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Current vacancies:

Head of Finance and Resources

Salary: £60,000 (pro rata)

Benefits: Company pension (up to 8%), 35 days annual leave (pro rata), an employee assistance programme and learning and development opportunities.

Status: Permanent / Part-time (28 hours per week, flexible working options)

Closing date: –

Location: Based in Edinburgh with the option to work hybrid

We’re on a journey to create fairer communities by facilitating 10 million social entrepreneurs globally by 2030. Do you want to help make this a reality?

We are looking for a qualified and experienced Finance professional to join our team and oversee the Finance & Resources Department within the business.

We’re looking for someone with a passion for social enterprise, a strong track record in financial management, and experience leading a multi-disciplinary team in a similarly sized organisation.  As well as the right qualifications, we value a mindset that ensures high-quality, rigorous financial oversight and creative thinking to support our future vision.

This is a pivotal time for the Academy.  Last year brought significant challenges — from economic pressures and public funding cuts to internal financial management issues.  With full Board support, we’ve taken decisive action: rebuilding our financial systems, restructuring to improve resilience, and implementing a recovery plan that’s already delivering results.

We’re pleased that our core funder, the Scottish Government, has renewed its support — a strong endorsement of our direction.  We’re also launching exciting initiatives to grow our impact and diversify income, including new work through our schools programme and fresh approaches to leadership learning in the social economy.

As Head of Finance & Resources, you’ll provide strategic leadership across finance, HR, Health & Safety, IT and office services.  You’ll ensure compliance, support governance and act as Company Secretary.  The role is key to driving long-term sustainability through robust financial planning, performance analysis and effective reporting.

Just as important as experience and skills is the right mindset. We know the best candidate might not tick every box — but if you bring the right attitude and a commitment to our mission, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership of the Finance & Resources Team to deliver on the Academy’s strategic goals and to ensure appropriate development of the Team
• Develop and regularly review the Academy’s short and long-term financial planning, budgets and forecasts with a focus on long-term sustainability.
• Management of financial accounting processes ensuring appropriate controls & compliance with statutory requirements, production of Statutory Accounts & management of the annual audit.
• Production of the monthly Management Accounts pack, analysis and insight including Income & Expenditure, Balance Sheet, monthly and weekly cash flow analysis, reporting to Board, Sub-Committees and Senior Leadership.
• Develop and maintain commercial pricing frameworks, critically appraise new project budgets and provide support to the bid process to improve income generation.
• Engage as an effective business partner at senior management and team level to challenge, identify risks and opportunities, drive performance management and improve decision-making.
• Review and advise on funder agreements, sales and supplier contracts to optimise commercial benefit and minimise financial risk for The Academy.
• Develop and maintain organisational policies across all areas of the Finance & Resources Department.
• Ensure accuracy and compliance in relation to payroll and pensions requirements
• Oversee the management of Human Resources services including the development of toolkits & business partnering to enable colleagues to manage teams effectively.
• Oversee the management of Health & Safety, Office and IT Services.
• Oversee all Company Secretary & GDPR requirements for The Academy including compliance with statutory responsibilities including the provision of EA services and administration to the CEO and Trustees.

For a full set of criteria and information on how to apply please download the recruitment pack.

Organisation profile:

At the Social Enterprise Academy, we believe social entrepreneurs play an essential role in changing the world.

We strengthen their role in local communities through transformational learning programmes that will increase their community impact.

Our programmes are accredited, responsive to learner needs, and are delivered by experienced facilitators who are social change leaders themselves.

Since 2004, we have delivered over 1,900 learning programmes to 28,000+ learners in over 30 countries. We have also engaged over 55,000 young people around the world, using social enterprise as a tool to help them reach their full potential and create positive change in their communities.

Application notes:

1. Send your CV and a cover letter in Word format outlining:
   • Why you are interested in the post and joining the Academy team.
   • The experiences, skills and qualities you have that match you with the post’s job description and person specification. along with a completed copy of our equality and diversity monitoring form (downloadable below) to seahr@socialenterprise.academy
2. Please note that interviews will take place at our Edinburgh office.

If you have any questions or if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments for the application or interview process e.g. application form in a different format or extra interview time please get in touch: Jo Lockenwitz | 0131 243 2670| seahr@socialenterprise.academy

View the job pack

Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form

Qualification Coordinator 

Salary: £25,834 pro rata 

Benefits: Company pension (up to 8% employer contribution), 35 days annual leave (pro rata), an employee assistance programme and learning and development opportunities 

Status: Permanent – Part time (17.5 hours per week (0.5FTE), flexible working options) 

Closing date: 9am, Tuesday 30 September 2025 

Location: Remote – expectation to spend at least 1-2 days in our Edinburgh office each month 

We’re on a journey to create fairer communities by facilitating 10 million social entrepreneurs globally by 2030. Do you want to help make this a reality? 

We are looking for a Qualification Coordinator to join our team and help maximise the impact of the Academy’s Adult learning programmes. 

You’ll act as the primary touch point for learners for matters relating to their qualification and provide excellent customer care throughout. Your work will provide effective support to the Adult Learning team, including our Facilitators, and Assessors, to implement and maintain internal processes and procedures, ensuring we meet our accreditation standards and requirements.    

We’re looking for someone with strong interpersonal and communication skills, and excellent attention to detail.  Bringing project coordination and administrative skills to the role, you’ll have an ability to problem solve and a proficiency in systems and tools which support data and customer management, evaluation and reporting.  

If you have experience in a customer-facing role along with using monitoring data to inform continuous improvement and planning, we’d love to hear from you. 

Key Responsibilities:   

• Work closely with the Adult Learning team to support high quality delivery, accreditation and monitoring of qualifications  

• To act as first point of contact for all learner queries related to their accreditation, advising on correct protocol and signposting appropriately   

• Coordinating allocation and feedback of marking and Internal Quality Assurance between assessors and learners   

• Contribute to ensuring that appropriate standards, systems, policies and processes are in place and implemented effectively to ensure we meet our accreditation requirements   

• To coordinate arrangements for Facilitator and Assessor inductions, reviews, and continuing professional development, in relation to accreditation  

• To support the accreditation partner audit requirements, leading on evidence gathering and collation.  

• Maintain key documentation and resources related to our accreditation   

For a full set of criteria and information on how to apply please download the recruitment pack from our website. 

Organisation profile: 

At the Social Enterprise Academy, we believe social entrepreneurs play an essential role in changing the world.  

We strengthen their role in local communities through transformational learning programmes that will increase their community impact. 

Our programmes are accredited, responsive to learner needs, and are delivered by experienced facilitators who are social change leaders themselves.  

Since 2004, we have delivered over 1,900 learning programmes to 28,000+ learners in over 30 countries. We have also engaged over 55,000 young people around the world, using social enterprise as a tool to help them reach their full potential and create positive change in their communities. 

Application notes: 

• Send your application form in Word document format outlining: 

• Why you are interested in the post and joining the Academy team. 

• The experiences, skills and qualities you have that match you with the post’s job description and person specification.  

along with a completed copy of our equality and diversity monitoring form (downloadable from our website)  to seahr@socialenterprise.academy by 9am, Tuesday, 30 September 2025. 

• Please note that interviews will take place on 08 and 09 October 2025. 

• More information available at: https://www.socialenterprise.academy/scot/join-the-team 

If you have any questions or if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments for the application or interview process e.g. application form in a different format or extra interview time please get in touch: Jo Lockenwitz | 0131 243 2670| seahr@socialenterprise.academy   

View the job pack

Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form