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Current vacancies:

Head of Finance and Resources

Salary: £53,000

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 / Full-time (35 hours per week, flexible working options)

Closing date: 9am, Monday 16 June 2025

Location: Based in Edinburgh with the option to work hybrid

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 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:

• Send your CV and a completed copy of our equality and diversity monitoring form (downloadable from here) along with a cover letter 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.

to: seahr@socialenterprise.academy by 9am, Monday 16 June 2025.

• Please note that interviews will take place on 24 and 25 June 2025.

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: Karen Veitch | 0131 243 2670| seahr@socialenterprise.academy

View the job pack

Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form

Head of Adult Learning (Maternity Cover)

Salary: £53,000

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

Status: Fixed Term until November 2026 / Full-time (35 hours per week, flexible working options) – Potential Secondment Opportunity

Closing date: 12pm, Wednesday 02 July 2025

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 talented and values-driven Head of Adult Learning to join our highly skilled, motivated and supportive team in a maternity cover position.

This is a rare opportunity to join an organisation with a global footprint and a deeply local purpose — helping individuals unlock their potential and drive change in their communities. As Head of Adult Learning, you will take on a senior leadership role in shaping how we deliver transformational learning to thousands of social entrepreneurs, community leaders and changemakers.

At the Academy, we believe learning should do more than transfer knowledge — it should change how people see themselves. Our approach is built on practitioner-led, peer- learning, where skilled facilitators — who are themselves social change practitioners — create the conditions for real, human-centred transformation.  We support people develop their leadership practice.  Please read our manisfesto – if it chimes with you, please get in touch. This is learning that removes barriers, unlocks confidence, and helps people step fully into their purpose.

We’ve seen how powerful this can be — not just in individual growth, but in the collective impact that ripples out when people see their own potential clearly and feel equipped to act on it. Since 2004, we’ve supported over 28,000 adult learners in more than 30 countries, and our ambition is to reach 10 million social entrepreneurs by 2030.

If you have a strong grounding in adult learning and facilitation and share our belief in the power of learning to create lasting social change, we’d love to hear from you.

Job Purpose:

The role plays a pivotal role in championing, embedding, and promoting transformational learning principles, ethos, and skills internally and across the sector, positioning the Academy as a leading provider of transformational learning.

It will lead the sales and delivery team responsible for adult learning programmes, including large-scale contracts and projects and manage key client, funder, and sector stakeholder relationships. The role will ensure the continuous innovation and impact of the adult learning offer, ensuring impactful learning and building the organisation’s reputation for learning excellence and long-term sector influence.

The role will provide leadership, mentorship, and performance management to the Strategic Partnerships and Delivery Leads. It will play an active role in driving and supporting sales, proposals, and funding bids in collaboration with the Sustainability Lead, Strategic Partnership and Delivery Leads and CEO, including attending key sales meetings and pitches.

The post-holder will work at a senior specialist level across the organisation, contributing to the long-term business sustainability, strengthening the organisation’s reputation, and ensuring excellence and innovation in the design and delivery of experiential learning interventions.

Main Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with the Senior Leadership Team, develop and drive the Academy’s business development strategy and implementation plan.

• Take ownership of business development targets and efforts including sales, pitches, and proposals ensuring Adult Learning function financial targets are set and met.

• Build and maintain excellent relationships with clients, funders, partners and sector stakeholders, acting as a champion and ambassador for transformational learning and the Academy.

• Provide strategic leadership of the Adult Learning function, ensuring sustainability, growth, and innovation.

• Champion, embed, and promote transformational learning and development design principles and ethos both internally and across the sector.

• Lead, mentor and manage three Strategic Partnership and Delivery Leads and the Business Sustainability Lead, ensuring high performance and professional development.

• Oversee the quality, design, delivery and impact measurement of all adult learning programmes, ensuring they hold true to the ethos and principles of Academy learning, are impactful, and sector leading.

• Oversee the quality, development, and effective management of the Academy’s adult learning facilitator pool, maintaining high standards of delivery and alignment with the organisation’s learning ethos and values.

• Represent the Adult Learning function at Senior Leadership Team meetings, contributing to broader organisational strategy and decision-making.

• Ensure excellence and continuous improvement and innovation in learning and development service delivery, design, client experience, and impact measurement.

• Be a role model for the organisation’s values, creating a culture that encourages a growth mindset, continuous learning, and professional learning across the Adult Learning team and wider organisation.

• Model and champion the organisation’s values, culture, and commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI).

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. Complete the application form and the equality and diversity monitoring form (downloadable below)
2. Send your application form and equality and diversity monitoring form in Word document format to seahr@socialenterprise.academy by 12pm, Wednesday 02 July 2025
3. Please note that interviews will take place in Edinburgh week commencing 14 July 2022

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: Karen Veitch | 0131 243 2670| seahr@socialenterprise.academy

View the job pack

Download the application form

Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form

Young People Senior Coordinator (London)

Salary: £30,000

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

Status: Permanent / Full-time (35 hours per week, flexible working options)

Closing date: 9am, Monday 07 July 2025

Location: Based in London 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 someone to join our Young People Learning team to support the coordination of our programmes for young people across England and Wales.

We are looking for someone with a passion for empowering young people and understanding of school’s curricula in England and Wales to coordinate.  Your role ensures that operational delivery plans are implemented in your defined area, meeting all targets and KPIs.  There is a significant external remit, and you will be expected to pro-actively manage relationships with schools and Local Authorities, to support schools as they participate in our programmes.

You will monitor the quality and impact of our programmes, ensuring this is captured and fed back to our Facilitators and Young People Development Lead to ensure continuous improvement.  You will also be working together with the rest of the Young People Learning team to coordinate activity, such as Workshops, Dragons’ Dens and Awards, to ensure a clearly mapped out timetable.  To support the Young People Administrator in scheduling activity, you will be expected to pass-on details from schools and partners in a timely manner.

You will also have opportunities to work with colleagues across the business, for example colleagues in sales and partnerships, to implement delivery plans as agreed by external partners and funders.

In addition to the ongoing remit of the job description, the post holder will work towards individual goals/outcomes as agreed with the line manager and aligned to the annual organisational business plan.

Having the right mindset, attitude and approach is as important for us as having the right experience and skills.  We appreciate that the best person might not have all the listed criteria yet so if you feel your experience, skills and attitude will help you to make a great contribution in this role and you have the right mindset, we would welcome an application from you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinating delivery of our programmes for young people, achieving allocated targets in England and Wales and complying with programme systems and procedures.
• Support the effectiveness of activities for young people by appropriately preparing facilitators and following up with operational stakeholders, such as teachers, after delivery to ensure sessions meet highest standards expectations.
• Support the delivery of successful events for our young people, such as Awards and Dragons’ Dens, and responsible for implementing plans, coordination and logistical arrangements.
• Ensure effective recruitment and retention of schools and young people, driving impact and engagement in allocated areas through developing and maintaining operational level relationships and customer service.
• Responsible for gathering and collating evaluation data and case study information during programme delivery and at events to evidence impact.
• Maintain up to date records on our CRM system, HubSpot, and impact data on Microsoft Forms and SharePoint.
• Providing accurate management information and case studies for reporting to external stakeholders.
• Gathering intelligence and local insight, needs and funding opportunities to help inform the overall UK Young People sales and strategy.
• Work collaboratively with fellow Coordinators to lead the continuous improvement and innovation of processes and procedures, enhancing efficiency while developing your capability, confidence, and skills.

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. Complete the application form and the equality and diversity monitoring form (downloadable below)
2. Send your application form and equality and diversity monitoring form in Word document format to seahr@socialenterprise.academy by 9am, Monday 07 July 2025
3. Please note that interviews will take place online week commencing 14 July 2025

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: Karen Veitch | 0131 243 2670| seahr@socialenterprise.academy

View the job pack

Download the application form

Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form