and innovative Assistant, using their strong attention to detail to support on and identify opportunities to improve cross-team processes, curate a library of information about our programmes and service delivery, and monitor the team’s successes. In this varied role, you will be reporting to the Partnerships Business Support Manager, playing a key supporting role in a range of cross-organisational projects.

Mind’s Partnerships Fundraising team – part of the fundraising directorate – is responsible for generating income from major donors, charitable trusts and foundations, the statutory and corporate sectors.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to develop a career in partnerships fundraising, with the opportunity to gain exposure to a range of funding partners and projects in a dynamic and successful team.

If all the above sounds interesting to you, we can't wait to hear from you!

Closing Date: 8th August 2021

Mind reserve the right to close the vacancy to applications earlier, should we receive a high volume of strong candidates – therefore we encourage an early application.

This position will initially, in line with current and potentially future guidance, be based from home. Post lockdown this role will retain some flexibility but post holders will be expected to be in the office a minimum of two days thereafter (or more, depending on the arrangements of your team).

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please refer to the Job Description while completing your application as candidates will be shortlisted based on how closely they match the criteria.

Location: Any of our UK Trust offices

This is a fantastic opportunity for an accomplished delivery manager to join The Prince’s Trust, leading the work of our Digital team.

Making an impact on young people is at the heart of what we do. Your role will help our digital team build amazing products for Young People that meet user needs, deliver against strategic objectives, and meet the required quality and compliance standards.

Most importantly you must believe in The Trust’s work, live our company values and fit in with our team’s positive, supportive and collaborative culture.

What you will do:

• Plan, manage and assume overall accountability for the delivery and ongoing optimisation of digital solutions for Young People including both continuous improvement and major change initiatives
• Work with senior colleagues in Technology and across the organisation to facilitate the solution design process to ensure that project requests can be effectively scoped, budgeted and signed off
• Take a hands-on role in leading the full delivery lifecycle; leading and demonstrating through actions and coaching what good practice looks like.

What we need from you:

• Excellent project delivery skills, with experience of delivery within hybrid waterfall and agile environments.
• Excellent knowledge of the technical development process and good practice, including an understanding of the importance of security, data protection, accessibility and safeguarding requirements
• Significant experience of managing a development team working on bespoke development and off the shelf products for online learning and online content repositories
• Strong collaborative and consultative approach working alongside a multidisciplinary digital team, including Product Managers, Business Analysts, Designers, Developers and Testers, as well as other specialist roles and functions across the organisation.

For more information and to apply, please go to our website. 

To be considered, you will need to add your CV and a covering statement as to how your experience fits the role criteria. We are currently receiving high volumes of applications, so we urge you to complete a supporting statement, otherwise, your application could be unsuccessful. We are advertising two Delivery Manager roles at the moment for two different teams. Please feel free to apply for both if you are interested in both and use your cover letter to explain any preferences.

Fourth Monkey are recruiting for the role of a Training & Academic Services Officer to join the dynamic staff team based in their North London centre.

An ideal role for a proficient administrator with previous experience of working within the Higher Education sector, the successful candidate will play an integral role in helping the school achieve its organisational objectives by providing essential support to the Director of Training and senior teaching team in developing, improving and integrating systems and processes associated with the school’s academic, programme and student support services, providing effective, professional guidance and signposting to students on a range of issues including welfare and well-being, academic progression or assessment.

Responsible for administering and coordinating Fourth Monkey’s academic services within the organisation’s drama school provision, the Training & Academic Services Officer will provide key support and management in evolving internal processes and systems related to the smooth running of the academic team’s work, as well as to student services and support infrastructure. They will be experienced in supporting senior teaching and academic staff through the administration of programme and student information and will be a primary academic point of contact for Fourth Monkey’s academic partners whilst supporting the Director of Training / Head of Actor Training and their team in the development of the courses.

Key aspects of the role:

• Course Development – supporting and assisting the Director of Training plus Heads of Course in developing all courses, including administering the approval and validation process where necessary.
• Student Development – supporting and assisting the Director of Training plus Heads of Course in developing individual student learning plans, as well as in monitoring and evaluating student achievement against learning goals set by academic partners.
• Practitioner Liaison & Management – supporting and assisting the Director of Training in maintaining a cohort of high-standard practitioners, including setting and monitoring quality standards and establishing contractual agreements.
• Course Management & Coordination – including responding to day-to-day enquiries from students-in-training, reporting and documenting student progress, maintaining practitioner and graduate databases, and being students’ first point of contact for signposting to the relevant channels in relation to training and pastoral needs.  

Fourth Monkey are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic and self-motivated individual with a minimum of 2 years’ experience of working in an academic services role at a senior level, ideally within a Higher Education institution or charity, or creative arts training environment. They should have a proficiency in using CRM and VLE systems, excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrative ability in reporting and administrative management, and awareness of pastoral and welfare support in an educational setting.

How to Apply:

To apply, please submit an up-to-date CV, including details of two referees (only to be contacted on shortlisting, with the candidate’s consent), a Covering Letter of 2 pages maximum, plus a completed Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form.

Applications should be submitted by email, no later than the deadline for application submissions of 5pm, Friday 6th August.

Please note: candidates will be invited to interview on an ongoing basis from the point of application.

Fourth Monkey is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from those who are currently under-represented in our workforce - in particular, those who are ethnically diverse.

About Fourth Monkey:

A drama school, arts organisation and registered charity based in North London, Fourth Monkey Actor Training Company was founded in 2010 and are now recruiting for a variety of new roles within their core office team to support their ongoing growth and evolution.

It’s an exciting time to be joining the Fourth Monkey team; since marking our 10-year anniversary in 2020 whereby our two-year training course was successfully accredited as our BA (Hons) Acting Accelerated Degree by our degree-awarding partner Falmouth University, we have subsequently added the newly accredited CertHE Acting & Theatre Making and MA Collaborative Theatre to our training provision. In 2021, we also announced our new Regional Centre of Excellence in Bristol, whereby students from Bristol and the surrounding area will be able to learn on our CertHE Acting & Theatre Making course from September 2021.

Change Manager (Helpline and Digital Services)

25-28 hours per week

circa £37,500 per annum, pro-rata.

Home-based

This is a 18-month fixed term contract with the possibility of extension

Family Lives is in an exciting stage of its development and is recruiting two management roles to focus on the expansion of our helpline and digital services and our ParentChild+ early years’ programme. 

If you have experience, enthusiasm and a desire to work with and support low income and vulnerable families we would love to hear from you.

Over this last year Family Lives has experienced increased demand with a 54% rise in risk of harm, and our live chat service having a 103% increase in demand and our email service a 54% increase; calls to our helpline are now longer and more complex.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Project/Change Manager to play a key strategic role supporting Family Lives to reach and support as many families as possible.

In order to respond to these need effectively, we need to increase our capacity and scale up our delivery in two key areas: ParentChild+ (early years) and our national family advice services (helpline & digital).  This postholder will work alongside the Deputy Chief Executive (DCE) and Director of National Services to review existing operating practices and drive forward our growth strategy for the helpline and as relevant also liaise with the DCE around other growth strategies as appropriate.

The successful candidate will have experience of service (re)design, devising and implementing a work programme for a significant development project or service as well as experience of developing innovative and creative solutions. Commitment to equality of opportunity and to safeguarding vulnerable adults and children are essential

Please visit our website to obtain the job description, full person specification, application form and guidance. Please note that we only accept application forms.CVs will not be accepted.

Please ensure you address every criteria on the person specification on your supporting statement, preferably in order.

Closing Date: Wednesday 4th August 2021

Interview Date: Wednesday 18th August 2021

Fourth Monkey Actor Training Company are recruiting for the role of a Student Welfare & Learning Support Coordinator to join the dynamic staff team based in their North London centre.

An ideal role for a proactive, passionate individual with excellent communication skills, previous experience of working within a Higher Education environment, and relevant experience in providing a variety of welfare and disability advice, they will be the primary point of contact for all students seeking professional guidance or signposting on issues relating to learning differences or mental health support.

The Student Welfare & Learning Support Coordinator will play a vital role in helping those students with learning differences or welfare needs access their training fully, by providing support, direction and practical help to all students requiring access to Student Support. This will include being responsible for management and implementation of action points arising from student DSA applications, managing the referral system to Fourth Monkey’s bank of external counsellors to support those students who are dealing with or require support for any mental health needs, leading staff, student and practitioner sessions in the wider Fourth Monkey Learning Support Philosophy, helping students manage the demands of drama school training with their own mental health and welfare needs, and managing all Student Welfare and Learning Support administration in collaboration with the Admissions and Academic Services teams as applicable.

Fourth Monkey are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic, and self-motivated individual with relevant experience in providing welfare and disability advice, as well as experience of working in a Higher Education environment. They will have strong inter-personal and relationship-building skills, both with academic and professional colleagues and students / young adults, experience, and evidence of an ability to interpret and apply operational procedures within a working environment.

An awareness and understanding of Higher Education learning and / or creative arts training would be desirable, as would an understanding of Higher Education procedures, data processing and reporting.

How to Apply:

To apply, please submit an up-to-date CV, including details of two referees (only to be contacted on shortlisting, with the candidate’s consent), a Covering Letter of 2 pages maximum, plus a completed Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form.

Applications should be submitted by email, no later than the deadline for application submissions of 5pm, Friday 6th August.

Please note: candidates will be invited to interview on an ongoing basis from the point of application.

Fourth Monkey is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from those who are currently under-represented in our workforce - in particular, those who are ethnically diverse.

About Fourth Monkey:

A drama school, arts organisation and registered charity based in North London, Fourth Monkey Actor Training Company was founded in 2010 and are now recruiting for a variety of new roles within their core office team to support their ongoing growth and evolution.

It’s an exciting time to be joining the Fourth Monkey team; since marking our 10-year anniversary in 2020 whereby our two-year training course was successfully accredited as our BA (Hons) Acting Accelerated Degree by our degree-awarding partner Falmouth University, we have subsequently added the newly accredited CertHE Acting & Theatre Making and MA Collaborative Theatre to our training provision. In 2021, we also announced our new Regional Centre of Excellence in Bristol, whereby students from Bristol and the surrounding area will be able to learn on our CertHE Acting & Theatre Making course from September 2021.

LOCATION: Home-based, with occasional visits to HQ

Overcoming MS (OMS) is the wor­­­ld's leading multiple sclerosis healthy lifestyle charity.

We share the evidence behind the OMS program focussing on the everyday practical things that people can do to improve their health and quality of life. This includes following a plant-based diet, supplementing with vitamin D, exercising and using stress management techniques articulated in the OMS program.

We aim to inform, support and empower everyone affected by MS to lead a full and healthy life. We provide information, including webinars and OMS podcast. Our OMS Circles are a supportive worldwide volunteer group network. We campaign and fund open access to research into how lifestyle influences MS.

MS is a complex neurological condition that currently has no cure. It is estimated that some 2.8 million people are living with MS around the globe, with the disease more common in the ‘Western world’. It affects people in the prime of their lives, aged between 20-40 years old, and affects three times as many women as men. In the UK alone, there are around 130,000 people living with MS, and a further 6,700 diagnosed each year.

OMS has entered an exciting new chapter in the charity’s evolution having launched a new strategy ‘Find Realistic Hope and a Full Life, Find OMS’ .We want to become even more visible, accessible, energetic, vocal, collaborative and impactful. The new Head of Digital will join us at a pivotal moment in our organisation’s journey, as we seek to embed our new digital programmes, begin to capitalise on opportunities to scale and expand our work across the globe.

Purpose

This is an excellent opportunity for someone to take the next step in their professional career.  As our brand-new Head of Digital you will lead Overcoming MS’ digital agenda, providing a strategic steer and an operational oversight of our digital projects portfolio, our digital content and engagement activity and plan for new projects in line with the OMS community needs and the fundraising strategy.

You will provide strategic direction for and manage a small and dynamic Digital team and will work with the OMS Senior Leadership Team to ensure we achieve demonstrable impact in the digital space and across our digital, content and data related projects that underpin our organisational strategy.

You will be a talented digital leader who is deeply committed to making the most of digital technologies so they can best meet the needs of people and communities. You will be a digitally innovative and creative individual, who thrives in a fast moving and dynamic workplace. You have an ability to come up with, try, test and implement new digital ideas and tools.

One of the top priorities initially will be the completion of our data and CRM (MS Dynamics) related programme of work. The ability to work with 3rd party suppliers will also be key in the day-to-day aspect of the Head of Digital role.

Key accountabilities

As Head of Digital, you will enable and support the implementation of our data, digital and content projects, and ensure that our focus on digital developments help deliver our overarching strategic plan.

You will work with your team and the OMS leadership colleagues to ensure that we have adequate resources allocated to large and small projects and can reassign as timelines shift, prioritising where necessary. Working with the digital and data team you will ensure progress and process is transparent to stakeholders throughout the lifespan of the projects.

Detailed responsibilities

1. Data (35%)

• Enable the completion of MS Dynamics implementation making sure the wider OMS team is upskilled to make the best use of the system.
• Oversee the implementation of our data management roadmap, making sure our processes for data capture in key business areas are optimised.
• Oversee data analysis function and its ongoing development so that OMS grows into a data-driven charity.
• Oversee the relationship with our external supplier(s).

1. Digital development, content and marketing (45%)

• Lead the digital engagement team to ensure the OMS digital development programme is prioritised, agreed projects delivered effectively and efficiently.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and our external digital suppliers to accurately scope future digital solutions, researching best answers, platforms, tools and technology to meet the organisation’s objectives through community engagement and user testing.
• Ensure the digital engagement strategy is effective and responsive to the evolving needs of the OMS community, drawing in volunteer and specialist contributor input to content production, campaigns and appeals.
• Ensure our content strategy makes the best use of all appropriate channels to reach our priority audiences, and results in high quality customer journeys.
• Oversee the development of appropriate documentation that underpins successful, well-scoped and estimated projects with measurable success criteria and user requirements fully scoped.
• Ensure all digital projects are implemented to our agreed project management process that ensures we consistently deliver projects which are of a high-quality and within agreed budgets and timelines.
• Oversee the work of our digital suppliers making sure the relationship is positive, productive and collaborative.

1. Strategy and leadership (20%)

• You will be a member of the OMS Leadership Team, comprised of the CEO, Head of Programmes, Head of Fundraising and our US-based special projects lead, contributing to strategic planning and delivery.
• You will oversee all digital risk across our infrastructure including data and cyber security.
• You will contribute to annual business planning and budgeting exercises making sure our resource planning is effective.
• You will keep abreast of digital technology trends and developments, bringing back helpful intelligence to the team and identifying new opportunities.

For further details pertaining to this role, please review the attached Job Description.

The Prince’s Foundation is seeking an Education Manager to develop, and project manage a new and unique skills-based Education centre at Highgrove. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing effective oversight of the educational programmes that preserve heritage craft skills.

Based at Highgrove in Gloucestershire, the Education Manager will be responsible for developing and managing a core team of staff and self-employed tutors to meet the needs of the educational programmes. The Education Manager will be required to develop courses from concept to realisation in an organised and creative manner, in consultation and working with the Director of Education (Hubs). In addition, the Education Manager will oversee effective administrative systems, policies and procedures to provide an organised and efficient structure for the delivery of educational and residency programmes.

A full-time position, we are seeking someone with a BA in an associated subject. The successful candidate should also have management experience in a crafts /arts organisation in an educational setting or similar.