Top job! Finance and Business Manager
- Full time
- £42,000 – £46,000
- On site: Dundee
- Closing 11th October 2026
- Advertised from 28th September 2026
- Salary depending on experience. 35 hours per week. Permanent
Role
Dundee Bairns is a Dundee-based children’s charity working to reduce the impact of poverty on local children, young people and families. Through its food and activity provision, clothing programmes and Bairns at Home multibank, Dundee Bairns helps ensure children have access to essentials such as food, clothing, household items and opportunities to take part in positive experiences. This is an exciting new opportunity to join a growing, practical and values-led organisation at the heart of Dundee’s community support network, helping to develop and coordinate a vital service for families who need it most.
Job Purpose
The Finance and Business Manager is responsible for the operational management of Dundee Bairns' finances, ensuring robust financial controls, effective budget management, compliance with charity accounting requirements, and the provision of high-quality financial information to support decision-making.
The role will work closely with the Executive Director, Board of Trustees and external accountants to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the charity.
This role also provides Business Support across the organisation.
Job Tasks
Financial Leadership
- Lead all aspects of the charity's financial management.
- Develop and maintain strong financial systems, policies and controls.
- Support the Executive Director in financial planning and organisational development.
- Identify financial risks and recommend mitigating actions.
Budgeting and Forecasting
- Lead the annual budgeting process.
- Prepare financial forecasts and cashflow projections.
- Monitor organisational and project budgets.
- Support budget holders in understanding and managing finances.
Financial Reporting
- Prepare monthly management accounts.
- Produce quarterly reports for the Board of Trustees.
- Analyse income and expenditure trends.
- Provide financial information to support strategic decisions.
Fund Accounting and Grant Management
- Maintain accurate accounting records within the charity accounting system Xero
- Monitor restricted and unrestricted funds.
- Support managers to ensure grant expenditure complies with funding conditions.
- Prepare financial returns and claims for funders.
- Maintain accurate records for grant-funded projects.
Statutory Compliance
- Ensure compliance with OSCR requirements and Charity SORP.
- Liaise with auditors or independent examiners.
- Coordinate year-end accounts preparation.
- Oversee payroll and statutory reporting obligations.
Payroll and Banking
- Oversee the charity bank accounts to ensure that all payments and receipts are properly authorised and optimum cashflow is achieved
- Oversee payroll processes and pension administration.
- Authorise payments in accordance with financial controls.
- Manage relationships with banks and financial service providers.
Support the Board of Trustees
- Set agenda for Board meetings, in conjunction with Chair of Board of Trustees
- Gather/write papers as required for Board meetings
- Formulate/update policies as directed by Executive Director and Chair of Board of Trustees
- Support the Finance, Audit and Risk Subcommittee; arrange meetings, prepare reports collate and circulate papers, take minutes and maintain records.
- Maintain the risk register, with timely submission to Finance, Audit and Risk subcommittee and Board as appropriate, considering changes in legislation, operating environment, internal factors etc.
Business Management
- Manage contracts for IT, telecommunications, insurance, and other services
- Oversee health and safety arrangements
- Support the Board and Executive Director in developing organisational strategy and business plans.
- Contribute to funding applications and financial sections of bids.
- Identify opportunities for operational improvements and efficiencies.
- Maintain and develop Airtable capability, including training staff members across the organisation.
- Support with HR-related tasks – setting up 1:1’s, diary input and supporting staff management where appropriate
Skills and Experience
Essential
- Financial Management
- Budget preparation and monitoring
- Financial forecasting and cash flow management
- Management accounts and financial reporting
- Year-end accounts and audit preparation
- Payroll, VAT, and tax compliance
- Strong understanding of charity accounting principles, including restricted and unrestricted funds
- Ability to build strong relationships with trustees, funders and stakeholders
- Strong organisational and project management abilities.
- Ability to present financial information clearly to non-financial audiences.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience managing staff.
Desirable
- Accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, ACA or equivalent).
- Experience within the Scottish charity sector.
- Experience supporting funding applications and grant management.
- Understanding of OSCR requirements.
Application notes
Applications by Cover Letter and C.V. detailing skills and experience to genna@dundeebairns.org
Applications close Sunday 11th October 2026
Top job! Partnerships Development Manager
- Full time
- Circa £40,000
- Hybrid: Dundee, Edinburgh or Glasgow - minimum two days in the office per week
- Closing 26th October 2026
Running for almost 40 years, The Yard is an award-winning charity that aims to build a community of support for disabled children and young people through adventure play, creating opportunities for fun and friendship and wrap around support for the whole family.
About the role:
As Partnerships Development Manager, you will help generate the income required to sustain our services by engaging existing supporters and attracting new ones. You will lead corporate fundraising across all our sites.
Your key responsibilities will include delivering a corporate fundraising strategy and annual plan, raising The Yard’s profile among companies across Scotland, and building long-term relationships that grow regular giving, mid-value donations and legacy support.
About you:
If you are eager to raise the profile of The Yard as we expand our services across Scotland and think you can play your part in helping us reach our goals, we would welcome your application.
This job is for you if you have:
- A breadth of experience in meeting or exceeding funding targets
- The ability to think both strategically and creatively to build sustainable and innovative relationships
- Experience of excelling in planning and management of multiple priorities
- A good understanding of the needs of businesses and the contribution charity partnerships can make to their success
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with a positive attitude and a friendly, approachable manner
If you are inspired by our ethos and excited to bring your knowledge and experience to a team that is highly committed to our purpose, we would love to have you on board.
Project Lead: Weave
- Full time
- £34,647 – £40,147
- Hybrid: Edinburgh with regular travel across partner and OPFS delivery areas
- Closing 4th October 2026
OPFS is the lead partner and accountable body for the Weave Partnership, offering single parent families, and other priority family groups, a single, strengths based plan built around one trusted relationship, on the principle of ‘no wrong door’.
The Weave Project Lead will support the Head of Service (Weave) by leading the operational coordination, implementation and monitoring of the Weave Partnership. The postholder will ensure effective governance, strong partnership working, consistent use of the My Life and Me framework, robust referral and delivery arrangements, clear
evidence of outcomes for families, and high-quality reporting and learning for the Scottish Government, partners and wider networks.
Key responsibilities
Partnership Governance and Operational Accountability
- Lead the day-to-day coordination of Weave Partnership governance arrangements, supporting the Head of Service to ensure the Steering Group, operational delivery structures and partner protocols function effectively.
- Maintain clear action tracking, decision records, escalation routes and accountability mechanisms across OPFS and partner organisations.
- Support the Head of Service in preparing governance reports, briefing papers and updates for senior leaders, funders and partners.
Programme Delivery and Implementation
- Manage implementation of the Weave Partnership delivery plan across target local authority areas and national delivery channels.
- Coordinate delivery activity across in-person, telephone and digital support routes, ensuring services are accessible, joined-up and responsive.
- Monitor progress against milestones, deliverables, risks and dependencies, escalating issues to the Head of Service where required.
My Life and Me framework
- Coordinate implementation of the My Life and Me framework across partner organisations as the shared Whole Family Support planning and outcomes framework.
- Support partners to embed consistent practice, recording, review and reporting arrangements linked to MLAM.
- Support OPFS Heads of Support for Families to embed MLAM across all delivery services.
- Gather evidence that the framework is being used to support strengths-based, familycentred planning and outcome measurement.
Partnership Working and Referral Pathways
- Strengthen warm referral pathways, joint working arrangements and operational coordination between participating organisations.
- Act as a key contact for partners on delivery processes, shared systems, meetings, data collection and operational problem-solving.
- Identify gaps or barriers in partnership working and support practical solutions with the Head of Service and operational leads.
Reaching Priority Families and Reducing Barriers
- Monitor evidence that support is reaching low-income single parent families and families at highest risk of poverty.
- Support partners to extend access for families affected by family breakdown, imprisonment, rurality and other barriers to services.
- Use monitoring data and partner feedback to identify under-reached groups and inform improvements to access and delivery.
Financial Inclusion and Progression Pathways
- Coordinate evidence of family access to income maximisation, welfare rights advice, debt advice, child maintenance support and other financial inclusion interventions.
- Support partners to evidence access to childcare, employability, education and training opportunities.
- Ensure reporting captures how practical support contributes to improved family outcomes and poverty reduction.
Outcomes, Monitoring and Evaluation
- Oversee collection and collation of monitoring, evaluation and learning evidence across the partnership.
- Track outcomes relating to family wellbeing, parental confidence, resilience, relationships, social connectedness and coordinated support.
- Prepare monitoring and learning outputs that demonstrate outcomes achieved, lessons learned and opportunities for wider application of the model.
Learning, Reporting and System Influence
- Support the Head of Service to share evidence and learning with the Scottish Government, funded partners and relevant networks.
- Coordinate learning events, partner reviews and continuous improvement activities.
- Contribute to wider system learning on Whole Family Support, anti-poverty practice and effective partnership delivery.
Service Manager
- Full time
- £45,641 – £49,364
- On site: Oban (with regular travel to Mull)
- Closing 19th October 2026
Home-Start Lorn is looking for a passionate Service Manager to lead our fantastic team and take the charity into its next chapter. You'll run day-to-day operations, grow our income, and work closely with our Board, staff and volunteers to deliver high-quality, family-centered support across Oban, Mull and the surrounding area.
We're a growing, community-rooted charity with a proven track record. We support parents/carers with children under 5 via a number of routes, whether via 1-1 professional support, 1-1 volunteer support or through our family support groups. If you want a leadership role where the difference you make is immediate and impactful, we'd love to hear from you.
The Service Manager leads Home-Start Lorn's day-to-day operations and strategic direction, working closely with the Board of Trustees. You'll help deliver our 2025–2028 strategy, support and develop our staff team, keep us well connected across the communities we serve, and help make sure the charity stays financially sustainable, outcomes-focused and able to offer high-quality, family-centred support across the area we cover. You won't be doing this alone — you'll have a supportive Board and an established staff team.
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Top job! Manager - Birthlink Redress
- Full time
- £41,196
- On site/Hybrid: Edinburgh
- Closing 13th October 2026
Birthlink is seeking an experienced, compassionate Manager to lead the operational delivery of our Redress service, a central part of our work supporting care experienced people and survivors of abuse in care. This pivotal role will oversee day to day service delivery across key organisational activity, ensuring safe, trauma informed, rights based practice throughout the Redress process.
You will guide and support a hybrid team, strengthen operational systems, and ensure full compliance with legal frameworks including the Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Act 2021, UK GDPR, and the Data Protection Act 2018. Working closely with the Executive Director, funders, partners, and beneficiaries, you will help shape Birthlink’s national contribution to improving access to records and supporting people through Redress.
Alongside leading Birthlink’s Redress service, you may also contribute to the development or oversight of other aligned projects as required.
If you are an organised, values driven leader with experience in complex, publicly accountable environments and committed to trauma informed practice, we would love to hear from you.
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