Join our team as a Book-keeper and Finance Administrator. We’re seeking a dedicated professional to enhance efficiency, improve processes, and provide immediate access to financial information.

The Book-keeper and Finance Administrator is a key team member who will have the opportunity to become involved in all aspects of the charity. Although your key focus will be finance, we seek someone with strong administration and organisational skills.

The job description indicates the skills and experience that will allow an individual to approach this role confidently. Not all suitable applicants may have all of these skills and knowledge. We would still like to hear from you if you can demonstrate abilities that will enable you to succeed in the role.

As Office Manager/Executive Assistant for Scotland you will join us at an exciting time as we expand our work to more effectively reach out to, engage and support more people to live well with all types of diabetes, to prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes and ultimately to achieve our vision of a world where diabetes can do no harm.

We’re working to build and grow a powerful movement of people helping to achieve a world where diabetes does no harm. The Office Manager/Executive Assistant will be part of a team, working alongside the diabetes community, which empowers people, communities and organisations to raise awareness, influence change and support people affected by diabetes to live well and access better care.

Role Responsibility

• Provide administrative services and support, including minute taking, sourcing venues, liaising with outsourced suppliers.
• Provide an excellent customer experience to members of the public by being the first point of contact for general queries, managing Scotland mailboxes, responding to questions and/or signposting to the relevant colleagues.
• Provide information, support and responses to national enquiries, including people living with diabetes who contact the Scotland office.
• Implement and oversee a range of processes to a high-level including finance, health and safety, GDPR and other compliance requirements.

The Ideal Candidate

You will be a team player, with a passion for working with people. You will build effective working relationships at all levels, both internally and externally, while demonstrating discretion with confidential matters. You will be flexible and have a proactive approach with the ability to work on own initiative. Compassion and openness is essential when providing a first-line response to people seeking support.

We have a friendly and inclusive working environment here at Diabetes UK and are proud of our hybrid approach which allows great flexibility in the way that we work. This means that you can balance your working time between home and the office, subject to the needs of your role.

Do you have the skills and experience to provide high quality support for our services teams?

Are you enthusiastic, a dynamic problem solver, an effective listener and a good team player?

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge?

If you have answered yes to the above questions, we have a fantastic opportunity within our organisation. Down’s Syndrome Scotland is a member-led charity, established in 1982. We are the only charity in Scotland dedicated solely to supporting people with Down’s syndrome and their families and carers.

We are looking for a committed individual to join our Team. The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day general administration duties for our front-line service teams to ensure a high-quality service is provided to all those who contact us as well as responding to incoming enquiries via our digital phone system and emails.

For an informal chat regarding this post please contact Jo Hughes, Head of Service Development email: jo@dsscotland.org.uk tel: 07590 047472

SFHA is the leading membership body and collective voice for housing associations and co-operatives in Scotland. We exist to represent, support and connect our members.

We have a great opportunity for the right person to join our small team. We are looking for a dynamic and motivated individual to join us as Business Support Assistant, contributing to SFHA’s success by supporting all business functions. This is an exciting role for someone with enthusiasm, energy and a flexible approach to their work and is looking to gain a wide range of experience.

The successful candidate will be a team player with a “can do” attitude and the desire to learn to ensure our members receive the best possible service. You will be customer focussed, have excellent spoken and written communication skills, strong numeracy, and strong organisational, multi-tasking, administrative skills, along with a good knowledge of Microsoft Office. Experience in the social housing sector is not essential, but you should be able to demonstrate the ability to work effectively in an office environment.

We offer a pleasant working environment and good terms and conditions of employment, including (but not limited to) enhanced annual leave, Perkbox, cycle to work scheme and a flexible approach to the working week.