Treasurer & Trustee

Peridot Partners; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A charity providing essential care in Southend-on-Sea is seeking a Finance Trustee and Treasurer to oversee financial strategy and ensure sustainability. Ideal candidates will have strong analytical skills and financial experience, aiming to make a positive impact on community services. This role requires around 1 to 2 days a month commitment, supporting a mission that brings comfort to families in need.

Benefits

Opportunity to make a meaningful impact

Collaborative working environment

Flexibility in hours

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Trustee is not necessary; enthusiasm for numbers is key.
• Candidates should possess senior-level experience in finance, audit, or accountancy.
• Flexibility and openness to learning new ideas are essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure financial health and compliance of the charity.
• Guide the financial strategy and oversee budgets.
• Chair the Finance & Investment Committee and review financial performance.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Strategic thinking

Sound financial judgement

Risk awareness

Collaborative working

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Tools

Financial reporting software

Job description

Overview

Join us at Havens Hospices, helping to "make every day count" for babies, children, young people and adults living with complex or incurable conditions across Essex. Help steer the charity's financial future as a Finance Trustee and Treasurer, supporting our growth and long-term impact. Applications close at 9 a.m. Wednesday 26th November. Havens Hospices provides specialist care and support for people of all ages living with incurable conditions, along with their families. We work closely with each person and their healthcare professionals to ensure care is tailored to their needs, helping them make the most of life and make every day count. Our specialist care teams provide support to individuals and their families throughout illness, death and bereavement, either at home or through our hospice services—Little Havens for babies, children and young people across Essex, and Fair Havens for adults in Southend-on-Sea, Rochford and Castle Point. Together, we\'re \'Making every day count\'.

Roles

Finance Trustee

• As Finance Trustee, you\'ll play an important role in ensuring Havens Hospices remains financially resilient and well-positioned to deliver its mission, providing specialist care and support for children, young people, and adults living with complex or incurable conditions. You don\'t need to have been a Trustee before; what matters most is your enthusiasm for numbers and an analytical mindset. You\'ll help oversee the charity\'s financial health, ensuring good governance, compliance, and the effective use of resources to achieve our strategic ambitions. Working alongside the Treasurer, Board and Executive Team, you\'ll bring curiosity, sound judgement and a willingness to explore new ideas as part of a collaborative and supportive board. This is a fantastic opportunity to use your financial insight to make a meaningful impact, helping sustain and grow vital services that bring comfort, dignity, and care to local families when they need it most.

Treasurer

• Our new Treasurer will play a central role in guiding the financial strategy of Havens Hospices, ensuring we remain on a secure and sustainable footing for the future. We\'re open to candidates from a range of sectors, including those who may be taking on a Treasurer role for the first time. What\'s most important is that you bring strategic thinking, sound financial judgement, and the confidence to both challenge and support the Director of Finance and fellow Board members. You\'ll chair the Finance & Investment Committee, oversee financial performance, review reports and budgets, and contribute to shaping long-term plans. Ideally, you will be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), with senior-level experience in finance, audit or accountancy, and a values-led approach. You\'ll be risk-aware, thoughtful, and committed to ensuring that every pound raised is used effectively to deliver outstanding care and secure the long-term sustainability of our hospices. For both roles, we are searching for candidates with enquiring minds who are flexible and open to learning and exploring new ideas. You will bring substantial experience in collaborative working and bring your personal and professional expertise to support us in making sound strategic decisions. Time commitment: approximately 1 to 2 days a month for both.

Placing purpose and quality before profit, Peridot Partners is a values-led third sector executive recruitment agency transforming leadership and inspiring change with organisations that have a social purpose. We\'re a close-knit team of exceptional people and we\'re proud of developing an ultra-flexible, empowering and fun culture. We focus on long-term, deep-rooted relationships that bring added value. We challenge the status quo about what makes good leadership, and this is reflected in our exceptional clients, candidates and close community of change-makers. Since 2009, we have worked with organisations that want to grow and who appreciate and value good leadership, across the public, third and private sectors. The strength of our organisation comes from our cross-functional networks, our exceptional research team and our experience attracting people from all sectors to organisations with a social focus. We recruit to boards, executive positions and specialist functional roles such as fundraising, finance, and marketing and communications across a range of sectors, from social justice and health charities, foundations, grant-making organisations and think tanks to awarding bodies, training providers, schools, multi-academy trusts, colleges and universities, and student unions.

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