Administration & Finance Officer
- Part time
- Circa £25,000 pro-rata
- Home working with in-person meetings in Edinburgh roughly once every 2 weeks
- Closing 24th July 2023
- Advertised from 8th June 2023
- + generous benefits. Permanent. 2 days / 14 hours per week, specific days/hours to be negotiated.
Role
Are you highly numerate, have an eye for detail and are mission-driven? Would you like the opportunity to be part of a curious, accountable, equitable and collaborative team?
We’re a small but ambitious Trust that has recently undergone a strategic review. We’ve clarified our programme focus and way of working. We’re now proactively expanding our portfolio of partners that tackle systemic education challenges within the government primary school sector in India and South Africa, to improve outcomes for all children.
Reporting to: Administration & Finance Manager
Scope of the role:
We’re looking for an experienced Administration & Finance Officer to support the Administration & Finance Manager in the running of the Trust’s administrative and finance functions, enabling the smooth running of our grant making and meeting of our regulatory requirements. You’ll take on a discrete task list, take full ownership of your deliverables and provide support to the rest of the team as needed.
As an Administration & Finance Officer you’ll:
- Facilitate payment of grants to partner organisations
- Facilitate payment of supplier invoices & staff expenses
- Input financial transactions into Xero and Salesforce
- Reconcile bank accounts
- Reconcile corporate credit cards
- Draft Trustee meeting minutes
- Provide team support by managing diaries and booking meeting rooms
- Support Trustee travel to in-person meetings
- Support health and safety tasks such as conducting risk assessments
- Support the updating of the risk and conflicts of interests registers and associated reporting
- Support the production of the annual budget
- Support the production of management accounts and annual accounts
- Undertake any appropriate duties as requested by the Administration & Finance Manager to further the aims and objectives of the Trust
- Work collaboratively with the rest of the Maitri team, particularly the Administration & Finance Manager
Your skills, experience and profile:
- Experience within a finance function
- Excellent numeracy skills
- Understanding of financial reports and accounts
- Strong administrative and organisational skills
- Highly effective communications skills – both verbal and written
- Ability to build and foster open and trusting relationships with colleagues and the Trust’s wider network
- Strong service delivery, a team-focused mentality and work ethic
- Ability to plan, manage and prioritise
- Able to work in the UK, e.g. hold the necessary work permits or have the right of abode
- A good working knowledge of Xero accounting software, Microsoft Office (including Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams) and Salesforce CRM system.
Your attributes:
- Highly numerate with an eye for detail.
- Passion for and belief in Maitri’s work and approach; drive and ambition for the Trust.
- Supportive team player who enjoys working closely with a small collaborative team, yet who is also self-motivated and able to work independently, using own initiative.
- Able to put common goals first, following through with commitments, contributing to the success of others and communicating openly and honestly.
- An appreciation for the value of effective administrative support to a small staff team.
- Demonstrated ability to work well in a multi-cultural environment. A strong commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
- Ability to learn new skills and keep up to date with changes in electronic systems.
About the Trust:
We believe quality education is key to unlocking a child’s potential, and a strong start sets children up for success. We provide support to partners tackling systemic education challenges within the government primary school sector in India and South Africa, to improve outcomes for all children. We understand that changing systems takes time and therefore provide partners with long-term, flexible funding. We like to work collaboratively and wherever possible look to co-fund or take a multi-stakeholder approach.
We’re an independent Trust funded by an annual donation from Stewart Investors.
Application notes
To apply: Send a covering letter and CV to Lillian Owiti: lillian.owiti@maitritrust.org.uk
We welcome applications from all sectors of society and support flexible working
Application deadline: 9am, Monday 24th July 2023
Interviews: Will likely take place in the week commencing 31st July 2023
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- generous annual leave entitlement
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- flexible working policies
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The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) Partnership is the independent organisation responsible for Scotland’s National Framework for Qualifications. The SCQF brings together assessed learning throughout life whether gained in school, workplace, college, university or online into one system for recognising achievement.
We are a Living Wage Employer and are accredited to Investors in People Gold level, working in ways that realise our values of Respect, Integrity, Collaboration and Enabling. As a small staff team of thirteen with national coverage, we also operate a Flexible Working Policy.
About the role
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About you
This role would suit a person with SCQF Level 7 equivalent skills or experience.
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- Westfield Health benefits, including costs reimbursed for dental, physiotherapy and counselling services, optical fees and health club concession
- Death in Service Benefit worth 1 x annual salary
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- Flexible and hybrid working policy and a range of family-friendly policies to support worklife balance.
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