UK Refugee Programme Finance Officer (STEP)

Closing Date: 20th of August 2023

Salary: £30,000

Location: Hybrid working between our office NW2 and working from home

Contract: Fixed term contract to July 2025

Following a successful Emergency campaign to support Syrian Refugees in 2015 World Jewish Relief created the Specialist Training and Employment Programme (STEP) for refugees in 2016 and today we are the largest provider of specialist employment support to refugees in the UK.

World Jewish Relief are running a new programme to provide English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and employment support to assist up to 10,000 Ukrainians in entering or gaining higher-paid employment and are looking to recruit one Programme Officer (with a focus on Finance) to join the team. This will be a pivotal role in ensuring the seamless delivery of the UK Refugee Programmes.

You will be responsible for:

Performing general financial tasks for the English Language and Employment Support Programme including the tracking of income and expenditure for all partners.
Completing financial reporting each quarter and ensure all checks are correct before submitting.

a. Assist partners with any support they may need to complete quarterly finance reporting and ensure all expenditure is within agreed standards.

Tracking partner expenditure each quarter

a. Monitoring partners’ expenditure regularly and report variances against budget to Finance Manager and partners.

b. Where partners are underspending work with them to understand reasons and make changes to services where required.

c. Working with partners to amend their budget as required seeking appropriate approvals.

Providing regular updates on funding and budgets to Head of UK Programmes and Director of Finance & Resources.
Completing budget and regular forecasting with support of Finance manager.
Working with the Director of Finance & Resources to ensure partners meet all due diligence requirements.
Checking all invoices and expenses before sending them to finance for approval by Programme Director.

You should have:

Experience working as part of a team in a similar role.
Proven bookkeeping, statutory reporting, data management and financial accounting skills.
Experience of data collation and analysis.
Demonstrable knowledge of refugee and/or livelihoods programming and finance processes

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits including:

20 days holiday plus bank holidays and Jewish holidays. After 5 years’ service holiday entitlement increases to 25 days.
Pension scheme – we contribute 5% to the World Jewish Relief pension scheme.
Life Insurance – up to 3 times salary to nominated beneficiaries.
Health Cash Plan – cash back to cover the costs of dental treatment, optical care, specialist consultations and a range of complementary therapies.
Enhanced maternity & paternity pay.
Employee Assistance Programme – free, confidential advice or support with any personal or work. related concerns or free counselling if needed.
Season ticket / travel to work loan.
Cycle to Work Scheme.
On Friday the office closes at 3pm.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

World Jewish Relief promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We invite and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. We encourage applications from candidates of different ethnicities, socio-economic backgrounds, race, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation and of faith or none that meet the criteria set out for this role. You don’t need to be Jewish to work for us, but you must share our desire to assist those who need help based on their vulnerability, not their identity, recognising the dignity and potential of all people.