Poppyscotland is at the forefront of delivery of support to our Armed Forces community across Scotland. We reach out to those who have served, those still serving, and their families at times of crisis and need by offering vital, practical advice, assistance and funding.

Our work centres around seven key areas: tailored support and funding, advice, employment, mobility, respite, housing and mental health. While much of this work is delivered directly, collaboration with other specialist organisations for the benefit of Scotland's Armed Forces community is at the heart of Poppyscotland’s approach.

The Welfare Support Officer manages a caseload; providing support and advocacy to vulnerable beneficiaries and or those identified as having multiple and complex needs. The Welfare Support Officer will work with the individual to identify and prioritise needs and act as a point of contact for individuals whilst working in collaboration with partner organisations drawing on inputs from a wide network of professionals, agencies and volunteers.

The role is home based and normally involves regular travel across the region as outlined in the Job Description. Currently the work is being undertaken remotely with the use of technology rather than face to face. You may also have to work outside office hours as necessary.

Key Skills & Experience

• General health, social care employment and housing casework experience
• Experience of working in the Health and Social Care, Housing/Homeless sector
• Experience of advocating on behalf of clients and beneficiaries
• Knowledge of UK benefits system, statutory support and relevant legislation
• Knowledge of mental health, homelessness, offending and substance abuse issues and how to access services for clients
• Full clean Driving Licence is essential and own car is desirable
• A relevant qualification in substance misuse and addiction, mental health, housing and homelessness, criminal justice and offending is desirable but not essential
• PVG membership will be required

Poppyscotland is at the forefront of delivery of support to our Armed Forces community across Scotland. We reach out to those who have served, those still serving, and their families at times of crisis and need by offering vital, practical advice, assistance and funding.

Our work centres around seven key areas: tailored support and funding, advice, employment, mobility, respite, housing and mental health. While much of this work is delivered directly, collaboration with other specialist organisations for the benefit of Scotland's Armed Forces community is at the heart of Poppyscotland’s approach.

The Welfare Support Officer manages a caseload; providing support and advocacy to vulnerable beneficiaries and or those identified as having multiple and complex needs. The Welfare Support Officer will work with the individual to identify and prioritise needs and act as a point of contact for individuals whilst working in collaboration with partner organisations drawing on inputs from a wide network of professionals, agencies and volunteers.

The role is home based and normally involves regular travel across the region as outlined in the Job Description. Currently the work is being undertaken remotely with the use of technology rather than face to face. You may also have to work outside office hours as necessary.

Key Skills & Experience

• General health, social care employment and housing casework experience
• Experience of working in the Health and Social Care, Housing/Homeless sector
• Experience of advocating on behalf of clients and beneficiaries
• Knowledge of UK benefits system, statutory support and relevant legislation
• Knowledge of mental health, homelessness, offending and substance abuse issues and how to access services for clients
• Full clean Driving Licence is essential and own car is desirable
• A relevant qualification in substance misuse and addiction, mental health, housing and homelessness, criminal justice and offending is desirable but not essential
• PVG membership will be required

Poppyscotland provides life-changing support to our Armed Forces community. We are best known for running the iconic Scottish Poppy Appeal. This, combined with our other year-round fundraising, enables us to provide tailored support and vital services in advice, employment, mobility, respite, housing and mental health support to thousands of ex-Servicemen and women and their families to the extent of approximately £3 million per year.

We are seeking to recruit a Finance Assistant whose primary responsibilities will be to ensuring the accurate and timely processing of all financial transactions for the Poppy Scotland Group. The role will initially be home based, whilst Covid restrictions still apply but the expectation is that it will be home/office based from September.

Key Responsibilities

· Preparation of cash and cheque banking using the Solchar scanning system

· Processing and allocating all income, receipts & payments in a timely manner

· Reconciliation of all bank accounts and control accounts

· Production and maintenance of weekly cashflow

· Preparation and set up of daily payments via the Ebis system

· Monitor and maintain all purchase invoices/credit notes to ensure these are correctly allocated and approved on the Ebis system and paid within the agreed supplier payment terms.

· Production of monthly supplier statement reconciliations

· Process sales ledger invoices where required.

· To liaise with customers to ensure prompt payment of invoices

· Processing payroll amendments and ensure information is communicated to HMRC & Pension provider

· Production of monthly payroll control account reconciliations.

Key Skills

· Accountancy qualification at HNC/HND level would be an advantage

· Experience of e-financial systems and processes

· Experience of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable activities

· Experience of managing ledgers, bank and other reconciliations

· Strong IT skills – competent user of MS Office, with a high level of proficiency in Excel

· Good Organisational skills and the ability to work accurately to deadlines

· Good communication skills, verbal and written