Administrator (Finance)
£29,715
Full-time (or minimum of 25 hours per week considered)
11.59pm, 13th July 2025
Details
Salary: £29,715 p/a
Hours: Permanent, 37.5 hours per week (although part-time minimum of 25 hours per week will be considered)
Location: London (Hybrid Working Environment) or remote (UK)
Application deadline: 11.59pm, 13th July 2025
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About SCN
At The Social Change Nest (SCN), we’re radically transforming the funding landscape and strengthening civil society. We remove the financial and administrative barriers – like bank accounts and legal structures – that often prevent communities, grassroots groups and informal movements from accessing funding and focusing on their core mission. We also work closely with funders, providing Grant Distribution and Fund Management services, enabling them to support social action with confidence and transparency.
We currently support over 600 groups across the UK and abroad addressing issues such as social injustice, climate, housing, wellbeing and animal rights. We are at the forefront of Fiscal Hosting in the UK and, since our inception in 2020, we have supported groups in securing over £37m in funding, helping them take advantage of opportunities that may have otherwise been unavailable.
The Social Change Nest is part of The Social Change Group. We are a Disability Confident Employer, and an accredited Living Wage Employer. In addition, we were listed as one of the top social enterprises in the UK in the SE100 for the last three years.
How we work
You’ll be joining a close-knit team, supported and developed to be the best you can be. We believe that every member of our team brings a unique perspective from their experiences and abilities and we encourage everyone to be a curious soul about how we can improve everything we do, from how we interact as a team to how we deliver for our clients and communities.
Underpinned by our values of collaboration, curiosity, courage, and creativity, we work closely and with care with our partners because we believe relationships are the glue that hold us all together.
We’re a growing business and operate at pace to keep up with the challenges that the sector faces. We have established a lot, but as we grow, we’re still working some things out. The right person will thrive in this environment and feel a level of ownership to support the build out of things we need as we need them.
The ideal person will enjoy working towards building something new and exciting for our clients, and be able to thrive when things change quickly which you need to adapt to. You’ll be the type of person that will intuitively look at the entire system and how your role and function fit into it, always looking to collaborate and make sure there’s great communication across each part of the business.
About you
We are looking for a talented person who will be integral to the Finance team and work closely with our Operations and Delivery teams to ensure that the financial processes for our businesses and services function efficiently. The role will involve support to financial management, ensuring our internal systems and processes are fit for purpose and being followed by the team, and providing administrative support to project delivery where needed. This role will be an integral part of the business, as the support given through this role will span across the business, the team and various projects. There is a focus in working within the finance function, but you do not need previous finance experience. We will train the successful person in all of our processes and systems.
The role would suit someone with a passion for spreadsheets, calculators, highlighters, order, systems, talking to people, alongside an interest in social justice and innovation to work to support us in continuing our journey. You will be reporting to the Finance Manager and must be ready for the messy, passionate interconnected world that is social change.
Skills and experience
You will be detail-oriented, proactive, very organised, an excellent communicator, comfortable working with numbers, skilled in time management, and capable of handling multiple tasks simultaneously. You will be keen to make an impact in a small team and be hungry for searching out opportunities to develop yourself and the business. We are looking for someone who is happy working on their own initiative with energy and enthusiasm. The role involves occasional customer-facing responsibilities, so you should feel confident engaging with groups of people from diverse backgrounds, as well as collaborating effectively with colleagues. You will also need to be comfortable prioritising urgent, last-minute tasks and adapting quickly to changing circumstances.
Person specification includes:
- Exceptional organisational skills.
- An exceptional attention to detail.
- Excellent data entry skills, with demonstrable experience of having done this previously.
- Ability to manage various tasks at the same time, and capable of managing time effectively.
- Ability to manage competing priorities.
- IT literate and confident working with spreadsheets and new pieces of software
- Experience of working within a team and across various functions.
- Good communication skills, with the ability to communicate openly and transparently with the team.
We will give you full training on our internal systems and processes and other methodologies that will be relevant to your role.
Key responsibilities
As the Administrator, you will work closely with the Finance Assistant and wider finance processing team to carry out and develop financial administrative processes and systems. This includes supporting SCN’s finance procedures and contributing to the smooth running of related operations, such as:
- Supporting our Finance Team to ensure that our financial policies, processes, and systems across the team and projects align with and advance business objectives. This includes ensuring our financial systems and processes are being followed across the organisation, and supporting the development and implementation of any new processes or policies that are needed.
- Processing financial transactions on behalf of our clients in SCN, updating transaction logs for all expenses and income, and supporting our groups to set up subscription payments.
- Supporting our Grant Management and Grant Distribution teams.
- Reconciliation of client income and expenditure regularly.
- Dealing with financial queries with our clients and team and resolving any issues raised.
- Proactively look at improving our financial processes.
- Supporting with Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Month-end Process.
- Regular and efficient communication with the team to ensure information around finances for our clients is transparent and clear.
- Communicating with our clients where financial support to them is needed.
Terms and benefits
Terms: The role will be full-time (37.5 hours/week) permanent contract. As we often work with volunteers occasional evening and weekend work will be required and compensated through TOIL.
Salary: £29,715 p/a
Location: You must be based in the UK. We have an office in Farringdon, London, where London-based staff typically work at least three days a week. If you are based outside of London, the role will be home-based. However, if you require in-person training, you may need to be in London during the initial training period.
We hold quarterly all-staff strategy meetings and annual away days which you will be required to attend in person: we will cover the cost of your travel. You will be required to come together with the team occasionally and these travel costs will not be covered, we try our best to keep these to when only necessary.
Language Skills & Visa Status: Candidates must be fluent in English and have the independent right to work in the UK for a minimum of two years, as we are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
Holiday: 22 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, as well as an additional 3 days between Christmas and New Year when the office and our services are closed.
Employer Pension Contribution: We offer a 3% employer contribution on a salary sacrifice pension, that you will auto enrol for after 3 months of employment.
Additional Paid Time Off: We offer 2 days of paid volunteer leave each year, encouraging all staff to serve as trustees or or take on similar voluntary roles to contribute to their communities.
Wellbeing Support: The health and wellbeing of our staff is very important to us. We offer all of our staff access to the Mintago wellbeing service. Offering a 24 hour support line, structured counselling with external support and online resources such as webinars and articles tailored towards health and wellbeing.
Financial Wellbeing: The financial wellbeing of our staff means a lot to us. We offer the following benefits to help them reach their financial goals:
- Salary sacrifice/exchange schemes for pensions, groceries and childcare fees.
- A financial wellbeing platform with tools to view their pension dashboard, plan for retirement and search for forgotten/lost pensions. There is also free access to financial advisers.
- A benefits app offering retail discounts from over 80 brands.
Start Date: ASAP
How to apply
To apply please fill out this application form. Please note that CVs, cover letters, and/or copies of the question outline will not be considered. You can also view the questions and draft your answers here before submitting it through the Google Form.
Applications will close at: midnight on 13 July 2025.
Interviews will be held on 23 July 2025.
Hiring process
We strongly encourage applicants from a wide variety of backgrounds. We are committed to our staff representing the wide variety of backgrounds represented in the communities we work with. If you are concerned that you may not fit 100% of the job specification – please throw your hat in the ring. We never put formal education requirements on any role, we value lived experiences as highly as formal education and training qualifications.
We follow a blind recruitment process, which means that hiring managers for the role can only see your work history and answers to application questions when deciding to progress to the interview stage.
If you need any accessibility accommodations for this application please do not hesitate to contact us at people@thesocialchangenest.org and we will be happy to provide you with those accommodations.
Please visit our main vacancies page for our equal opportunities statement.