Trustee Treasurer

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A national charity organization in London is seeking a Finance Trustee for the role of Treasurer. This voluntary position requires financial expertise to support the charity's financial affairs and governance. Ideal candidates will have experience in charity finance and fundraising, able to communicate financial information effectively. Interested individuals should submit their CV, cover letter, and a skills audit statement via email.

Qualifications

• Experience with charity finance and fundraising is essential.
• Ability to analyze proposals and examine financial consequences.
• Willingness to engage in budgeting and liaising with auditors.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the financial affairs of the charity.
• Support Trustees, Head of Finance, and management.</li>
• Explain financial information to Board members and stakeholders.

Skills

Financial expertise

Charity finance knowledge

Fundraising experience

Strategic thinking

Clear communication

Job description

Closing date

We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis and applications will be reviewed as they are received.

The role

We are currently seeking a Finance Trustee to join our Board as Treasurer. It’s a voluntary role that requires a committed individual with financial expertise to take a collaborative approach, supporting our Trustees, our Head of Finance and Governance, and our management team to oversee the financial affairs of our charity and ensure that they are legal, constitutional, and within accepted accounting practice.

Our organisation

Greener and Cleaner delivers locally but thinks, and influences, nationally. Our vision is greener, healthier, better connected communities across the UK. We seek to achieve this through normalising 360-degree sustainable living, bringing the community together to make changes that can deliver a big impact. We have a non-judgemental peer-to-peer approach, so that all elements of the community feel empowered to take action in how they live, work, and play and in how they use their voice to push for change.

To read more about our organisation, please see here: https://www.greenerandcleaner.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GC-Our-Organisation-2025.pdf

The person we’re looking for

• A finance professional with a firm understanding of charity finance and some experience of fundraising and pension schemes.
• Knowledge of charity fundraising, bid writing, and/or other income generation and/or securing funding through creation or leveraging of partnerships and networks (at a national or local level).
• A strategic thinker with an ability to balance risk and opportunity and the skills to analyse proposals and examine their financial consequences.
• Clear communicator with the ability to explain financial information to members of the Board and other stakeholders.
• Willing to play an active role in areas such as forecasting, setting budgets, and liaising with auditors.

In addition, the Treasurer will also have the responsibilities and qualities of all Trustees.

For a full role description, please see here: https://www.greenerandcleaner.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GC-Treasurer-Trustee-Role-2025.pdf

To apply

Please send your CV and a covering letter, together with a completed skills audit statement, to [e-mail]. Applicants will be contacted within 14 days of receipt of their application to let them know if they have progressed to the interview stage.

Please use the skills audit template here: https://www.greenerandcleaner.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GC-Individual-Trustee-Skills-Audit.docx

We look forward to receiving your application.