Join the Parents 1st UK Team as our new Finance Officer!
Hours: 15 hours a week
Salary: £14,000 pro rata (£35,000 FTE) plus NEST pension scheme
Place of work: Home-based with occasional travel within Essex
Key contacts: Parents 1st CEO, Parents 1st accountants, Parents 1st staff team, suppliers
Reports to: CEO – Parents 1st
Responsible for: Administration of the financial operations of the charity
We are seeking a Finance Officer to support the CEO with the maintenance of financial operations.
If you have the relevant skills and experience and want to join a charitable organisation that strives to make a difference to parents, babies and families, then we’d love to hear from you!
Our background:
Parents 1st UK is dedicated to enabling quality peer support to flourish during pregnancy, birth and beyond. Every parent deserves support, and every baby deserves the best possible start in life. Effective and sustainable peer support nurtures the emotional wellbeing of mothers, fathers, partners, and babies, and builds strengths in communities. We work both locally and nationally to achieve this aim.
Our national work: Through an ‘open source’ online community platform, we provide all the resources necessary to set up a perinatal peer support initiative. Freely sharing all the tools that our local programme (Parents 1st Essex) uses in daily practice, from budget setting to volunteer training guides and impact tracking. Working with commissioners and providers, Parents 1st UK also provides consultancy and workshops to help build new perinatal peer support initiatives in communities.
Our local work: Parents 1st Essex currently operates in South and North Essex, delivering perinatal peer support to parents, through 1-1 or group support. Peer supporters engage and develop trusting relationships with parents during pregnancy, continue support through birth and the first few months afterwards.
Alongside this, Parents 1st UK also leads the Essex Peer to Parent Network, a peer support collaborative that aims to develop a hub of good practice across Essex. The Peer to Parent Network employs 4 Peer Support Link Workers who work alongside the local maternity units in Essex, helping parents to access peer support during pregnancy or anytime during the first year after birth.
All staff and volunteers are truly committed to our cause and are passionate about helping parents.
The role:
The Finance Officer is responsible for supporting the CEO with the maintenance of financial operations and monitoring the charity’s financial health.
Duties include but are not limited to, maintaining accurate financial records, preparing budgets, preparing financial reports, reconciling banking, assisting with financial audits, administering monthly payroll, reviewing financial policies and ensuring compliance with legal requirements.
The post holder will use Xero accounting software and work closely with the Parents 1st staff team and external accountant.
More details on the key accountabilities for this role can be found in the job description.
If you would like to have an informal chat before applying, please contact Celia Suppiah ([email protected]) to arrange a time.
TO APPLY
Please download a copy of the application form. Completed applications forms are to be sent to info@parents1st.
(Please note: You must save a copy of the application form to your computer and complete offline. If you have any issues doing this, please get in touch and we’ll send you a copy via email)
Closing date: 5 July 2024 at 5pm
Interview dates: From 12th July onwards. Suitable dates and times will be arranged with shortlisted candidates. Interviews will be held virtually online.
Parents 1st UK embraces Equity, Diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all backgrounds and every community group.
This post is subject to a criminal record check with the Disclosure and Barring Service
Only full applications will be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.