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Greenwich Steiner School

Closing date: 30 August 2017

Greenwich Steiner School is an independent school offering a very special form of education to children aged 3 to 14.  We educate around 180 children from ages 3 to 14.

Its mission is to provide a holistic and nurturing education that inspires children to develop a love of learning, the courage to question, the ability to express their individuality and to make a positive contribution to the world around them. We aim to create a joyful learning experience for children of all cultural, racial, social and religious backgrounds. We strive to provide an education imbued with a fundamental respect for the individuality of each human being.

Our school has a number of exiting challenges ahead of it including the expansion of early years and upper school provision as well as improvements to existing provision. Financially the school is on a solid footing having recently refinanced its existing operations, and we have recently appointed a new management team with the right skills and the energy and inspiration to take the school forward. We want to ensure that we have a board of governors with sufficient capability and capacity to support this ongoing expansion and improvement of provision.

We are particularly keen to recruit an independent Treasurer, with financial acumen, to complement the existing cohort of governors who are also parents.

The Treasurer is a key post, reporting to the Chair and the Board of Governors. Their role is to help the board ensure that the schools’ finances are managed well, including by providing adequate support and challenge to the Bursar. The term of office is for a minimum of one year, renewable thereafter by mutual agreement.

For enquiries about the role please contact:

Lucy Beverley: lucybeverley@greenwichsteinerschool.org.uk

or download the Role Description

To apply please download the Application Form and send it with your CV and a covering letter to Lucy Beverley as above.

Greenwich Steiner School's website: Greenwich Steiner School

 

Sound World

Added: 11 August 2017

Sound World is a new charity being formed out of the non-profit organisation New Music
in the South West (NMSW). Its focus is safeguarding the future of musical culture in the
UK.

In an increasingly hostile climate, NMSW runs an integrated programme of educational
events, concerts and community projects reaching beyond the usual concert going public.
We give people from all backgrounds the opportunity to experience, understand and
participate in great music; we support the development of the region’s brightest young
talents and give hundreds of young people their first experience of live, classical music.
The new charity will build on this work and directly address the gradual disappearance of
music as a subject from secondary schools.

As we look to embark on this exciting new phase, starting a new life as the Sound World
charity, we are looking for an honorary treasurer to complete our excellent new Board of
Trustees.

Key responsibilities will include:

• keeping the charity accounts and maintaining an overview of the charity’s financial
  position, ensuring the charity’s financial affairs meet Charity Commission regulations
• reporting to Trustees and Charity Commission
• advising fellow trustees in the Board’s formal approval of the annual accounts
• managing bank accounts: income from fundraising, payments, expenses etc.

Additional responsibilities may include:

• fundraising
• ensuring the charity adheres to relevant employment law
• reporting to HMRC.

Qualities and experience:

• The treasurer need not be a musician, nor hold musical qualifications of any kind; but
  he or she should have a passion for music and a belief in the value of charity’s work
• He/she should be honest, open minded and have a positive outlook
• He/she should have a good understanding of appropriate accounting procedures and
  charity regulations
• If possible he/she should have a good understanding of employment law.

Commitment:

• Board meetings - the board of trustees will meet at least twice per year, often within
  the Bristol/Bath area
• Ongoing liaising with the charity administrator/CEO.

Please find more details about Sound World in the enclosed Overview.

Applications should be emailed to Dr. Julian Leeks at info@nmsw.org.uk.
Please include:

• Name and full contact details
• Curriculum Vitae
• Supporting statement (maximum of two pages of A4 please) setting out:
• why you would like to be a trustee
• what are your musical interests
• any other cultural or educational interests
• Contact details for two references.

Sound World's website: Sound World

 

ICNARC

Closing date: 1 September 2017

We are an independent health charity providing high quality information (data) to those who work in critical care, undertaking relevant research and communicating results. ICNARC stands for Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre. Our expertise of over 20 years and the information we provide helps our stakeholders develop the most effective ways of organising care and treating critically ill patients. We also make information about the quality of care available to the public through the Annual Quality Report.

We value diversity and welcome interest from all backgrounds for this position. Our Board has a good balance of sector expertise with our trustees offering both clinical and practical expertise. We meet four times annually and our meetings are held in the afternoons from 2:00pm – 4:00 pm, along with a couple of away days.

Would you like to join ICNARC in this exciting journey and build on your existing strategic and leadership expertise?

As Treasurer you will oversee financial matters of ICNARC in line with good practice, governing documents and legal, charity commission and company requirements. You will report regularly to the Board on the financial position of the organisation and ensure that effective measures, controls and procedures are in place. In addition you will play a key role in shaping our five year financial strategy.

Ideally you will be a qualified financial expert with:

• a proven record of significant achievement as finance director/COO in a commercial set up or in the public or voluntary sector, or as a partner of a large audit/accountancy firm;
• experience in treasury, risk and reserves management, audit and other corporate governance responsibilities;
• Major IT project management experience and/or knowledge of current NHS organisational and policy arrangements would be desirable but not essential.

For more details please view the job description here: https://www.icnarc.org/About/Work-At-Icnarc/2017/08/03/New-Vacancy-Treasurer

Interested?
Write to us if you wish to explore further and we look forward to hearing from you. 

How to apply

Apply directly with both your CV and cover letter letting us know how you meet the requirements of the Treasurer position to: 

Kerrie.Gemmill@icnarc.org
Kerrie Gemmill
Managing Director (ICNARC)

ICNARC's website: ICNARC

 

The Encephalitis Society

Added: 07 August 2017

Encephalitis is inflammation of the brain. The inflammation is caused either by an infection or through the immune system attacking the brain in error.

The Encephalitis Society provides support and information to people affected by the condition, as well as to medical professionals with an interest.  We raise awareness of encephalitis and collaborate on research into the condition.

OUR VISION is to live in a world where encephalitis is as rare as it possibly can be given its eradication is unlikely, and that those affected and their families, have access to early diagnosis, excellent management of their condition, timely access to rehabilitation and other forms of social support.

We are based in Malton, North Yorkshire, however, our trustees attend from all over the UK.

The Encephalitis Society is an exciting charity who delivers its quality services with passion and dynamism.  We are highly regarded among the scientific and medical communities as well as among those we serve.  We are looking for a treasurer who wants to work within such an organisation, and who in doing so, will make a real difference to people whose lives have been devastated by this condition.

The treasurer will oversee the financial matters of the charity in line with good practice and in accordance with the governing document and legal requirements and report to the board of trustees at regular intervals about the financial health of the organisation. The treasurer will ensure that effective financial measures, controls and procedures are put in place, and are appropriate for the charity.

Despite the additional responsibility, the treasurer will have in overseeing the financial matters of the charity, all trustees continue to be jointly and severally responsible, and therefore liable, for the administration of the charity.

Please find details of the role and skills required on our Treasurer Job Description.

For more information or to apply please contact

Dr Ava Easton, Chief Executive
ava@encephalitis.info

Please put ‘Treasurer’ in the subject line of any email.

The Encephalitis Society's website: The Encephalitis Society