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Finance Officer - Fife Historic Buildings Trust
Created: 28/04/2025
News/Events Category: Job VacanciesPost: Finance OfficerOrganisation: Fife Historic Buildings TrustContract: PermanentHours: This job is available part time (including as a job share) or full time (36 hours per week). If you are not applying for the full time post, please indicate in your application the hours you are available.Salary: £32,000 per annum pro rataLocation: Kinghorn/hybrid. The post is based at the Fife Historic Buildings Trust office at Kinghorn Town Hall – with the opportunity for some flexible homeworkingFife Historic Buildings Trust (FHBT) is an independent Buildings Preservation Trust formed in 1997 – a charity (SC026043) and a company limited by guarantee (SC173262).
Their mission is to create viable futures for heritage buildings and their communities by inspiring and enabling visionary conservation projects across Fife. Fife has a particularly rich and varied heritage with over 6,200 listed buildings and 48 conservation areas. FHBT have helped deliver over £50m in historic environment regeneration projects in Fife, supporting town centres, businesses, tourism and local communities.
- They manage projects to conserve historic buildings at risk, ensuring that they have a renewed practical purpose, long term caring owners and a viable future
- In their education and engagement programme they share and foster conservation practices and skills, as well as helping communities to appreciate their local heritage
- They have a small portfolio of historic properties, which we actively maintain as workspaces and holiday lets
- Their office is in Kinghorn, Fife. They are a small team of staff, volunteers, and Board members
- They offer the real Living Wage as a minimum
Find out more at www.fifehistoricbuildings.org.uk
The role
This is a crucial FHBT post, to support the FHBT Manager via the coordination, administration, and control of finances relating to all activities, projects, and properties. The post will have responsibility for:
- Working with the FHBT Manager and others to develop the budget provision of monthly financial statements and quarterly forecasts
- Keeping Trust accounts during the year, and compiling year-end accounts/audit file annually supporting grant applications and claims
- The development, implementation, and ongoing review of financial/administrative systems to ensure efficient and effective working practices
They are recruiting for a charity finance professional to coordinate the financial activities of FHBT. Sound financial control underpins all the great work they do, and this is an opportunity to bring your experience to join a welcoming and high achieving team, and play your part in our work for people and historic places in Fife.
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How to apply
Send one document, including your CV and a short statement outlining the attributes, skills, and experience you feel you could bring to this role. Please also outline if you would like to job share. Include brief information on your proposed approach for discussion, if shortlisted. Send your application to [email protected] You can also e-mail this address if you have questions before your applying.
Fife Historic Buildings Trust gratefully acknowledges the support of Fife Council, Historic Environment Scotland, and National Lottery Heritage Fund to fund this post.
The closing date for applications is 5.00pm on Tuesday 20 May 2025.
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