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The opportunity
The Finance and Audit Committee (FAC) provides BIICL’s Board of Trustees with oversight and assurance on our finances, controls, investments, and audit. We're looking for a chartered accountant or senior finance leader to chair the Committee and join our Board of Trustees at a pivotal moment: a new Director and CEO, a new Director of Operations in post, and a new strategy launching in 2027. You'll bring real technical credibility and the judgement to translate financial detail into confidence for a Board whose backgrounds are mostly legal and academic. In return, you'll help shape the next chapter of one of the world's most respected independent legal institutes.
The current Chair’s term ends in December 2026. We are seeking a successor to join in October, allowing time for handover and induction ahead of the November FAC meeting and the December Board meeting.
Purpose of the role
The Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee provides strategic, non-executive financial oversight rather than day-to-day accounting.
As a trustee, you hold joint legal and fiduciary responsibility for the charity’s overall governance, strategic direction and financial health.
As Committee Chair, you will act as a trusted advisor and critical friend to the Director and Chief Executive and the Director of Operations, ensuring that BIICL’s income is robustly governed, financial risks are mitigated, and resources are deployed optimally to deliver maximum social impact. BIICL outsources financial management to a specialist non-profit accountancy firm, overseen internally by the Director of Operations; you’ll evaluate how well that arrangement is working and recommend change if needed.
Key responsibilities
Strategic financial oversight
· Budgetary scrutiny: oversee the annual £2.5m operational budget and financial forecasts provided by the executive team.
· Performance monitoring: review quarterly management accounts, analysing variances, cash flow health, and performance against key performance indicators (KPIs).
· Reserves management: champion the regular review of a robust Reserves Policy to safeguard the charity against sudden funding fluctuations.
· Investment assets: oversee the performance of the charity’s cash reserves and any investment portfolios, ensuring alignment with ethical investment strategies.
Audit, risk and internal controls
· Statutory reporting: lead the FAC in reviewing the Annual Report and Accounts, ensuring compliance with Charity SORP FRS102 and statutory filing deadlines.
· External audit: manage the relationship with the External Auditor, leading on the tender process and reviewing the post-audit management letter.
· Risk mitigation: oversee the financial section of the organisation’s risk register, ensuring internal controls are sufficient to prevent fraud and compliance failures across complex funding streams, and ensure FAC oversight of the wider Risk Register.
· Fiscal compliance: monitor compliance with complex tax regimes relevant to this scale, including VAT, Gift Aid, and trading subsidiary operations (as applicable).
Committee leadership and Board reporting
· Meeting governance: set the agenda and chair quarterly FAC meetings, fostering an environment of collaboration, constructive, and high-quality challenge.
· Board communication: report clearly to the full Board of Trustees, translating complex financial positions into strategic insights for non-financial board members.
Statutory trustee duties
· Legal compliance: ensure the charity complies with charity law, company law, and all other relevant legislation or regulation.
· Strategic direction: contribute actively to the Board of Trustees in setting the charity’s overarching vision, mission, values, and strategic goals.
· Asset protection: act as a responsible custodian of the charity’s assets, ensuring funds are spent solely in furtherance of its charitable objectives.
· Effective governance: attend and actively participate in full quarterly Board meetings, the Annual General Meeting (AGM), and strategic away days.
· Collective decision-making: maintain the principle of collective board responsibility, upholding and supporting decisions made by the wider board.
Legal and regulatory frameworks
The postholder is required to understand, uphold, and apply the following core regulatory frameworks:
· The 6 Essential Trustee Duties (Charity Commission Guidance CC3): You share collective legal liability to ensure the charity carries out its purpose for the public benefit, complies with its governing document, acts in the charity's best interests, manages resources responsibly, acts with reasonable care and skill, and remains fully accountable.
· Financial Reporting Standards 102 and the Charities SORP: Because our annual income exceeds £250,000, the accounts must be compiled under the Statement of Recommended Practice (Charities SORP), transparently separating restricted, unrestricted, and designated funds.
· The Charity Governance Code: Our Board intends to benchmark itself against this code. You will directly champion Principle 5 (Board Effectiveness) and Principle 6 (Risk and Control) to ensure internal controls are regularly evaluated.
Person specification
Experience and qualifications
· Financial qualification: chartered status (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) is essential.
· Senior leadership: proven experience operating as a CFO, Finance Director, or partner in a professional services practice in an organisation of similar or larger scale.
· Sector expertise: strong working knowledge of Charity SORP, restricted and unrestricted funding, and UK charity law is highly desirable.
· Governance background: previous experience as a trustee, non-executive director, or committee member is advantageous.
Core skills and attributes
· Strategic clarity: ability to look past the numbers to see systematic risks and strategic opportunities.
· Collaborative challenge: ability to robustly hold senior staff and third-party advisors to account while maintaining a supportive, professional working relationship.
· Communication: ability to explain intricate financial matters plainly to non-financial audiences.
· Commitment to the cause: a demonstrable passion for the charity’s core mission and alignment with its values.
Terms of appointment
Term:
Trustee appointments are for a three-year term, renewable for a maximum of two consecutive terms.
Time commitment:
Trustees are required to commit approximately 8-10 days per year. There are four board meetings, four FAC meetings per year, a strategy day, plus approx. 2-3 hours per month for executive consultation.
Location:
London/Hybrid – FAC meetings usually take place online; Board meetings and strategic away days are in-person, usually at our London office.
Remuneration:
This is a voluntary role and is not accompanied by any financial remuneration; however, all reasonable travel and out-of-pocket expenses are reimbursed.
Reporting to:
Board of Trustees / Chair of the Board
How to apply
To apply formally, please submit a CV and supporting statement, each no more than two sides of A4, clearly outlining your suitability for the role against the criteria in the person specification and your motivation for applying.
Please include your home address, contact email, and mobile number.
We aim to acknowledge receipt within 2-3 days.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We expect to interview candidates from mid-September with a view to appointing by the end of October.
For further information about the role or to arrange an informal discussion, please contact Tom Asher, Director of Operations
Are you passionate about improving health and wellbeing outcomes, especially for older people?
Do you value the “magic dust” of real human relationship?
Claremont Project is a mental health, arts and wellbeing charity based in Angel, Islington. We are seeking a Treasurer Trustee to strengthen our charity as we step into our next chapter.
About us
Claremont has been around since 1819 and serves mostly older people through a powerful blend of social prescribing, low-cost psychotherapy and a programme of arts and wellbeing activities.
Claremont is a place of innovation and creativity, underpinned by a Relational Approach which emphasises real listening, self-awareness and an awareness of how we are being in relation to other people. We were the UK’s first Wellbeing Centre long before the term was ubiquitous; and in the 1920s and 30s we ran programmes that became models for the Welfare State.
At our beautiful and well-loved building at 24–27 White Lion Street, we nurture a vibrant, inclusive community, underpinned by our conviction that everybody matters.
About the role
The Treasurer is a key member of the Board of Trustees, helping to ensure Claremont’s financial health, sustainability and good governance.
Working closely with the Chair, CEO and bookkeeper, the Treasurer supports the Board in overseeing the charity’s financial affairs and ensuring appropriate financial stewardship.
The Treasurer will:
As set out by the Charity Commission, Trustees at Claremont are collectively responsible for:
Who we are looking for
We are seeking someone who:
Experience in one or more of the following areas would also be valuable:
Alongside technical expertise, we are looking for a certain “Claremontiness” — aspirational and personal qualities that embody a genuine relational approach to life.
Time commitment
Quarterly Board meetings (held in the evenings), plus preparation, emails and committee work.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Claremont is a community where people from all backgrounds are loved and wanted, and which is diverse in terms of characteristics like race and ethnicity, gender, disability and socioeconomic status. We seek to ensure that our Board represents the people we serve and welcome applications from candidates coming from backgrounds that have historically been underrepresented on charity boards.
How to apply
Please send a CV and covering letter describing why you are interested in the role and summarising the expertise you bring.
Deadline for applications: Wednesday 30th September
Please note:
Claremont Project aims to enrich the lives of older adults by fostering creativity, connection, and wellbeing.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Inshira Technologies LTD.
We help small manufacturers reduce waste, energy losses, and emissions using their existing operational data.
We are a UK startup building the intelligence layer for manufacturing. Our AI platform uses the production data SME manufacturers already have to show exactly where time, cost, materials and energy are being lost - no new sensors, no six-month IT project, results in weeks. Every factory we win takes real waste and energy out of a production line, which is the change we are here to make.
Why we need you
We know who we are selling to: SME manufacturers across the UK and Europe, and the operations managers, production directors and owners inside them. What we do not have is an experienced B2B seller to get us in front of them and convert interest into signed pilots. That is where you come in - hands on, alongside the founder.
What you will do
Deliverables
These are scoped to fit roughly 16-24 hours in total, so they are deliberately tight rather than sprawling.
Who we are looking for
Nice to have
Time commitment and working style
2-3 hours per week for 1-2 months, fully remote and flexible. We keep it to one 30-minute sync per week plus async messages, so your time goes into selling rather than meetings. We are UK based (GMT/BST) but will work around your schedule.
Your impact
You will help a small climate-and-efficiency startup land its first paying manufacturing pilots, and walk away with a clear, attributable story of having built a B2B sales motion from close to zero.
Minimum Hours per Week:
2-3 hours per week
Duration:
1-2 months
We connect professionals with impact startups matching their causes, skills & schedule.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Social Media Content Creator
Mountain Rescue England and Wales, Media and Communicatios, is on the lookout for innovative and creative volunteer Social Media Content Creators. These individuals will play a key role in enhancing our digital presence across platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. The responsibilities will focus on producing engaging visual and written content that resonates with our target audiences.
Communications serve as a vital support function for Mountain Rescue, aiding our operational efforts to help individuals make better-informed choices that enhance their safety and lessen the demand on our teams.
All roles are home based and will require around 2 to 4 hours per week. No prior Mountain Rescue skills are required for these roles and there will be opportunity to visit Mountain Rescue bases to become familiar with what we do. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the safety of those exploring the hills and mountains.
Primary Responsibilities
Essential Skills & Requirements
Mountain rescue. So much more than mountains.


Non-Executive Director (Board member)
Positive Money is a leading international think tank and campaign organisation working to redesign our economic system for social justice and a liveable planet. We publish research, advocate for our proposals with politicians, policymakers, and the press, collaborate with civil society, and mobilise our community of supporters with digital campaigns. We work across six key areas: racial economic justice, finance and democracy, green finance, the future of money, housing, and macroeconomics.
We are seeking up to 4 new Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) to join the board of Positive Money UK. Our board is a non-executive body responsible for the organisation’s vision, mission, strategic direction, finances and governance. These positions are voluntary and unremunerated. Our board meets four times per year at our office in Vauxhall, and NEDs also support the organisation via membership of occasional working groups, or in reviewing policies or other documents.
We are looking for people who will bring strategic insight and either have, or wish to develop, a good understanding of governance. At a time when the funding landscape for our sector is volatile, we are also seeking people who can bring insight, experience or new connections to our fundraising efforts. We are also seeking a candidate with a strong finance background to take over from our current Non-Executive Finance Director, who will be retiring at the end of his term by the end of 2027. We are not seeking all these attributes in each candidate, and recognise that different candidates will bring different strengths and skillsets. See our application pack (link below) for full details
We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility and aim to dismantle oppression in all areas of our work. If you have any questions or considerations you would like us to accommodate in the recruitment process, please contact us.
Contract: Voluntary unremunerated position
Time commitment: Attendance at four board meetings annually, including at least three in person. NEDs may also be asked to review policies, proposals or other documents for the organisation or serve on occasional working groups. NEDs generally spend 3-5 hours per month on Board work.
Deadline: Closing date for applications is 9am Mon 7th Sept with interviews held on Wed 16th Sept
There will also be an open webinar on Wed 26th August at 6pm at which some current board members and Co-ED’s at Positive Money will speak a little more about the organisation and the role, and take questions.
Start Date: We aim to appoint new NEDs formally at our Dec board meeting. We may also invite successful candidates to attend some upcoming strategy development sessions this autumn, see application pack for dates and further details.
How to apply: Please visit our website vacancies page to view a full application pack and details of how to apply.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.