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Finance & Resources Assistant

Employer
Disasters Emergency Committee
Location
London (N1)
Salary
£24,000 per annum
Closing date
27 Jun 2022

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Finance & Resources Assistant
London (N1)

The Charity

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is a unique and dynamic membership organisation which comprises 15 of the UK’s leading humanitarian charities: Action Against Hunger, ActionAid UK, Age International, British Red Cross, CAFOD, CARE International UK, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide (UK), International Rescue Committee (IRC), Islamic Relief Worldwide, Oxfam GB, Plan International UK, Save the Children UK, Tearfund and World Vision UK.

When a large scale disaster hits countries without the capacity to respond, the DEC brings together our 15 member charities to raise funds quickly and efficiently. In these times of crisis, people in life-and-death situations need our help and our mission is to save, protect and rebuild lives through effective humanitarian response.

Pooling our resources to work as one, we are pivotal in co-ordinating the UK public's response to overseas disasters. In collaboration with our Rapid Response Network of national media and corporate partners, we raise the alarm to the UK public and set up easy ways to donate, with the majority of our funds raised over an intensive two-week period following a disaster.

Since our launch in 1963, we have run over 70 fundraising appeals and raised more than £1.7bn, saving countless lives and rebuilding communities.

We are now looking for a Finance & Resources Assistant to join our team on a permanent basis and provide effective and efficient support to the Finance and Resources and wider staff teams.

The Benefits

- Salary of £24,000 per annum
- Great benefits package
- Support humanitarian efforts across the globe

If you have experience working in a busy office support or administrative role and are looking to further your career, this is a brilliant opportunity to use your expertise and organisational skills to support our important work.

In this key role, you’ll have the chance to work across many different aspects of our organisation, from office administration to finance, providing invaluable support to our teams and playing your part in vital humanitarian efforts.

It’s a great opportunity to develop new skills, gain knowledge in new areas and enhance your experience and portfolio all whilst supporting urgent appeals that save lives and help rebuild communities.

Interested? Apply today!

The Role

As a Finance & Resources Assistant, you will provide first-class administrative support to the Finance and Resources and wider staff team, undertaking a range of activities to keep operations running smoothly and efficiently.

In this varied role, you will provide a warm and professional first point of contact to staff, volunteers and visitors, handling a range of enquires by telephone, post, emails and face-to-face.

You will support the HR Manager with a variety of administrative tasks, including staff recruitment, sickness and holiday, staff training and development, and administering the staff benefit platforms.

You will also assist with a number of finance activities, including processing, logging and banking all postal donations, maintaining the invoice log and processing supplier invoices.

Additionally, you will:

- Assist the Director of Finance and Resources with organising their calendar and inbox
- Assist with room bookings and set up meetings, both internal and external
- Assist with the induction of new staff
- Co-ordinate the reconciliation and processing of transactions made using DEC business credit cards
- Undertake general office administrative activities

About You

To join us as a Finance & Resources Assistant, you will need:

- Experience of working in an office support or similar administrative role on a paid or voluntary basis
- Experience of invoice processing and dealing with supplier payment queries
- Experience of providing staff with support and troubleshooting 
- Experience of communicating with diverse audiences, both verbally and in writing
- Experience of working collaboratively and contributing positively to the work of a team
- To be highly organised with a pro-active and flexible approach to office management
- Excellent attention to detail, accuracy and numeracy skills
- Excellent IT skills including Excel and Word
- The ability to work flexibly including additional hours at the time of a DEC appeal

Experience of working in the UK charity sector would be beneficial to your application, as would experience of working with accounting software, preferably Sun Accounts or a similar database system.

We offer flexible working with core hours between 10:00 and 16:30.

DEC is an equal opportunities employer, the DEC is committed to equal opportunities and encourages applications from anyone who can meet the criteria, regardless of gender, race, age, disability, sexuality or religion.

The DEC is committed to the safeguarding and protection of children and vulnerable adults and participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from successful applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of, and consent to, these recruitment procedures.

We will consider applications as they are submitted and will contact you if we would like to arrange an interview.

Other organisations may call this role HR & Finance Assistant, Resources Support Assistant, Executive Assistant, EA, Administrator, Administrative Assistant, Admin Assistant, Operations Assistant, HR Assistant, or Office Administrator.

So, if you’re seeking a varied and engaging opportunity as a Finance & Resources Assistant, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

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