Charity Vacancies    

The London Gardens Trust

Closing Date: 30 November 2020   Based: London, all meetings held by Zoom

The London Gardens Trust (LGT) is a small charity with a big mission to champion London’s historic parks, gardens, squares and green spaces for the benefit of everyone. We are looking for a new Treasurer to take over from the current Treasurer when she steps down from the role. You will help us plan our finances and financial strategy and help ensure the Trust is pursuing its strategy to become the voice of London’s parks and gardens.

We are looking for someone who is experienced in the oversight and management of accounts, with a proven ability to communicate and explain financial information to members of the Board. Experience of being a charity Trustee or Director would be helpful but is not essential. The Trust is committed to the spirit and letter of the Equalities Act.

A detailed role description is available. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview in early December.

Download the full Job description here

Please send a CV and covering letter outlining your interest in the position and what you could bring to the role; to Maureen Nolan   Email maureen.nolan@londongardenstrust.org

Website: londongardenstrust.org

 

The Caring, Listening and Supporting Partnership

Closing Date: 4 January 2021   Based: Wokingham

The Caring, Listening and Supporting Partnership (CLASP) is a Wokingham-based charity, supporting adults with learning disabilities to speak up for themselves. Half of our Board is made up of people with learning disabilities; we don’t intend to change that but at the same time, we need to equip our organisation to better move forward. So, we are looking for a new Treasurer to help us plan our finances and financial strategy, alongside our existing trustees and new Chair, assisted by our Manager and other employees.

If you have abilities to analyse proposals with their financial consequences and make recommendations to non-financial trustees, you’re who we’re looking for. You don’t necessarily need a financial and/or accounting qualification; similarly, experience of SME or charity finance would be useful but not mandatory. This will be a chance to work with staff and trustees to build a Board ready for the future. You don’t need experience of working with adults with learning disabilities but you must have a willingness to do so.

We also want to expand the diversity of our board, in all aspects.

A detailed Role Description and Person Specification is available.

Download the full Job description here

Contact Mike Allen, Trustee Recruitment, inVOLve Community Services   01344 383 519
Email intrusted@involve.community also available to chat (phone/Zoom/Teams/etc.)

 

Galloway’s Society for the Blind

Placed: 21 October 2020   Based: Preston, Lancashire

Galloway’s Society for the Blind
Supporting people to live with sight loss in Lancashire and Sefton

Do you want to be part of something special, a dynamic organisation committed to changing lives?

If the answer is yes, we want to hear from you. We are specifically looking for a ‘Make it Happen’ finance person who will Chair our Finance Committee and work with our Head of Finance on our financial management, controls and investments.

If you have experience of working at a strategic level and an understanding of the changing environment in which we are working then please get in touch.

While we welcome applications from all interested individuals; We particularly encourage members from black and other minority ethnic backgrounds.

Applying is simple, all you have to do is email us your CV along with a personal statement describing how you meet the person specification and why you want this role. It’s so simple, so what are you waiting for? Come join a team of committed Trustees who are making a real difference to the lives of people affected by sight loss.

Download the full Job description (pdf) here

If you would like to know more, then please contact Stuart Clayton for an informal discussion on   01772 744148   Email stuart.clayton@galloways.org.uk

Website: galloways.org.uk

 

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

Closing Date: 30 November 2020   Based: Bristol, Glouscester and Bath

At Great Western Air Ambulance Charity we're proud of what we do. We already have a strong Board of Trustees, but some will be stepping down and as our charity develops we need different skills, backgrounds and experiences. We are therefore looking for new Trustees to join us in feeling proud of what we achieve together.

Our Trustees don't need to be hands on. Our Board is focused on governance, but we appreciate Trustees with a specialist subject and a good network. We are financially healthy and stable, so can focus on developing and improving what we do to save even more lives.

We are seeking a greater diversity of voices on our Board, and welcome applications from people who might not see themselves as a 'traditional Trustee'. Our highest priority is to appoint someone with strategic finance and accountancy experience. However, we are also interested in hearing from people with expertise in commercial property, facilities management, income generation in a not-for-profit, commercial contracts management and aviation.

We particularly welcome applicants who have had personal experience of our service, or potentially another air ambulance, as a patient or a friend or family member of a patient.

Contact Anna Perry - CEO   0303 4444 999   Email jobs@gwaac.com

Website: greatwesternairambulance.com

 

Greenspace

Closing Date: 2 November 2020   Based: London

Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC (GiGL) is a Community Interest Company which curates and shares access to data that underpins our knowledge of London’s natural environment, in order to enable our stakeholders to make informed decision in policy and practice. We aim to raise awareness of the benefits the natural environment provides to the Capital and to ensure the protection and enhancements of London’s natural environment are at the heart of the services GiGL provide.

We are seeking a treasurer, with a formal accountancy qualification or demonstrable experience, who will:

• Engage with our mission and values;
• Be a strong external ambassador of the organization;
• Help raise our profile amongst relevant new audiences;
• Provide budgetary analysis and advice to ensure a sustainable financial basis to meet GiGL’s long term strategic objectives.

We are especially keen to welcome someone with previous experience of working at a board level for a CIC or charity and we seek applications from all sections of society.

Further background information is available on our website.
In particular we would encourage you to look at our strategy here

Download the full Job description (pdf) here

Contact Suzie Jackman - Chair   Email chair@gigl.org.uk

Website: gigl.org.uk

 

Share

Closing Date: 21 November 2020   Based: Sheffield

Are you interested in promoting good mental health in Sheffield?
Would you like to work with an established psychotherapy charity?
Are you a qualified or part-qualified accountant? Do you have specialist financial management skills to offer?

We at Share are looking for a suitably qualified accountant to join us as our Treasurer, taking the lead on financial matters but also playing a full role on the Board of Trustees in the overall management of the charity.

The role would suit an experienced accountant wishing to contribute on a voluntary basis to a valuable charitable cause. Equally it would provide excellent board level experience for a young professional at an earlier stage in their career.

We’re part way through a change process at Share - developing and strengthening our clinical services, improving our administrative and business systems and strengthening our financial position. We want to make an even bigger contribution to improving mental health in Sheffield and we’re especially keen to attract people from minority communities to the Board.

Download the full Job description here

Contact Mike Taylor   0114 273 0200   Email mike.taylor@sharepsychotherapy.org

Website: sharepsychotherapy.org

 

Brick Works

Placed: 16 October 2020   Based: Bristol

Brick Works with Bristol’s creative, local and social enterprise communities to programme collaborative activities and secure permanent spaces in the city for those communities to embed in place and build sustainable futures.

We believe in the civic role of artists and that through collaboration we can have a strong collective voice to influence the growth of the city.

You will have a strong skill set in either Finance, Property or Facilities and want to support community led creative initiatives in Bristol.

Finance:

We are looking for someone with a strong finance skill set to join the board as treasurer, ensuring we have all the processes in place so that Bricks thrives in the new normal, moving forward through a period of growth.

Experience with capital projects, creative industries, trading companies and art sales would be advantageous.

Though welcome, you do not need any prior board experience, but instead a passion for seeing positive change in Bristol through community and creative projects.

Download the full Job description (pdf) here

Contact Jack Gibbon    077 8050 3180   Email jack@bricksbristol.org

Website: bricksbristol.org

 

It's in the Bag

Closing Date: 30 October 2020   Based: The South West (we all work remotely)

It's in the Bag It’s in the Bag Cancer Support is a charity based in the South West of England raising awareness of, and supporting men with, testicular cancer. We are run by a group of testicular cancer survivors with support from specialist NHS staff.

We have three simple aims: SUPPORT; AWARENESS; SURVIVAL

Support: Being diagnosed with testicular cancer and going through treatment is a huge challenge – physically, mentally and emotionally. We provide specific grants, health and wellbeing days and new diagnosis information packs to help men through this tough time. We are the only charity in the UK providing face to face support after treatment

Awareness: We teach men the importance of checking their balls regularly and taking any issues straight to their GP. Spreading this knowledge promotes earlier diagnosis, which often means simpler, more effective treatment and better chances of a cure. Our award winning awareness campaigns are acknowledged throughout the UK

Survival: With UK cure rates for testicular cancer running above 98%, we focus on survival – helping guys tackle the emotional and practical impact of cancer, both during treatment and beyond.

Download the full Job description (pdf) here

If you have questions regarding being a trustee please call Sue Brand    075 0601 3762. To apply, please send a CV plus written statement of no more than 500 words to support your application to: hello@itsinthebag.org.uk

Website: itsinthebag.org.uk

 

Msizi Africa

Closing Date: 31 October 2020   Based: London, but we all work from home

Msizi Africa feeds c. 100 children in Lesotho who have either been orphaned as a result of AIDS or who are vulnerable for some other reason.

Instead of worrying about when they might eat next, our food and food related programmes safeguard their health and enable them to attend school.

We’re a tiny charity - just 7 volunteer trustees who run the charity in addition to our ‘day jobs’. This means that, for every £100 we raise, we’re able to send £97 to our feeding programmes in Lesotho.

Download the full Job description (pdf) here

Contact John Clark, Chair of Trustees for more information   Email john.clark@msiziafrica.org.uk

Website: msiziafrica.org.uk

 

Ryedale Folk Museum

Closing Date: 15 November 2020   Based: Hutton-le-Hole, North Yorkshire

Ryedale Folk Museum is recruiting trustees to join our friendly and dedicated Board which oversees the management of this remarkable museum. With a six-acre site set in the heart of the North York Moors, we are an open-air museum with twenty historic buildings, through which visitors can explore the history and daily lives of North Yorkshire people from the Iron Age to the 20th Century.

Having been established for over 50 years, we are currently looking for new trustees to be involved in shaping the future of the museum, to ensure that it can continue to be a thriving venue for visitors and the local community for the next 50 years and beyond.

As we look to the future, we are particularly seeking a new Treasurer who can bring financial expertise to oversee the financial affairs of the museum and provide financial leadership as we develop our business plans.

If you are interested, you can download the Information Pack below or find out more by visiting the website and clicking on the Trustee Vacancies link

Download the full Job description (pdf) here

Contact Alex Lindley for more information   Email trustee@ryedalefolkmuseum.co.uk

Website: ryedalefolkmuseum.co.uk

 

South Kent Mind

Closing Date: 30 November 2020   Based: Folkestone, Kent

South Kent Mind the mental health charity, aims to ensure that anyone living in south Kent (Deal, Dover, Folkestone, Hythe, Romney Marsh and surrounding villages) with a mental health problem has somewhere to turn for advice and support.

We are currently looking for an Honorary Treasurer to join our Board of Trustees.

The role:

To ensure that all monies provided are accounted for and used for the provision of services within the agreed objectives of South Kent Mind. This watchdog role covers all aspects of financial management, working closely with other members of the Board of Trustees, Chief Executive Officer and Finance Officer to safeguard the organisation's finances.

Download the full Job description (pdf) here

Contact Penelope James - Chair   078 6016 2231
Email Penelope.james@southkentmind.org.uk

Website: southkentmind.org.uk

 

The Alexandria Trust

Closing Date: 10 November 2020   Based: London

The Alexandria Trust is looking for an Honorary Treasurer to join its Board of Trustees to help the Board fulfil its financial oversight functions.

The vision of the Alexandria Trust is for an Arab region once again home to world class standards of education, recapturing the ancient traditions of Alexandria as a centre of learning, where teachers and students engage in vibrant debate and first-rate tuition and scholarship. It works across the Arab education sector by identifying and incubating strong projects capable of reaching sustainability within five years and of having a lasting impact on education reform and development in the region. It’s current main project is Al Fanar media al-fanarmedia.org an online news publication covering education, research and culture in the Arab region in English and Arabic.

The Alexandria Trust was registered as a charitable company in the UK in February 2012 and is based in London.

Download the full Job description here

Contact Frances Guy - acting Chair of the Board of Trustees   Email francesmguy@yahoo.com

Website: alexandriatrust.org

 

Rushmoor Voluntary Services

Closing Date: 21 November 2020   Based: Farnborough, Hants

Rushmoor Voluntary Services are the Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) in Rushmoor. Our role in the community is to champion volunteering and to help and support any voluntary or community group working in the Borough of Rushmoor. We are members of the Hampshire CVS Network, an alliance of 10 local organisations who work together to help Hampshire’s charities, community groups and social enterprises to succeed and flourish.

We now need to recruit a new trustee who will be responsible for the financial aspects of running a vibrant and successful local charity and help guide us into the future.

The Trustee Board meet (virtually at present) on a regular basis. A lot of the requirements for this role can be completed from home. The overall role is to maintain an overview of the organisation’s financial affairs, ensure its financial viability and ensure that proper financial records and procedures are maintained.

Download our full Info Pack here

Contact for enquiries Colin Slatter - Chair of Trustees   Email slattcj@aol.com

Rushmoor Voluntary Services, 1st Floor Civic Offices, Farnborough Road,
Farnborough, Hants GU14 7JU

Website: rvs.org.uk

 

Rethinking Economics

Placed: 2 October 2020   Based: Manchester

Rethinking Economics (RE) is an international network of students, academics and professionals building better economics in society and the classroom. Our vision is of economies which serve people and the planet. Our purpose is to build a diverse movement of people who challenge, interrogate and renew the practice, teaching and application of economics.

The full description is available at the link below but we are looking for trustees with movement building experience or else finance and operations, which is really a treasurer role. The finance/operations opportunity is:

We are based in Manchester but all meetings are now virtual and we have board members in different parts of the world so we are open to almost anywhere.

Download a full Job description and Application details here

Contact for enquiries Aoife O’Leary - Chair   Email aoife.oleary@rethinkeconomics.org

Rushmoor Voluntary Services, 1st Floor Civic Offices, Farnborough Road,
Farnborough Hants GU14 7JU

Website: rethinkeconomics.org

 

Clowns Without Borders

Placed: 26 September 2020   Based: London

Would you like to run away and join the circus? Then look no further. You can join our joyful and dedicated team of Trustees. Your role is to help the CEO with budget preparation, statutory reporting and accounts as well as quarterly reports at our Board Meetings. As a Trustee you will play a key role in the strategy and direction of the charity.

Clowns Without Borders UK (CWB) recognises laughter and play as a stabilising force for children living through humanitarian disaster. For young people living through the aftermath of conflict or natural disaster, opportunities for joy and play are diminished. Through our dynamic clown performances and playful, child-centred workshops, we provide emotional comfort and respite to children when they need it the most.

Our goal isn’t just to provide one-off performances. We want to make sure children can continue to play long after we have left. Our Train-the-Trainer programmes focus on long-term impact and joyful ways of working with children. We support staff working in Humanitarian context to adapt their programmes to support learning and behaviour change through laughter and play.

Download our full Info Pack here

Contact Samantha Holdsworth   Email sam@clownswithoutborders.org.uk

Website: clownswithoutborders.org.uk

 

Ffotogallery

Closing Date: 30 October 2020   Based: Cardiff

Since its formation in 1978, Ffotogallery has been at the forefront of new developments in photography and lens-based media in Wales and beyond, encouraging public understanding of and deeper engagement with photography and its value to society.

In the summer of 2019 Ffotogallery completed its move to a new home in Cathays, Cardiff. Our ambition is to create a dynamic new focal point for photographers, artists and all those with an interest in and passion for photography. We see this move as the beginning of an exciting and transformational period in our history - and the current pandemic has only strengthened our resolve to develop and deliver an ambitious and impactful programmes to the widest possible audience.

In order to complete this work we have been looking to strengthen our Board, and we now wish to appoint a treasurer to help shape and sharpen our financial strategies. We are looking for an individual who can help us deliver a new, long-term strategic vision for the organisation as we seek to develop a business model that restores the organisation to a resilient position, fulfils its potential and enables its free reserves to grow.

Download the full Job description in English (pdf) or in Welsh (pdf) here

Contact Alex Butler   Email alex@ffotogallery.org

Website: ffotogallery.org

 

Iford Arts

Placed: 26 September 2020   Based: Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire

Iford Arts is an established music charity which produces a small annual opera festival recognised internationally for the quality and immediacy of its productions. The charity also runs a training and development programme for young singers and an outreach programme into local schools. Based primarily in Bradford on Avon and serving the wider West of England region, we fill a notable gap in terms of the provision of professional, high quality opera production. The charity is now in a period of transition, seeking a new permanent home for its Summer festival and ways of expanding its work with young singers and audiences. We are in need of a suitably qualified Hon Treasurer to join the Board of Trustees and provide advice and oversight of the charity’s finances. Apart from accountancy qualifications the other essential attribute is a love of opera and a desire to see it develop and inspire new generations. Experience of major fundraising and of the Arts sector would be helpful.

Download the full Job description here

Contact Debbie Heyden - General Manager    01225 868124   
Email mailto:debbieheyden@ifordarts.org.uk

Website: ifordarts.org.uk