Top job! Head of Finance and Corporate Services
- Full time
- £47,007 – £53,185
- Hybrid: Glasgow
- Closing 13th October 2025
- Advertised from 16th September 2025
- Salary on appointment is at the start of the pay band.
Role
Do you want to be part of a friendly, inclusive and dedicated team?
Cycling Scotland is Scotland’s national cycling charity. Working with others, we get more people cycling, more safely and easily in a better environment. Our values are to be collaborative, inclusive, professional and evidence-driven, ambitious and sustainable.
Due to the approaching retirement of the current postholder, we are appointing a new Head of Finance & Corporate Services. Reporting to the Chief Executive and Board, the role has responsibility for managing and overseeing all aspects of the organisation’s finances, helping us deliver our charitable mission.
We strongly support flexible and hybrid working with staff working a minimum of one day a week in our central Glasgow office
Please read the job description for full details.
Benefits of the role include:
- Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with employer contribution of 7.5% and minimum employee contribution of 3%
- 36 days annual leave
- Operation of a Flexi-time system
- Annual contribution towards your training and development
- Free and confidential access to our Employee Assistance programme
This role is based in our central Glasgow office. We are currently operating a hybrid working policy with one day per week minimum in the office.
Application notes
Deadline for applications: 12pm, Monday 13th October 2025
Interview date: w/c 27th October
More details can be found on our website.
To apply, please submit a completed application form and equal opportunities form to personnel@cycling.scot. Please note agencies will not be considered. If you wish to find out more about the role, please email personnel@cycling.scot.
Cycling Scotland is a recognised Scottish Charity and an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all members of the community.
Successful candidates will be informed if they have been selected for interview. Due to the high volume of applications we tend to receive, we are not usually able to respond to all applicants. If you have not heard from us two weeks after the deadline then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
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Top job! Head of Walking Programmes
- Full time
- £46,135 – £51,266
- Hybrid: Stirling
- Closing 19th December 2025
Walking Scotland is Scotland’s walking and wheeling charity. Walking and wheeling are the most affordable and practical ways to help solve some of Scotland’s biggest challenges, from health inequalities to the climate-nature emergencies.
We promote the benefits of walking and wheeling on our physical, social, and mental health. Our programmes connect communities and inspire positive behaviour change. We also improve places and spaces to walk and wheel.
A key element of this work involves the delivery of our walking programmes, and we are seeking a senior leader who can inspire and develop our approach to this work. Our programme settings are based on national and international evidence of what works best to support people to become more active with walking and wheeling being one of the best ways to achieve this
So, as a potential candidate for this new post:
- Are you able to take a leading role by managing our walking programme teams to deliver on our commitments?
- Are you able to build, manage and nurture highly effective relationships, influencing key stakeholders, partner organisations and funders to increase walking opportunities in Scotland?
- Can you demonstrate competency as a senior leader and contribute meaningfully to a Senior Leadership Team?.
- Are you adaptable and resilient and able to anticipate challenges and developing plans to solve them?
You will work closely with the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Leadership Team to champion and deliver Walking Scotland’s Mission, Strategy, and Plans. You will also lead a multidisciplinary team to drive forward Walking Scotland’s key objectives within the programme settings.
We offer the opportunity to be part of an organisation that recognises staff as our most valued asset. Attractive employment conditions include a contributory pension scheme and flexi-time policy.
Company Overview
Flexible Childcare Services Scotland (FCSS) is a national social enterprise with a mission to empower children, families, and communities to work, rest or learn by creating access to flexible, affordable and responsive childcare, education, children’s services and wraparound support.
Our flexible early learning and childcare model allows parents to book childcare by the hour, change their bookings each week and only pay for the time they book. This model is actively helping parents to reduce their childcare costs while helping them increase their income and further distancing their whole families from poverty.
Summary
We are seeking a Finance Manager to join our team, in this role, you will play a vital part in managing our financial operations, ensuring the sustainability of our unique childcare model while supporting our vision to create a world where every child and family has access to the services they need to thrive.
This is a hybrid working post shared between home working and our Dundee head office.
This is a part time role, 28 hours per week, with FTE salary of £40,000 = pro rata £32,000.
Other benefits include:
- 32 days annual leave
- Generous employer contribution pension
- Employee life assurance scheme
- Flexible Working
- Employee Benefit Platform giving discounts on many retail brands
- Subsidised childcare costs
ORGANISATION PROFILE
BRAG Enterprises is Fife based charity that supports people, who in the main, who are residing in disadvantaged areas of Fife to gain the training and employability skills to enable them to move into sustainable employment. We have worked for over 36 years with communities to improve their economic resilience. We also own business centres in Crosshill and Methil that act as Community Enterprise Centres where we rent out affordable business space.
The Together Levenmouth Hub is the first of our High Street regeneration projects and we want to bring growth to Leven and its High Street with plans to grow the Together brand across Fife.
As one of Scotland’s oldest Social enterprises our income is a mixture of grant funded monies and commercially earned income.
ROLE
The post is based at our head office in Crosshill, and the postholder will be a key member of the Senior Management Team playing a vital role in supporting our mission by ensuring sound financial management and accountability. They will work closely with the Managing Director to oversee BRAG’s financial health, ensuring effective financial planning, management, and reporting.
The main tasks and responsibilities are:
Manage and maintain the charities’ financial and accounting functions, including close liaison with our external stakeholders, including accountants, auditors, HMRC, and our property tenants.
Carry out all bookkeeping and financial administration functions using Xero.
Produce accurate monthly management accounts, cash flow forecasts, ad-hoc reports, and prepare year-end financial accounts.
ABOUT YOU
You will understand the need for confidentiality and discretion in a sensitive role and be a known self-starter that has a can-do attitude with values that match our own.
You will have a good grasp of charity accounting rules as well as dealing with partial VAT exemption regulations both of which are specific to this post.
You will be a confident communicator; able to engage effectively with all disciplines.
About Sunny Cycles
Sunny Cycles is a community-focused cycling organisation which enables people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds to enjoy the mental and physical benefits of cycling and cycling activities. Founded in 2022, we support mental health, social inclusion, and accessibility by providing led rides, cycling lessons, adaptive cycling for disabled people, and creating welcoming spaces for refugees and New Scots. We operate a community hub at Glasgow Green, and Victoria Park offering free or low-cost cycling sessions for individuals facing financial hardship, social isolation, or discrimination. We provide adapted bikes for those who cannot ride standard 2 wheelers and work with individuals and groups within the community to enable people to experience the mental and physical benefits of cycling.
Sunny Cycles operates as a registered charity and a social enterprise. As we grow, we are looking for a Development & Enterprise Officer who can strengthen our income generation pathways and support the long-term sustainability of our work, including our expanding work with disability and care-home cycling programmes.
Role Purpose
The Development & Enterprise Officer will lead on developing and delivering income-generating opportunities that support Sunny Cycles’ mission. This includes building partnerships, developing commercial activities, strengthening our social enterprise offer, managing budgets and ensuring financial sustainability so we can move away from grant funding.
The role is ideal for someone who is proactive, entrepreneurial, and passionate about inclusive cycling and community wellbeing.
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