Senior Finance Officer
- Part time
- £33,536 – £38,484 pro-rata
- Hybrid role – blend of home working and office, based in Rose Street, Edinburgh
- Closing 7th February 2023
- Advertised from 17th January 2023
- Part Time Permanent Position. Starting Salary: £33,536 (pro-rata). 14 hours per week – hybrid arrangements and working pattern will be agreed with line manager upon successful appointment.
Role
Scottish Women’s Aid has a new opportunity to join their busy and team. The Senior Finance Officer will take responsibility for ensuring effective financial management arrangements are in place to support the strategic aims of Scottish Women's Aid.
Background
Scottish Women’s Aid is Scotland’s leading voluntary sector organisation working to prevent domestic abuse and promoting effective policy and practice responses for women, children and young people who experience domestic abuse. We are the umbrella organisation for 34 autonomous Women’s Aid groups delivering direct services to women, children and young people across Scotland.
What You’ll Do
Reporting to the Operations Manager, and working closely with our Finance Officer, you will assist in the construction of annual budgets and present regular budget monitoring performance and forecasting information for the Management Team and Board of Directors. Along with the Operations Manager and Finance Officer you will develop, maintain and implement internal finance policies and contract management to support sound financial decision making across the organisation.
What We Need
Ideally HND level qualification and or working toward accounting qualification, we’re looking for someone with demonstrable experience of finance work in the third sector and the the ability to produce financial information for our Management Team and the Board of Directors.
We’re looking for someone who has;
- Experience of working in a financial environment including use of ledgers and Sage accounting software
- The ability to work successfully on your own initiative to high priority deadlines
- Knowledge and understanding of finance and funding mechanisms in the charity/third sector, including regulatory and legislative frameworks
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook
- Commitment to the feminist values, vision and mission of SWA
What we offer
There are many reasons to work for Scottish Women’s Aid. We have a great working culture and our mission and vision attracts a brilliant staff team. Your hard work is rewarded with a package of support and benefits including:
Flexible working
We offer flexible hybrid working options for the majority of our employees. Some posts are eligible for full-time homeworking. We also offer flexibility for staff and work/life balance through a number of flexible working options such as flexi time, condensed hours, job sharing.
Pay
SWA are a Living wage employer, our pay and grading system offers a competitive starting salary and yearly progression.
Annual Leave
We offer a full-time annual leave entitlement of 30 days (210 hours) per year plus 10 Public Holiday days (70 hours) per year. Leave is accrued at the rate of 3.33 days (23.3 hours) per month.
Pension
SWA believes it's important that we help you save for your retirement so access to Nest pension scheme is given to all eligible employees. SWA contributes 10% of gross contractual earnings on the provision that the employee contributes a minimum of 3% towards their pension contributions.
Learning and Development
SWA supports and develops staff to ensure they have the necessary skills, knowledge and abilities. There is an internal schedule of training on key skills and knowledge relevant to all staff. There is also scope to attend ad hoc training for employees who are working to develop specific skills.
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
SWA offers staff who meet the criteria for Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) an enhanced maternity pay of 20 weeks on full pay and 20 weeks on half pay.
Wellbeing
As part of SWA’s commitment to staff wellbeing, staff are offered a confidential 24/7 Employee Assistance programme service with Heath Assured which provides confidential advice, counselling sessions and wellbeing support to all staff, and where applicable, immediate family members.
Bike 2 Work
An interest-free loan to purchase a bike, can be arranged up to the value of £1,000.
Edinburgh Leisure Gym Subsidies
Edinburgh based staff are able to access Edinburgh Leisure facilities for the reduced price of £1 per session.
POSITIVE ACTION
Scottish Women’s Aid aims to be an equal opportunities employer. Applications will be accepted from women only under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Our long term aim is that the composition of our workforce should reflect that of women in the community. We recognise the value of a diverse workforce in which women from differing backgrounds, with different skills and abilities can bring new ideas to enable us to deliver high quality services and are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce that is representative of the people we serve.
SWA are taking positive action to address an under-representation of both disabled and Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) employees within our workforce. We offer Disabled and BAME applicants the option of requesting that their application is considered under the terms of our Disabled or BAME Guaranteed Interview Schemes. You will be asked if you wish to be considered under the Disability/BAME Guaranteed Interview scheme when you complete our online application form.
Application notes
You visit our new careers site for more information including a job description and application guidance.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 7th February @ 5pm
For any questions relating to the vacancy please contact carolyn.hughes@squarepeghr.co.uk Square Peg HR is our recruitment partner for this vacancy.
Scottish Women’s Aid is a company limited by guarantee, company no. SC128433,
and a charity registered with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, charity no. SC001099.
Children, Young People and Family Support Worker
- Full time
- £24,092 – £26,919
- Fife
- Closing 5th January 2024
Fife Women’s Aid are looking to recruit two full-time workers to provide short-term advice, advocacy, support and services to children, young people and families who have experienced domestic abuse. Applicants should have experience of providing support in a relevant social care setting.
The successful applicants will have at least SVQ Level III or equivalent level of qualification in childcare or other relevant subject, or equivalent experience and willingness to work towards a qualification.
The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate a high degree of motivation and have the ability to work as part of a team as well as flexible hours to suit the needs of families. An ability to cover on-call is an advantage (additional payments are made for this role).
Please join us for an online session to find out more about FWA children, young people and family support services. This will be at 6.30pm on Wednesday 20th December 2023. Please confirm your attendance to info@fifewomensaid.org.uk and we will send you details of the zoom meeting. We hope to see you there.
Fife Women’s Aid is a feminist organisation and strives to be a supportive and empowering employer offering competitive terms and conditions.
Membership of Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme is a requirement for this post.
If you would like further information about the post, please contact Gill Birtley, Team Senior on 07714609365.
The post holder will support Black and Minority Ethnic women, their children and young people experiencing and/or fleeing domestic abuse or forced marriage. Applicants ideally have a minimum of 2 years’ experience of working with Black and Minority Ethnic Communities; especially, women, children, and young people; an understanding of the legislative and cultural issues surrounding domestic abuse/forced marriage and their effects on Black and Minority Ethnic women, their children and young people.
The post holder must have a minimum of SVQ Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF7 or above to meet registration requirements of SSSC or relevant qualification such as degree in Social Work or Community Education and must be a bilingual speaker in Hindi and or Urdu and or Punjabi.
The post
- Involve unsocial and flexible hours including evenings and weekends.
- Successful applicants will be subjected to disclosure checks through the PVG Scheme.
- ‘Women only need apply for these posts under paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010’.
Project Esperanza is a Scottish charity that supports families of African heritage as well as families from multi ethnic backgrounds with practical emotional and integration support.
Job Outline
As a member of the team and in partnership with other services and agencies you will support the development of practice, culture, and systems to improve outcomes for children and young people from the Black and multi ethnic communities who are at risk of experiencing or who have lived experience of The Scottish Care System. You will also
play a key role in supporting the delivery of the wider aspirations of “Keeping the Promise” to children, young people and their families in Scotland, through a transformation of the way care and support is provided.
We are looking for someone will contribute to the development of approaches and systems that deliver a supportive workforce by equipping everyone who provides a supportive role to children, young people, and families with the specialist knowledge required to respond to the unique and individual needs of families with migrant and refugee/asylum status. Your supportive role will help to improve outcomes and prevent many families reaching crisis point.
You will work as part of a core team, reporting to the Promise Lead but you will be required to build relationships and engage with a range of key stakeholders including children, young people, their families and carers, practitioners, and decision-makers both within the service and the wider partnership.
A full Job Description is available for download below.
Finance Business Partner
- Full time
- £39,917 – £44,646
- Edinburgh - Hybrid Working
- Closing 12th December 2023
At Children 1st our ambition is for every child in Scotland to be safe, loved and well with their family. As a charity we offer emotional, practical, and financial support to help families to put children first and campaign to uphold the rights of every child.
An opportunity has arisen for a Finance Business Partner to join our Finance Team within our Corporate Services Directorate.
This role is integral to the running of the organisation, working with the Head of Finance across the organisation supporting managers in their business planning, budget setting and providing management information to allow our managers to make the best possible decisions. The role will also be responsible for producing management accounts.
Based in Edinburgh, with some home working and visits to sites across Scotland, the successful candidate will bring significant experience business partnering. The role will involve collaborating with colleagues across the organisation, taking the time to build relationships and understand the needs of the organisation.
You join us at an exciting time as we continue to play our part in helping Scotland's children and families as we enter the post-covid world and navigate a cost of living crisis. We are a dynamic charity focussed on leading transformational change for children so that they stay safe, happy and well in their own families and communities.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a busy finance team which is going through a period of change and development.
The main duties and responsibilities include:
- To act as a key interface between Finance and Children 1st’s business units based across Scotland.
- Develop and maintain accurate knowledge and understanding of cost centre environment.
- Sign off and supply correct information for internal and external publication, for which accuracy and auditability are key.
- Operate a Finance onboarding process for new delivery partners to ensure that adequate data provision is in place and operational records are kept.
To be considered for this opportunity you must be/have:
- Fully Qualified Accountant (ICAS, ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc.)
- Month-end and management accounts experience
- Have a strong aptitude for analysing financial data
- Budgeting and performance management experience
- Strong excel skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Package Includes:
- Full Time, 35-hour week
- Hybrid working
- Other flexible working arrangements
- 40 days leave entitlement
- Company pension
If you have previous experience of working in a senior accountancy role, are enthusiastic and motivated we’d love to hear from you.
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