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Admin, Finance & IT

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• To deliver exceptional supporter care across multiple channels – In most cases you are the first line of enquiry either by telephone, email, social media, letter or occasionally face to face.
• To be welcoming and helpful for people contacting our charity who may have a question or feedback.
• You will present a professional and proactive approach to supporter retention and recruitment
• You will respond to enquiries in a timely, considerate and caring manner adhering to our specified SLA’s
• You’ll be expected to know the Trust’s activities, products and policies and be able to communicate them confidently to our visitors, members and donors.
• You will be expected to manage supporter data in accordance with GDPR and PECR regulations and be proactive in ensuring data is up to date and accurate
• Provide support to the Supporter Care Manager, CRM manager and other internal departments with time-critical, data sensitive tasks.
• You will ensure all interactions with supporters are logged in the CRM system and where appropriate passed on to the relevant department(s).
• You will take payments from supporters either using an online payment system via the phone or by processing cheques. As well as managing refund requests and payment enquires.
• You will be expected to take responsibility for enquiries and complaints raised by supporters and proactively seek satisfactory and timely resolutions.
• You will be responsible for administration tasks to service supporter relationships including processing memberships, gift aid, direct debits, data cleaning and consents
• You will be involved in various system testing ensuring that they are fit for purpose.
• You will be proactive in process improvement and development and will maintain and create guidance notes for areas of your work.
• You will work with different teams, including those based in our properties to provide training and promote the important of good supporter care.
• You may be involved in outbound retention and recruitment campaigns via telephone, email or mail.

Scottish Canals are the custodians of the nation’s canal network and surrounding estates.  Our vision is to invest in the canal network to generate lasting benefit for people and communities; celebrating their industrial heritage, ensuring they offer quality green and blue spaces for people and communities and contribute to Scotland’s resilience in tackling climate change.

Our success is rooted in valuing the contributions of our entire team – we care, we create, and we collaborate to continue to deliver a whole range of activities from boating, paddling, walking and wheeling to living and playing and improving what the canals have to offer to our visitors and communities.  We also work collaboratively with our partners and stakeholders to contribute to a wealthier, fairer, greener and more resilient Scotland.

As an employer we offer a truly unique opportunity to be part of our team, help us realise our vision and contribute to safeguarding our heritage and ensuring our canals flourish now and in the future. 

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Administration Officer to join our Governance and Administration team in Falkirk. You will help ensure the office runs smoothly and efficiently delivering an excellent administration service to Chief Operating Officer and colleagues within the Engineering, Estates, Operations and Destinations directorate.     

The role is offered on a permanent basis and with a starting salary of £26,110 (Band B).  Working hours 37 hours per week, hybrid working, Monday to Friday.

Scottish Canals offer a generous annual leave entitlement of 28 days, plus 10 public holidays, along with enhanced sick pay, discounted shopping vouchers, a health cash plan and a contributory pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution.

Primary responsibilities of the role:

Undertake a range of administrative tasks to support effective working of the Directorate including responsibility for diary management for the teams, minute taking and actions at key meetings, forward planning and scheduling.
Arrange internal and external meetings including agendas and itineraries, distribution of material and travel arrangements. 
Appropriate communications and tracking of action points and deadlines following meetings and events.
Sort, allocate and where appropriate, respond to incoming correspondence to enable it to be dealt with efficiently and by the correct person.
Support the preparation of internal and external reports.
Assist in maintaining and monitoring project plans, project schedules, budgets and expenditures. 
Communicate with customers, suppliers and employees including receiving visitors and customers. Screen calls, deal with issues, take messages and impart information as appropriate. 
Using business systems, maintain confidential and non-confidential records including inputting information, abstracting, and presenting data in a clear and logical format. 
Assist with organising events.
Assist other departments, if required, with admin duties.
Comply with Scottish Canals Health and Safety policy and defined standards. Undertake risk assessments, report incidents and near misses.
Other project work as required.

Qualifications and knowledge required:

Recent graduate, SVQ/NVQ in Business Administration Level 3 or HNC/HND or equivalent.

Skills and experience required:

Proven work experience in secretarial, administrator or similar role.  
Highly proficient in the use of computers and business software e.g. Microsoft office, excel, PowerPoint etc.
Although not essential the ideal candidate will have experience of working in an engineering or project setting,

Qualities & abilities required:

Excellent communication, writing and presentation skills, with strong attention to detail.
Experience of working to schedules and deadlines, with good organisation skills.
Motivated and proactive, with an eagerness to learn and develop.
Experience using MS Office Suite including MS Word and MS Excel.
Ability to prioritise own workload to achieve business led or specifically detailed deadlines.
Ability to work on own initiative using judgements regarding confidential issues and release of information to internal and external contacts.
Use of initiative to interpret and respond to requests for information.
Collaborative and effective team player who can work with colleagues at all levels of the business.
Flexible, positive attitude and setting high standards.

Who are we?

We are Scotland’s design museum. Designed for everyone, firing imaginations and sparking curiosity in design across Scotland and around the world. At V&A Dundee we are on a mission to inspire and empower through design.

Design shapes our world, it’s part of everyday life and it’s everywhere. We are a museum with energy and have a vision of the future where everyone is inspired through design and recognises its far-reaching impact in our lives.

We are a welcoming place for people of Dundee to explore design and to use as an everyday part of their city, as well as inviting visitors from around the world. We are part of the V&A family of museums that celebrate creativity in all its forms from across centuries, for everyone.

Role Profile:

The Head of Human Resources is a new post, playing a key role as V&A Dundee develops as an organisation and as an employer. This role will work with colleagues to cultivate an exceptional organisational culture and approach that values and supports its people, enabling us to work together to achieve our aims. This role requires strong experience of managing human resources, high situational awareness, excellent communication skills, a focus on relationship building and a strategic outlook, whilst also executing the day-to-day tasks in a seamless and pragmatic way.

Duties and Responsibilities:
This post is responsible for leading on:
-Managing an internal HR team as part of the wider Finance & Planning team, and that works in partnership with V&A Dundee’s Founding Partner University of Dundee

-Establishing a new People Strategy with the organisation that includes the development of values, embeds good practice with a clear action plan

-Leading on Equalities Diversity and Inclusion policy, engagement and plans in relation to HR and Organisational Development

-Providing a relevant, efficient, high quality HR service across the organisation

-Overseeing a full range of the HR functions that are delivered to support the museum’s wider aims and priorities

-Holding broad knowledge of HR policies, best practices and underpinning employment law principles

-Advising the Directors’ Group on HR matters, policy and statutory changes

-Networking with peer organisations nationally, the V&A family and in Dundee to learn, and to scope out any potential for shared and collective approaches and ways of working

The responsibilities of the Head of Human Resources will include:

General
-Lead on HR and organisational development

-Work with the Directors’ Group and other team Heads across V&A Dundee to ensure effective team development and management, acting as a sounding board and coach; providing exceptional HR support, advice, guidance, skills and tools

-Develop a culture that supports staff, encourages learning and collaboration and ensures compliance with relevant legislation

-Oversight of all HR policies, plans, templates and services

-Support managers and staff in ensuring performance is effectively managed, and individuals developed and supported

-Advise on employee relations issues – ensuring that best practice, legal compliance and policies and procedures are always adhered to and, where necessary, partnering with the founder partners or external employment lawyers

-Proactively handle all day–to-day operational aspects of HR

Resourcing
-Work across the organisation to develop an overview of resourcing and recruitment assessing gaps, challenges and opportunities

-Oversee staff recruitment, induction process and handbook

-Review V&A Dundee’s recruitment policies and approach to ensure they are aligned to mission, vision and Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion policy

-Work with directors and teams to develop and deliver the EDI strategy

-Ensure directors and teams are trained and confident to champion EDI across all areas of business strategy, working towards inclusive recruitment and management

-Work with the HR Advisor to support managers with their development, training and with their recruitment challenges, offering ideas, solutions to find quality candidates in the most efficient and inclusive way

-Manage relationships with outsourced services such as occupational health, counselling, employee assistance, employment legal advisors

HR Management Information, Reporting and Analysis
-Overview of HR calendar ensuring alignment with operational delivery

-Act as the owner and Systems Administrator/Super User for the HR Information System; build new and schedule regular HR reports; analyse management information to provide accurate insight into key employee trends as required for different areas of the museum

-Analyse people trends and metrics in partnership with HR Advisor to help develop solutions

-As a publicly funded body, report on a range of metrics to demonstrate a fair use of public funds

Pay and Reward
-Benchmark salaries to ensure we are competitive in the market

-Lead on annual salary review process; provide information and attend the annual Remuneration Committee.

-Implement succession planning and talent management processes at regular intervals

-Consider ways to add value to staff by reviewing the pension, benefits package and supportive HR policies

-Oversee Pensions

Learning and Development
-Lead on the development and implementation of new and existing training programmes

-Implement and monitor development and progression programme, creating an internal pool of talent

Engagement and wellbeing
-Develop a staff welfare, wellbeing and engagement strategy

-Support stakeholders to interpret engagement scores and implement effective action plans to improve engagement

-Advise the Staff Forum and Health & Safety Committee

Team Management
-Provide line management support to the HR Advisor, setting annual objectives, provide ongoing support and identifying development needs

-Allocating appropriate case work and supervising delivery

This is a full-time position, working 37.5 hours per week working in a hybrid flexible environment with a mixture of home working and working from our museum in Dundee. We offer a generous package including 38 days holiday, pension scheme, company sick pay, entry to V&A Dundee paid exhibitions and many more discounts and benefits.

This role directly supports the Director of A&S by providing daily administrative support ensuring effective delivery against directorate outcomes and Trust-wide business requirements.

This role is responsible for coordinating meetings, plans, action tracking, budget and information management across A&S and for its four departments of Communications, Fundraising, Marketing and Membership to ensure overall delivery against the Trust’s Corporate Strategy and the directorate’s own activity plans.

It acts as a directorate secretariat making arrangements and bringing together for cross-functional and interdepartmental initiatives and carrying out general administrative processes as required.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Support the Director of A&S to coordinate, track and report on business activity which fulfils the Trust and directorate strategies:
o Overall tracking of financial transactions and procedures, monitoring and reporting at a whole directorate level. This includes providing support on the placement of purchase orders.
o Data Protection as the directorate’s data champion.
o Information management, e-files & folders.
o Tracking of team compliance with mandatory training.
o Tracking of risks which relate to the team.
o Cyclical formal papers and reports to Board and Executive Committee (ExCo).
o Coordination of any external and internal audit actions.

• Collate A&S objectives and activities into an operational plan; monitoring progress against the plan; reporting progress and liaising with senior colleagues on remedial actions or changes they need to make.
• Coordinate the A&S Planner driving timely input and update across each of the four A&S teams.
• Management of information, collaborative working on Microsoft Sharepoint/Teams file storage & sharing and associated operational guidance
• Document key Audiences & Support work-processes, analysing their effectiveness, and supporting team-leads with their continuous improvement.
• Support the Audiences & Support Director by dealing timeously with paper and email correspondence, telephone enquiries, organisation of meetings, events, lunches, travel, accommodation, diary management, taking/distributing meeting notes or actions, collating credit card transactions and the coordination and provision of support documents (e.g. files, reports, minutes, meeting papers).
• Maintain the Audiences & Support Outlook calendar (schedule key meetings, interviews, events, etc.)
• Supporting the wider directorate with (for example, but not limited to):
o Collaborative team events.
o On-boarding, induction, and training of new (Department) colleagues.
o General administration.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE

Essential
• Significant experience as a business executive or executive assistant
• Significant experience of working in a multi-team department, and/or across an organisation with multiple departments and locations
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills – able to interact with wide range of people tactfully and diplomatically, including those with a high public profile – therefore a confident user of the English language (written and spoken)
• Highly organised with excellent planning and administrative skills. Hands on experience in using Microsoft 365, Sharepoint, Teams and Planner
• The ability to maintain absolute confidentiality.

Desirable
• A recognised entry-level qualification in Business Administration or similar.
• An empathy for the work of the National Trust for Scotland.
• A current driving licence valid for driving in the UK.

Who are we?

We are Scotland’s design museum. Designed for everyone, firing imaginations and sparking curiosity in design across Scotland and around the world. At V&A Dundee we are on a mission to inspire and empower through design.

Design shapes our world, it’s part of everyday life and it’s everywhere. We are a museum with energy and have a vision of the future where everyone is inspired through design and recognizes its far-reaching impact in our lives.

We are a welcoming place for people of Dundee to explore design and to use as an everyday part of their city, as well as inviting visitors from around the world. We are part of the V&A family of museums that celebrate creativity in all its forms from across centuries, for everyone.

Role Profile:
The Programme at V&A Dundee is delivered by a dynamic and enthusiastic team, passionate about creating engaging, meaningful, challenging and enjoyable programmes and experiences for our visitors. We are looking for a Programme Assistant to provide operational and administrative support to the Exhibitions team. The role will work across the organisation to support holistic and cross-organisational working to ensure the smooth delivery of the museum’s programme of exhibitions and events. As a member of the Exhibitions team, the Programme Assistant contributes ideas to the museum’s programme, is essential to the department’s collegiate work environment and liaises with other internal departments and with the professional design world, in one of the most dynamic design environments in Europe.

The Programme Assistant works with a small and busy team on the realisation of exhibitions and commissions working with designers, lenders and design institutions. The Programme Assistant will work on all aspects of programme development and support on delivery comprising curatorial, registrar and project management related responsibilities. The role includes supporting on smaller scale exhibitions and displays and supporting the Curators and Assistant Curators on exhibition projects running concurrently, including historic and contemporary exhibitions with objects from UK and international collections.

Duties and Responsibilities:
General

-Organise meetings, circulate agendas, take minutes in coordination with department Leads

-Support the Programme Director with diary management and scheduling meetings

-Arrange accommodation, travel, per diems and schedules for visiting artists, designers, speakers, couriers etc

-Attend weekly Operational diary meetings, identify potential clashes within the programme and book out museum spaces on the internal calendar as required

-Deal with routine enquiries to the Programme team, making sure relevant colleagues are informed and drafting responses if required

-Assist with the editing and proof-reading of texts, including label copy, information panels, Learning resources, website content, press releases, gallery guides, public programme copy etc

-Assist with any research and development required to deliver programme

Exhibitions and Displays

-Maintain computerised and manual records and files relating to exhibitions, archiving documents where appropriate, to facilitate better cross-departmental working

-Maintain general departmental budget records, specifically liaising with Finance to ensure departmental financial reconciliation is completed in a timely manner

-Assist the Assistant Curators in researching and organising department studio visits to designers and makers across Scotland, as well as away-day meetings

-Assist with the installation and dismantling of temporary exhibitions and displays when required

-Assist in maintaining object lists under the direction of Curators and Assistant Curators

-Assist the Curator with the completion of core paperwork including the completion of Government Indemnity applications

-Liaise with the Personal Executive Assistant and Office Manager to co-ordinate meetings as required between the Programme team and Director

Public Programme

-Assist with maintaining budgets for public programmes projects meticulously and in a timely fashion

-Assist event planning administration and delivery of live events, in museum and online – including drafting event plans, schedules, updating organisational calendars and booking access provisions (BSL interpreters) etc

-Provide operational support to the Creative Programmer in preparation for and during the delivery of live events, in museum and online

-Assist with compiling, checking and inputting information for the What’s On process

-Assist with event recording and gathering feedback post production

Learning

-Facilitate effective communication with Learning team colleagues to uphold seamless information exchange throughout the Programme department

-Work with colleagues in Learning to diarise cross-team events, aways days and meetings

Other

-Promote equality and diversity in all aspects of your work by developing and maintaining positive working relationships, ensuring that colleagues are treated fairly and with respect/dignity and actively contributing to developments that support the museum’s strategy for widening access, inclusion and diversity

-Be committed to health and safety and ensure familiarity with all of the Museum’s health and safety policies and procedures

-Ensure familiarity with Child Protection policy and procedures

-Be security conscious, ensure familiarity and co-operation with all museum security procedures

-Some weekend and evening work will be required on an ad hoc basis to support the public programme, this can be reclaimed via our Time Off in Lieu policy

-Carry out any other ad-hoc duties under the direction of department leads

Person specification
Essential

Academic study, work experience, or professional experience relevant to this role

-Excellent communication and accuracy in written communication

-Proven IT skills with experience of Microsoft Office, namely Word and Excel

-Ability to manage priorities and work to deadlines

-Excellent organisation skills and impeccable attention to detail

-An ability to work confidentially, handling sensitive information

-Ability to contribute to and promote an inclusive, respectful culture within a team

-Ability to work as part of a team and independently, remaining calm under pressure

Desirable

-Previous experience of working with key stakeholders such as curators, designers and artists

-Knowledge of contemporary design, designers and design world networks and debates

Deadline for applications: no later than 17.00, 18 April 2024. Interviews will take place week commencing 22 April 2024.

This is a fulltime position, working 37.5 hours per week working in a hybrid flexible environment with a mixture of home working and working from our museum in Dundee. We offer a generous package including 38 days holiday, pension scheme, company sick pay, entry to V&A Dundee paid exhibitions and many more discounts and benefits.

Full-time and Permanent
Salary £28,707 – £29,961 per annum
Plus generous benefits package
Hybrid / flexible working

About the role

Looking for a bit of variety in a Finance role? Want to discover a role where there is always something new to learn? Then we have a fantastic opportunity for you!

A rare opening has arisen to join our small, professional Finance team. The team works together across the varied disciplines within the department, and you’ll get exposed to multiple areas of work. You will be interested in financial systems and keen to develop your understanding of financial controls and financial reporting skills.

You must have a keen eye for detail, with a logical and structured approach to tasks, and have great organisational and IT skills. Ideally you will already have Finance experience in a Purchase Ledger role, or perhaps you have a Finance qualification. You’ll be a good team player and be able to communicate with colleagues throughout the organisation.

Reporting to the Financial Accountant and working closely alongside two other Finance Assistants, you’ll gain experience across a wide range of finance operations. This is a “hands-on” job processing sales data, purchase invoices and bank transactions against deadlines. You’ll play a key part in helping us develop our financial reporting which is vital to the efficient operation of the galleries. You will also assist with the processing of financial transactions and performing reconciliation controls to ensure records are complete and accurate.

The difference you will make

You will provide support to ensure the processing of transactions is complete and accurate while ensuring compliance with public sector and internal accounting procedures. Your responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:

Assisting with transaction processing:

– Processing purchase ledger, sales ledger, bank transactions, and expense claim forms.

– Reconciling creditor statements and liaising with suppliers

– Dealing with mail and resolving queries, including queries from other departments within NGS.

– Answering telephone and email enquiries from suppliers

– Contacting debtors regarding outstanding invoices when required

Financial Controls:

– Performing month end reconciliation controls to ensure complete and accurate processing, including bank reconciliations, creditors and debtors’ reconciliations and Intercompany reconciliations.

– Investigating and resolving any issues.

– Assisting with payroll.

– Ensuring payroll deductions are paid over on time to the required bodies for tax, pension, union dues, etc.

– Contributing to continuous improvement – identifying and making suggestions for areas where working practices could be improved.

– Assisting in developing effective and efficient financial controls.

Who we are looking for

To succeed in this role, you’ll need the following range of knowledge, skills, and experience:

– You will either be working towards or willing to gain an accounting qualification.

– Ideally you will have previous experience in a Finance role dealing with purchase ledger.

– Knowledge and experience of accounting procedures.

– Excellent IT skills, highly competent with Excel and Word with experience of accounts software.

– Ability to work with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.

– Strong numeracy and analytical skills.

– Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and work to tight deadlines.

– Team player with ability to work collaboratively.

It would also be great if you have:

– Experience of Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains.

– Experience of bank reconciliations.

For more information and to apply, please visit our careers website.

The closing date for completed applications is 12 noon on Wednesday, 10 April 2024.

Glasgow Science Centre is a Scottish Charity and a unique 5-star visitor attraction with a vision for a Scotland where all people feel empowered through learning and engagement with science to make positive differences in their lives, communities and society.

Our mission is to inspire people of all ages to explore and understand the world around them, and to discover and enjoy science. We have been delivering interactive science experiences to schools, families, and community audiences for over 20 years, in-house, online and through outreach and we are dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of science to our nation’s wellbeing, economy, and society.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Glasgow Science Centre are recruiting for an HR Advisor to join a small and dedicated team to provide a comprehensive advisory service to senior managers, line managers and staff across GSC. This is a truly generalist role advising on all aspects of the employee lifecycle and undertaking or supporting case management activity using professional HR and legislative knowledge.

The role also offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to projects to progress the People and Organisational Development (POD) plan and support GSCs strategic objectives around supporting and developing our people within a high performing and inclusive environment.

We are looking for a people person with excellent communication and interpersonal skills who enjoys working collaboratively with others across a range of people management activities. You will have solid working knowledge and understanding of employment law, HR policy, procedures and best practice and use this to support managers and staff to achieve organisational effectiveness.

If this sounds like you, and you are passionate about GSC’s mission and values, then we would like to hear from you.

APPLICATION DETAILS

Please find full job description and details of how to apply on the Jobs and Volunteering section of the Glasgow Science Centre website.

We are equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

The closing date for applications is, Monday 15th April at Noon.

Contract: Fixed term 18-month, annualised hours
(Part time 25 hours; Monday – Friday – days to be determined)

Dundee Science Centre is currently looking for a dynamic and meticulous Finance Administrator who, together with an external accountancy consultant, will play a crucial role in the financial operations of our Centre, ensuring that we are complying with OSCR and Company House regulations.

The post holder will be an initiative-taking and forward-thinking individual who possesses a wide range of experience in the relevant areas required and is willing to learn new skills while enjoying a challenge.

Main duties will include aspects such as processing sales, purchase, and general ledger entries; setting up BACS payment runs; issuing invoices; submitting VAT returns as well as the routine maintenance of the finance software system Xero.
You will be an advocate for Inclusion & Diversity, supporting the development of DSC’s culture of inclusion for our team and visitors.

We are looking for someone with a positive, resourceful, and confident nature with the ability to work independently and play a key role across the organisation.

You will have the required qualification or relevant experience, excellent communication, and organisation skills and more importantly be a people person with a can-do attitude.

You will work flexibly within the Dundee Science Centre team; flexible working will be considered.

Contract Type: Permanent
Grade: FC07
Salary: £31,179 – £38,950 per annum
Hours: 36 hours per week
Location: Iona House, Kirkcaldy / Home working
Job Reference: ON000493

We are OnFife and as Fife’s largest cultural organisation we specialise in making jaws drop, hearts warm, eyes light up and imaginations run wild. We work with a huge range of partners, artists and creatives and our spaces are some of Fife’s favourite places. An ambitious leadership-oriented charity, we’re built on strong values, and those values make us who we are – Fearless, Inviting, Fair and Exciting.

We’re a real Living Wage employer, and we offer a local government pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and flexible working opportunities. If you need to travel for work, we can provide pool cars if you’re near head office or pay travel expenses, so you are not out of pocket! Along with this, you can also access discounted gym/swim memberships and other employee benefits.

The Role
We have an exciting opportunity to join our finance team as an Accounting Technician based at Iona House, Kirkcaldy. The purpose of this post is to assist with the provision of accounting and financial information for Fife Cultural Trust and its Trading Subsidiary. The successful candidate will assist with the preparation of annual budgets, producing and monitoring reports, produce draft accounts and be responsible for the daily management and control of the financial ledger system.

The post is 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday and will include hybrid working.

You can view the full job spec on our current vacancies page on our website.

About You
You will be educated to HNC level (or equivalent) in Accountancy, with knowledge of Microsoft Office (min Intermediate level), especially Excel and experience of working in an accounting environment with ERP systems Oracle, Xero/Sage or similar. You must have strong numerical and communication skills.

This post also includes the leading of two team members therefore a previous track record, or an interest in managing people is preferred.

How to Apply
If you would like to find out more information about this role before applying, please contact Martina Kutzer-Prenzlow, Head of Finance for an informal chat. Contact details can be found on our current vacancies page on our website.

When you’re ready to apply, please complete our application form and equal opportunities form and return them to the HR team at hr.fct@onfife.com. The application pack can be downloaded from our current vacancies page on our website.

OnFife is an equal opportunities employer.

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community and are committed to the Armed Forces Covenant.

The closing date for applications is 9am on Thursday 11 April 2024.

Interviews are anticipated to take place w/c 22 April 2024.

Who are we?

We are Scotland’s design museum. Designed for everyone, firing imaginations and sparking curiosity in design across Scotland and around the world. At V&A Dundee we are on a mission to inspire and empower through design.

Design shapes our world, it’s part of everyday life and it’s everywhere. We are a museum with energy and have a vision of the future where everyone is inspired through design and recognizes its far-reaching impact in our lives.

We are a welcoming place for people of Dundee to explore design and to use as an everyday part of their city, as well as inviting visitors from around the world. We are part of the V&A family of museums that celebrate creativity in all its forms from across centuries, for everyone.

Role Profile:

You will be responsible for providing a source of expertise for procurement activity across the organisation with a particular focus on ensuring value for money is achieved from all expenditures and for making a significant annual contribution towards savings and efficiency targets. You will do this through supporting tendering activity and being responsible for the analysis and monitoring of purchasing across V&A Dundee.

You will help maintain positive supplier relations, find and evaluate suppliers, products and services, negotiate contracts and acquire the most cost-efficient deals without compromising on quality.

Prior experience in regulated procurement of goods/services for public sector organisations is desirable. Familiarity with public sector procurement practices and regulations in Scotland is essential.

Key Objectives:

Review and maintain the Procurement Strategy and Guidance in line with legislation

Ensure internal staff are familiar with and follow the Procurement Guidance by providing training where necessary

Supporting teams through all aspects of the tender processes from producing scope documents to assisting with assessing tender responses

Contract administration (from tendering to termination/completion)

Maintaining positive supplier relations and identifying ways V&A Dundee, as a publicly funded organisation, can maximise the impact of the use of those public funds

Support the Head of Finance to analyse organisational expenditure to identify trends, efficiencies and opportunities

To view the full job advert please click view on website below.

Deadline for applications: no later than 11.59, 29 March 2024. Interviews will take place w/c 08 April 2024.

This is a part-time position, working 22.5 hours per week working in a hybrid flexible environment with a mixture of home working and working from our museum in Dundee. We offer a generous package including 38 days holiday, pension scheme, company sick pay, entry to V&A Dundee paid exhibitions and many more discounts and benefits.

Looking to utilise your organisational and financial management skills in a harbour front location?
The Office Manager is responsible for all aspects of office and facilities management, dealing directly with a wide range of people including staff, volunteers, Board Members, suppliers, and contractors. We are looking for someone who:

o Is a personable, dynamic self-starter, used to being the first point of contact within the organisation.
o Is confident in the use of office technology, proficient in using Excel, Word, Outlook etc
o has proven experience of financial administration (with knowledge of Xero accounting software or similar highly desirable).
o has experience of staff management or direct supervision.

For a full description of the main responsibilities, please see the Scottish Fisheries Museum website.

Job Reference: 171

Contract: Salaried 37.5 hours per week. Fixed term to June 2025

Salary: £26,000 – £29,371 per annum

ABOUT US

Glasgow Science Centre is a Scottish Charity and a unique 5-star visitor attraction with a vision for a Scotland where all people feel empowered through learning and engagement with science to make positive differences in their lives, communities and society.

Our mission is to inspire people of all ages to explore and understand the world around them, and to discover and enjoy science. We have been delivering interactive science experiences to schools, families, and community audiences for over 20 years, in-house, online and through outreach and we are dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of science to our nation’s wellbeing, economy, and society.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Glasgow Science Centre are recruiting for an HR Assistant on a fixed term contract to June 2025. This person will be the first point of contact for HR enquiries and provide an efficient and professional service co-ordinating and administering HR/Recruitment operations, internal communications and contributing to projects to progress the People and Organisational Development (POD) plan.

This is an exciting time to join a small and dedicated HR team who are committed to supporting and developing employees within a high performing and inclusive environment.

We are looking for someone who enjoys working collaboratively with others and uses their interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively across an organisation. An organised and proactive approach to work is essential as is having a strong attention to detail and the ability to find new and more efficient ways of working.

If this sounds like you, and you are passionate about GSC’s mission and values, then we would like to hear from you.

APPLICATION DETAILS

Please find full job description and details of how to apply on the Jobs and Volunteering section of the Glasgow Science Centre website.

We are equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

The closing date for applications is, Monday 26th February 2024 at Noon.