The Prince’s Trust Scotland is currently going through an exciting period of development. We have ambitions to grow our offer to young people by providing a blended approach of face-to-face and digital delivery and support. To help us on this journey, we are looking for a passionate and motivated individual to join our dynamic team in Edinburgh!

You will engage and build quality relationships with young people, volunteers and partners and as an effective communicator and collaborator, you will thrive in both team and independent work. If you believe you have the passion and skills to help young people change their lives, then we would love to hear from you!

To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience and be adaptive and flexible – embracing change and innovation. Due to the pandemic, you must be comfortable both working virtually and delivering programmes on virtual platforms.

Our Execs provide 1:1 and group support for young people so need to already have experience in facilitating skills development in at least one of the following:

• Education sector
• Partnerships management
• Digital skills training
• Social and personal development
• Employability/self-employment training
• Volunteer training/management

We work with young people from every background, so we’re passionate about building a diverse workforce that represents the young people we support. We, therefore, welcome applications from everyone who meets the essential criteria for the role. If you think you could do the role, but don’t have all the desirable experience, we would still love for you to apply, as you’ll have the chance to let us know what you would bring to the table, that will help Scotland's young people in your supporting statement.

Upon joining the Trust, you’ll have the opportunity to join and be supported by our 4 main networks. PT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), PT GEN (Gender Equality), PT PULSE (LGBTQ+ network) and PT DAWN (Disability and Wellness Network). We want to work with people who think they can make a difference in young people’s lives, if you think that’s you, we’d love to hear from you.

For more information and to help with your supporting statement, please go to the job description or our ‘Working with Young People’ page. (These will open in a new window)

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Why we need Prince's Trust Executives:

Last year, we helped more than 70,000 young people, with three in four young people on our programmes, move into work, education or training. 

The young people we help face a range of challenges, such as unemployment, mental health issues or some who have been in trouble with the law. Our job is to inspire and support young people, to help them reach their potential so that they can thrive and society can prosper.

We believe all young people should have the chance to succeed, and that young people are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

Perks for working at The Trust:

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Flexible working! Where operationally possible, you can work hours to fit in with, school hours or care arrangements for example and you can also work from home.
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
• In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.

Key responsibilities

1. To assist in the on-going development of a financial management assurance framework within CBMUK’s risk management strategy. 

a. Provide support in identifying adequate baseline for different levels of activity and establish what should be in place across our programme portfolio.

b. Work closely with in-country finance staff to monitor partners’ compliance with established procedures and donor requirements during site visits or remote monitoring and audits.

c. Assist in preparing quarterly (and ad-hoc as required) reports for Leadership Team/Programmes Committee to review and assess levels of risk and their mitigation.

2. To lead in the preparation of periodic financial reports to donors and improve accountability and donor compliance.

a. Prepare periodic donor financial reports according to internal and donor requirements.

b. As part of the reporting function, ensure that burn rates and variances are analysed and projects are implemented as planned. 

c. In collaboration with country teams, ensure that donor contractual requirements are complied with and project audits are completed on time. 

3. To support the programme transition from CBM International to CBM Global federation with focus on contractual compliance and the improvement and development of administrative and financial systems.

a. Ensure strong focus on the transition at the project level, ensuring efficient migration of projects over to the CBMG federation.

b. Contribute to enhancing and improving programme finance systems and ensure that these are running smoothly and consistently.

c. Assist the Programme Development Department to adopt and/or embed the new GO systems within the CBMUK environment.

d. Contribute to a strategic close out plan of projects and execute these accordingly.

4. To contribute to financial planning and budgeting processes, deployment of funds to projects and preparation of new budgets and project applications.

a. Assist in the consolidation of the programme portfolio into overall programme budget for CBM UK, analysis of income, expenditure and cash flows.

b. Oversee an effective cash flow system ensuring timely financing of projects, managed within the CBMUK overall financial position, policies and procedures and the wider federation.

c. Consolidate annual financial reports of CBM projects including accruals, deferrals and fund transfers.

d. Support Programme focal points to have accurate multi-year budgets on their respective portfolio.

e. Where necessary, assist in drafting budgets for funding applications.

5. To contribute to organisational wide strengthening of due diligence processes across CBMUK supported projects.

a. Proactively identify weaknesses in country teams and/or partner specific grants management systems and procedures and implement strengthening measures accordingly, particularly with relevance to the organizational transition.

b. Assist in training non-financial staff in financial management and donor compliance.

c. Support project partners develop their own financial and grant management systems and procedures.