Finance and Administration Officer
- Part time
- £25,000 – £30,000 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 23rd March 2025
- Advertised from 28th February 2025
- 21 or 25 hours per week, to be discussed with the candidate) Fixed-term contract of 2 years.
Role
Who are we and what do we do?
Social Work Scotland is the professional body for social work managers and leaders. We are a membership body, with members coming from across the public, private and voluntary sectors. We exist to promote and support the development of the social work profession, and to influence and inform public policy affecting social workers, social services and local communities.
Upholding the values which underpin the social work profession, we give importance to every individual’s experiences and voice, and seek to make social justice real through all that we do. We embrace change and encourage collaboration. We are committed to creating opportunities for our members and team through which individuals can develop as compassionate, creative and effective leaders.
We particularly encourage applications from care experienced, disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates, as these groups are underrepresented throughout the social work profession.
As the Finance and Administration Officer, you will be responsible for the organisation’s regular financial activities. You will process payments, payroll, expenses, and link in directly with Social Work Scotland’s accountants over relevant financial matters. Part of a wider ‘operations’ team, you will support colleagues to plan and deliver their business. You will also collaborate directly with the Administration and Operations Officer to organise both online and in-person meetings.
This post is line managed by and reports to the Operations Manager.
Application notes
An application pack is available for download below.
Closing date: 11:59pm on Sunday 23 March 2025.
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Main Purpose of Job
Winning Leishman are seeking an experienced Fundraiser to join our team. This post will involve research into grant makers, developing funding proposals and following up with reports and communications to maximise long-term income generation on behalf of Winning Leishman’s clients.
Position in Organisation
Report to the Winning Leishman Directors.
Responsibilities
• Support the identification of trust and foundation funding opportunities through research
• Create tailored applications to a wide range of funders
• Create reports and other communications to funders
• Maintain a schedule of applications and reports
Person Specification
Skills & Experience
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in preparing funding applications to trusts and foundations (essential)
• Experience of working in the charity sector (essential)
• Reliable and well organised with good time management skills and ability to meet deadlines
• Excellent IT skills, Excel and MS Office, with a working knowledge of database systems
• Strong written skills
• A creative and lateral thinker
• Professional, courteous, respectful and confident
• Proactive and self -motivated with a positive and enthusiastic approach to teamwork
Qualifications
• Degree (in any subject), studying towards a degree or equivalent (desirable)
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (“the College”) seeks to appoint a Membership and Data Officer to provide data administration and membership services to the Colleges’ growing membership and fellowship community and maintain and update the membership database to ensure data accuracy, relevance and quality. The post holder will operate in partnership with colleagues in the department and across-College, managing, recording, reporting and analysing large volumes of data.
The College is a professional membership organisation and registered charity, which supports the medical profession to deliver the gold standard in healthcare provision. We have a network of over 14,500 members worldwide and help hospital doctors throughout their careers through leading an effective and supportive physicians’ community as well as providing our world-renowned education and training programme which helps qualified doctors pursue their careers in specialist medicine.
The Role
This is a role in the department of Global Engagement. Please refer to the Job Description for full details.
Key responsibilities include:
• Maintaining and updating the College’s membership database and managing database information from stakeholders (including the GMC and JRCPTB).
• Generating reports and searches, for a range of College-wide business and analytical purposes (including analysing membership trends) and generating data and commentary for senior management reports, Council papers, etc.
• Playing a key role in Membership Enrolment and administration, creating data records and ensuring all new subscription information is uploaded on the College database timeously and accurately each year.
• Developing standard operation procedures to improve system efficiency, team productivity and performance.
• Finding and improving formats for entering data in the database to present information in a standardised way, to make searches easier and improve accuracy.
Person Specification
• Advanced IT skills including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Experience of using member databases.
• Knowledge of using survey and e-communication tools to create online surveys and mass emails.
• Ability to identify and clarify user requirements and present often complex data in a clearly understood format.
• An understanding and working knowledge of GDPR and appropriate data protection legislation.
• Knowledge of SQL to store, query, and manipulate relational data; experience of SQL clients (e.g. Enterprise Manager, Sybase Central) and data analysis tools such as Power BI.
• Experience in a membership or hospitality organisation, or an appropriate work environment that requires a high level of quality customer service delivered in an administrative capacity.
• Experience of handling large volumes of customer data and financial transactions.
• Exceptional levels of attention to detail, and an ability to respond immediately to changing demands.
• Strong team player that can operate with a friendly and inclusive approach.
• A general understanding of the UK Medical Training system, the related organisations, the various Royal Colleges and the roles they play and the qualifications which they confer.
Remuneration Package
The salary for this role will be £33,221 per annum plus benefits. Additional benefits include:
• Pension: with employer contributions of 9%.
• Holidays: 23 days’ annual leave (with incremental increase over five years to 28 days) and 11 days’ public holiday/College close downs.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Long-term income protection scheme for those unable to work due to illness.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Discounted rates for use of the venue for personal events.
Receptionist & Administrator
- Full time
- £23,369 – £25,801
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 7th November 2025
Join our mission to end youth homelessness in Scotland!
For over 30 years, we have been dedicated to preventing youth homelessness and supporting young people in building better futures.
Our long-term vision is to end youth homelessness. Our more immediate mission is to ensure that every young person in Scotland has access to expert youth specific services to assist them to avoid, resolve and move on from homelessness, making it rare, brief, and non-recurring.
Rock Trust is looking to recruit an experienced Receptionist/Administrator to work in our People and Business Support Team. The postholder will work as part of a small team to provide reception and administrative services for the organisation. This involves tasks such as welcoming guests, responding to queries, reporting, and maintaining databases.
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (“the College”) seeks to appoint a Membership Governance Officer to co-ordinate matters in relation to the governance of Fellowship and Membership, working with the Membership Manager to ensure that changes can be managed and implemented. The post holder will implement College decisions relating to Council elections and Fellowship and Membership issues and determine how they can be applied within the College calendar and Laws.
The College is a professional membership organisation and registered charity, which supports the medical profession to deliver the gold standard in healthcare provision. We have a network of over 14,500 members worldwide and help hospital doctors throughout their careers through leading an effective and supportive physicians’ community as well as providing our world-renowned education and training programme which helps qualified doctors pursue their careers in specialist medicine.
The Role
This role falls within the department of Global Engagement. Please refer to the Job Description for full details.
Key responsibilities include:
• Organising the election of multiple Office Bearer roles within the College including the co-ordination of all relevant processes, correspondence and advertising to the wider Fellowship.
• Designing processes, interpreting changes to policies and the Laws, navigating changes to the College calendar in order to facilitate elections in a timely manner.
• Assisting with drafting policy papers for Council on behalf of the Honorary Secretary as required.
• Collating paperwork on Regional Advisers appointments/elections to seek Council approval and tracking appointments by Regional Advisers of their Link Fellows.
• Maintaining the ‘master’ set of the Laws of the College and Royal Charter.
• Helping to support wider team activities such as events, New Fellows Day, administration and meetings on an ad hoc basis during busy periods.
Person Specification
• Experience of supporting committees/project teams to deliver operational goals.
• Demonstrable experience of working with the governance or legal documents of an organisation, such as charters, laws, terms of reference, memoranda of understanding, articles and deeds.
• Ability to deal with highly sensitive matters and enquiries with tact.
• Experience of maintaining contact with a wide variety of stakeholders through regular communication.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships.
• Strong numeric, administrative and communication skills.
• Exceptional levels of attention to detail, and an ability to respond immediately to changing demands.
• Competent computer skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, and member databases.
• Experience of organising significant governance related activities, such as elections and office bearer appointments.
• A general understanding of the structure, role and importance of Royal Colleges.
Remuneration Package
The salary for this role will be £ 27,002 per annum plus benefits. Additional benefits include:
• Pension: with employer contributions of 9%.
• Holidays: 23 days’ annual leave (with incremental increase over five years to 28 days) and 11 days’ public holiday/College close downs.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Long-term income protection scheme for those unable to work due to illness.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Discounted rates for use of the venue for personal events.
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