Finance and Grants Assistant

The Rivers Trust; Leatherhead; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

An established charity focused on river restoration is seeking a part-time finance professional to join their dynamic team. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to environmental conservation while leveraging your financial expertise. You will support financial controls, assist with bookkeeping, and ensure timely data management for grant applications and audits. With a commitment to high-quality work and collaboration, this position allows you to work from home with one day in the office each week. If you are detail-oriented and passionate about making a difference, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of financial principles and accounting.
• Experience in bookkeeping and account reconciliation.

Responsibilities

• Administer financial controls and processing for the organization.
• Liaise with teams to ensure accurate and timely data for grants and audits.

Skills

Attention to detail

Bookkeeping

Financial principles

Excel proficiency

Communication skills

Multitasking

Education

Accounting qualification

Job description

Hours: Part-Time 3 or 4 days per week (0.6-0.8FTE) to include Monday and Thursday

Bring your environmental passion for rivers to life!

Are you an enthusiastic finance professional who prides themselves on their attention to detail and excellence? Would you like to work with the finance team for a charity who is invested in improving and making a real difference to our rivers here within the South East of England, which hosts some of the rarest Chalk streams on the planet?

About The Role

We have an exciting opportunity to join the South East Rivers Trust's Finance and Operations Team. We are a small dynamic team, sitting at the heart of the organisation. The role reports directly to the Finance Manager and will provide support in administering all financial controls and processing for the organisation. The successful applicant will come from a financial background with a strong understanding of financial principles, an accounting qualification and proficiency in Excel. They will have experience in bookkeeping, reconciling accounts as well as dealing with banking, grant applications and expenses.

The role would suit an individual, who is approachable and organised, with excellent attention to detail, able to work on their own or as part of a team. The role involves liaising and following up with all teams to ensure the data provided is accurate and timely, to support grant applications, payments and audit requirements.

To be successful, they will need to be able to multitask, be proactive and have excellent communication skills, following up and advising staff across all teams. They will need to have a positive attitude, and willingness to assist the whole team with other administrative tasks as and when required. This role is predominantly working from home, with at least one day per week, (on a Thursday), working in the office in Leatherhead.

This is a part time position, (of 3 to 4 days per week), to include Monday and Thursday. There may be a requirement to pick up additional hours to support with busy periods.

About Us

The South East Rivers Trust (SERT), is the river restoration charity for the South East of England. Our vision is that rivers across the south east are clean, healthy and rich in biodiversity. Our mission is to restore and protect rivers and their catchments against multiple threats and a dramatically changing climate. We do this by:

• delivering evidence-based and nature-based solutions on land and in rivers;
• inspiring and empowering more people to protect rivers for the future.

Working at SERT is rewarding, fulfilling and busy. We work collaboratively and with passion, and this is reflected in our core values of: delivering high quality work, using expertise and scientific understanding, building good and effective relationships, and bringing positive energy to all we do. With rivers and catchments needing serious action to survive, our aims are growth and impact – so you’ll be comfortable with challenges and excited by change. If this sounds like an environment that you would thrive in, we would love to hear from you. www.southeastriverstrust.org

If you are interested in applying for this role please visit our website for more information, a full job description and application form.

The deadline for application is 11:59pm on Sunday 11 th May 2025. We reserve the right to close the recruitment early.

Interviews will be in person at our Leatherhead office, potentially w.c. 19 th May.

Please note: All applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We do not sponsor applicants from overseas.