Treasurer Trustee

Botanic Gardens Education Network; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits with a passionate charity focused on plant and environmental education. As a Treasurer Trustee, you will play a vital role in ensuring financial health and transparency while supporting innovative educational initiatives. This non-executive position offers the chance to contribute fresh perspectives to a dynamic Board dedicated to empowering educators across the UK. Join us in making a meaningful impact in the world of plant education and engagement, while collaborating with like-minded professionals in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Professional financial knowledge and experience.
• Commitment to supporting the mission of the charity.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership on financial health and decision-making.
• Attend board meetings and prepare quarterly accounts.

Skills

Financial Knowledge

Commitment to Environmental Education

Leadership

Transparency and Accountability

Job description

Bgen, the Botanic Gardens Education Network, is seeking a new Treasurer Trustee to join its Board. This unpaid voluntary role offers a unique opportunity to support a small, but passionate charity at a pivotal moment in its growth.

Bgen is a specialist support network for professional plant and natural world educators. We help our members to connect people and plants in innovative and engaging ways, through online events, face to face training and networking events and our Annual Conference.

We are looking for a Treasurer who will bring enthusiasm, commitment, fresh perspectives and who will broaden the diversity of thinking on our Board. The successful candidate will combine professional financial knowledge and experience with a deep commitment to supporting our mission in this vital non-executive role.

As our new Treasurer trustee, you will play an active role within the Bgen Board and provide leadership on its financial health, ensuring robust processes, accurate records and sound-decision making with transparency and accountability.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the dynamic Board and support our work to empower plant and environmental education and engagement professionals across the UK.

Availability and commitment

As a Board member you will need to be able to attend up to six board meetings per year (held online) and the Annual General Meeting, organised in January – February each year. You will also spend around 2 -3 days per quarter in between meetings, to prepare the quarterly accounts, provide advice and coordinate payments, with support from the Bgen Coordinator and Bgen Bookkeeper. Days may vary throughout the year, depending on activity.

On October 7th, we are hosting a Bgen Board Strategy Away Day at Birmingham Botanical Gardens and your attendance would be extremely helpful.

This position would be for a period of three years minimum (term can be renewed after this time).