We are seeking a person with extensive knowledge and understanding of Anti-Racism and Intersectional EDI to support the further development of the Scottish Environmental EDI Network (SEEN) which is part of our Race Equality Environmental Programme (REEP). SEEN is a wide membership of environmental sector organisations that are committed to developing improved anti-racism and intersectional equality policies and good practices within their organisations. You will therefore need experience in developing anti-racism and intersectional good practice guidance and toolkits such as race / equality policy templates and good practice briefing materials for shared learning.

It would also be highly desirable (though not essential) if your knowledge of anti-racism and intersectional equalities has been developed through experience in delivering race / equalities training and providing consultancy support to organisations.

You will also be responsible for promoting membership to the SEEN, developing SEEN newsletters and developing / updating anti-racism good practice materials on the REEP good practice hub, and so you will require good digital skills, ability to develop newsletters, and working knowledge of uploading materials onto websites / hubs.

If you have a strong passion for anti-racism, intersectional equalities and the environment then this post will an ideal opportunity to help influence and progress race and intersectional equalities within the environmental sector.

CEMVO Scotland is a national intermediary organisation and strategic partner of the Scottish Government Equalities Directorate. With a network of over 600 ethnic minority (EM) organisations throughout Scotland, our aim is to build the capacity of the ethnic minority voluntary sector and its communities.

We have an exciting project “Mobilising Community Action Scotland” (MCAS) in partnership with Changeworks and The Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park with funding through The National Lottery Community Fund.

The overall aim of MCAS is to increase awareness and empower EM communities to adopt nature positive and energy saving behaviours in their everyday lives.

We already have an excellent MCAS team in place and now looking to recruit the following post:

Financial Administrator

We are first and foremost seeking essentially a person with excellent financial administration skills and experience. If the person also has good general administration skills added to their financial expertise then that would be ideal.

You will have at least 3 years financial management or administration experience to help undertake day to day financial administration of the MCAS project budget. You will provide regular financial reporting updates to the MCAS co-ordinator on project expenditure and projected spend. Working closely with CEMVO financial officer and MCAS co-ordinator you will undertake broad financial administration of MCAS, including developing and maintaining a financial system to keep track of expenditure against various budget lines, keeping accurate financial records, processing invoices and tracking payment, financial forecasting for over or underspends, and working with CEMVO financial officer to provide information for financial reporting to the funder, for external audits, etc.

Your secondary role will be to provide general administrative support to the MCAS project team, such as organising venues and catering, event registration, providing administrative support at events when needed and undertaking general administrative tasks.

You will require a good level of book-keeping and financial administration experience with a working knowledge of Excel or financial packages such as Xero or SAGE. You will also require experience in producing financial reports, processing invoices and assisting with audit processes along with good general administrative skills.

For more information, please download the job description and person specification below.