Director of Operations

JR United Kingdom; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 58,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join a highly impactful campaigning charity as Operations Director. This role covers a maternity leave period in the senior leadership team, focusing on policies and systems that support growth. The ideal candidate will possess strong financial acumen, ensuring sustainable operations and positive outcomes for funders. Responsibilities include leading financial management, overseeing compliance, and supporting governance. If you are passionate about charity work and possess excellent decision-making skills, this position offers a chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Pension scheme (8% employer contribution)

27 days annual leave

Train/bike loan

Flexible working policy

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a relevant role with comparable responsibilities.
• Strong knowledge of charity governance and income generation.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial management and ensure organisational financial health.
• Oversee compliance with regulatory and legal obligations.

Skills

Financial Management

Charity Governance

HR Policies

Decision-Making

Problem-Solving

Education

Relevant Degree

Tools

HR Management System

Job description

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Full-time, will consider 4 days per week

Contract:£58k (incl ILW) 12-month maternity contract

Other benefits:

Pension scheme (8% employer contribution), 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and Xmas closure), train/bike loan, centrally

Reports to: Director

Other: Occasional UK wide travel, including some overnight travel, when required

* We are observing a hybrid working policy, which provides for flexibility to work from home with an expectation that a minimum of 20-40% of our time is office-based work, dependent on team and other meetings.

Role overview: This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly impactful campaigning charity as Operations Director covering a period of maternity leave in the senior leadership team. The post-holder will be responsible for looking after the policies, processes and systems that support the organisation's continued growth.

Our successful candidate will have worked in a similar role with the financial acumen to ensure that current and future operations continue on a sustainable and viable basis; the skills and experience to be able to evidence positive outcomes and impact for funders; and the ability to support the Executive Director with broader charity compliance and governance matters.

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead on financial management , including overseeing financial systems and processes, ensruing the overall financial health of the organisation
• Ensure ongoing financial robustness and obtain best value across the organisation
• Oversee regulatory filings to Charity Commission
• Lead on annual Audit, working with external accountants
• Preparation and monitoring of £700k organisational budget
• Responsibility for financial reporting to board and funders
• Work with Treasurer to enable robust board oversight of performance against the budget, financial activity, funds movement and balance sheets
• Oversee financial management and reporting against projects delivered in partnership
• Line manage Finance and Office Manager

Compliance and Governance

• Support the Director in ensuring the organisation meets its constitutional, regulatory, and legal obligations.
• With support from Finance and Office Manager, lead on organising the AGM
• Support the Director in reporting to the board, and it’s sub-groups on Finance and Fundraising and HR
• Prepare proposals for consideration by the board
• Support the Director in reviewing and implementing effective governance measures

Fundraising and Funding

• Responsible for coordination of funder reporting
• Oversee and support the Finance and Office Manager’s delivery of financial reporting for funders
• Oversee the planning and delivery of work by an external fundraising consultant, depending on organisational need
• Produce project and core-funding budgets to support fundraising bids

HR

• Keeping our HR system up-to-date
• Lead on any recruitment processes
• Lead on salary review processes, with external consultants
• Ensure the organisation has appropriate HR policies and good practice in place, which support organisational vision and culture

Other internal organisational development

• Support the Director in the implementation of the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning framwork
• Organisation of annual staff away day
• Oversee issues of data, risk and compliance

General

• Be responsible for monitoring and evaluation in your area of work
• Undertake other tasks/responsibilities reasonably requested by the Director
• Attend events on issues relating to work as agreed
• Attend and contribute to regular team meetings and team planning sessions;
• Attend 1-1 supervision with your line-manager

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• At least 3+ years experience in a directly relevant role, with comparable responsibilities
• Strong appreciation of what constitutes good charity governance and experience related to this
• Experience and understanding of income generation within the charity sector
• Line management experience and good knowledge of employment law and common HR practices
• Experience of developing organisational policies and supporting staff team development
• Commitment to the organisations mission, vision and values
• Excellent decision-making and problem-solving skills
• High degree of self-motivation, ability to work independently with minimal supervision,
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure in a small team
• Excellent oral and written communications skills
• Ability to practice flexibility, pragmatism and work in a solution-focussed way
• Demonstrable commitment to gender equality and human rights and an understanding of how intersecting inequalities affect different women
• Experience of working in a VAWG organisation or a related field
• Knowledge and views on effective monitoring and evaluation methods for campaigning work

Green Park is handling this role exclusively. Please reach out for additional information and submit an up-to-date CV to [emailprotected] .