Together for Short Lives is the UK charity to make sure the 99,000 seriously ill children and their families can make the most of every moment they have together – whether that’s for years, months or only hours. We work with families and the brilliant people and services that support them – in hospitals, in children’s hospices and in the community – to ensure that children and families get the support they need.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join us to provide finance and administrative to support the processing and recording of grants and referrals for support offered by Together for Short Lives and our delivery partners. This is a full-time position, fixed term until the end of December 2026.
You will be integrated into our Programme and Service Development (PSD) team contributing admin support to the day to day delivery of our offer to families. You will also report to the Finance team on elements of the role relating to the smooth running of the finance administration of the organisation.
About you
You will be committed to providing a high quality service to all of our stakeholders and be able to prioritise tasks across a busy workload. With good time management, you will be able to work independently and have experience of handling confidential information.
Experience of processing grants is desirable. You will have excellent communication skills – both verbal and written.
Please note this role is office based (central Bristol) but there will be the opportunity to work from home at times (hybrid working). There may be the occasional need to travel to various locations across the UK to attend meetings.
For an informal and confidential discussion about the role, please email Julia.Hodgson@togetherforshortlives.org.uk to arrange a convenient time.
We are always looking for talented people, and welcome people regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief and sexual orientation. We particularly encourage applications from those with disabilities or from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, as these groups are underrepresented throughout the charity sector.
To Apply
Please complete the forms below and send to recruit@togetherforshortlives.org.uk by Midnight 5th December 2024.
Job Description and Person Specification
Application form
Summary details form
Equal opportunities monitoring form
Interviews will take place in our Bristol office on the 18th December 2024
Together for Short Lives is a Disability Confident Employer. We also offer a guaranteed interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job. If you qualify, please complete the Guaranteed Interview Scheme Form and return with your application.
We regret that at this stage we can only consider candidates who have the right to work in the UK.