Treasurer Trustee

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

In2scienceUK is seeking a committed Treasurer for its Board of Trustees to enhance financial governance and social mobility through STEM. As a critical role, you'll use your financial expertise to guide the charity in achieving its mission, ensuring effective oversight while representing its interests.

Benefits

Travel and reasonable expenses reimbursed

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with strategic and operational oversight experience.
• Understanding of charity finance is essential.
• Commitment to social mobility and diversity in STEM is key.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial oversight and governance as a Trustee.
• Support the executive team and represent the organization in networks.
• Ensure compliance with charity commission responsibilities.

Skills

Financial oversight

Governance

Charity finance understanding

Education

Qualified accountant (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA)

Job description

Being a trustee at In2scienceUK

Do you want to use your financial expertise to support social mobility and diversity in STEM?

In2scienceUK is currently seeking a dedicated Treasurer to join the board of Trustees and take the lead on financial governance and oversight. This is an immediate vacancy with our current Treasurer coming to the end of their term.

The Treasurer will be a qualified accountant. We are looking for people who have pre-existing experience or desire to support an organisation of our size. As such, the role will be both providing financial oversight and governance as well as providing advice, support and guidance to our executive team.

This is a critical and rewarding leadership role in a growing charity committed to empowering young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve their potential and succeed in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

Remuneration: The Trustee role is not remunerated, travel and other reasonable expenses may be claimed.

Location: Remote, with one in person strategy meeting in London per year.

Time Commitment: Four board meetings per year, plus up to three virtual committee meetings per year (depending on committee membership) and a small amount of support and advice as required between meetings.

Application Submission: The application deadline is 17:00 on the 16th of June 2025

Overview of In2scienceUK

In2scienceUK is a charity with a mission to empower young people from low-socioeconomic backgrounds to achieve upward social mobility by unlocking their potential to access degrees and careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

Many young individuals from low socioeconomic backgrounds encounter significant obstacles when seeking to pursue STEM education and careers. These barriers can include limited access to professional networks, a lack of visible role models, and insufficient information regarding potential career paths. In2scienceUK aims to dismantle these barriers by providing impactful experiences designed to build confidence, enhance essential skills, and significantly increase participants' science capital, thereby enabling them to achieve their academic and professional aspirations in STEM.

With salaries in STEM significantly higher compared to other fields, and a gap in STEM skills across the workforce in the UK, getting a job in STEM is a pathway to greater economic stability, social mobility and ensuring that diverse voices are at the heart of STEM innovation.

The impact of In2scienceUK is delivered through a portfolio of structured programmes tailored to support young people at different education and career milestones. The In2STEM programme offers Year 12 students crucial early exposure through immersive work placements and practical skills workshops, helping to clarify potential pathways in STEM and higher education. The In2research programme is designed for both undergraduates and graduates, providing support and opportunities, including research placements, to help them navigate the complexities of accessing postgraduate study and academic careers. Complementing these, the In2careers initiative provides ongoing support focused on employability, offering mentoring, workshops, and resources to facilitate successful transitions into meaningful roles within the STEM sector, including industry. These programmes collectively work to equip participants with the necessary knowledge, practical experience, and networks to thrive in their chosen STEM fields.

In2scienceUK has been operating as a charity since 2015 and as a non-profit organisation limited by guarantee since 2011. In 2024 we worked with over a thousand young people providing them with life changing STEM experiences, and thousands more to develop their skills and networks through our In2careers community. Having recently expanded, we currently operate across England, Wales and Scotland. As such we are a completely remote organisation and the staff locations (including the management team) reflects this. In2scienceUK current revenue is circa £1.6m and we have a diverse range of support from universities, education charities, scientific societies and STEM employers.

Responsibilities

The role of a Trustee is to ensure that In2scienceUK fulfils its duty to the young people with whom it works and delivers on its vision. The trustees of In2scienceUK fulfil an essential and influential role, and have the opportunity to both support the activities and strategic decision making of the charity.

Trustees have collective responsibility for the strategy and oversight of the charity and the trustee board works as a team to fulfil its statutory role, to provide help and advice to the staff team, and to represent the organisation in their respective networks.

The expected duties of an In2scienceUK treasurer are:

● To contribute actively to teamwork within the Board of Trustees, providing strong strategic direction to the organisation in line with its mission and purpose.

● Lead the board’s financial oversight, ensuring strong financial planning, monitoring, and reporting to support good governance.

● To safeguard the reputation and values of In2scienceUK and ensure the effective and efficient administration and financial stability of In2scienceUK.

● Serve in one or more subgroups of the board for a deeper dive into Income/Growth, Operational Assurance, Evaluation & Learning, and People.

● Support the effective running of the organisation, by scrutinising the work of the leadership team in a way that is supportive and motivational. Trustees collectively hold executive staff to account for their performance, are involved in executive appointments as appropriate and appoint a Chief Executive Officer whenever necessary.

● To ensure that in2scienceUK complies with articles of association and fulfils charity commission responsibilities.

Experience and skills

The most important characteristic of our trustees is a commitment to helping young people from low socioeconomic backgrounds access social mobility through careers in STEM, and so helping to ensure that the STEM professions are populated by people reflecting diverse backgrounds, in all respects including socio-economic background.

Professional expertise: We are looking for a qualified account (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) who has experience in overseeing financial activities at both strategic and operational levels. We are ideally looking for someone who understands charity finance or is willing to undertake relevant training and can support a growing charity in navigating growth and complexity.

Lived experience: We welcome applications from those with personal experience of transitioning into STEM degrees and careers from an underrepresented background as well as those with recent experience of working with young people undertaking this transition.

Commercial contacts: An understanding of corporate social responsibility and sponsorship, networks in industries and organisations that employ STEM professionals

Subject areas: Personal experience and industry or academic contacts in the following subject areas

• Maths/Computing/AI,
• Life Sciences,
• Physical Engineering.

Recruitment Process

The application deadline is 17:00 on the 16th of June 2025

Please send a covering letter (No more than one side of A4) and CV about how you would contribute to the work of the trustee board to [e-mail].

Alignment with our mission and values: The cover letter should clearly express why you are passionate about our cause and how your personal or professional values align with the work we do. Authentic motivation and a sense of purpose are important to us.

Relevant skills and strategic contribution: We’d like to see a brief overview of how your specific skills, experience, or perspective could support the governance, development, or growth of the organisation. This isn’t just about technical expertise — it’s about the value you believe you can add at a strategic level.

Interview and selection:Successful candidates from the application stage will be interviewed by the Chair and another trustee. The interviews will all be held via Zoom. Shortlisted candidates from that stage may be asked to have an informal discussion with the CEO and the opportunity for a further discussion with the chair, after which offers to join the board will be made. The interviews will all be held via Zoom and take place between the 7th and 21st of July.

Induction

A face to face meeting of the whole board, including induction and training for new board members will be held in London, provisionally in September. This will be confirmed based on availability of the whole board. The interview process is also an opportunity to identify new collective, and individual, development needs.

Equal opportunities

In2scienceUK is committed to promoting diversity and equality of opportunity for all staff and trustees. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of ethnicity, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.

As part of our commitment to creating a more inclusive environment, we ask all applicants to complete an equality and diversity monitoring form. This information is collected anonymously and used solely for monitoring and reporting purposes. It helps us to better understand who we are reaching, identify gaps in representation, and ensure that opportunities at In2scienceUK are accessible to all. All responses are kept confidential in line with data protection regulations.

To complete the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form, please visit:

https://forms.gle/r6TDEN147v2kDtV39

Governance

We kindly ask all prospective trustees to complete a Declaration of Interest form as part of the application process. This helps ensure transparency and allows us to assess any potential conflicts of interest, ensuring the best governance for our charity. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated as we work to strengthen our board and further our mission.

Safeguarding

In2scienceUK is committed to our responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults as outlined in Working Together to Safeguard Children. We are committed to recruiting trustees who share this commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment.

The following checks will be undertaken as applicable:

• References
• DBS check and/or Overseas criminal records check where applicable
• Self-Disclosure
• Identity check
• Confirmation of registration with applicable registered body where applicable

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Please send any enquiries to [e-mail]