Chief Executive – CoachBright – London or Birmingham with regular travel nationally – c£60,000

CoachBright are an award-winning national social mobility charity supporting the next generation to become independent and resilient so they can lead the lives they want. Working across schools, universities and organisations, we're giving pupils, university students and young professionals the tools and behaviours to succeed.

CoachBright partner with schools, universities and workplaces in the short term to boost grades and longer-term increase access rates to higher education and high-level apprenticeships for pupils from low-income backgrounds leading to increased social mobility.

CoachBright’s founder and CEO, Robin Chu will be leaving the charity towards Christmas after nine successful years and the board therefore seek at talented CEO to join the organisation to further grow and develop the organisation.

The Role

• Provide inspirational leadership to the team galvanising everyone in our mission to make education fairer and social mobility a reality.
• Overall responsibility for income generation of the charity. This will be leading on building partnerships with schools, universities, employers and funders to generate income for the charity.
• Chief advocate and external representative of the organisation regularly raising awareness of the charity’s mission and vision to make social mobility a reality.
• To empower and enable the board of trustees to deliver on their responsibilities around compliance, strategic guidance and statutory reporting requirements.

The Candidate

• Passion: we have big aims and are looking for those who share our desire to make education fairer in the UK, so a person’s background does not determine their future.
• Advocacy and Public Speaking: track record of speaking at events and getting wider supporters bought into the mission of your work.
• Team Leadership: love working with teams to align individuals around a shared mission.
• Organisational growth: we want an individual experienced in growing an organisation.
• Income Generation: track record of bringing traded income and grants into an organisation.
• Strategic Thinker: you will have a good understanding of looking further afield and spotting trends and challenges in years to come.
• Managing ambiguity: working across the social and education sector, you will have experience of managing changing circumstances.

The Driver Youth Trust is a literacy-based charity that has, for the past twelve years, been working to support children who struggle with literacy in mainstream schools, through training, advocacy, and research.

One in six adults in the UK can be described as having poor literacy skills and one in four five-year olds struggle with basic vocabulary. Early intervention is key as each year the attainment gap widens for tens of thousands of learners with dyslexia, literacy difficulties and SEND who fall further behind their peers. We believe that every child needs to be able to read and write fluently and at Driver Youth Trust we are committed to making a difference and working hard to change these statistics.

Our mission is to transform learning and inclusion in schools. The Executive Director will play a crucial role in enabling the Driver Youth Trust to promote the on-line courses we have developed over the last two years, making them available as a free resource for teachers and teaching assistants.

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic Executive Director, who will work with the Board to set and drive a new strategy for the charity that delivers upon this core mission.

The post holder will be a positive, creative, enthusiastic individual with a ‘can do’ attitude, who thrives on taking responsibility for actions, overcoming obstacles, and delivering on our mission. You will become the face of DYT and have the ability to enthuse and engage others in our cause, as well as maintaining the trust of those people with whom the organisation deals, including funding bodies.

The role requires an ability to engage with schools, teachers and local authorities in a way that encourages them to take advantage of our free courses thereby training their staff, so they in turn can support pupils in their classrooms who struggle with literacy. You will be responsible for the effective management of the charity, including day to day financial management, administration of IT systems, HR, governance requirements, fundraising, KPI tracking and reporting, assisted by an Operations Coordinator, to be recruited. As part of your role, you will also manage an external team of specialist consultants.

The successful candidate will be committed to our vision and have:

• A good understanding of the educational sector.
• Recent experience of leadership in a charity, not-for-profit, private, or public sector organisation.
• Experience of financial management including managing budgets and the skills necessary for day-to-day running of a small organization.
• The ability to plan, report, and present to the board.
• Experience of building strategic relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written), presentation (digital and face-to-face) and interpersonal skills.
• Track record of successful income generation, through trust or foundation funding or other fundraising,
• The ability to work by themselves delivering on the mission of the charity.

It would be desirable that this individual had an established network of contacts and organisations, which may go beyond immediate educational stakeholders, who could help deliver our objectives. Experience of managing external consultants and project management would also be useful, as would evidence of forming effective local, regional, or national partnerships. However, we are eager to hear from all candidates that meet the essential criteria for the role.

Driver Youth Trust are passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people who struggle to read and write. If you would like to join a not-for-profit organisation that is committed to working together to improve learning and inclusion in schools, we would love to hear from you!

The Package

This role attracts a salary of £45,000-£52,000 per annum (dependent on experience).
Location: Remote though will be required to travel to London occasionally for Board and other meetings/events. Possibility of hub working if required.
Hours: Full time (37.5 hours) or part time – 3 days a week minimum

To apply for this role please send your CV and a covering letter stating how you match the skills, competencies and experience required and what you would bring to the role.

Closing date for applications is 17th June 2022
(Due to the nature of this role we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and the role might be filled and closed before the closing date. Early applications are encouraged).

No agencies please.

N.B. Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information and how to apply.

Closing date for applications: 13 June 2022 at 5 pm

Interviews & Skills Test: 16 June 2022 (afternoon), online            

Pay: £32,500 per annum pro rata, based on experience 

Number of hours: 0.6 FTE (22.5 hours a week)

Start date: As soon as possible 

Location: London and/or remote working with ability to come to London for meetings 

Length of contract: 12 months 

Responsibilities

Fundraising 

Fundraising responsibility is currently shared with the Project Development Manager, who is the Fundraising Lead. You will work closely and share some responsibilities. You will:

• Support the Fundraising Lead in conducting EFA’s fundraising, monitoring and evaluation

• Contribute to developing our fundraising strategy 

• Identify and research a pipeline of realistic funding opportunities including trusts, liveries and corporate foundations. Write compelling fundraising applications to identified opportunities 

• Support on diversifying our income streams, focusing on other areas of fundraising such as statutory, corporate giving, individual giving and/or membership

• Help monitor and evaluate the outcomes of our projects, develop relationships with funders and report back to them

• Liaise closely with project managers to plan and develop the strongest possible proposals 

• Maintain accurate records and information about funders on our database, Donorfy, and in communication with the finance team

Communications

You will be Communication Lead. We’re looking for someone who has a natural flair for, and interest in communications, to develop and implement our plans, in particular through social media. You will:

• Work with the EFA’s Comms subgroup to develop key messaging around participatory education and migration in London

• Implement our communications strategy to raise the profile of the organisation and encourage support

• Produce engaging written and visual content for our social media channels, newsletter and press releases

• Liaise with the team to communicate project updates, plans and accomplishments to an external audience 

• Oversee social media channels, fielding requests and responses from community partners, supporters, and prospective students

• Oversee and update website content (Wordpress)

• Build and engage our supporter base via digital outreach and regular oversight of channel analytics

• Stay informed about key trends in news reporting around participatory education and migration in London

• Keep up-to-date with changes to charity communications laws and regulations

Our Vision

A world where all young people flourish, regardless of their background.

Who We Are

LTSB is a social mobility charity that works with bright young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, ensuring they find meaningful, skilled careers – and that firms get positive, effective employees who can make a difference from their first day.

Our four key responsibilities are:

• Promoting opportunities to those from backgrounds that are not normally reached
• Preparing young people for the workplace, and the workplace for young people
• Providing context for their application, and stewarding the hiring process
• Pastoral care – an additional support network for the first phase of their career

We don’t just get young people jobs. We launch careers. When diverse talent is given preparation and support, they don’t just get by, they thrive – and that means more representative management which can better train and retain a more representative workforce.  For historic information, please see our Impact Report on our website: www.ltsb.charity

Finance Team

The Finance team consists of a Finance Director and a Finance Administrator role.

Finance Director

Reporting to the Chief Executive, the Finance Director is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day financial management of the LTSB, and provides commercial focus, leading on financial compliance and governance and overseeing strong and effective financial administrative functions and reporting. With overall responsibility for the charity’s finance function, you will play a significant role as a senior member of the leadership team to ensure the charity can achieve its mission in the most effective and efficient way possible. The FD manages the Finance Administrator who undertakes the day-to-day financial administration.

Main Responsibilities
 

Day-to-day financial management

• Ensure relevant and accurate records are kept, filings made, and taxes paid as required by HMRC (in respect of Payroll, corporation tax and VAT), pension agencies, Companies’ House and the Charity Commission.
• Develop and enhance the financial and management reporting systems to meet the strategic and operational needs of the Trust including the identification and implementation of suitable software, and upgrades to existing software and office systems to improve processes and systems to bring about efficiencies.
• Ensure compliance with statutory accounting and regulatory requirements of financial and charity governance matters.
• Prepare the annual accounts in accordance with relevant statutory and accounting reporting standards and auditing requirements.
• Liaise with external auditors in relation to the annual audit and any management recommendations raised by the auditors.
• Oversee the management and reporting of all funds received from external funders. Ensure that accurate restricted fund accounts are maintained and that the financial records comply with funder reporting requirements.
• Supervise the Finance Administrator.
• Keep the CEO and Finance Committee informed of material developments on a regular and ad-hoc basis as required.
   

Strategic financial planning and management

• Prepare quarterly and annual management accounts, including income and expenditure accounts, balance sheet, cash flows, financial performance indicators and supporting notes for the Finance Committee and Trustee Board quarterly meetings.
• Be responsible for the budgeting and forecasting process for the organisation and provide appropriate reporting, variance analysis and support for decision making to the CEO, SLT and Board.
• Developing and leading LTSB’s finance strategy, optimising the charity’s financial performance and strategic position.
• Providing strategic leadership in relation to LTSB’s finances, advising on matters of compliance, risk, and contract performance.
   

Governance

• Accountable to the Finance Committee of the Board for all financial, risk and audit matters working closely with the CEO and Board to achieve a high quality of governance for LTSB.
• Ensure LTSB’s legal and governance responsibilities are undertaken and executed in a robust and transparent way, with trustees updated on any relevant legal and/or governance changes.
• Maintain up-to-date corporate documents and ensuring that all required documents are filed at Companies House and Charities Commission within the requisite deadlines.
   

Wider responsibilities

• Undertaking any other duties and projects as may be assigned by the CEO or the Board of Trustees.

Person Specification
 

Education/qualifications/experience

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with strong financial systems and experience working as a finance director.
• Outstanding and influential leader with the ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels.
• Demonstrable commitment to LTSB’s vision and values.
• Experience of financial statement preparation and audit process management.
• Experience of preparing board papers and presenting to boards.
• Experience of managing grant finances and contract compliance.
• Commercially aware.
• Experience of preparing and submitting VAT returns under the partial exemption method.
• Experience of working in the charity sector with good knowledge of charity accounting.
• Experience of overseeing the development of organisational policies, procedures and systems.
• We have recently moved from Quickbooks to Oracle Netsuite accounting software so candidates with a good working knowledge of at least one of these systems would be ideal, although experience of using any similar cloud accounting system would be advantageous for the role
   

Skills and Abilities

• Strong technical financial and management accounting skills.
• Strong IT skills with advanced Excel skills.
• Ability to work to deadlines with good prioritisation and time management skills.
• Proven financial analysis, cashflow management and forecasting ability.
• Excellent communication and reporting skills (verbal and written).
• Proven ability to produce and interpret management accounts
• Proven ability to provide support, and guidance to non-financial managers and colleagues.
• The ability to manage a varied and pressured workload.
• Highly motivated and autonomous.
   

This job description is intended to summarise the main duties and responsibilities of the post and is not intended to be a full and exhaustive list of tasks. All LTSB staff members are expected to demonstrate flexibility and willingness to perform appropriate tasks when the need arises.

This role is ideal for an experienced Finance Director who is seeking flexible hours and home working. Although the FD would need to attend meetings in London they could be based anywhere in the UK. This is a home-based role, and our team works independently with no central office.

To apply, please submit a CV and cover letter in Word format, when prompted to attach documents, explaining how you meet the person specification and why you would like to work at LTSB in this role.

Please note, all candidates will need to have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this position.

The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 29th May 2022. Applications received after this point will not be considered.

First stage interviews will be held by Zoom during w/c 6th June. Second stage interviews will be held in London on Wednesday 15th June.

At Family Action we transform lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation. We have been building stronger families since 1869 and today we work with more than 60,000 families in over 150 community based services, as well as supporting thousands more through national programmes and grants.

The Business Development Team provides a specialist support function to enable the organisation to achieve its growth objectives. We promote the strategic growth of the organisation by supporting the retention of existing work and securing new contracts via competitive tender, trusts, grants and statutory fundraising.

An introduction to the role and key responsibilities:

The Bid Writer holds responsibility for writing applications that fully articulate Family Action’s offer. The post works closely with operational teams to develop service models and content to secure new work and to support the retention of existing contracts.

The Bid Writer holds responsibility for writing applications that fully articulate Family Action’s offer. The post works closely with operational teams to develop service models and content to secure new work and to support the retention of existing contracts.

Person requirements (skills/experience):

• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience and evidence of a commitment to continuing learning and professional development
• Strong, proven, successful track record of writing bid proposal or tenders and winning new business
• Knowledge, insight and understanding of the needs of individuals and families, the range of interventions that best meet those needs based on research and evidence of what works would be desirable

Job title: Case Officer 

Region: Northern Area – home based in the North East 

Directorate: Operations 

Contract: Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week 

Salary: £25,813 to £26,550 per annum 

About The Royal British Legion 

Careers in Advice and Welfare 

Across the country, in every city and on every street, the Legion is there to support our Armed Forces community. As the largest charity of our kind, we have 235,000 members, 60,000 volunteers and a network of partners all helping us give support wherever and whenever it's needed. 

Every day, everyone in our Advice and Welfare teams dedicate themselves to bettering the lives of those in this community. 

Be it a conversation about financial support, physical and mental wellbeing, employment, housing, independent living or social support – working in these teams means the time you’d spend with those who need our help, and the advice you’d offer, could have a profound effect on their lives. 

It's this mission, this scale, this challenge and the values we all live by, that makes the Legion such a fulfilling place to thrive. 

We also want those who need our support to be able to get it when they need it, and from those best placed to give it. Which is why we’ve invested in multi-channel support services. 

So, if you want to give your days meaning. To put your passion into a role with real impact. To support people and be supported yourself. In an inclusive team that faces every challenge together. Whatever your interests and ambitions, we think you’ll find a role here that works for you, with career opportunities right across the UK. 

The Role 

Case Officers are vital to the way in which The Royal British Legion delivers our welfare services.  They are responsible for ensuring that our beneficiaries receive appropriate welfare support and advice in an integrated and seamless way which provides a person-centred solution based on a thorough analysis of circumstances and needs.  

The post-holder is required to develop and manage individual support solutions, drawing on inputs from a wide network of professionals, agencies and volunteers.  Working as part of a team you will be responsible for assessing our beneficiaries needs and drawing on support from our regional specialist teams and other providers as necessary, ensuring that support is made available in an integrated way.

You will be required to develop and maintain a thorough and detailed understanding of direct Legion support services and other statutory and non-statutory assistance. 

You will manage individual cases and authorise the payment of crisis grants to those in urgent need of support.  In addition, you will help to manage a team of volunteers and supervise their activities and workload, assisting in the recruitment and training of this vital resource. 

You will be required to reside within this geographical area (North East of England) and a full driving license and access to a vehicle is essential. 

The role is subject to relevant employment checks, including Enhanced DBS Clearance. 

As an inclusive employer, we welcome conversations on flexible working and any reasonable adjustments that may be required. 

Diversity Statement 

We believe that the compassion, understanding and service we show each, and every individual customer should be reflected in the way we all support, respect and include every individual who works with us. 

It’s because of this that we have strived hard to create a One Legion culture that we can all feel part of and succeed in. It’s why we make sure that you have the opportunities you need to learn and develop. It’s why we’re invested in making RBL a truly inclusive place to work, where everyone can be themselves. It’s why you’re welcome, whoever you might be. 

It’s why we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. 

How to Apply 

Please click ‘Apply Online’. 

Closing date for this role is: Sunday 5th June 2022

We reserve the right to close this vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and submit your application form as soon as possible. 

With gene therapy now available on the NHS as treatment for some forms of sight loss and therapies for other forms now at phase 3 clinical trials, we have never been closer to relegating sight loss to the history books. Now is the time to ramp up investment and build stronger partnerships, not rest on our laurels.

As the leading UK charity dedicated to stopping sight loss through pioneering research, Fight for Sight is at the forefront of making the above aim a reality. With a visually-impaired CEO joining us, who will soon be launching our new 5-year strategy, we are putting the lived experience of those with sight loss at the heart of what we do. Off the back of incredible success across our 2017 – 2022 strategy and a near 100% increase in income, we’ve never been better placed for success.

We currently invest over £8 million into 159 research projects across 44 leading universities and hospitals around the UK, funding some of the brightest minds in science. We are determined to create a world that everyone can see, and we have the resources and networks needed to make it happen.

The Role

You will be taking over an established trusts portfolio of c.£1.5m, made up of around 400 trust mailing respondents, 100 small donors. 50 medium donors, and 4 donors providing large strategic gifts. Whilst the programme doesn’t run itself, it is built on solid foundations and has a framework of extremely strong relationships; the programme is primed for growth and we’re excited to meet the person whose passion will help us achieve this.

The last few years has seen us become the first medical research partner of a number of large foundations, and those relationships continue to develop and flourish. We’re able to clearly explain our work and demonstrate the impact it will have on people’s lives. Our ability to engage with these non-traditional donors is a clear sign of the strength of our message.

We are routinely commended for being able to demonstrate our impact and the through-line from cutting-edge research to real-world application, above and beyond that seen from some of the country’s largest medical research charities. We know what we’re doing and we do it well.

Why you should apply

If the 10% non-contributory pension, inclusive and supportive culture, and exciting plans for the future don’t cinch it for you… Then you should join because this is an incredible role for someone who is looking to take the next step in their career; our trust fundraising programme has fantastic foundations and fundamentals, the investment and organisation is in place to facilitate growth and our appetite for change and new ideas is large. In short, if you want to take everything you’ve learned to date and sculpt a trust fundraising programme that is your version of perfect, with the full support of our board and SLT, then this is the place to do it.

The Trusts Manager will have oversight and management of the Trusts Officers, building on existing relations and engaging with a whole new audience. The role will require experience of managing skilled fundraisers to develop long-term transformational relationships with trusts and foundations.  The post will work with the team to grow the trusts and foundation programme, research new funders, cultivate existing donors and collaborating with the wider Public Engagement Directorate team to support the overall supporter journey.

• Ensure the highest standard of donor care is achieved across the team through tailored stewardship, engaging proposals, communications and other supporting materials
• Undertake prospect research of new, diverse and existing donors to ensure maximum impact of opportunities and enable the Trussell Trust to deliver its overall mission
• Provide day-to-day direction, support and line management. This will include regular 1:1s and annual reviews to ensure objectives and key results are met
•  Research new and existing donors to maximise income potential
  • Produce clear and compelling proposals, bespoke project information, engaging impact reports and other supporting materials
  • Manage and develop relationships with new and existing trusts and foundations and key stakeholders to ensure successful long-term relationships

• Ensure delivery of programme reporting to ensure the impact of programmes is collated and reported as required
• Work collaboratively and creatively across the Public Engagement Directorate, particularly with our Major Donor and Corporate teams, and across the wider organisation

The Forces Employment Charity, are looking for a highly motivated Employment Support Consultant to promote and provide employability and employment support for veterans within the region.

Reporting to the National Forces Employment Support (FES) Manager, the successful applicant will have a track record of providing employment and job finding support. A strong customer focus and an ability to work independently to achieve targets and deadlines is an essential requirement along with strong communication and organising skills, knowledge of the local employment market, training and adult education opportunities. 

Principal Responsibilities:

• Provide advice and guidance to support veterans into employment; facilitating veterans to access suitable training courses, Employment Support Grants (ESG) and work placements.
• Develop links with local and regional businesses and business forums to develop relationships with Corporate Mentors and to provide enhanced local level employment opportunities, working collaboratively with Employer Relationship Managers (ERMs). 
• Post and maintain an exemplar professional LinkedIn profile and engage with appropriate content from RFEA and partner organisations.
• Link with local and regional Ex-Armed Forces support agencies initiatives to create a flow of veterans requiring employment support. This will include as a minimum creating working relationships with Armed Forces Charities and DWP and regional Armed Forces Champions (including Armed Forces Covenant groups)

The ideal candidate will have:

• Empathy with Armed Forces personnel and an understanding of the challenges they face.
• Strong networking skills and the enthusiasm and ability to create relationships that will support the work of RFEA FES.
• A good understanding of the employment market, including recruitment, welfare to work provision, work-based learning and vocational training.
• Extensive experience in blended provision of support.
• Clean driving licence and exclusive use of a car.   

​What we offer:

• Salary - £27,500
• Annual leave (25 days + bank holidays + Birthday Grant Leave) 
• Flexible working patterns
• 4% pension contribution
• Training and development opportunities

This is a full-time role working 35 hours per week. The role is home/office based with local and regional travel. Consultants will spend an average of 30% of their time networking within their region.

​To apply, please submit a Covering Letter and CV. Closing date for the position is Midnight 27th May 2022. Interviews are scheduled to be shortly after.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake Enhanced Barring Service checks and Ministry of Defence security clearance, which requires applicants to have been resident in the UK for the last 5 years.

Location: Remote working in the UK.  You will either work from home all the time, or if you are near Devon can spend 1-2 days per week in Totnes.  Depending on your circumstances we would also be keen on a secondment to Ghana in your first year. The postholder will expected to undertake frequent travel to Ghana and Uganda. 

About us

Our mission is to get preschool children in rural Africa school-ready.  At present over 250 million children worldwide fail to receive the education and care they need in their early years which means they are less likely to do well in school, find gainful employment, and are at greater risk of early marriage, early parenthood and even criminality. Current approaches to solving this crisis are not proving effective or scalable in lower middle income countries.

That’s where Lively Minds comes in. We have developed an award-winning Early Childhood Development programme that has been proven to get pre-schoolers in hard-to-reach communities school-ready, so they have a greater chance of succeeding in school and in life. The programme provides marginalised Mothers with a parenting course that empowers them to run educational Play Schemes for pre-schoolers and to provide better home-based care, using cheap local resources.  The programme is delivered through government partners, is cheap and highly scalable. It genuinely has the potential to play a transformative role in ending the global ECD crisis.

Over the past few years the Lively Minds programme, currently operating in over 1000 communities in rural Ghana and Uganda is reaching over 120,000 children, with this figure set to triple over the next few years. During COVID we launched a radio programme for parents and this is now reaching over 2 million households each week.  We are extremely proud that the Government of Ghana have now adopted the programme and we have a ground-breaking partnership with them to support them to institutionalise it, fund it and to scale it to 60 education districts, reaching over 4000 communities and 1 million children. We see this partnership as the test case that will provide the blueprint to take the programme to scale in Uganda and elsewhere within the next 5 years.

About the role

This is a unique opportunity for a Finance expert to join a fun, high impact, mission driven organisation.  This could be an ideal opportunity for a Finance expert who’s gained experience in another sector and is looking to transition to a not for profit. Lively Minds is a dynamic and fast-growing organisation. You will have the opportunity to work on varied and cutting-edge topics and contexts.  You’ll be part of a lively ambitious organisation, determined to have a major positive impact on the world. We work hard, at a fast pace, in a challenging environment.  Our work is demanding but provides plenty of opportunity for innovation, responsibility, growth, collaboration, creativity and fun. We want all staff to be happy, fulfilled and to feel appreciated and valued in their work. . You will be offered the opportunity to develop through targeted learning support which will include external learning opportunities or Coaching.

We are looking for a Head of Finance to manage all aspects of the organisation’s finances. Our current annual budget is approximately £3m and we plan to grow this to £5m by 2025.  Your role includes, setting and managing budgets, supporting fundraising strategy and proposals, overseeing spend and financial controls and processes.  You will lead the finance teams in Ghana and Uganda made up of a Finance Manager in Ghana, four Finance Officers, and a Procurement and Logistics Officer. 

To succeed in this role you will need….

• to be comfortable delivering a complex programme to the highest standards, working at pace with a high degree of autotomy
• to be innovative & results-oriented. We operate in resource-poor settings, with challenging stakeholders and with limited financial resources and capabilities.
• to be willing to go the extra mile.  We need you to be proactive and constantly seeking ways to do things better.
• to be business-minded.  In order to spread our impact, we need you to help us secure sustainable income, gaining the support of government, funders and key stakeholders
• to be a leader.  You will need to role model professionalism, determination & resilience, a growth mindset, and passion for the work and our organisational values.
• to be actively involved in delivering growth; as a small charity, we need you to be adaptable, with the ability to advise on strategic finance matters, as well as being hands-on when necessary 

Technical Abilities

Essential

• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• 5 years post qualification experience delivering full range of financial and accounting services required by a charity or small business
• Wide experience of managing grants and donor reporting
• Experience in maintaining strong financial controls
• High proficiency in financial modelling and advanced Microsoft Excel with the ability to present complex information effectively to a non finance audience (including experience in VBA automation and using Excel’s data model to directly interact with other systems)
• Experience of managing and developing people
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)

Desirable

• Experience working with remote teams
• Experience working in Africa

About the Role

35 Hours per week 

This is an exciting opportunity to join SJA’s Bid team and manage tenders across a variety of business areas including Ambulance Operations, Workplace Training, Supplies, Apprenticeships, Events and Community Response. 

In this key role you will be providing compelling high value bid proposals working with internal stakeholders to meet the strategic aims of each operation. Every win helps us to support and deliver more life saving initiatives throughout the country. 

You will be driven and self-motivated with the ability and proven track record in producing high quality and timely tender submissions. A team player with excellent communications and writing skills you will also possess the ability to prioritise, plan and coordinate projects accurately and assess financial risk as an essential part of this role. 

The role benefits from a competitive salary, pension, 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), options to buy and sell holiday, Blue Light and NHS discounts, death in service, eye care and mental health and wellbeing tools.  It will also provide opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do.

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

About You

You will be driven and self-motivated with the ability and proven track record in producing high quality and timely tender submissions. A team player with excellent communications and writing skills you will also possess the ability to prioritise, plan and coordinate projects accurately and assess financial risk as an essential part of this role.

About Us:

St John Ambulance responds to health emergencies, supports communities, and saves lives, relying on the public's generosity to do so. Compassionate care isn't just part of our heritage, it's in our hearts. With our clinical expertise and nationwide presence, our volunteer-led health and first aid charity is uniquely placed to serve the country.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,700 employees and over 30,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning.  As a charity with a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.

St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive.  We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately about equity, diversity and inclusion.

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the services of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only.

We are looking for a Finance Executive with a professional bookkeeping or accountancy qualification. This is a central role in the organisation with the postholder having responsibility for delivering highly effective financial management, internal systems and controls, as well as producing financial reports and budgets for the Directors, Senior Management Team and CIC members, the Trustees of the Foundation, as well as for a range of institutional donors, sponsors and other funders. 

This is a fast paced, demanding role so it is important that you can manage your own workload, use your own initiative and have strong, accurate skills. You will be working across the entire team to provide financial support and may liaise with our Global Network teams too.

The role would suit someone that has experience of financial and administrative systems, is a highly organised problem-solver and great with people. You must also be competent with IT systems although we will provide you with training on the software you will use in your role.

Key tasks and responsibilities

Financial Management, Statutory and Internal Reporting

• Deliver effective financial management, internal systems and controls, financial processing and reporting, including preparation of monthly management accounts for review by the Directors team and SMT, working with different currencies to present accounts in GBP where relevant.

• Support the Managing Director in the preparation and submission of budgets and financial statements to CIC Members and the Board of Trustees.

• Lead on multi-year and annual budget setting, with regular revision and re-forecasting process with budget holders;

• Ensure that internal controls are in place and operating properly, including month-end and year-end control procedures;

• Oversee all finances relating to the procurement of goods and services at Fashion Revolution: Maintain a log of accounts payable invoices and liaise on relevant queries; Ensure transactions are properly recorded and entered into Quickbooks; Verify that transactions comply with financial policies and procedures; Ensure that invoices are approved in line with the authorisation limits; Ensure that invoices are processed accurately and on a timely basis; Ensure that invoices and relevant documentation are filed in the correct places and attached to the relevant transactions; staff expenditure processing; Bank reconciliation of GBP and currency accounts.

• Ensure filing, record updating, routine returns take place on a regular basis

• Oversee the T-sheets timesheet system, including flexitime, holiday and reporting to Managing Director, line managers and team.

• Oversee the management of the monthly payroll process, liaising with PAYE processing and Head of Operations and Governance

• Oversee annual stocktake of fanzines and any other relevant stock, assets etc for annual accounts.

• Ensure all regular payments are maintained without interruption, updating card details as required.

• Ad Hoc finance and book-keeping tasks and troubleshooting to ensure the smooth running of financial operations.

• Communicate effectively with all other staff and contractors as necessary, assisting with general finance queries.

Fundraising and Donor Reporting

• Work with the Managing Director, Board of Directors and Fashion Revolution Team to compile budgets, in different currencies, for restricted income grant proposals or for sponsorship purposes.

• Accurately record both unrestricted and restricted income from donors;

• Monitor expenditure and staff/contractor hours on programmes funded from any restricted income;

• Maintain electronic files of funding agreements and contracts;

• Prepare timely financial grant reports to donors and other funders, including collating financial information and pipeline funds, conversion to relevant currencies and adapting reporting in accordance with donor requirements. 

• Process and send donation receipts and donor invoices when required.

• Attend up to 3 in person meetings per year, travel expenses are covered.

Fashion Revolution is reviewing its five year strategy in 2022, ahead of preparing a new strategy for 2023-2027. As part of this, we will be reviewing the structure of the team which may result in some small changes to the responsibilities of this and other roles.

Experience and capabilities required

• 5 years experience in working in a finance role.

• Excellent attention to detail: highly organised, thorough, accurate and able to meet deadlines

• A qualification in bookkeeping or accountancy such as AAT, ACCA, CIMA, ACA, CIPFA;

• Proficiency in managing accounts payable effectively and expeditiously;

• Experience of maintaining accurate records and developing budgets of income and expenditure in multiple currencies;

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel;

• Able to prioritise and manage concurrent deadlines;

• Previous experience of Quickbooks accounting software;

• Self-motivated, resourceful and able to work under pressure and react quickly and calmly during difficult situations;

• Diplomatic telephone and interpersonal skills;

• Good written & verbal skills to aid communication of financial information to lay people.

• Comfortable working autonomously and independently, using self-initiative

Desired knowledge/skills and personal attributes

• Understanding of remote working tools such as T-Sheets (Quickbooks) Zoom, Slack, Trello and Google Drive
  Dependable, reliable, discreet, trustworthy 

• Team player, enthusiastic and approachable;

• Flexible and proactively supportive to the wider team and stakeholders

You will work with:

You will report to the Managing Director and work closely with the Head of Operations and Governance and Board of Directors.

You will support and be in contact with the rest of the UK based central team 

You will liaise with customers, global network and external project partners and current and potential funders.

Job description

Location: flexible, expected to be in London once a week and national travel for team meetings once a month

About the role:

To help us achieve our mission to create social change for children who don’t have a safe and stable home, we are recruiting a partnerships coordinator who provides administrative support to the partnerships and placement team so they can maintain strong partnerships with local authorities and children’s trusts. This role provides administrative support for partnership/participant management, leads our applicant experience calls, schedules external meetings, assists in the coordination of partnership events and helps facilitate team meetings/away-days.

A little bit about you:

The role requires someone who is skilled at building positive relationships with people in addition to being highly organised with the ability to manage multiple areas of work and use initiative to resolve issues. Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy is also essential.

Our commitment:

We have increased the diversity of Frontline’s workforce in the last 12 months, but we need to do more to have greater ethnic minority representation in our senior roles. We know the value ethnic minority voices bring and therefore, we are strongly encouraging applicants from these backgrounds to apply. We are also a disability confident employer and welcome applicants with disabilities. Please let us know how we can make the recruitment process more accessible for you by emailing our People team, the email address is on the link to this job advert.

Please email our People team if you would like us to send you the job pack in a different file format.

We only accept applications through our non-biased recruitment website, Pinpoint.

Are you passionate about helping others, as well as making real and lasting change? Are you a successful fundraiser, with strong funder relationships and an appetite to enable real change in a small ambitious charity? 

MKHP is a network of organisations who connect to prevent and end homelessness in Milton Keynes. MKHP is ambitious. We encourage and facilitate innovative ideas on how to end homelessness, with a focus on prevention rather than cure.

There has never been a better time to join Milton Keynes Homelessness Partnership (MKHP). The charity is in an exciting period, during its formative years, and our new strategy needs a dynamic, self-motivated and experienced Fundraising Manager to turn our vision of preventing and ending homelessness in Milton Keynes into reality. 

Reporting directly to our Chief Executive, the Fundraising Manager is a pivotal role in our small staff team, enabling MKHP to deliver its purpose and strategic priorities. The role’s overarching responsibilities are to develop and deliver MKHP’s fundraising strategy across trusts, foundations and other grant giving bodies.  The postholder will extend the strategy to include individual and corporate supporters, as well as inspire our local community to support MKHP as their charity of choice.

The key role responsibilities are to:

• Develop and deliver MKHP’s fundraising strategy to achieve agreed income targets across all activities
• Research potential grant and trust funding opportunities (local and national); work with relevant staff on the development of applications/proposals, building relationships with and reporting to supporters
• Ensure each funding application/proposal meets the criteria, deadlines and requirements of the trust/ grant fund and represents the values of the organisation
• Promote corporate fundraising opportunities within the local business community, engage with and develop relationships with companies and staff teams
• Ensure that all fundraising activities are cost effective, in line with strategic priorities and with the best possible ROI and profit
• Confidently present the key messages and organisational values of MKHP
• Represent for MKHP at networking events, community events and speaking at these where required
• Build a strong collaborative network, communicating with a wide range of supporters and stakeholders, including exploring and leading collaborative or joint funding prospects on behalf of MKHP
• Liaise with wider team to generate press and social media coverage and news in support of planned fundraising initiatives
• Ensure all relevant staff and volunteers are briefed on fundraising activities
• Acknowledge donations adhering to the SLA (service level agreement) set within the organisation, following fundraising codes of practice
• Ensure accurate records are maintained according to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations)
• Be aware of and adhere to the Institute of Fundraising Codes of Conduct and Codes of Best Practice and GDPR
• Regularly report to the Chief Executive on income generation/fundraising activities, and opportunities in an established funding pipeline as well as prepare reports to the Board of Trustees as required
• Complete other duties as required, commensurate with the role.

We expect a real commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, ensuring the voice of individuals with lived experience is really heard. So, if you are a passionate, committed individual who understands the complexities of working in an environment with hard-to-reach communities, are great at what you do and want to influence change, then we want to hear from you!