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Finance Manager

Closing date extended to 5pm on Thursday 28 March

Keep reading to hear what staff think it’s like to work at Corra and read about our staff benefits.

Why work with us?

What do people who work at Corra think?

I think Corra is a genuinely great place to work, with some of the kindest colleagues I’ve had the pleasure to work alongside. Working at Corra gives you the chance to develop your knowledge of the voluntary sector across Scotland, which is a privilege; there are so many good people doing positive work in their communities, and learning more about this is a real source of joy.

Hana Graham

Governance and Executive Support

I’ve had the opportunity to work alongside lots of fantastic colleagues working to create change in Scotland.

Corra has ambitions to be the best grant maker and to really support people to make change themselves. It’s a privilege to be part of the Corra Foundation staff team. The #CakeWithCorra is quite something too!

Julie Aitken

Policy & Communications Manager

Corra benefits and wellbeing

Corra is a Living Wage Foundation accredited employer with every member of staff earning at least the Living Wage. The Living Wage Foundation sets an hourly rate independently and updated annually, based on the cost of living in the UK. The Trustees believe that everyone deserves to be paid at least the Living Wage. Each year, Corra’s Nominations & Remuneration Committee consider and agree annual salary scales and benchmarked remuneration levels.

Corra values the wellbeing of its staff and has a staff led wellbeing group in place to promote different initiatives around physical and mental health wellbeing.

Corra is committed to always #ShowTheSalary when advertising any of its roles.

Auto-enrolment in our Qualifying Workplace Pension Scheme if you are eligible, with Corra contributing 10% of salary annually and an enhanced option of an additional 2% provided where there is a minimum of 3% gross contributed by the employee.

Life assurance cover is in place as follows:

• All employees of Corra are eligible from the first day on which they join Corra.
• To be eligible you need to be aged between 16 and 70 years old.
• The benefit paid out is 4 times your current basic annual salary or wages only

Hybrid working is available to all staff, subject to the operational needs of Corra to deliver services effectively and ensuring that our culture of relationships and connections is applied.

Flexi time is available to all staff, subject to operational needs, with core and flexible hours in place.

All staff are entitled to 38 days paid leave per annum pro-rata, which is made up of 27 days of annual leave and 11 days of public holiday.

Corra Foundation closes its offices between 24 December and 3 January each year, which is made up of 7 public holidays. The remaining 4 public holidays can be taken any time of the year.

You can also buy up to an extra 5 days of annual leave per year.

Corra provides enhanced maternity, adoption and shared parental pay at full pay for the first 12 weeks, half pay for the next 12 weeks, and at the statutory rate for the remaining 15 weeks.  Paternity pay is 2 weeks full pay.

Corra wantsto create an environment in which employee’s volunteering activities are fully valued as part of our wider commitment to local communities and to the principles of volunteerism. Corra facilitates staff volunteering by allowing two paid working days (14 hours) per leave year for staff volunteering.

Corra offers all staff access to a health cash plan, from Health Shield. The plan allows you to claim money back, up to set limits, towards the costs of your essential healthcare, e.g., optical, dental, specialist and investigations (e.g. health screening) physiotherapy, osteopathy, acupuncture, alongside access to mental health support, remote GP appointments, and access to a range of counselling services including culturally appropriate counselling. It also gives you access to discounted gym membership and everyday shopping discounts. Please note these are not private health care schemes.

For staff members who decide not to join our health cash plan provision, we have counselling sessions available through Health in Mind as well as retained professionals who can provide culturally appropriate counselling. 

To promote healthier journeys to work and support our social and environmental aspirations, we offer the chance to participate in the Government initiated Cycle to Work Scheme. Bicycles are bought by us and loaned to you for a 12-month period, during which time you repay the amount via salary sacrifice, reducing your tax and National Insurance contributions