Background
For decades, children in residential care in Scotland were failed by those entrusted to look after them. Scotland is taking steps to face up to those failings by establishing a financial redress scheme for survivors of historical child abuse in care.
While nothing can ever make up for the suffering survivors have endured, financial redress can provide acknowledgement and recognition of the harm done. The national redress scheme will offer a non-adversarial alternative route to justice and access to support and apology.
To deliver this, the Scottish Government has supported the creation of a new ‘non-departmental public body’ entitled Redress Scotland. This body will assess and make decisions on applications from survivors (and in some cases next of kin) seeking redress. Redress Scotland will be entirely independent of the Scottish Government.
The Role
Redress Scotland is seeking to appoint a Finance Assistant who, as a direct report, will work with the Finance Team Manager to ensure a high standard of financial management and reporting, including fulfilling the requirements of Redress Scotland as a public body.
You will operate with a high level of personal integrity and be able to build new trusted relationships across organisational boundaries, helping to create a trauma-informed organisation that inspires the trust of the survivor community.
The role requires a level of autonomy. The Finance Assistant will lead on all receipt and payment related matters, including processing invoices, panel members’ fee claims, staff and panel members’ expenses, payroll administration and Grant in Aid drawdown requests up to the point of approval.
The role holder is also responsible for seeking resolution to issues prior to escalation, or notification if issues are able to be resolved. The Finance Assistant is the first point of contact in all receipt and payment related queries and where there are unforeseen issues, liaises with senior colleagues, both internally and externally, to resolve issues. This includes the Sponsor Division and Treasury & Banking within Scottish Government.
The Finance Assistant will also manage the two finance mailboxes and ensure requests are actioned by the appropriate individual(s) in a timely matter.
In order to apply, please click the following link and complete the online application form by Friday 22 April 2022.