Job Title: Interim Director of Finance (12-18 months)
Location: London/United Kingdom - Candidates can work remotely with occasional travel to the office
Contract: 12 months Fixed Term contract with the possibility of extension
Salary: UK £120,000 to £135,000
Working pattern: Full-Time initially, with the option to go to 4 days after 3 months if required
About FILE
The Foundation for International Law for the Environment (FILE) is a not-for-profit philanthropic organisation working to accelerate legal action on climate change.
Through grant-making and in-house legal expertise, we empower our partners to deliver strategic, innovative legal interventions and we support lawyers in their own countries to bring their own cases.
Legal action can unlock the systemic changes in finance, policy and social systems needed to protect all of us from climate change. The power of the law is both direct (changing policy and practice) and indirect (signalling the wider shifts taking place across these systems).
FILE is a ‘regrantor’ - this means we do not bring legal action in our own name. We receive grants from our philanthropic donors and make onwards grants to partners who align with FILE’s charitable aims and purposes. We do not seek to make any profit from our activities either in a relevant financial year or in the longer term.
The Role
We are looking for an exceptional interim finance leader to join FILE during a period of organisational transition, as we shape our strategy for the next three years and review our long-term leadership structure.
This is a strictly interim appointment, created to provide visible senior leadership across our Finance function while FILE undertakes a wider review of its long-term organisational design and permanent leadership arrangements.
As Interim Director of Finance, you will be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, partnering closely with the Executive Director, Supervisory Board, and senior leaders to ensure strong financial stewardship and sharp strategic insight. You will lead a talented finance team and help build the foundations for our future operating model.
This is an opportunity for a senior finance leader who enjoys combining financial rigour with strategic influence, is energised by complexity, and is motivated by helping an ambitious organisation maximise its impact on climate justice and environmental law.
The role spans across four core areas: strategic and team leadership, financial strategy planning and analysis, finance operations and systems, and risk and compliance.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic and Team Leadership (20%)
As an interim Senior Leadership Team member during a period of organisational change, you will ensure the development, delivery and assessment of FILE's Strategic Plan, supporting collective SLT decision-making and accountability. You will advise the Executive Director and boards on financial governance, lead a high-performing finance team, provide independent challenge to strategic decisions, and represent FILE with auditors, banks, donors and other external stakeholders.
Financial Strategy, Planning and Analysis (30%)
You will hold overall accountability for FILE's long-term financial planning, budgeting, scenario modelling and reporting, ensuring financial sustainability and acting as a thought partner to senior leadership and boards. This includes supporting fundraising and grantmaking with high-quality financial insight, stewarding donor funds effectively, and maintaining a reserves strategy aligned to FILE's mission and risk appetite.
Finance Operations and Systems (20%)
You will hold overall accountability for finance operations including compliance, taxation, audit and treasury management, with day-to-day execution delegated to the Head of Finance. Responsibilities include cashflow forecasting, foreign exchange and banking relationships, and supporting the development of a finance systems roadmap to harmonise platforms across the FILE network.
Risk and Compliance (30%)
You will lead financial risk identification, assessment and mitigation across the organisation, overseeing the development, implementation and evaluation of finance policies and procedures to ensure consistent compliance with relevant local laws, tax regulations and donor requirements, underpinned by strong internal and external assurance including statutory and donor audits.
Key Outcomes
- FILE's finance function enables the delivery of the Strategic Plan, delivering prompt, high quality insights, business partnering and innovative financial modelling.
- FILE's Senior Leadership Team, Board and donors receive accurate, timely and insightful financial reporting that supports strong decision making.
- An effective compliance and controls environment is maintained across all financial management, donor funds and statutory requirements, with all obligations met on time.
- FILE's long term financial planning and annual budgeting processes are robust, well governed and aligned to strategic priorities.
- Finance policies and procedures are efficient, consistently applied and compliant with relevant legislation across all jurisdictions in which FILE operates.
- The Finance team is high performing, collaborative and viewed as a valued partner across FILE functions.
- FILE's Senior Leadership Team is viewed as effective, collaborative and thought leading, with the Director of Finance contributing meaningfully to collective SLT accountability and decision making.
- JEDI principles are championed and embedded across FILE, with the Director of Finance modelling and advancing these values in all aspects of their leadership
About you
We know that long lists of criteria can be discouraging and that some candidates will not apply for a role unless they feel they are 100% qualified. If you feel you meet at least some of the essential criteria, we still encourage you to apply.
We also recognise that skills and experience can be gained in unexpected places, so we welcome applications from candidates who feel they have relevant skills for the role, gained from a wide range of professional, lived and learned experiences.
Essential criteria
Technical Skills
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), or qualified by experience at an equivalent level.
- Significant experience leading finance functions within an international organisation of comparable scale and complexity (£60m+ annual income/expenditure).
- Proven strategic and operational leadership of finance, spanning financial planning and analysis, operations and systems, and risk and compliance.
- Strong working knowledge of statutory and regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions, treasury management, and donor financial compliance across private philanthropy and institutional funders.
- Exceptional long-term financial planning, modelling and budgeting skills, with a track record of translating complex financial data into clear strategic insight.
Power Skills
- A visible, values-driven leader who leads through change with confidence, coaches and enables their team, and fosters a culture of collaboration and transparency.
- Communicates with clarity and confidence at all levels, including Board and executive level, adapting style and language to the audience.
- Strategic thinker who connects financial insight to organisational decision-making and applies sharp analytical thinking to complex problems.
- Highly collaborative and adaptable, building trusted relationships across functions and remaining effective during periods of ambiguity and change.
- Acts with integrity, exercises strong professional judgement, and actively champions JEDI principles across all aspects of their leadership.
Working for FILE
FILE is a collaborative community of individuals who share a passion for climate, nature, and justice. We bring together knowledge and experience to support our mission.
Our people are empowered to lead their work both individually and as part of a wider team in order to make impactful change. As a relatively young organisation with the ambitious mission to change global systems, our roles are ideally suited to those who are strategic, innovative and collaborative, and open to growing in line with the Foundation.
FILE is committed to challenging systemic injustice. Our ability to do so is strengthened by the diversity of our partners and staff. Our mission, work and impact is global, with staff and partners from across the world and a range of lived experiences. We are actively working to create a culture where colleagues feel welcomed, heard and supported to succeed and thrive.
How FILE supports its staff
FILE is committed to creating a workplace that supports our staff to do their best work and develop professionally. FILE offers a generous annual leave policy and additional time-off work to support wellbeing. Amongst other benefits, FILE offers private healthcare, enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave, enhanced sick leave, flexibility working remotely and also abroad and a matching contribution to a pension scheme.
Applications
Please apply on our website and upload your CV and Cover Letter. This role is open for applications immediately and we accept applications on a rolling basis but we will not accept any applications after 01 July 2026. If you are interested, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
Representation and Culture
FILE recognises the under-representation of historically marginalised communities and individuals in climate, nature and philanthropy spaces. We are committed to developing an organisation that represents the world we are looking to protect, and building a culture that supports this.
We are keen to hear from people belonging to communities that are often under-represented in climate justice and philanthropy, including those from the Global Majority, LGBTQIA+ communities, and Disabled communities, as well as others with experience of marginalisation and those belonging to more than one of these communities.
FILE is committed to building policies and practices that ensure no current or prospective employee is discriminated against on the basis of disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
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Global Programs Events and Project Coordinator
Job Overall goal: Support the delivery of global events and the creation of a range of content, ensuring both align with the charity’s objectives, including activities designed for a global audience.
Job Location: Remote working, with the ability to attend on-site meetings in Milton Keynes (MK19) ideally once a month.
Hours: This is a full-time position (37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday) offered on a 12-month fixed-term contract.
Overview
The Maclellan Giving Together Foundation (MGTF) is a UK Christian charity connected to the longstanding international Maclellan Foundation, who describe their focus as: “establishing and strengthening the local church, promoting discipleship and leadership development, sparking community transformation, promoting the power of prayer, advocating for generosity, and increasing access to Scripture”. Based in the UK, MGTF rolls out key global initiatives that focus on equipping local Christian ministries and releasing local resources to foster sustainable Kingdom growth. These include Learning Communities, retreats, collaborative giving evenings and other resources.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone highly organised, eager to learn event production management, with a specialist interest in content creation for web, print, design, or moving image. They should be detail-oriented, quality-focused, and passionate about seeing the Kingdom flourish globally.
Job summary
We are seeking a highly organised and proactive individual to join our team. This role focuses on supporting the administration and delivery of events, ensuring smooth coordination, logistics, and a high-quality participant experience. It also includes stakeholder management, maintaining clear communication and strong relationships with attendees, partners, and internal teams. In addition, the role contributes to content development (both print and digital), and supports the contextualisation and translation of resources for global audiences.
Key Responsibilities:
Event Planning and Support
- Assist in the planning, coordination, and delivery of event logistics.
- Liaise with stakeholders, including vendors, venues, and service providers, to ensure high-quality event delivery.
- Manage delegate booking systems, taking ownership for providing prompt and professional support to attendees and stakeholders via phone, messaging and email, and delivering excellent delegate care throughout events.
- Maintain and regularly update registration systems and databases, ensuring high levels of accuracy and data integrity.
- Provide on-site event support, including set-up and liaising with AV and logistics teams to ensure smooth execution.
- Support campaign and project planning, including tracking content-related budgets for approval.
- Maintain and update event timelines and the global content calendar, ensuring progress is accurately reflected.
- Assist in the planning and delivery of special event elements (e.g. consultancy clinics).
- Monitor and track project costs, ensuring value for money.
- Process and input event-related receipts and expenses, supporting accurate and timely monthly accounting.
- Use initiative to flag any risks to project delivery, supporting timely resolution.
- Support wider projects across programmes and charity operations as required.
Communication & Content Delivery
- Assist in the creation of event materials, including digital resources, workbooks, email campaigns, websites, and related content.
- Provide administrative and practical support to event personnel in global locations as they deliver our programs.
- Assist in repurposing content into multiple formats to support wider reach and usability.
- Support the preparation and distribution of monthly comms emails.
- Assist with proofreading and formatting event content.
- Support the development and maintenance of an online training portal for specific programs.
- Follow established brand guidelines to maintain consistency in tone, messaging, and visual identity across all content.
Cultural Adaptation & Coordination
- Assist with the localisation of content to ensure materials are culturally appropriate, assisting communication with translators and stakeholders to help adapt resources for different cultural contexts.
Evaluation & Reporting
- Assist in tracking the performance of content and programs through data collection, feedback, and engagement analytics to support evaluation of effectiveness.
- Support the preparation of content and project reports, including metrics and evidence required for various audiences.
General & Organisational
- Actively contribute to team meetings, planning sessions, and creative brainstorming.
- Occasional evening and weekend work and travel may be required for event support.
- Any other duties as required.
Occupational Requirement
The candidate must have an active Christian faith. By virtue of the job’s involvement in faith-sensitive work under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010, the post-holder must be an active Christian with a genuine personal faith in Jesus, grounded in Scripture and reflected in their everyday life.
Experience (Essential):
- Have experience in a church/charity or professional environment.
- Strong understanding of and commitment to the Foundation’s mission, with an understanding of the Church scene.
- A genuine passion for advancing the gospel through the global Church, with a commitment to supporting both Christian givers and churches and charities.
- The ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously.
- High attention to detail and accurate.
- Highly administrative and customer service focused.
- Demonstrated creativity and the ability to translate ideas visually, demonstrated via portfolios, academic work, or volunteer projects.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, with strong interpersonal skills.
- Professional in appearance and a desire to constantly improve and grow.
- Willingness to be flexible in working hours with occasional travel and overnight stays.
Experience (Desirable but not required):
- Some experience supporting events.
- Administrative and customer service experience.
- Some experience producing content creation across print and digital formats.
- Additional language.
- Experience using design software e.g. Adobe and Canva.
Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience (Essential). We welcome applications from graduates who are eager to learn and develop in the role.
- Technical Skills: Familiarity with content creation software, CRM systems, and email marketing software (Desirable).
Benefits
- This is a full-time position (Monday-Friday)
- Start as soon as possible.
- This role is offered on a 12-month fixed-term contract, with the potential to become permanent subject to performance and business needs.
- Salary £27K-£30k depending on previous experience.
- Holiday entitlement is 20 days pro rata, per annum (plus bank and statutory holidays and 3 days Christmas closing).
- Pension contributions via auto-enrolment to NEST.
- Faith-based culture: Supportive Christian workplace with prayer, devotions, and spiritual development.
If you’re interested in applying, please include your CV and two references, one of which must be a current or previous employer. In addition, please provide a cover letter (no more than 1 page) detailing what interests you about the role and your suitability, along with a separate statement of faith (no more than 1 page
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At Ambitious about Autism, we're looking for a Learning and Organisational Development Coordinator to join our People team on a 6 month maternity cover.
You'll play a crucial role in supporting the administration and coordination of learning and organisational development initiatives within the Charity. Working closely with the Learning & Organisational Development team, this role ensures the smooth implementation of training programs, development initiatives, and cultural change projects across the organisation.
You'll provide efficient administrative support for learning and organisational development activities, managing the Learning Help inbox, promoting training courses/events internally, as well as developing, maintaining and supporting the LMS.
We are looking for someone who has:
- Experience in providing administrative support in Human Resources or Learning and Development
- Administrative experience with a Learning Management System
- Strong organisational, multi-tasking skills with the ability to prioritise tasks effectively
- Proficiency in in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, O365) and ability to learn new systems.
In return, we offer great benefits including a generous holiday allowance and commitment to continued professional development (CPD), flexible, hybrid working and more!
This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to the young people we work with. Please find our full recruitment pack on the link below.
If you have any questions about the role or would like to have a confidential chat, please contact James Axford, Recruitment Officer.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion at every level of our organisation. We warmly welcome applications from all qualified candidates, valuing the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives they bring. We encourage applications from individuals regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, disability, or age.
Our recruitment process promotes equal opportunities, and we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities or additional needs throughout the recruitment process. Please contact our Recruitment Team for accommodations. We recognise disability as a physical or mental impairment that significantly and long-term affects a person's ability to perform day-to-day activities, as defined by the UK Equality Act 2010. All applications will be considered solely on merit, aligned with our mission to support autistic children and young people.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.
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