Children First
Children First

Charity registered in Scotland SC016092

Children First is Scotland's National Children's Charity. We help Scotland's families to put children first, with practical advice and with support in difficult times. And when the worst happens, we support survivors of abuse, neglect, and other traumatic events in childhood, to recover.

Current vacancies

Finance Assistant

  • Full time or Part time
  • £25,155 – £30,083
  • Hybrid: Edinburgh
  • Closing 28th August 2026

In this role, you’ll:

• Process and maintain key finance operations across the purchase ledger and sales ledger, as well as banking, cash and ad‑hoc payroll processes

• Administer and process cash and banking transactions and perform related reconciliations

• Process journals and perform Control Account reconciliations

• Assist non-finance staff with telephone, face-to-face and email queries and requests for information

• Provide high-quality, flexible and responsive administrative support across a wide range of finance activities.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• Higher Grades passes in Maths and English and/or Business or Accounting (or equivalent)

• Experience in data processing and integrity/accuracy checking

• Experience working with deadlines and prioritising workloads

• Strong excel skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

What we offer:

• A workplace with values of with love, with purpose and with strength

• 40 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time employees), inclusive of bank holidays

• Pension scheme and wellbeing support

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements

• Access to Westfield Health, giving colleagues and their families confidential counselling support, wellbeing resources, and access to health and lifestyle benefits to support physical and mental wellbeing.

• Blue Light card discount

• A Fair Work accredited workplace

Our Values

Living our values, you will help create a workplace where our people can thrive, ensuring we deliver the best possible support to children and families.

With love, we put children first.

With purpose, we transform lives together.

With strength, we do whatever it takes to protect Scotland’s children.

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Service Administrator (West Central Services)

  • Full time
  • £25,155 – £30,083
  • On site: Glasgow
  • Closing 11th September 2026

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our West Central Services, to positively impact on the lives of children, young people and their families. These are innovative services, working alongside children and their families within communities across Glasgow, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire. Our main community hub is in the Pollok area of South Glasgow, where this role would be based.

Children First along with our partners share a determination to act upon the recommendations from The Independent Care Review and deliver The Promise to children and young people. We are also determined that the full incorporation of the UNCRC means that children will have their rights respected in all areas of their lives and will have a real say in the way they are supported.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

  • will possess excellent administrative, IT and financial skills to support the work of Children First
  • provide a front-line reception service, as the first point of contact to external visitors and telephone callers, answering questions and responding to queries using own initiative as appropriate to ensure a relational and responsive service is provided
  • ability to maintain diaries, schedule and coordinate meetings and appointments
  • a cool head and clear minded at times of pressure
  • thinks it’s a privilege to work for and on behalf of children and families and
  • is kind and will bring their whole selves to the job: heart and mind

Above all else, the most important thing to us is that you are someone that will support the teams who are doing the right thing for children and their families at every turn.

What we offer:

  • A workplace with values of with love, with purpose and with strength
  • 40 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays
  • Pension scheme and wellbeing support
  • Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
  • Access to Westfield Health, giving colleagues and their families confidential counselling support, wellbeing resources, and access to health and lifestyle benefits to support physical and mental wellbeing.
  • Blue Light card discount
  • A Fair Work accredited workplace

You will be based in our community hub in Pollok. Due to the needs of the service, this is a fully office-based role.

Our Values

Living our values, you will help create a workplace where our people can thrive, ensuring we deliver the best possible support to children and families.

With love, we put children first.

With purpose, we transform lives together.

With strength, we do whatever it takes to protect Scotland’s children.

Shortlist