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We are Scotland’s national cycling charity. Our vision is a sustainable, inclusive and healthy Scotland where anyone, anywhere can enjoy all the benefits of cycling. With funding from Transport Scotland, working with others, we get more people cycling, more safely and easily in a better environment. Our values are to be collaborative, inclusive, professional, evidence-driven, ambitious and sustainable.

We are currently recruiting for a Finance Assistant to help ensure that all financial processes are executed on time and to an extremely high standard.

This is a key role within the Finance and Corporate Services team and is a brilliant opportunity for an experienced Finance Assistant. The ideal candidate will be a friendly and motivated self-starter with good communication skills and a proven track record of reliability and trustworthiness. You will assist with all the financial transactions of Cycling Scotland and its subsidiary Transport Planning and Engineering, ensure that all relevant guidelines are followed and assist the Head of Finance with preparation for financial year end and annual audit.

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 (pro rata)
• 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.

Tiny Changes is Scotland’s first national young people’s mental health charity. We run projects with young leaders that help young minds feel better. The charity was set up in memory of artist and Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison. Through his music and art Scott made tiny changes that had a big impact on people from all walks of life.

We believe that Scotland’s young people deserve great mental health, and we believe in their insight and innovation to make this possible. We exist to nurture the talent of young people to find solutions that work for them.

In three years, we’ve funded 69 innovative mental health ideas - from bubble therapy with refugees to peer-led crisis prevention cafe and d/Deaf youth wellbeing resources - supporting over 4,000 children and young people, with many of them leading change in their communities. You can read more about our strategy here.

The Tiny Changes team is growing all the time. We currently have 6 Trustees and will be looking to recruit another 2 trustees to join the Board later this year. The Tiny Changes Team is made up of 3 employees and 1 consultant, creative partners and young advisors. You can read more about our team over on our blog.

Role Summary

As a freelance operations consultant at Tiny Changes, you will support the interim CEO with the management of all charity and day to day operational activities, continuing the development of the charity in line with organisational objectives and strategic direction. Working closely with our small team, you will contribute to the overall direction of charity-wide operations. Supporting the management of co-production (youth lead projects), fundraising, human resources, health and safety and equality diversity and inclusion, to ensure our processes are up to date, compliant, meet the overall needs of the organisation and reflect our values.

What will you bring to Tiny Changes?

We are looking for applicants with the following characteristics:

1. Share our vision and values - we are Hopeful, Brave, Honest and Kind

2. Have knowledge of or interest in mental health issues affecting children and young people in Scotland

3. Active listener, equalities driven and self-reflective

We particularly welcome applications from the following groups:

• Young people under 30

• Young people with experience of mental health issues

• Disabled people

• Neurodiverse people

• People with experience of caring roles

• Care experienced people

• People from minority ethnic communities

• Asylum seekers or refugees

• People who identify as any gender that’s not cisgender

• People who identify as LGBTQIA+

• People from gypsy traveller communities

• People from a wide range of religious and cultural backgrounds

You can find more information in the Job Description and Person Specification linked below.

Role Accessibility: This role requires frequent travel and use of your own vehicle

Hillwood Community Trust is about to complete the development of a new Community Sports Hub that is located in the heart of Greater Pollok in Glasgow. The construction work is due to be completed in June 2024 and we are now seeking to appoint a new Development Manager to manage and develop the facility and associated activities through this exciting phase.

The Trust is currently focussing on two core functions; developing the facilities and supporting complementary activities that will improve the quality of life for those residents in the communities that access our facilities.

The purpose of the post is to lead, manage and deliver our current activities while developing a core team of volunteers to expand and grow activities to meet the objectives of the Trust and meet the needs of the local and wider area.

The post holder will be based at the Trust’s facilities in Priesthill.

We are looking for a passionate and committed individual to join Corra Foundation’s Finance team. This is an exciting opportunity to support the implementation of Corra’s long term finance strategy, as well as supporting, managing and training the wider finance team.

Working across Corra with the Head of Finance the postholder will have a detailed knowledge of charity accounting principles, and a track record of successfully leading and managing a finance team. The successful applicant will have strong analytical skills and be able to demonstrate both operational and strategic thinking. You will have a proficiency in accounting software and be able to evidence successful production of annual accounts and monthly reporting, ensuring monitoring delivery against budgets.

Ideally, you will have practical experience of project accounting, restricted funds and grant-making activities.

Additionally, you should have excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, and experience of explaining complex financial information to other operational colleagues, and non-finance managers.

You should have experience of working in the charitable sector and handling charitable accounts, as well as having a high level of emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills.

As with other Corra staff, there will be the requirement to be flexible and to provide support for other aspects of Corra business as and when required.

If you would like an informal chat about the role, please contact recruitment@corra.scot.