Angus Citizens Advice Bureau (SCIO) was formed in 1985 to provide a holistic advice service to the residents of Angus. We provide free, independent, impartial, confidential advice and information to ensure people understand their rights and responsibilities. We are a member of Citizens Advice Scotland. The bureau supports clients with a wide range of general enquiries whilst project staff provide specialist support around benefits, debt, energy and NHS concerns and complaints.

We’re looking to appoint a Finance Director to join our Board of Trustees. The Finance Director ensures that financial control systems, reports and decisions are robust, accurate and comply with legal and regulatory requirements. The Finance Director is an officer of the Board and cannot be a paid employee of the CAB. Responsibility for day-to-day financial management is delegated to the Chief Officer with designated responsibility for financial duties.

The duties and responsibilities of the Finance Director include:

1. Ensuring Board members are aware of their financial responsibilities with sufficient understanding of the CAB’s financial systems, policies and reports to enable effective Board decision-making
2. Presenting financial information and reports to Board meetings, General Meetings, strategic review and planning exercises or other meetings as needed
3. Guiding and advising the Board in their consideration of budgets, accounts, financial statements, financial procedures and other financial issues, including the financial implications of the strategic and project plans.
4. Chairing meetings of the financial subgroup and participating in finance-related meetings (e.g. with funders, financial institutions, auditors, etc.)
5. Having a good understanding of bureau financial systems, policies and controls, ensuring these are robust and appropriate for safeguarding CAB resources.
6. Liaising with the Chief Officer and Chair on tasks including drafting budgets, monitoring income and expenditure, reporting to the Board and other stakeholders and updating financial systems and policies.
7. Ensuring that accounts are prepared at year-end and participating actively in the annual audit or external examination of accounts process.
8. Ensuring adherence to SORP 2015 and other legal and regulatory requirements.
9. Making sure annual accounts are submitted to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), Companies House and funders within required deadlines.
10. Recommending to the Board when external financial advice is required.

We ask our Trustees to commit to around 50 hours per year as a minimum, broken up into attending quarterly Board meetings, attending our AGM, participating in training/development and involvement in sub-committees and working groups. We are keen to continue a hybrid model of governance, combining face-to-face meetings with use of e-mail and Teams for collaboration and discussion. In return, you will be helping shape and govern a service that is committed to supporting the local community.

Easterhouse Citizens Advice Bureau are looking for Committee Members

Are you passionate about supporting a local community based organisation? Do you have experience, skills or enthusiasm you’d like to put to good use in a meaningful voluntary role? Easterhouse Citizens Advice Bureau is currently seeking committed and community-minded individuals to join our committee.

As a committee member, you’ll help shape the strategic direction of the bureau, ensuring we continue to provide vital advice and support to people across Easterhouse and the surrounding areas – something we’ve been proud to do for nearly 50 years. This is a truly rewarding opportunity to contribute to a well-established and respected organisation at the heart of the community.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are particularly keen to hear from individuals with experience in: –

• Finance, accountancy or audit

• Governance and strategy

• Marketing and social media

No prior board experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn and a genuine commitment to our values and mission.

The Citizens Advice network in Scotland is the largest independent advice service in the country. Citizens Advice Scotland is a charity within this network – we act as a national organisation supporting and representing the service as a whole and the interests of citizens. At the heart of the network there are 59 individual citizens advice bureau across Scotland, all operating as independent charities in their own right, which focus on providing support and advice directly to clients. Each of these organisations is a member of Citizens Advice Scotland. We believe that every citizen should have access to free, impartial, and confidential advice that helps them make informed decisions, whenever they need it and however, they choose to access it.

Citizens Advice Scotland provides a business development function and a series of national specialist advice services known as projects which require centralised project co-ordination and support. As the organisation continues to expand in our response to the cost of living and energy crisis, and to meet unprecedented demand for our advice services, we are seeking new team members to join us. You will work alongside the rest of the allocated team, ensuring successful development, delivery, and continuous improvement.

The roles will support a number of projects and therefore a dynamic and flexible individual who can multitask is required. The national projects are delivered by the Citizens Advice bureau network, with the Project Officer providing vital support to enable the advice and support people need.

You will also support a number of internal functions and services and you must have the ability to communicate clearly and to proactively gather information from a wide stakeholder and participation base ensuring deadlines are met.

The roles offer the opportunity to be part of an influential organisation that campaigns for a fairer Scotland in order to make a real difference to consumers' lives. This is a great opportunity to play a critical role in helping to make society fairer, and in supporting our network of Citizens Advice Bureaux across Scotland.

Employee benefits

Citizens Advice Scotland offers excellent terms and conditions. We want our people to have a great work life balance and we have designed our working practices and benefits to support this. Here are some of things our employees benefit from: a 35-hour full time working week, 40 days annual leave, genuine flexibility in working hours with a flexi-time system, and blended/hybrid working opportunities for every role.

Citizens Advice Scotland is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies and flexible working arrangements to support all our staff. We are also committed to equality of opportunity for all and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

CAS provides options for blended working to allow employees to balance their time attending the office with time working from home. The number of days you will be able to work from home each week will be dependent on your job role and can be discussed as part of the recruitment process.

Penicuik Citizens Advice Bureau, based in Penicuik, Midlothian, is an independent advice organisation providing holistic advice and support to local people. We are seeking to recruit an Operations Manager to be responsible for our advice services. This is a key role critical to the smooth running of the bureau and maintaining our standards and ethos.

The post holder will be responsible for the day to day running of our holistic advice and information services providing support and supervision to our volunteer and paid advisers whilst ensuring the quality of advice provided. The successful candidate will require a cool head to manage competing demands whilst working in a pressurised environment. Experience in holistic advice giving, training and mentoring as well as good communication skills are essential for this challenging post.

Employee benefits

Penicuik CAB offers excellent terms and conditions, including a total of 40 days leave and a pension scheme with an 3% employer contribution. Penicuik CAB is an inclusive employer considering flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

About the employer

Penicuik CAB is committed to equal opportunities both in service provision and employment.

Charity number: SC014421

Charity name: Penicuik Citizens Advice Bureau