Current Vacancies
Finance Director – closing date 8 February 2013
The Mayor’s Fund for London is ambitious and is planning to grow and roll out its successful projects across London over the next few years. To help us to do that, we are looking to recruit a hands-on Finance Director to take us through our second stage of growth.
The Finance Director is responsible for developing the financial strategy of the Fund and ensuring a robust budget setting process. Responsibilities include assessing the financial and organisational health of proposed grant recipients, basic financial management and operating the financial management of the Fund. This includes, for example, banking and payment of invoices as well as liaison with auditors and making formal returns.
The Finance Director will play a full part in the staff team and will directly contribute to the overall strategy and work of the Fund.
Qualifications: Chartered Accountant
Skills and competencies required for the post are as follows:
Skills
• Ability to initiate and produce reports/strategies to agreed deadlines;
• Written and verbal presentation skills including reporting to Committees;
• Interpersonal skills;
• Problem solving;
• Negotiation skills;
• Cash management.
Competencies
• Strategic awareness;
• Ability to influence/persuade;
• Political and organisational awareness;
• Analytical;
• Methodical;
• Flexible.
If you are interested, please send your CV to Cathy Black on cblack@mayorsfundforlondon.org.uk 020 7983 4051
Our Projects
Magic Breakfast delivers free, healthy breakfast to primary schools with more than 50% free school meals. Hunger is a barrier to eduction and giving these children a good start to their day is critical to ensuring they reach their full potential at school.
Magic Breakfast
Tech City Stars will equip 125 youngsters local to the Old St area with a digital apprenticeship and City & Guilds NVQ bespoke to the industry.
Tech City Stars
Inspiring Reading places volunteers into schools to support children who are struggling with their reading. Inspring these children to read is critical element in our fight against child poverty in London.
Inspiring Reading
Keeping children safe … It is well known that if children do not feel safe, they cannot learn to their full potential. The missdorothy.com programme educates children aged 7-11 on how to keep safe and manage the risks they may face at school, home,...
Miss Dorothy
Connecting young people to real jobs … London offers many opportunities for young people to explore their talents and unlock their potential. However, existing provision for training and careers advice remains largely disconnected from employers...
Young London Working
Positive role models … City Year London deploys diverse teams of 18-25 year old volunteers (known as corps members) into schools, to perform in-school and after-school programmes and to undertake civic engagement initiatives. Corps members serve...
City Year
Prospects, not problems … The Place2Be is a school-based counseling service, dedicated to improving the emotional wellbeing of children, their families and the whole school community. Children today have all sorts of worries from friendships...
The Place2Be Shoreditch Hub
Using sport to teach life skills … Working with young people aged 8-19 years old to help them engage in the schooling system and achieve their academic potential via a structured sports engagement programme using dance and table tennis. Delivered...
Playing To Win
