Treasurer (Trustee)

Family for Every Child

Remote

Unpaid role, expenses paid

Voluntary

Actively Interviewing

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Job description

We are looking for a Treasurer with experience of working with not for profits in setting strategic financial direction and it would be desirable to have experience in complying with the Charity Commission for England and Wales or similar bodies’ regulations.

You would be joining our board at an exciting time, as we implement our new strategy, build on our campaigns, broaden our advocacy to mobilise greater support and achieve change. In line with this, we have built our model on realistic income forecasts, we plan to maintain the net unrestricted funds available, we are building restricted funding streams to fund our thematic priorities, we continue to align income and expenditure and we carefully manage the commitment of our remaining surplus reserves.

Responsibilities of the Treasurer

In addition to the general duties of a trustee (see below), the responsibilities of the Treasurer are to maintain an overview of the organisation's affairs, ensuring its financial viability and that the organisation has policies and systems in place to ensure robust financial planning, implementation and reporting. For example, by taking a lead role on behalf of the board in:

Reviewing budgets, accounts and financial statements, and recommending them to the Board for approval
Being assured that the financial resources of the organisation meet its present and future needs
Ensuring that the charity has an appropriate reserves policy
Ensuring that appropriate accounting procedures and controls are in place
Ensuring that the charity has an appropriate investment policy
Ensuring that the accounts are prepared and disclosed in the form required by funders and the relevant statutory bodies
Ensuring that the accounts are scrutinised through external audits and internal reviews and that any recommendations are implemented
Keeping the Board informed about its financial duties and responsibilities
Chairing the Resource Mobilisation and Communications Committee (formerly the Finance and Human Resources Committee), leading online meetings three times a year
Ensuring that organisation has processes in place to meet any compliance requirements
Ensuring the organisation has a risk management process in place
Reviewing and signing financial transactions and other documentation requiring board approval

Family values mutual accountability and has a Responsibility Framework which outlines responsibilities and rights for board trustees, members and staff. The Treasurer has a key role in ensuring that mutual accountability is upheld in areas of finance by identifying and highlighting potential conflicts of interest.

General duties of a trustee of a Trustee of Family For Every Child

To ensure that Family for Every Child complies with its governing documents, UK charity law, UK company law and any other relevant legislation or regulations of a UK registered charity
To ensure that the organisation pursues its objects as defined in its Articles of Association, and that it uses its resources exclusively in pursuance of its objects
To ensure that the organisation operates within the parameters laid down by the members in the Governance Manual
To contribute actively to the Board of Trustees in giving firm strategic direction to the organisation, setting overall policy, defining goals, setting targets and evaluating performance against agreed targets. In doing so, to ensure that the Board has taken account of input from the membership
To safeguard the good name and values of the organisation
To ensure the effective and efficient administration of the organisation
To ensure the financial stability of the organisation
To monitor the performance of the Chief Executive Officer
To represent the organisation externally
To represent the board on relevant subsidiary entities