Vacancies with SCMA

SCMA is the national voice of the childminding sector in Scotland. We work with our members to help improve the wellbeing and outcomes for Scotland's children. We also play a big part in influencing change at government level to ensure new legislation is proportional and fits our member's needs.

More than 80% of Scotland's childminders are members of SCMA. Work with us if you share our Vision of 'Quality childminding... building confident children within a family childcare experience'.

Are you passionate about nurture, high quality childcare and making a real difference to children and families in Scotland? Do you want to be part of SCMA – a thriving membership organisation, advocating on behalf of childminders and delivering services across Scotland?

The Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) is the national voice of childminding in Scotland. SCMA is a national Third Sector and membership organisation that promotes childminding as a quality childcare service. Working on behalf of its 3,000 childminder members, SCMA helps to improve the wellbeing and outcomes for Scotland’s children and aims to influence policy to ensure that it is informed by the experiences of childminding. SCMA provides a wide range of support and professional services for members including training and events as well as delivering local services.

Finance Co-ordinator (Workforce)
We are recruiting a passionate and detail-oriented Finance Co-ordinator to join our team and play a vital role in supporting our exciting new workforce programme, the Programme for Scotland’s Childminding Future (PSCF), aimed at retaining and growing the number of childminders across Scotland.

As Finance Co-ordinator you will contribute to the operational management and delivery of the PSCF finance functions. You will assist with providing financial support to the programme whilst adhering to organisational finance procedures. You will deliver effective, efficient, and accurate financial administrative support to the PSCF team and work collaboratively with SCMA colleagues.

Salary: £26,483 – £29,058 (pro rata for part time)
18 hours a week

The closing date for completed applications is Friday 26 July at 12noon.
Interviews will be held on Monday 5 August.

Please access the associated information about this role using the links below.

Job Advert | Job Description | Supporting Information

To apply, please scroll down to the bottom of this page to access the application forms.

Note: Only applications submitted on the correct form will be considered. All applicants must reside and be eligible to work in Scotland. Due to the high number of applications we receive, unfortunately we are unable to provide feedback on those that do not progress to the interview stage.

Application Forms

Please use the forms below for your application for any of these roles.

Note: Only applications submitted on the correct form will be considered. All applicants must reside and be eligible to work in Scotland. Due to the high number of applications we receive, unfortunately we are unable to provide feedback on those that do not progress to the interview stage.

Application Form (Part One) | Application Form (Part Two) | Equal Opportunities Form (Part Three)

SCMA is working towards becoming an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. However, and linked to our desire to increase diversity applications are particularly encouraged from Black and Minority Ethnic candidates.