Current Vacancies (Paid and Voluntary)

Reports to: Head of Fundraising, Communications and Marketing  
 
Salary:  £30,538 - £34,846 (dependent on experience) 
 
Location: London 
 
Hours:  37.5 hours per week 
 
Holidays: 25 days annually plus bank and statutory holidays 
 
Contract:  Permanent 
 
Primary objectives: To support the delivery of the Society’s fundraising strategy and campaigns, provide fundraising support to the Society’s local centres and manage the fundraising team. 
 
Duties 

• Manage the Trusts and Legacy team
• Develop and manage productive relationships with trusts and corporations
• Work with the Trust Relationships Officer to deliver targeted funding applications to an agreed programme
• Contribute to the development of the Society’s integrated fundraising strategy
• Work closely with local SVP Community Support Centres in the development and delivery of their local fundraising strategies 
• Produce regular reports on KPIs and fundraising performance against agreed objectives for senior management and the Board of Trustees
• Work closely with the Communications team in designing, producing and distributing fundraising literature and planning fundraising-related social media campaigns
• Prepare and contribute fundraising related content for online and hard copy publications
• Work closely with the communications team in devising and managing online fundraising campaigns and initiatives, ensuring alignment with the Society’s communications and social media strategies
• Source, design and deliver internal and external training for the national office fundraising team, and for staff and volunteers working at our local operational centres
• Maintain awareness of the fundraising regulatory environment, major issues and trends in fundraising and prepare advice and reports for management and the board of trustees 

The above list is not exhaustive and other duties relevant to the post may be required from time to time. Variation may also occur to the duties, responsibilities and place of work at the request of your line manager without changing the general character of the post. 

 
Person Specification 
 
It is essential that the post holder has the following education and skills:  

• Educated to degree standard or equivalent
• A high level of literacy and numeracy
• Professional qualification or proven experience in fundraising
• Understanding of recognised best practice fundraising principles and their application in fundraising
• Excellent IT skills, particularly MS Office suite
• Effective interpersonal skills 

 
Experience

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience of working in fundraising
• Experience of researching and applying to trusts and foundations and of building productive long-term relationships with funders 
• Experience of preparing and interpreting project plans and budgets for funders
• Experience of digital fundraising and online payment systems
• A sound understanding of Gift Aid
• Experience of implementing the requirements of the Fundraising Code of Practice
• Experience and knowledge of the GDPR regulatory framework as it applies to fundraising
• Experience of spotting opportunities and following up fundraising opportunities
• Experience of working with data to agreed standards and best practice, particularly with regard to GD 

 
Attitudes

• A passion for fundraising
• An understanding of the role of fundraising in advancing a charity’s mission
• A facilitative style, able to broker internal and external relationships
• Ability to explain complex concepts to non-specialists
• Disciplined and organised, able to work to tight deadlines
• Pays attention to detail
• Positive and flexible
• Good team worker
• Committed to learning and self-development
• Empathy with the Christian aims and purposes of the Society and able to value people of all faiths and none. 

 
It is desirable that the post holder has the following: 

• Membership of the Institute of Fundraising
• A certificate or diploma in fundraising
• Experience of major gifts fundraising methodology
• Experience of legacy fundraising
• Experience of managing people
• Experience of teaching and mentoring others in fundraising principles and practice
• Knowledge of the SVP and its work
• Experience of developing, managing and delivering a successful fundraising strategy for a charity

If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience to fulfil this role successfully, please send your CV to Ken Madine at kenm@svp.org.uk. If you have any further questions, please get in touch via email or on 0207 703 3030.

The closing date for applications is 13 September 2019, with interviews commencing 1 October. 

Reports to: Director of Finance

Salary: £36,000 

Contract: Permanent

Location: Bradford

Hours: Full time – 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday

Holidays: 25 days annually plus bank and statutory holidays.

Primary Objectives:   

Produce accurate timely monthly management accounts for all nationally managed Society activities, including but not limited to:

• National Office (administration and central operations)
• The Society’s Community Support Projects (CSPs) currently consisting of circa 40 shops and furniture stores, 3 advice and support centres and 1 supported accommodation hostel.
• Society reserves and restricted funds (including subsidiary companies).

Manage the operational finance team. Ensuring all KPIs are met.

Ensure monthly reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts, investigating and resolving all discrepancies in a timely manner

Ensure compliance with Society financial policies and procedures in all projects.

Be a business partner to managers and other relevant employees, providing excellent, timely financial advice and customer service.

Work with managers and budget holders to prepare, develop and effectively monitor Society budgets and if necessary plan corrective action.

To work with the Director of Finance in developing and improving financial systems.

Responsibilities:

Accounting

• Ensure that accounting entries for all entities managed nationally are processed on an accurate and timely basis
• Perform reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts on at least a monthly basis and ensure that all discrepancies are identified and resolved regularly.
• Perform quarterly reconciliations of operational inter-Society balances and ensure all relevant inter-Society transactions are identified to enable accurate consolidations.
• Ensure recharges between projects are processed and reconciled regularly

Reporting

• Prepare monthly management accounts for all entities managed nationally within agreed time-scales. Produce appropriate variance analysis to explain significant variations from budgets and previous periods.
• Assist the Director of Finance with the year end accounts process.
• Prepare statistical and trend analysis to assist decision making

Business Partnering

• Assist the Director of Finance in the preparation of budgets for projects across the Society using appropriate budgeting models, tools and by working alongside departmental budget holders.
• With budget holders, regularly review financial performance, identify trends and assist with analysis and planning. 
• Assist Area Managers and other stakeholders in the development of financial projections for new shops and other projects
• Manage a good and close working relationship with the National teams (including fundraising and youth) in relation to Operational Finance matters. 

Income and sales ledger

• Review the work of direct reports responsible for income processing.
• Ensure that all income due to Society is properly received and recorded and that all open items are promptly resolved.
• Ensure that agreed finance service standards and KPIs are met in relation to income processing
• Escalate breaches of policy and procedure to the Director of Finance

Expenditure and purchase ledger

• Review the work of direct reports responsible for accounts payable.
• Ensure that open items in relation to expenditure are promptly resolved. 
• Escalate breaches of policy and procedure to the Director of Finance
• Ensure that Society procurement policies and delegations of authority are followed and any non-compliance is appropriately reported
• Ensure that suppliers are paid within agreed timescales and KPIs are met in relation to accounts payable
• Assist with the Society’s tendering procedures and develop systems to ensure value for money

Banking and cash   

• Ensure bank mandates for non-membership Society bank accounts are kept up to date and that all signatory changes are processed promptly.
• Ensure accurate bank reconciliations are carried out for all bank accounts managed nationally on a regular basis.
• Ensure all petty cash payments are appropriate and in line with Society policies and procedures

Security

• Monitor all shop and other transactions for potential financial irregularities and report suspected or potential issues in a timely manner
• Perform internal audits and monitoring visits to shops and other projects if necessary 
• Assist the Director of Finance in devising secure financial systems and processes and ensure these are appropriately implemented

Taxation

• Manage the Retail Gift Aid scheme for all shops ensuring staff are properly trained and appropriate systems are in place.

Other

• Provide guidance, training and development opportunities to direct reports and drive them to high standards of performance.  
• Deputise for the Director of Finance when appropriate
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues, project leads and relevant Members 
• Liaise with staff, shops, projects and administration centres within the Society to ensure timely flows of information.
• Manage emails to group and personal mailboxes and ensure all correspondence is promptly dealt with.
• Retain lists and registers of relevant information for all projects e.g. shop lease details, fixed assets etc
• Perform any other duties commensurate with this post e.g. general admin, IT etc.
• Support the St Vincent de Paul Society’s aims and objectives.

The above list is not exhaustive and duties relevant to the post may be required from time to time. Variation may also occur to the duties, responsibilities and place of work at the request of your line manager without changing the general character of the post.

Person Specification:

It is essential that the post holder has the following:

• Has excellent written and verbal communication skills and is able to communicate complex, sensitive or contentious information to colleagues and other stakeholders. Is able to persuade, motivate and re-assure others through communication.
•  A qualified accountant supported by suitable experience in the preparation of management or statutory accounts
• Has excellent problem solving and analytical skills, is able to draw conclusions and suggest plans and strategies to deal with a broad range of complex activities.
• Has good organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise and allocate tasks to ensure that deadlines are met, adjusts plans and manages internal projects as appropriate.
• Is able to work under their own initiative without supervision, generates solutions to problems and develops new policies and procedures as appropriate.
• Has excellent IT and data manipulation skills. Advanced excel skills (for example SUMIFS, VLOOKUPS and Pivot Tables) are essential.
• Has willingness to travel for project visits and meetings nationally as required
• Has impeccable attention to detail and an absolute dedication to achieving accuracy at all times
• Is highly motivated and has a commitment to provide a high quality service.
• Understands and has a commitment to equal opportunities.
• Has sympathy with the Christian aims and purposes of the Society and is able to value people of all faiths or none. Understands and empathises with the Vincentian Ethos, Values and the work of the Society. 

It is desirable that the post holder has the following skills/experience:

• Has experience of work in the Charity, voluntary and/or retail sectors.
• Has experience supervising or line managing junior colleagues, including performance management.

If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience to fulfil this role successfully, please send your CV to Stephen Johnson at stephenj@svp.org.uk.

The closing date for applications is 28th August 2019, with interviews commencing 2nd September 2019.
 

Contract: Full time, Permanent, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £17,000 per annum

Benefits: 33 days holiday including public holidays, competitive pension scheme, birthday day off, buy/sell holiday scheme and more

The St Vincent de Paul Society is an international charity dedicated to tackling poverty and disadvantage by providing practical assistance to those in need.  We feed the hungry, we support the homeless, we visit the lonely and we befriend the stranger.

The Society has created a new post for an apprentice within its finance team. This is an exciting opportunity, suitable for an experienced Finance Assistant looking for a new challenge in a high volume, fast paced environment but would also suit an individual with no previous finance experience. Full training will be provided as part of the role. If applicable the role will be an apprenticeship leading the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) qualification.

The main duties will involve:

• Purchase Ledger – recording purchase invoices, liaising with suppliers, reconciling supplier statements
• Income and Sales Ledger – performing shop till reconciliations, monitoring income from recycled items, processing gift aid claims and liaising with the fundraising team on banking and recording all types of income.
• Processing expenses claims
• Banking of cash and cheques
• Monitor transactions for financial irregularities.

It is essential that the post holder has the following:

• Good written and verbal communication skills. The role will require the ability to communicate routine information effectively with both finance and non-finance staff.
• At least grade C GCSE (or equivalent) English, Maths and IT
• Willingness to undertake formal accountancy training within the role. For an applicant with no relevant finance experience this would take the form of an apprenticeship leading to at least a Certificate in Accounting from the AAT.
• Good organisational skills. Must be able to prioritise and meet deadlines. Must ensure that there is an easy to follow trail for work undertaken to ensure others are able to pick up duties in your absence.
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook. You will also be required to work with the Society’s financial management system and its purchase ordering system.
• Is adaptable and quick to pick up and adapt to new systems and processes
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to 100% accuracy
• Highly self-motivated and doesn’t wait to be asked.
• Understands and has a commitment to equal opportunities.
• Sympathy with the Christian aims and purposes of the Society and is able to value people of all faiths or none.

It is desirable that the post holder has the following skills/experience:

• Has experience working in an administrative, accounts or finance based role
• Has completed education to A Level standard (or equivalent)
• Has experience of work in the voluntary and or retail sector

If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience to fulfil this role successfully, please send your CV to Richard Atkinson at richarda@svp.org.uk. You may then be invited to complete our application form from which successful applicants will be asked to interview.

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 3^rd September 2019, with interviews commencing Monday 9^th September.

We are currently looking for a volunteer to assist the Database Officer based at our offices near Waterloo, London.

Maintaining a database of over 10,000 people can be a challenge. The volunteer database assistant will help with the following:

• Maintaining records
• Entering new records
• Making amendments
• Making phone calls
• Filing documents

If you can spare 1 day or more per week, please complete this volunteer application form and email it to teddyc@svp.org.uk.  

Travel expenses up to a maximum of £10 per day will be paid.

This volunteer role will assist with the production of SVP publications, including:

• Annual Report
• Friends Newsletter
• Staff Newsletter
• Other leaflets, flyers and posters

It is necessary that applicants are able to use Quark and Photoshop.

2/3 days per week: 10.00am – 4.00pm

Remuneration: Travel expenses up to a maximum of £10 per day will be paid.

Please contact Ken Madine at kenm@svp.org.uk for an application or more information.

Shop volunteers of varying descriptions and skills are currently required at our Community Shops across the country.

All aspects of work involved with running a busy Community Charity Shop including:

• Sorting and pricing
• Stock preparation and replenishment
• Cash handling and serving customers
• Merchandising and display

Locations include: Leeds, Hallam, Manchester, Wirral, Tyne and London

This position is unpaid, but reasonable travel and lunch expenses will be reimbursed. We also offer tea/coffee and staff discount on items sold in the shops. Hours are flexible, with varying shift options, working around when volunteers are available to help. Full training is provided. To apply, email Tony Nolan at tonyn@svp.org.uk for further information.

Collection and delivery volunteers are needed to assist the driver in collecting donations and delivering from shops. 

Locations include: Leeds, Hallam, Manchester, Wirral, Tyne and London

This position is unpaid, but reasonable travel and lunch expenses will be reimbursed. We also offer tea/coffee and staff discount on items sold in the shops. Hours are flexible, with varying shift options, working around when volunteers are available to help. Full training is provided. To apply, email Tony Nolan at tonyn@svp.org.uk for further information.

Volunteer drivers are needed to cover and support the regular driver on the van, assist in offering weekend/evening collections and deliveries. Use of own car would be an advantage. 

Locations include: Leeds, Hallam, Manchester, Wirral, Tyne and London

This position is unpaid, but reasonable travel and lunch expenses will be reimbursed. We also offer tea/coffee and staff discount on items sold in the shops. Hours are flexible, with varying shift options, working around when volunteers are available to help. Full training is provided. To apply, email Tony Nolan at tonyn@svp.org.uk for further information.

Electrical appliance engineers and PAT testers are needed to test and/or refurbish white goods and small electrical appliances prior to sale in the shop. 

Locations include: Leeds, Hallam, Manchester, Wirral, Tyne and London

This position is unpaid, but reasonable travel and lunch expenses will be reimbursed. We also offer tea/coffee and staff discount on items sold in the shops. Hours are flexible, with varying shift options, working around when volunteers are available to help. Full training is provided. To apply, email Tony Nolan at tonyn@svp.org.uk for further information.