Finance and Administration Officer

The KPT Development Trust (KPTDT) is a charitable company, established in 2018 to work with local people, community councils, the regional council and others, to tackle:

• jobs, disadvantage and conditions of life generally;
• the provision of local services and infrastructure;
• the protection, improvement and promotion of the local environment; and
• the advancement of the local, cultural heritage;
• across the rural communities of Keir, Penpont and Tynron.

Since its establishment, the Trust has:

• opened and maintained a central office / drop-in resource centre, with a Project Development Officer;
• set up a hydro-electric scheme – as part of a separate company – which produces green energy and raises funds for community projects;
• opened a community café – also as part of a separate trading company – which employs 7 part-time staff (3 full-time equivalent) and several volunteers;
• created a community garden employing a part-time gardener working with a team of around a dozen volunteers;
• developed a bicycle-friendly infrastructure and e-bike rental scheme with an associated events programme;
• promoted and signposted local walks and cycling routes;
• constructed the first phase of a 3.5-km active travel path which will eventually join the community with Thornhill a safe and sustainable way;
• provided broadband in local village halls;
• supported nearly 100 households during the recent cost of living crisis with loft insulation, shop and cafe vouchers, fuel, blankets and flasks, etc.;
• completed a public consultation, feasibility study and business plan for a proposed affordable housing scheme for local residents.

The Trust keeps local residents aware of all of these developments, and more, through a weekly bulletin that is emailed to local households, posted on Facebook and circulated as hard copies to local community sharing boxes.

However, the Trust now requires an experienced, efficient and preferably qualified Finance and Administration Officer to help us manage the range and complexity of our current activities.

This is a rare opportunity to work in a beautiful part of rural Dumfriesshire, Scotland, supporting the development of local communities. The right person will be an organised self-starter, experienced in, and proficient with, financial and administrative systems who will help the Trust to consolidate its many achievements to date in tandem with the Project Development Officer, a freelance Finance Manager, directors, volunteers and other members of the local community.

For more information or to discuss this job in more detail, please contact Iain Wilson at ibwilson1@outlook.com

Applicants should submit a CV with covering letter to the same address by 5pm on Friday 28 February, 2025.

Interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place in Penpont, Dumfries & Galloway on Monday 10 March.

Website – kptdevelopmenttrust.org

Facebook – facebook.com/KPTDevTrust