Current Job Vacancies
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2 Current Vacancies:
1. FINANCE MANAGER
Home based in or near Edinburgh, part time 21 hours per week
£41,403 per annum (pro rata £24,842); pension; expenses; 37 days annual leave per annum including public holidays (pro rata). Permanent. Flexible working. Annual Leave Purchase Scheme. IT equipment provided.
About the role:
We seek a part-time (21 hours per week) Finance Manager to co-ordinate the financial management of the organisation, helping to ensure strong financial governance, robust budgeting, effective financial reporting, and compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. As a key member of the Senior Management Team, you will help shape the charity’s strategic direction, ensuring financial sustainability and supporting the delivery of its charitable objectives.
About you:
Are you an experienced professional in a financial role in the third sector? Are you working in a finance role and seeking a move into the third sector?
Do you have strong IT skills and a track record in developing and maintaining effective, efficient financial management tools and processes? Are you well-versed in helping an organisation to understand and manage its financial risk in the context of a challenging context for resourcing?
Would you enjoy being a part of Lead Scotland’s senior management team as we work with our Board, our staff team, our volunteers, our partners, and most importantly our core beneficiaries as we develop new and exciting opportunities to improve outcomes for disabled people and unpaid cares?
Do you have great organisational skills, previous experience of contributing to or leading strategic development from a financial perspective, and most of all a passion for collaborative teamwork?
This post is home-based in or near Edinburgh with some office-based work.
Lead Scotland has a Recruiting People with Convictions Policy
Applications from disabled people:
Lead has Disability Confident status, and we encourage applications from disabled people. All disabled people meeting the minimum requirements will get a guaranteed interview. Information about our commitment to recruit disabled people is available on our website. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in the online form. This will in no way disadvantage you in the recruitment process. All job application information can be made in alternative formats on request, including braille, large print and audio and people can make applications in alternative formats.
Recruitment paperwork is kept for 6 months before it is destroyed. Please complete our anonymous equal opportunities form to help us ensure we are attracting a broad range of candidates.
How to apply:
1. Answer the questions in this online application form. This will help us assess your approach and transferable skills for this specific role.
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2. Email your CV to recruitment@lead.org.uk
Job description available here: Finance Manager Job Description Aug 2025
Additional information available here: Information Sheet Finance Manager Aug 25
Closing Date: Noon Monday 15 September 2025
Interviews: Wednesday 24 September 2025
Lead Scotland is a charity which provides learning, befriending and helpline services for disabled people and carers. Charity no. SC00394
2. LEARNING COORDINATOR – Aberdeenshire Employability Project
Part time 21 hours per week
£27,821 (£16,693 pro rata); pension; expenses; 25 days annual leave plus 12 days public holidays per annum (pro rata). Annual leave purchase scheme. Fixed term initially until 31 March 2026.
About the role:
We seek a part-time (21 hours per week) Learning Coordinator to promote and deliver Lead’s Aberdeenshire Employability Project. This is a learning service for disabled people and carers aged 16 to 67 who experience barriers to work and education.
The successful applicant will be committed to:
- Engaging and supporting disabled people and carers to overcome barriers and embark on personalised learning journeys, making positive, sustained transitions into their chosen progression routes and positive destinations.
- Being an active part of the Lead Scotland team as we develop new, exciting learning opportunities in Aberdeenshire.
- Work from your home base for online and hybrid elements of the role and a full driving licence and access to a car is essential to travel to homes and communities across this rural area.
It involves regulated work for which a satisfactory PVG will be required.
Lead Scotland has a Recruiting People with Convictions Policy
About you:
You will be passionate about the transformative power of adult learning, have excellent communication skills, and a flexible and creative approach to problem-solving.
You will have great organisational skills and previous experience of supporting disabled people experiencing a range of barriers, of working one-to-one with learners, and of designing and delivering learning programmes. You will hold an Assessors Award or be willing to work towards this.
Applications from disabled people:
Lead has Disability Confident status, and we encourage applications from disabled people. All disabled people meeting the minimum requirements will get a guaranteed interview. Information about our commitment to recruit disabled people is available on our website. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in the online form. This will in no way disadvantage you in the recruitment process. All job application information can be made in alternative formats on request including braille, large print and audio and people can make applications in alternative formats.
Recruitment paperwork is kept for 6 months before it is destroyed. Please complete our anonymous equal opportunities form to help us ensure we are attracting a broad range of candidates.
How to apply:
1. Answer the questions in this online application form. This will help us assess your approach and transferable skills for this specific role.
AND
2. Email your CV to recruitment@lead.org.uk
Job description available here: Job Description – Learning Coordinator – Aberdeenshire EP September 25
Additional information available here: Information Sheet Learning Coordinator September 2025
If you have any further queries about the role, please email recruitment@lead.org.uk
Closing Date: Noon, Monday 22nd September 2025
Interviews: Wednesday 21st October 2025
Lead Scotland is a charity which provides learning, befriending and helpline services for disabled people and carers. Charity no. SC003949
