Closing date: 15 Feb
SALARY RANGE: £30,000 – £40,000 a year full-time equivalent. Starting salary dependent on skills and experience.
LOCATION: Contractually based at our office, Eden Rural Foyer, Old London Road, Penrith, CA11 8ET, however we encourage flexible working patterns and blended home and office working.
HOURS: 22.5 – 30 hours a week with flexibility to be worked across 5 days.
START DATE: As soon as possible
DURATION: Permanent contract
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 email [email protected] to arrange a half hour phone call with our chief executive, Karen Mitchell, during which she will talk through the role and answer questions.
Job description: finance and resource manager
Download the full job description and person specification to see full details about the role and the skills and experience you’d ideally have:
How to apply
Apply with your CV (to include details of your education, qualifications, training, roles, responsibilities and references) and a completed Expression of Interest form.
We will assess and interview candidates as we receive applications, so do please submit early. The closing date is 28 Feb.
Before applying, you’re encouraged to email [email protected] to arrange a half-hour phone call with our chief executive, Karen Mitchell, during which she will talk through the role and answer questions.
Some great benefits of working at CAfS
Deciding whether to apply? Working at CAfS comes with some great benefits. You’ll be joining a friendly and supportive organisation, and your wellbeing and work/life balance are hugely important to us. As well as flexibility around your working hours and location, as mentioned above, you’ll have 22 days of paid annual leave pro rata, plus bank/public holidays. We pay an employer pension contribution of 6% from day one of employment.