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Finance & Grants Manager

  • Part time
  • £26,000 pro-rata
  • Edinburgh with hybrid working
  • Closing 3rd August 2023


  • Advertised from 6th July 2023
  • Eighteen-month contract (August 2023 to December 2024) 20 hours per week

Role

About Forth Rivers Trust:

The Forth Rivers Trust aims to engage people with rivers and wildlife that live within the Forth catchment whilst conserving rivers and their important species for future generations. The Trust is involved with many projects ranging from full-scale restoration of rivers to engaging communities through organised events.

The Forth is an iconic landmark for Scotland, and the Estuary and Firth and its tributaries have driven industry over the centuries. The Forth catchment spans a vast area covering over 3000km² and is home to roughly 25% of Scotland’s population and a wide range of wildlife. Made up of 13 river catchments, including several coastal burns, the Forth catchment is a unique and special place.

From Dunbar and Fife Ness in the East to Balquhidder in the West, to Kinross in the North, and the Pentlands in the South, the Forth catchment is vast and includes all rivers which flow into the Firth of Forth and Forth Estuary.

The water, land, and freshwater habitats in the Forth area are under increasing pressure. The Forth Rivers Trusts works in collaboration with others to conserve, maintain and improve the quality of these environments bringing benefits to both people and wildlife. To achieve this aim, the FRT will:

1. Engage with others and make connections which support the physical improvement and awareness of the freshwater environment (locally, regionally and nationally);

2. Provide an impartial ecosystem science-based approach to river catchment management;

3. Gather, maintain and communicate relevant information, providing advice, guidance and support on relevant ecological and conservation matters;

4. Providing training and learning programmes which support the Trust and others to undertake improvements to align with the Trust’s delivery plans; and

5. Deliver scientifically robust, deliverable, and sustainable solutions to mitigate the many issues faced by the rivers draining into the Forth Estuary.

Job Description

The Bathgate Meadows Nature Park Project is an exciting, forward thinking project with a combined multi-million of investment locally and in various community and environmental resources, which will involve the restoration of the local burn, habitats, woodlands, improvement/creation of new active travel resources and improved urban landscape at the heart of Bathgate, plus the enhancement of the park's biodiversity and the creation of a programme of volunteer training opportunities and community events.

We are seeking a friendly, committed and well organised Finance & Grants Manager to join the staff team at Forth Rivers Trust for the Delivery of the National Lottery Heritage (to be confirmed) funded project at Bathgate Meadows Nature Park.

We are seeking someone with excellent numerical reasoning and the ability to summarise, analyse and report on financial parameters to the Trust Finance team and Directors as well as to key project partners and funders. The candidate must be confident in oral and written communication and able to manage the BMNP project budget within the context of the larger Forth Rivers Trust annual budget and financial strategy. The post will also require record-keeping and submission of regular reporting and claims to project funders, as well as liaison with Forth Rivers Trust accountants. The successful candidate will also complete day-to-day administrative tasks, contribute to the preparation of accounts and work with other FRT Finance team members to ensure the integrated delivery of the BMNP Project within the context of financial reporting requirements and success criteria of all Trust projects.

A full Job Description is available for download below.

Application notes

Please apply with a CV and cover letter to recruit@forthriverstrust.org. Closing date Thursday 3rd August 16:00.

Interviews will be held to the week commencing 7th August and will be confirmed after the closing date (Thursday 3rd August 16:00). Interviews can be held online (via MS teams) or in person at the FRT office on the outskirts of Edinburgh, in-person is preferred.

An earlier start date for the successful candidate is preferred. It is hoped to compile the Bathgate Meadows Nature Park Project team for the week commencing 21st August, as there is a introduction event for the project staff and the project board members to be organised for that week. If the successful candidate cannot begin that week, then attendance would still be preferred and would be paid.


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