Charity Vacancies

Lucy Air Ambulance for Children

Placed: 17 September 2021   Based: Nationwide

Lucy Air Ambulance for Children is the only charity in the UK that flies children to hospital by aeroplane. This ensures children can receive the specialist care and treatment they need, wherever they are in the UK.

We are recruiting a new Treasurer to join our Board of Trustees! You will be part of our passionate and ambitious organisation that works hard to deliver a life-changing service for children.

The Treasurer is an incredibly important role within our organisation, responsible for providing advice and assistance to the Trustee Board, the Chairperson and the Chief Executive Officer in all matters relating to the financial administration of our organisation.

They must have a sound knowledge of organisational and executive procedures together with a good working knowledge of financial legislation relating to the running of a registered charity and / or charitable company. We have a virtual office in London and this role can be done remotely.

Download the full Job description here

Contact Charlotte Young - CEO    07795 192952   Email charlotte.young@lucyaac.org.uk

Website: lucyaac.org.uk

Bail for Immigration Detainees

Closing Date: 18 September 2021   Based: Finsbury Park, London

Bail for Immigration Detainees are a small charity that exists to challenge immigration detention in the UK. We do so through providing free legal advice and representation to people in detention to help them apply for bail and appeal their deportation. We also campaign to end immigration detention and raise awareness.

We are currently looking for a passionate treasurer and trustee to help shape the future strategy of the organisation and are especially interested in hearing from people with:

• Financial experience suited to the role of treasurer
• Fundraising experience

More information about the role can be found here

Contact Annie Campbell Viswanathan    07392836245   Email annie@biduk.org

Website: biduk.org

Winston’s Wish

Closing Date: 14 October 2021   Based: Cheltenham and Hove

Winston’s Wish were the first charity in the UK to start providing support for children and young people grieving after the death of a parent or sibling.

We are looking for a Treasurer to join our experienced board this autumn to help us guide, steer and scrutinise our financial performance and planning now and in the future.

As a trustee you will:

• Have the right values, skills and experience, passion, energy and drive to make a difference to grieving children and young people’s lives across the UK
• Have a desire to play a part in stewarding our organisation through the next stage in its journey
• Be as committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people as we are
• Value and champion equality, diversity and inclusion in everything you do
• Have networks of support and connections that you will use to help us achieve our goals and aims

The Treasurer will also join the Finance, Risk and Audit Sub-Committee, and will be invited to Winston’s Wish events at which attendance of our board members is expected.

Download our Job description (pdf) here

For more information and how to apply follow the link here

Please email recruitment@winstonswish.org

Website: winstonswish.org

African Impact Foundation

Closing Date: 24 September 2021   Based: UK

Based in South Africa and Zambia the African Impact Foundation is passionate about changing the future for young people by creating pathways out of poverty. Our programs in education, gender equality, wellness and livelihoods are agreed together with the community and local team members to result in pathways out of poverty for young people.

We would like a Treasurer to work with key roles in the team to oversee the Foundation’s financial governance, financial practices and reporting. They will also be a member of an active board to make decisions and guide the Foundation in a direction of growing our impact.

We are looking for a person who can commit 2 days a month and is a fully qualified accountant with a minimum of 5 years business experience. The ability to have a helicopter view of finances will be important, as well as getting into detail when needed. Experience with Xero will help greatly with the transition to systemising our finances.

We are registered in the UK, South Africa and Zambia. This is a UK role and some board members are based in the UK. The Exec Director and HO team is based in Cape Town and we have projects teams in each location.

Download the full Job description (pdf) here

Contact Michelle Procter - Exec Director    Email michelle@africaimpactfoundation.org

Website: africaimpactfoundation.org

The British Lichen Society

Placed: 27 August 2021   Based: Natural History Museum, London

The British Lichen Society works to promote the study and conservation of lichens and their habitats and welcomes all who are interested, from beginner to expert. Field meetings, courses and lectures enable all to meet and share knowledge and enjoyment of lichens. Throughout the world, but with a special emphasis on the British Isles, our aims are:

• to promote and advance the teaching and study of lichens;
• to encourage and actively support the conservation of lichens and their habitats;
• to raise public awareness of the beauty of lichens and of their importance as indicators of the health of our environment.

Membership of the British Lichen Society totals about 650 and is international, comprising both professional and amateur lichenologists. Interests are diverse and include taxonomy, molecular biology, ecology and record-keeping, and embrace the broader natural environment. Our Bulletin is packed with information about lichens, lichenologists and events, and our activities are documented in the Bulletin and The Lichenologist, the pre-eminent international scientific journal of its discipline, The Lichenologist.

Download the full Job description here

Contact Rebecca Yahr   Email president@britishlichensociety.org.uk

Website: britishlichensociety.org.uk

The Churchill Fellowship

Closing Date: 5 October 2021   Based: London

The Churchill Fellowship offers a unique grants programme that enables UK citizens from all parts of society, regardless of qualifications, age or background, to learn from the world and transform lives across the UK.

Fellows are chosen for their potential as changemakers, rather than their track record or status.

The result is a diverse national network of 3,800 Fellows impacting all areas of UK life, responding to society as it changes, bringing frontline experience and global innovation to solve our current and future challenges.

We are looking for Trustees who share our vision for practical change driven by frontline people and global ideas to join our board.

You will have relevant and recent financial, governance and audit experience and be happy to be a member of our Audit, Risk and Governance Subcommittee. Previous charity experience is not required, willingness to learn and an openness to new ideas is essential.

Further information is available here

Contact Hannah Cross   Email jobs@churchillfellowship.org

Website: churchillfellowship.org

ECT

Placed: 27 August 2021   Based: Greenford, West London, Cheshire and Dorset

ECT is looking for four new trustees who share our ambition to provide top-quality, safe, affordable and accessible transport services for every community we serve.

We are forging exciting plans for the future, and as a new trustee, you will help steer our charity on the next stage of its important journey.

ECT has been providing journeys for over 30 years – but we are much more than just a bus service. We use transport to help people who may be a part of the growing loneliness epidemic, for example, in both urban and rural areas. Whether it’s taking somebody to the supermarket, to the GP, a minibus for a local youth group, SEN school runs or a day out with friends and family, we make journeys possible, across the communities we serve.

We also recognise that the world is changing. We look at opportunities for innovation and working together; we know the value real partnership working can bring to help people combat their own issues.

We drive our 130 buses over 1.25 million miles and deliver over 300,000 passenger-trips each year. During Covid-19, we still managed to cover over 900,000 miles, took more than 3,000 people to get their vaccine and delivered over 30,000 emergency food packages to desperate families.

Download the full Job description (pdf) here

Contact John Chesters - CEO    07946 489653   Email john.chesters@ectcharity.co.uk

Website: ectcharity.co.uk

Lakeland Arts

Closing Date: 1 October 2021   Based: Cumbria

Lakeland Arts are looking to appoint a Finance Trustee/Treasurer who will maintain a strategic overview of Lakeland Arts’ financial affairs.

We would particularly welcome expertise in financial vision, strategy, planning and accounting, including understanding of pensions, corporation and other tax matters, and the requirements of public grant funding. You may have had prior experience as a Finance Director in a private, public or voluntary sector organisation, or as an MD or CEO of a successful entrepreneurial company.

You may well have an interest in the arts, tourism or the regional economy and being local to the Cumbria is desirable but not essential. Trustees are accountable for Lakeland Arts’ performance and compliance with statutory and legal responsibilities. They may also assist in helping Lakeland Arts raise funds by acting as advocates and ambassadors.

Contact Kay Knipe - PA to Chief Executive   Email kknipe@lakelandarts.org.uk

Website: lakelandarts.org.uk

The Social Interest Group

Closing Date: 24 October 2021   Based: London

The Social Interest Group (SIG) is set up to bring small and medium charities together to work under one umbrella to focus on delivering good quality social and health care services for people who are recovering from mental illness, substance and alcohol misuse and homelessness. They also provide rehabilitation services for offenders in prison and ex-offenders in the community.

SIG (the parent company) and their subsidiaries work to tackle social and health care inequalities and fill gaps in service provision in order to ensure that people in our society have every opportunity to live fulfilled, healthy and constructive lives.

SIG is seeking two Trustees to join the SIG Investments Board with specific areas of expertise in Housing and Finance, demonstrating:

• A clear commitment to the mission and values of the Group
• The capacity to participate actively and from an informed position
• A willingness to use personal networks and resources of relevance to their charitable purpose
• Specialist knowledge of relevance to the Group, particularly in relation to the business sector; housing and finance
• Experience as a service user/carer/or a track record at a senior level in a not-for-profit, private or public sector organisation

Contact Sandra Smith of Charisma Charity Recruitment    020 7998 8888
Email info@charismarecruitment.co.uk

For further information and Application details here

Website: socialinterestgroup.org.uk

TIC Box Productions

Placed: 27 August 2021   Based: Saffron Walden, Essex

TIC Box Productions is a multi-award winning issue based theatre company passionate about empowering people and communities to make personal and social change. Using a unique and innovative style of theatre, tackling prejudice and discrimination whilst celebrating diversity as something to cherish, encourage and celebrate.

We are in the process of setting TIC Box Productions up as a charitable incorporated organisation. We are now looking for a treasurer to support our work and cover the following areas:

1. Maintaining the financial records of the charity in compliance with the Charity Commission and HMRC requirements and submitting annual accounts
2. Maintaining financial controls including the authorisation of payments, monitoring of receipts, operation and access to bank account
3. Operating a payroll scheme for employees and freelancers and monthly reporting to HMRC. Operating a pension scheme for all employees as required
4. Budgeting and provision of financial reports to support fundraising activities

Download the full Job description here

Contact Rebecca del Tufo   Email r_deltufo@yahoo.com either to arrange a phone call to discuss it further or, if you would like to apply for the role, with your CV and a covering letter explaining why you are interested and why you would be suitable.

Website: hyperfusion.co.uk/tic-box-productions

Unlimited

Closing Date: 27 September 2021   Based: Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Unlimited is currently an arts commissioning programme that aims to embed work by disabled artists within the UK and international cultural sectors, reach new audiences and shift perceptions of disabled people.

Unlimited is transitioning into being an independent organisation from 2022, with a new mission and new values – and a new way of working. We will have a hub in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, although many of our staff will be geographically dispersed.

Wanted: Treasurer to join the Board of Unlimited

We are looking for a Treasurer to join our Board of Trustees. This is a voluntary position and all expenses and access costs can be met.

Download the full Job description (pdf) here

To apply for this role, please email Anna Starkey chair@weareunlimited.org.uk enclosing a current CV and cover letter explaining why you are interested.

The information about the role and how to apply is also available in large print, Braille, audio and BSL formats on request, please email Harry Murdoch info@weareunlimited.org.uk or call on 07506 679968

Website: weareunlimited.org.uk

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People

Closing Date: 22 September 2021   Based: Saunderton, Buckinghamshire

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People is a national charity which helps deaf people to leave loneliness behind and reconnect with life. Hearing Dogs provides numerous services for people with hearing loss, most famously through the bespoke training of assistance dogs to alert deaf people to crucial sounds they cannot hear but also through the provision of their many non-canine services to people with hearing loss. Since 1982, the charity has trained thousands of hearing dogs to transform the lives of deaf children and adults. There are over 1,000 working hearing dog partnerships across the UK who are supported by the charity for ten years or more, with 600 puppies and young dogs in training.

They are now seeking four new Trustees who will bring high level expertise in their particular professional arenas:

• Honorary Treasurer – a qualified Chartered Accountant, to Chair the Finance Committee and to ensure the organisation’s financial viability through consistent best practice
• Finance Trustee – with experience in finance and to support the Honorary Treasurer
• Veterinary Trustee – Experience either as a Vet or have expertise and/or experience in dog welfare & behaviour or other dog-related activities
• Governance & Audit Trustee – an understanding of charity governance, risk & audit matters.

Download the full Job description (pdf) here

Contact Jenny Warner - MD Charisma Charity Recruitment    01962 813300
Email info@charismarecruitment.co.uk

Website: hearingdogs.org.uk

St Ethelburga’s Centre

Placed: 22 July 2021   Based: London

St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace builds community resilience for times of ecology and social emergency.

We are a small passionate charity that punches well above its weight and is speaking an important message for these turbulent times.

We are looking for a new Trustee with potential to be Treasurer, from a finance background.

Contact Justine Huxley - CEO   Email justine@stethelburgas.org

Website: stethelburgas.org

The Safer Living Foundation

Placed: 22 July 2021   Based: Nottinghamshire

The Safer Living Foundation is a joint venture between members of HMP Whatton and Nottingham Trent University (NTU) in collaboration with the National Probation Service and Nottinghamshire Police. It was established as a Charity in 2014 to prevent further victims of sexual abuse by reducing sexual reoffending through rehabilitative and preventative initiatives. All the charities projects are evaluated and the results are disseminated to improve and develop practice.

Download the full Job description here

Contact Lynn Saunders - Chair    Email lynn.saunders@justice.gov.uk

Website: saferlivingfoundation.org

YMCA Doncaster

Placed: 22 July 2021   Based: Doncaster

YMCA Doncaster are seeking a trustee with financial experience (possible progression to Treasurer).

We are a small charity serving young people. Our focus is on our 30-bed accommodation project; young people can stay with us for up to two years, and are supported to live more independently when they leave us. We also provide activities for children and young people, we have a large community building and run our own charity shop.

We are looking for trustees to refresh our Board and help with the development of new work including progressing plans to renovate or rebuilt and main centre. Our Board are governance-focused, concentrating on the higher-level policies, risk and financial matters.

We meet around 6 times a year, usually on Thursday evenings from 7pm. There is some advanced reading required; staff will generally provide a range of reports and items for discussion / decision.

Download the full Job description (pdf) here

Contact Louise Roffey - Chief Executive    Email louise@ymcadoncaster.org.uk

Website: ymcadoncaster.org.uk

Embracing Age

Placed: 16 July 2021   Based: Richmond upon Thames, meetings are online

Embracing Age is a small Christian charity based in the Richmond upon Thames, making a difference in the lives of older people, both locally and nationally. We’re a young charity (founded in 2015) working towards a world where older people are valued, connected and full of hope, and we do this by combatting loneliness, mobilising volunteers, equipping churches and speaking out.

We’re particularly interested in coming alongside care home residents, through trained volunteers offering companionship and support. We’re also bringing connections and friendships to informal carers, who have found the lockdowns particularly challenging as their usual support and services have been closed.

We currently have four part time members of staff, and five trustees. Our friendly trustee board meets 4 times a year. We have a payroll provider who oversees our PAYE, pension and NI. A member of staff does the book keeping on a receipts and payments spreadsheet, with the help of a volunteer.

We are looking for an individual who shares our values and ethos, with experience of managing charity finances and a heart for older people to join the trustee board. We’d love someone who has good financial analysis skills and the ability to communicate clearly.

Download the full Job description (pdf) here

Contact Tina English    07735 332584   Email tina@embracingage.org.uk

Website: embracingage.org.uk

The Wayz

Closing Date: 31 October 2021   Based: Bracknell, Berkshire

The Wayz is a small charity that empowers young people (8 to 25) through projects and activities, encouraging youth leadership by example & accredited training, supporting young people’s transition to adulthood. The Wayz is independent, but allied to Berkshire-wide and national youth organisations.

Recently incorporated, we’re looking for enthusiasm and financial expertise, although not necessarily qualification, as our finances aren’t complex: we spent £138k in 2020. Working closely with the Chair, you’ll be expected to present financial oversight to other trustees at our quarterly Board meetings and liaise with our external Examiner. You’ll probably spend 3 hours per month in these tasks, more at year-end, and be assisted by our finance employees. We’ll reimburse reasonable expenses you may incur. You’ll join a Board of five people with passion for developing young people’s potential, especially those most impacted by this pandemic. We really want to expand our trustees’ diversity, in all meanings of the word, and strongly welcome applications from people from less-represented groups. The successful candidate will undertake an Enhanced DBS check and online safeguarding course.

Download the full Job description here

For an informal no-obligation discussion contact Mike Allen - Trustee Recruitment, inVOLve Community Services   01344 383 519  Email intrusted@involve.community

Website: thewayzyouth.co.uk