- Advertised from 22nd May 2025
- Permanent
Role
Want to make a real difference with your finance skills?
We’re Capability Scotland, and we do work that actually matters. We’re all about supporting people, creating opportunities, and making a real difference.
We’re looking for a Finance Business Partner to join us. You’ll be right at the heart of our finance operations – keeping our records in great shape and helping us make smart financial decisions that support the important work we do.
What we need done:
We’re looking to hire an experienced Finance Business Partner with the hands-on approach, organised, detail-focused, and love making numbers work.
- Making sure all transactions are recorded properly in the right ledgers
- Supporting and managing our awesome Finance Officers to keep performance high
- Preparing things like VAT and Gift Aid returns using our financial data
- Helping pull together our annual accounts in line with the right regulations and standards
- Handling our debtors, creditors, and cash – making sure everything is billed correctly and we’ve got a good cash flow
- Working with different teams to keep the financial side of things ticking over smoothly
Who You Are:
You don’t need to tick every single box – but here’s what we think would make you a great fit:
You’ve either got finance qualifications or have solid experience in finance (both work for us)
You know your way around integrated ledger systems
You’re comfortable handling a lot of documents and data
You’re confident talking finance with both finance and non-finance people (those who run screaming at the mention of numbers)
You can stay organised and know how to get priorities straight
Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:
- Competitive salary of £36,925.00 pa (£19.14 per hour). A competitive salary
- Excellent annual leave of 37 days per year.
- Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
- Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
- Flexible, hybrid working is available
- Free 24/7 employee assistance programme
- Free PVG checks throughout your career
- Access to shopping discounts through the Perks At Work scheme
- Access to Cycle to Work Scheme
Application notes
Visit our website to find out more and apply
Closing Date: 5 June 2025
Employment Coordinator - East Dunbartonshire
- Full time
- £27,990
- On site: East Dunbartonshire
- Closing 28th December 2025
Do you have a passion for helping people?
Do you have excellent communication and customer service skills?
Do you want to work for one of the best employability providers in Scotland?
Would you like to help someone with barriers to work find their dream job?
Then come and work for Enable Works.
Your role, as an Employment Coordinator is to provide support to people who have barriers to work to make progress towards and achieve well paid, sustainable employment.
Enable Works are the leading specialist provider of employability services for people who have barriers to work. We believe that every person in Scotland has the right to work in a job that is high quality and well paid.
Enable Works supports over 7000 people every year across 30 Local Authorities to learn skills for work.
We partner with thousands of employers to create inclusive cultures and improve the diversity of Scotland's workforce.
We are incredibly proud of our smart, capable, and motivated colleagues across Scotland and following a period of significant growth we are looking to grow our team.
We offer a generous salary, excellent benefits, and opportunities to develop and grow in your role.
We offer flexible working practices that promote a strong work/life balance so that when you are at work you can be the best version of you.
Values are more important to us than qualifications or experience, so if you don’t think you meet every requirement that’s ok, we still want to hear from you.
Please make sure you include a detailed personal statement in the ‘More about you’ section of the application to tell us how you are suited to the post.
About You
We really need you to have these
- The drive, energy and commitment to support people to obtain high
- quality, well paid jobs
- Ability to manage your own workload and prioritise as needed
- Confident communicator
- Strong attention to detail
- Professional presentation and personality
- Some knowledge of the local community
- Ability to work with people at any age who have challenging barriers to employment
- IT literacy
- Comfortable working towards targets
- A natural, professional relationship builder
- A full driving licence
Why?
Our vision is that every person in Scotland is able to access the support they need to find a high quality job that pays them well and your drive and commitment to this job will help them get there. You will recognise each clients individual skills and aspirations and work with them to find a job that they love.
Our culture is autonomous so that means we trust you to make the right decisions for your clients, therefore you need to manage your work load well and be accountable for your time. Attention to detail is important as it means you can work accurately and follow instructions.
About Us
At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.
We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:
- Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Season Ticket Loans
- Blue Light Card
- Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.
Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.
The cost of PVG is paid upfront by the organisation and deducted from your wage if successfully appointed.
Enable reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please submit your application as early as possible if this vacancy is of interest.
Are you looking to use your HR skills in a rewarding, thriving social care charity?
Capability Scotland delivers exemplary care, support, and education for disabled children and adults across Scotland. We were founded in 1946 and have always strived to be a major ally in supporting disabled people to have full equality of opportunity and participation as citizens of Scotland. Our vision is of an inclusive Scotland where everyone has the opportunity to have their voice heard, contribute to society and fulfil their potential.
As an experienced HR Business Partner, you’ll be joining an established HR team; reporting directly to the Head of People and working closely with two other Business Partners.
We encourage a work/life balance, so we’re open to discussing start and finish times that work around your life. You need to be within commutable distance of our Edinburgh office (EH12) as we work 50% of our time in the office and 50% from home. You should also be able to regularly travel to visit the managers you are partnered with across Scotland.
This is a challenging and fast paced role, with heavy involvement in case management. On top of a great salary, excellent pension, and market-leading annual leave, we can offer you a real sense of job satisfaction. You will be using your knowledge and experience to support the people who support our customers to live their best lives. You will gain invaluable experience and work in a supportive team environment.
Job Purpose
To provide operational and project HR advice and support to managers and staff ensuring employment issues are handled in accordance with legislative and organisational requirements and meets or exceeds good practice.
Required Skills/Experience
- 5+ years’ experience in a similar role.
- CIPD Level 5 or equivalent.
- Experience in a range of employee relations issues, including high-volume complex case management such as attendance, conduct, capability, and grievance. You will be juggling multiple cases at any given time, so you need to thrive while working under pressure.
- The ability to champion best practise, deliver change and continuously improve our processes.
- Up to date knowledge of employment law.
- An ability to demonstrate a commitment to our five values: being "Kind, Inclusive, Open & Honest, Aspirational & Creative"
- High level of self-motivation, able to meet several deadlines.
- Excellent organisational & communication skills with great attention to detail.
- Skilled in the use of all Microsoft Office products and able to learn new systems quickly.
- Ability to work flexibly on your own initiative and as part of a team.
- High levels of customer service and attention to detail.
Desired Skills/Experience
- Knowledge of the social care sector.
- Understanding of HR systems, ideally iTrent.
- Able to start with us quickly.
Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:
- £36,925.00 per year and a 37-hour working week.
- 37 days’ annual leave.
- Up to 13% pension (8% employer contribution)
- Up to 3x annual salary Death in Service benefit.
- Enhanced sickness and family leave payments.
- Free disclosure checks throughout your career.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Shopping discounts through the Perks At Work scheme.
- Free 24/7 employee assistance programme.
Welfare Rights Advice Worker – Employability services
- Full time or Part time
- £28,795 – £30,523
- Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 19th January 2026
Make a difference to the lives of people (including those with disabilities and support needs) as they look for or progress within work.
The Action Group seeks a highly organised, approachable and skilled person to join its accredited Advice Services. In this role you will maximise people’s income as they consider working or progressing in work. Through providing expert benefits advice, support and representation, you will ensure people have all of the money they are entitled to and can make informed choices about work.
You will provide this service for people receiving supported employability advice through our partner organisations (All in Edinburgh and Advance).
You need to be warm and approachable, have excellent verbal and written skills, organisation skills and an eye for detail. In return you will join a supportive and highly professional team of advisors and undertake rewarding work.
A good understanding of welfare benefits, or experience of working with people with support needs, is highly desirable.
Applicants will be digitally competent. They will show a good understanding of equality and diversity issues and a commitment to support people from marginalised groups.
Location: Main base location can be either the employee’s home or at an Edinburgh Office Base. The project will involve travel across various locations within Edinburgh. If home-based, you will be required to attend meetings in person.
Top job! Operations Manager - Highland & Islands
- Full time
- £46,102
- Hybrid: Covering Highlands, Moray and Perth and Kinross (hybrid, with travel across all areas)
- Closing 11th January 2026
As a leader at Enable Works, you'll be at the forefront of our mission to deliver exceptional employability services for disabled people across Scotland. You will be responsible for leading partnerships and programmes across Highland, Moray and Perth and Kinross and will play a pivotal role in driving our organisation forward.
You will have overall accountability for strategic development of your programmes and region, leading on performance management; financial and contract management and developing opportunities for new business, allowing us to grow our impact.
You'll have significant oversight of operations and staffing for the region, as well as managing and leading key external stakeholder relationships, ensuring smooth and efficient functioning of the services in your remit.
This is a hybrid role with some office time and travel expected. A driving license and access to a vehicle is essential for this role.
While regular travel will be required across all 3 areas, a significant proportion of work takes place in Highlands, where you will be responsible for leading our 'All in Highlands' partnership. Therefore a consistent presence is expected in Inverness and across the Highlands.
What will you do?
Setting and upholding high standards - you will be accountable for leading a team of Performance Managers, Team Leaders and Employment Coordinators, ensuring services meet and exceed expectations.
Ensuring compliance and performance excellence - you will be accountable for all quality and compliance for services in your region, ensuring robust processes are in place that align with contractual expectations.
Guiding a high performing team -as a leader you will be responsible for mentoring Performance Managers and Team Leaders, fostering their growth as leaders to provide effective mentoring and management for your team.
Strategic engagement - building relationships with both local and national funders and stakeholders will be second nature to you, ensuring seamless contract delivery and long lasting partnerships.
Pioneering opportunities - you will be responsible for proactively identifying and cultivating new business opportunities, staying up to date with emerging trends and policy changes to ensure your services can respond to local and national priorities.
About You
We really need you to have these:
- An understanding of employability and skills structures and systems in Scotland
- An understanding of national employability policies such as No One Left Behind
- Experience of leading a performance focused team
- Ability to effectively coach and motivate developing leaders to deliver high performance within your team
- Experience of successfully managing and forecasting performance profiles Experience of writing impact reports
- Ability to work autonomously, fully accountable for managing and driving the services in your area to achieve excellence
- Self-management skills and the ability to prioritise competing deadlines effectively
- Effective project management skills and ability to think strategically to achieve long-term goals
- A natural, professional relationship builder with the ability to partner and negotiate with stakeholders
- Experience of creating and managing budgets, delivering on financial expectations and forecasting change
- Strong attention to detail with professional presentation and personality
- Experience working in rural areas
- Confident communicator with experience of public speaking
- Role model who will demonstrate our values, leading by example
- IT proficient with experience of competently using Microsoft packages, and CRM systems
- A full driving licence and access to a car, as travel is required in this role
We would love it if you had these:
- Experience of working in employability out with Scotland
- Experience of business development including bid writing
- Experience of working with people who have multiple/complex barriers
- Experience of leading managers and working with geographically dispersed teams
More information about the Operations Manager role, is included in our Job Pack.
Please ensure you include a detailed personal statement, outlining how you meet the requirements. We want to hear why you are a good fit for this role and what skills and experience you can bring to our organisation, so please take the time to clearly outline this in your application statement.
About Us
At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.
We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:
- Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme*
- Season Ticket Loans*
- Blue Light Card
- Where required, Enable will fully fund SVQ Health and Social Care qualifications – required for SSSC registration
*Terms and Conditions Apply
Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.
Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.
The cost of PVG is paid upfront by the organisation and deducted from your wage if successfully appointed.
Enable reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please submit your application as early as possible if this vacancy is of interest.
Note: The successful applicant will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 3 months of their start date.
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