Finance & Resources Manager Penrith, England
Job description
We’re looking for a finance professional to take the lead on the day to day management of our finances who also has the appetite to work strategically and develop new, more efficient ways of managing our budgets and staffing capacity. It is a role which sits at the heart of CAfS, working across our teams and closely with the chief executive and board of trustees.
You will have a track record of developing and implementing financial management, monitoring and reporting systems. You will have an interest and ability in working at a strategic level. Your numeracy skills will be excellent as will your ability to develop collaborative relationships with your colleagues.
The role also leads our tight-knit finance and admin team of five part time employees with one direct report. This team is the backbone of CAfS. The finance manager line manages our office and people support manager, who ensures the day–to–day implementation of various aspects of office administration and HR including recruitment, induction, performance management, data protection and health and safety. The team also includes a dedicated administration and finance officer who delivers day to day support for financial management.
Working for CAfS
As an employee of Cumbria Action for Sustainability (CAfS), you’ll be working for an organisation that is flexible, supportive and values your wellbeing. We can offer you a healthy work/life balance, including some flexibility in when and where you work your hours, along with an employer pension contribution of 6% from day one of employment and holiday entitlement of 22 days pro rata plus bank and public holidays.
CAfS is Cumbria’s climate change organisation. Our vision is a zero carbon Cumbria which is socially, environmentally, and economically beneficial for all. We aim to achieve this by promoting and facilitating low carbon living and its benefits – inspiring and supporting individuals, communities, and organisations across Cumbria and beyond to decarbonise lives and businesses by 2037 or sooner.
We manage and deliver events, advice, training and practical projects across the county as well as providing specialist consultancy services to enable individuals, communities, businesses and local authorities to drive a shift towards a Zero Carbon Cumbria.
We hope you will consider joining us and being part of Cumbria-wide efforts to tackle climate change while making lives better.
Before applying, you’re encouraged to arrange a half hour phone call with our chief executive, Karen Mitchell, during which she will talk through the role and answer questions.
For full details, including a job description and application form, see https://cafs.org.uk/2022/12/20/job-finance-and-resources-manager/
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 22.5 - 30 per week
Salary: £30,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Day shift
COVID-19 considerations:
Mask wearing is encouraged in the office. Most staff currently work from home.
Application question(s):
- Have you understood that to apply for the role, you need to go to the jobs page of our website for full details and to access the application form. We will only consider applications received this way.
Work Location: Hybrid remote in PENRITH
Reference ID: Finance & Resources Manager
