Upmo is an Edinburgh-based charity providing support and opportunity for adults with learning disabilities and autism. For more than a decade, we’ve been combining tailored support services with an increasingly respected curriculum of creative workshops, educational activities and vocational programmes. We’re often asked what drives us and the answer is simple - a passionate belief that every person in society should be given the opportunities they need to develop their potential and play an equal, inclusive and rewarding role in their communities.

We are now seeking new Trustees to join our Board, to contribute knowledge, skills and fresh thinking to drive the organisation through the next stages of growth and development. We are interested in hearing from individuals from a range of different backgrounds who can contribute to a diversity of thought. All skills will be considered, with particular interest in those from Finance, Education, Social Care, and Fundraising backgrounds. However, if you are an innovative and forward-thinking individual who shares our core values, we would like to hear from you.

The time commitment for these positions will be 4 Board meetings per year, with additional meetings every two months initially, which will adjust to every three months once the board has integrated. Meetings can be facilitated flexibly through online platforms.

For more information, please click Apply.

For a confidential chat, please call Debbie Shields or Emma McEneaney at our recruitment partners Aspen People.

To apply, please submit a CV and covering letter / supporting statement expressing why you are interested in this opportunity and your suitability.

Closing date: Monday 2nd November 2020

Inclusive Boards are delighted to be supporting Amber Housing in the search and selection of 3 new Board Members.

Amber Housing is a wholly owned not-for-profit subsidiary of Ambient Support. They have been providing quality housing management, property development and other housing related services for over a decade.

Their mission is to provide a full range of property management services, along with quality housing that enables individuals to lead valued and independent lives in their community.

Amber Housing offers a comprehensive range of services for our tenants and other vulnerable people who receive support from their partner accredited support providers. Services are designed to be tailored to individual needs helping them to lead independent lives.

By 2025 Amber Housing will increase its range of services, partner with more support providers and significantly increase its property development activity in order to offer a greater range the housing options for vulnerable individuals. In line with these aims we they are looking to expand the number of Board Members and to
enrich the Board with the additional skills.

Amber Housing are seeking applications from individuals who have senior management operational/strategic experience from the private, charitable or voluntary sector, preferably within a business with a turnover of c£2M or above covering one or more of the following areas:

• Social / Private Sector Housing Management
• Property Development
• Financial Management / Capital Funding
• Quality / Compliance

For more information, please visit our website and download the candidate pack.

Avenues Group is a specialist provider of adult social care, supporting people with complex needs to enjoy life.

We take great pride in our positive attitude to risk, which enables people to actively engage in their communities, and really experience life.

But we always want to do things better, and as part of our development we are now looking for new trustees.

Our trustee group has to reflect the diversity of the people we support and the communities in which we work, and we welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds.

Duties include;

• Managing the charity’s resources responsibly
• Ensuring the charity is accountable
• Ensuring the charity is carrying out its purposes legally and for the public benefit

Who are we looking for?

As well as a shared commitment to our vision for people, successful applicants will need to have experience in one of the areas below:

• Finance
• Audit and risk management
• Fundraising
• Public relations or public affairs
• Quality assurance
• Stakeholder engagement
• Human resources

Why join us?

You’ll be part of an organisation that instils its values at all levels of the business, ensuring the people we support are at the forefront of our decisions.

Our people love working here, and most trustees stay for many years, becoming as passionate as we are.

This opportunity will be useful for anyone wanting to learn more about being a trustee, develop a more rounded skill set, or will hold the interest of someone with many years of experience.

We'd like to meet you, apply today and to find out more about us and the role please download the attached trustee pack and role profile.

The successful candidates will attend a meeting at our Head Office in Sidcup on 9th December 2020 (subject to CV19), where they will be formally appointed. This will follow a two-stage interview process planned from w/c 23rd November 2020.

About the role

At Headway East London, we find strength and passion from our community. We understand what our members need and we co-produce services to meet those needs.

And what we do is excellent. From art-based therapy to vital outreach, we support people with brain injuries and their families to really thrive.

We think that being able to have support with simple things like claiming benefits, budgeting or even paperwork make a real difference to the quality of life for our members.

Our service centre is a vibrant community hub offering activities, therapies and both peer and professional support. From super clubs to graffiti projects, our services are both innovative and needs based. Our occupational projects include an art studio, writing projects, music therapy and a professional kitchen where members cook each day for others, volunteers, staff and visitors.

In particular, we host Submit to Love; a studio and home to a collective of self-taught artists – all of whom have survived brain injuries. Our studio has developed a set of unique practices and interests, refined over more than a decade.

Our specialist neurological therapy service is renowned for our unique inter-disciplinary approach.

The effects of brain injury are long term and so is our support.

Who we're looking for

We’re looking for a Treasurer who will be a real driver in developing our new strategy and supporting our people to be both happy and to fulfil their potential.

We’re on a mission to develop as an organisation and support more people. Do you have a background in finance and an understanding of charity finance?

You’ll provide support to our Finance Manager and help develop better financial insight for fellow board members.

This is a really exciting time to join our Board – we have big plans, a ‘can do’ attitude and a values-based approach.

You’ll get a fantastic induction and a mighty peer support network. Our Board meets five times a year in the evening and we have three sub-committees: Governance committee, Finance and Audit committee and a Remuneration committee. We expect our Trustees to join one subcommittee and our Treasurer to Chair the Finance and Audit Committee. Overall we expect the time commitment to be up to a day a month including ad hoc emails, telephone calls and attending events when it is safe to do so.

Do you think you can offer diversity of thinking, a positive and ambitious outlook and a love of community powered services? We’d love to hear from you.

For further information and to apply, please visit the job page on Peridot Partners' website via the application method on this site.

Closing date: 9am, Monday 2nd November 2020

Headway East London won the 2020 GSK IMPACT Awards for their outstanding contributions to improving the UK’s health and wellbeing.

They will receive a £30,000 donation, two places on a free training and development programme plus an invitation to join the GSK IMPACT Awards Development Network with its programme of free meetings and events.

Money matters volunteers help an older person to manage their finances so they can stay independent for as long as possible.   Volunteers support the older person with tasks such as organising the payment of bills, setting  up a bank account or direct debits, filling in forms, helping to claim benefits, day-to-day financial  management and helping to create and manage a budget. 

During the Covid 19 pandemic volunteers are carrying out the money matters role from home (within Norfolk) and making contact with the person they support by phone, video call, email and where necessary letter.

The UK country group of Peace Brigades International is currently seeking a
Treasurer. PBI is an international human rights organization
dedicated to nonviolence and conflict transformation.

The role of the Treasurer is to assist the coordinator in all aspects of the
organisation’s financial management and to take specific
responsibility for the oversight of all financial transactions. The
treasurer is also required to carry out general bookkeeping duties
including regular bank balance reviews, maintaining petty cash
records etc. PBI UK is a small organisation, so the number of
such transactions is minimal.

About PBI

PBI is an international NGO with four decades of experience working alongside human rights defenders, opening and protecting space for peace, conflict transformation and the defence of human rights in 8 countries. We are a life-saving international presence in areas of conflict and repression, and a powerful global advocacy network protecting those
on the ground.

PBI envisions a world in which people address conflicts nonviolently, where human rights are universally upheld and social justice and intercultural respect have become a reality.

About PBI UK

PBI UKforms part of a network of country groups that provide international
support to the mission of Peace Brigades International. We carry out
a series of activities including advocacy, fundraising, volunteer
recruitment, public awareness raising and peace education. We rely
on a dedicated team of volunteers to do this and are seeking your
support and involvement in our ongoing projects.

We are seeking a Treasurer to:

- prepare management accounts and present them to the PBI UK Board of Directors;

- be a member of the Board of Directors, attend Board meetings and
contribute to discussions on the general direction of PBI UK;

- chair the Finance Committee of PBI UK;

- prepare books and supporting documents for accountants;

- ensure that accounts are filed and the Annual Return has been submitted.

Can you help us to shape the future of our remarkable open-air museum?

Ryedale Folk Museum in North Yorkshire is looking for a new Treasurer to join the friendly and dedicated Board which oversees the management and development of the 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 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, to ensure the museum can continue to be a thriving venue for visitors and the local community for the next 50 years and beyond.

You can find out more about the role and how to apply on our website.  The deadline for applications is Sunday 15th November.

 The Advocacy Project

We help marginalised and vulnerable people make effective choices about what happens in their lives. We also support them to speak up and help improve important services we all need. We want to make sure people across all age and care groups – including learning disability and mental health – can:

• voice their concerns
• understand their rights
• make effective choices about what happens in their lives

We do this through advocacy services which support people individually, and user involvement projects that help organisations improve the services they offer.

Treasurer role description

Overview

The Advocacy Project is looking for a new trustee with considerable professional experience in finance to become Treasurer of the Board of Trustees. This role represents a fantastic opportunity for experienced professionals who want to be part of an organisation with a mission to support people with learning disabilities, people with mental health issues or older people to say what they want, secure their rights, represent their interests and obtain services they need.

As a member of our Board of Trustees, you will have enormous influence over the success of our charity. With your fellow trustees, you will shape our long-term strategy and be guardians of our vision, mission and values. You will make sure we are led and managed effectively, take the well-being of our service-users, employees and volunteers seriously and are accountable to our stakeholders.

As well as embracing our aims and values, you must have a good understanding of charity governance issues and the ability to demonstrate understanding of the trustee role from a non-executive perspective. We will need in-depth knowledge of finance and audit, preferably from the perspective of charity regulation and management. On a personal level you will bring strategic leadership expertise, networking capabilities and relationship building skills.

The likely time commitment for the role will be 5-8 days per year which include four Board meetings of about three hours each, one Board away-day plus relevant committee meetings. This role will take time and commitment and, you will be influencing the steps we take to help build a better world.

Our governance

Trustees need to be wholeheartedly committed to The Advocacy Project’s vision and work, and set a standard of conduct for the entire organisation by acting with utmost integrity at all times. They’re expected to be advocates of our work and to promote the organisation positively and with passion externally. Effective trustees will challenge the chief executive and the organisation to make sure the aims are being met appropriately and effectively. They’ll treat all stakeholders, including service users and staff, with respect.

Trustees are expected to commit time to studying papers, preparing for and attending meetings, following up on specific tasks with other trustees, liaising with the chief executive or other staff and attending events such as fundraising or advocacy events.

Time commitment

The likely time commitment is 5-8 days per year, which typically includes:

• four board meetings of about three hours each, plus reading papers in advance

• one board away day

• committee meetings plus preparation

• email discussions with trustees and staff between meetings

• commenting on draft strategy documents

• one or two informal dinners

• several meetings, phone calls and email exchanges with staff to offer specialist expertise

• giving feedback to the chair on the performance of the chief executive and other trustees

• engaging in a working group

  Role of the Treasurer

• On behalf of the Board, to maintain an overview of the organisation’s financial affairs, systems and strategies

• Presentation of financial reports to the Board in collaboration with the CEO

• Monitoring and advising on the financial viability of The Advocacy Project

• Implementing and monitoring specific financial controls in accordance with regulatory requirements.

• Advising on the financial implications of the charity’s strategic plan.

  Person specification

  The Advocacy Project particularly welcomes applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experience.

  Required experience 

• Qualified accountant with substantial current or recent professional experience of working within the field of finance and/or audit.

  Desirable experience

• Experience of financial standards and regulation within the UK charities sector, including SORP.

• Experience of working within the advocacy, user involvement, mental health, learning disability, older people and dementia sector

Experience of NHS and local government commissioning

Personal qualities

A strong commitment to The Advocacy Project, its vision, mission, and values.

• Track record of strategic leadership in the field of finance/audit

• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills

• Tact and diplomacy, with the ability to listen and engage effectively

• Excellent communicator, negotiator and influencer

• Cultural sensitivity, and practiced at putting a commitment to equality and diversity into action

• Good judgement

• Able to ask probing questions and hold management to account

• Ability to commit time to perform the role well, including occasional travel in the UK and attending events out of office hours.

Cornwall VSF (CVSF) is the voice of voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly; our aim is to work with others to create a thriving and effective voluntary sector. We aim to effect positive change for the voluntary sector by focusing our lobbying efforts on elected officials and public sector bodies such as the NHS and Cornwall Council.

For over 25 years Cornwall VSF has helped and worked with many small and medium sized groups and charities across Cornwall. Since we were formed in 1992 our membership has steadily grown and our members are made up of VCSE organisations across the county; these are people who want to improve wellness and health, environment, employment, housing, rural isolation and the list goes on and on. Many thousands of volunteers and groups are involved. The work of the sector is supported by donations, fundraising and commissioning by Cornwall Council, Health, the Police, Environmental agencies and others.

But times are changing. Funding is changing. The way that charities need support is changing. What isn’t changing or improving fast enough is the need in our communities. Cornwall VSF has to change now to work in a different way in the future; we have to be more active; to be more creative; to work with a wider variety of people such as employers, local groups in your village or town.

We are exceptionally proud of the contribution that VCSE organisations make to improving the quality of life for our residents and visitors and for the contribution they make to our local communities to ensure that they are more cohesive, caring and inclusive. We are proud to help them to realise their values such as generosity, kindness, compassion, and fairness; values that we also operate from. These are the values that will allow us to foster stronger relationships with each other to get things done.

The future development and lasting impact of CVSF’s strategy on behalf of the VCSE sector relies on the strength and diversity of our Board and staff. Four new Trustees joined our Board last year and our Chief Executive took up her post in March 2020, as the pandemic hit. Our core focus has been the development of alliances across the sector at a strategic, thematic, and local level. Coordinating the sector in this way has enabled us to build our trust and social capital, to pool and align our resources and to share critical intelligence on the issues most prevalent in the pandemic. The formation and strengthening of these alliances has been heralded as a great success. Our Chair has taken the decision to step back in the next year, so we are seeking a new Chair to take up this critical role in addition to a new Treasurer, and a number of new Trustees.

Further information about CVSF, our background and future direction is available using the link below, which includes an outline of the skills and experience that we are seeking in our new Chair and Trustees.

We are extremely excited about what the future holds and look forward to hearing from you if you believe that you have the skills, experience and enthusiasm needed to ensure our future ambitions. 

We encourage confidential conversations in advance of your application - please see attached brief for further details. 

IHF is currently seeking At-Home Volunteers for our International Finance Team. This position provides global training and global connections from your home, at your convenience. Our At-Home Volunteers come from around the world and form online teams essential to our Children’s Homes and Community Centers. 

Volunteering in this division provides a great opportunity to further your understanding of finance through the fascinating world of an international non-profit organisation, boost your CV, and to develop in-depth knowledge of financial practices and systems situated in a diverse range of cultures and environments. 

Please note this is a volunteering position. 

We want to break the barriers of digital exclusion in the UK. Our aim is to build a circular sustainable economy to utilise tech to provide a window of opportunity to a disconnected child.

We take unwanted but usable tech to be up-cycled and repurposed to be used by a child who finds themselves without a device or internet. Our aim is work with businesses to take their old unwanted tech and distribute to our school and community users.

FINANCE

•  Help us with financial modelling and forecasting.

• Volunteer 3 hours a week

We're a lively community, arts and heritage charity in wonderful West Cumbria with four vacancies for trustees and a company secretary. Come and help us run a successful and much loved organisation with a great team of volunteers and staff. We're based at our quirky venue, the Kirkgate Centre in Cockermouth, and offer West Cumbria's towns and villages a range of opportunities to get involved in the arts, cultural activities and our local heritage. 2020 is our 25th year but we have plans for the future and will welcome new trustees with skills and knowledge in finance, business development, heritage, project management, tech, fundraising, communications, or digital marketing. We want a diverse board and will support you if you've never been a trustee or company director before.

Our Time is a small charity with big ambitions. We are currently looking for a new treasurer to take over from our current incumbent who is retiring after three years in the role.

Our Time’s mission is to help the 3 million children and young people who have a parent with a mental illness. We work with local partners to deliver local multi-family workshops and in schools to equip them to recognise and address this vulnerability. Because this group is not recognised in any mental health policy at national level we are not commissioned, but have to finance our work through donations, grants and earned income. We have been successful in doing this for the last 12 years as our audited accounts will show. We are growing in reach and influence but there is still a long way to go to become sustainable in the long term. We need a treasurer who will support the board and the chief executive to ensure financial stability and sustainability by advising and guiding us in this effort.

We need a qualified accountant with experience, who is willing to support our board and finance manager by offering practical help in the form of assisting in the creation of long term organisational budgets and short term project budgets. We have in place a process for tracking and reporting on income and expenditure, reporting to the board through the finance committee. The Treasurer will need to provide support for funding bids when necessary. Because we are small and have limited resources we require a more hands-on approach than you would expect in a larger charity where there is a finance department. We do have a part time finance manager who maintains Quick Books to trial balance, pays suppliers and raises sales invoices, manages the bank accounts, creates and monitors project budgets.

The Role

The Treasurer has an oversight role covering all aspects of financial management, working closely with other members of the finance committee and the board to safeguard the organisation's finances.

In summary, the Treasurer is responsible for:

1. General financial oversight

2. Financial planning and budgeting

3. Financial reporting

4. Contributing to funding, fundraising and sales

Given these responsibilities, the Treasurer typically acts as an information and reference point for the Chair and other committee members: clarifying financial implications of proposals; confirming legal requirements; outlining the current financial status; and retrieving relevant documentation.

Responsibilities of the Treasurer:

1. General financial oversight

· Oversee and present budgets, forecasts and financial statements to the finance committee and board

· Liaise with designated staff about financial matters

· Ensure that appropriate financial systems and controls are in place

· Ensure that record-keeping and accounts meet the conditions of funders and statutory bodies

· Ensure compliance with relevant legislation

· Be a critical friend to the finance manager

2. Financial planning and budgeting

· Prepare and present budgets for new and ongoing work

· Advise on financial implications of strategic and operational plans

· Present regular revised financial forecasts

3. Financial reporting

· Prepare and present regular management accounts and reports on the organisation's financial position to the finance committee and board

· Prepare annual accounts for audit and liaising with the auditor

· Advise on the organisation's reserves and investment policy

4. Funding, fundraising and sales

· Contribute to the organisation's fundraising strategy

· Ensure use of funds complies with conditions set by funding bodies

· Ensure fundraising and sales complies with relevant legislation and is bound by effective financial systems and controls

· Ensure effective monitoring and reporting

· Ensure HMRC receives gift aid submissions at least annually

The time commitment is estimated at approximately 2 days per month which includes attending quarterly finance committee and separate quarterly board meetings plus a strategy away day each year. Time will be required to prepare finance committee and board papers, statutory accounts, liaison with the auditor and providing ad hoc financial advice etc. We will give the new appointee a good handover and induction where they will meet board colleagues, staff and volunteers as well as a handbook with expectations fully explained. You will get whatever support you need to take over this important role, and you will be joining a highly professional, dedicated team of people who are dedicated to the work we do for vulnerable children and their families.

Interviews will be held virtually due to COVID restrictions and we hope to have someone in place by end November, at the latest.

Closing date: 14th October 2020

Forest Farm Peace Garden is a unique mental health and environment project that provides ecotherapy to support mental health recovery at our inspiring garden in East London. Our aims are to promote health and well-being, build a vibrant community, provide rewarding and meaningful volunteering opportunities, reduce social isolation, increase learning and skills, improve the natural environment and promote environmental sustainability. Our garden has become an oasis of beauty and tranquillity providing a space to enjoy being in nature, be active outdoors, meet other people, connect to community, learn new skills and make a positive contribution.

We are looking for a Treasurer to join our board of trustees. Together trustees support our amazing staff team and lead the Forest Farm Peace Garden strategy.  We meet every 6-8 weeks and ask for a commitment of at least one year.  Our trustees must be great ambassadors for our charity, modelling our core values and ethos.

Responsibilities may include:

• Provide leadership and advice to the board of trustees on financial matters and helps the board to fulfil its responsibilities for the financial governance and direction of the organisation.
• Work in partnership with the Project Manager, and as necessary in liaison with the book-keeper and the Independent Examiner, to ensure the production of key financial documentation including the annual budget, the annual statutory accounts and bi-monthly management accounts.
• Advise the Project Manager on financial matters including budgets for funding applications.
• Advise the board on financial matters such as the financial implications of proposed new projects, staffing changes, salary increases, levels of reserves etc.
• To be a bank signatory for FFPG and authorise online payments.
• May, in common with other trustees, act as a mentor for a particular member of FFPG staff.
• Attend and contribute to FFPG annual public events alongside staff, other trustees and volunteers. 
• Attend most board meetings, normally held on Monday evenings every 6 to 8 weeks in Ilford or at the garden in Hainault.

• Meet with the project manager at FFPG’s offices in Ilford from time to time.
• Read and respond to emails or papers from other trustees and staff as necessary, 
• Contribute to the strategic direction and other trustee responsibilities as necessary, such as staff recruitment, policy reviews. 

Experience, Knowledge and Skills

• Some work experience in the field of finance, and possibly a financial qualification.

• An understanding of budgets and of management and statutory accounts.

• A knowledge of charity-specific financial matters such as restricted funding – or the ability and willingness to learn about such matters.

• The ability to explain financial matters to people who don’t have specialist financial knowledge.
• Experience of making decisions collectively on boards, committees or other types of working groups.

• Commitment to and enthusiasm for the work of FFPG.