Programme Finance Officer

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

Amplify the organisation's impact through grants acquisition and quality management of grant-funded programmes. Working across the World Vision global partnership to ensure the successful management of a portfolio of projects and programmes in compliance with donor requirements and aligned to implementing the Policy & Programmes grants strategy. Focusing on the Most Vulnerable Children to facilitate WV's mission of positively impacting child well-being.

Key Responsibilities include:

• leading on grant compliance and management of World Vision financial processes and reporting;
• providing technical advice on compliance and financial management of donor-funded programmes;
• supporting the development and submission of proposals for grant and commercial contracts
• managing financial and operational risks in programme portfolios;
• maintaining up-to-date information on systems and databases; and
• conducting monitoring trips including visits to projects in fragile states and as part of emergency response grants.
• Working with others to build & improve stakeholders’ relationship

Key Skills required:

• Knowledge and experience of commercial contract management or
• Knowledge and experience of complex grant management

As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

Salary:      £36,576 per annum

Benefits:             Pension (employer contribution 7%) + full benefits package

Contract: Permanent Contract

Hours:                 36.5 hours per week

Based:               Milton Keynes / Hybrid working – 2 days per week in the office (UK-based employees)

As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement and free parking (MK).

Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employment and reasons for leaving your previous employer.

This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

Closing Date for applications:           15th April 2024

Interview Dates:                    TBC

Applications will only be considered with a cover letter.

We reserve the right to interview candidates and close the ad ahead of the closing date should a strong candidate be identified.

**Please note that you MUST be holding the Right to work in the UK documentation as this role is not sponsored**

World Vision UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer.  We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people representing all sections of the community.  World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

By submitting your application, you understand and accept that World Vision UK will process the data you provide for the purposes of your application and in accordance with the World Vision UK - Job Applicant Privacy Notice.

No agencies please.

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