Volunteer Treasurer - Trustee | Careers Springboard

The Treasurer is an important Trustee role on the Executive Committee of the registered charity, Careers Springboard. The treasurer will have responsibility for managing the finances and financial matters.

What difference will you make?

For 35+ years Careers Springboard has enabled 3,500+ professionals and graduates return to employment. The Treasurer will ensure that the registered charity\’s finances are correctly managed and looked after. You will have several years of experience as a qualified and practising Chartered Accountant FCA of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. This role at Careers Springboard may suit a recently retired Chartered Accountant with an extensive knowledge and understanding of financial matters affecting a registered charity. As part of our executive board you will support and shape our work and strategic direction, as well as help us achieve our purpose to get job seekers back into work. The Treasurer is a vital role, helping to ensure that we have the financial stability to continue our support for job seekers. As a Trustee, you will have a real opportunity to offer your unique skill set and insight to help the strategic progression of the charity. The role of Treasurer is so important to us – we need someone to keep us on track financially. At the same time we need a Treasurer who can contribute to the ongoing management of the registered charity. The Treasurer is a key role in Careers Springboard. Your leadership and commitment will ensure we continue to provide and extend our range of much-needed support and services to our members/job seekers whilst operating within carefully supervised finances. Our number of participants increases gradually and we want this to continue. As a Trustee in the Executive Committee, the Treasurer will research issues arising, new and recent, and report back to fellow Trustees.

What are we looking for?

Our Treasurer must be a Chartered Accountant FCA of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. Our Treasurer will be enthusiastic to be part of a local charity. The appointee will have experience of working with financial responsibility, preferably, but not mandatorily within a registered charity. Enthusiastic financial management will go alongside encouragement and sensitivity in order to move the whole team forward. A practical hand-on approach is essential because there is little or no financial supervision or support. Our annual turnover is less than £25,000. The Treasurer will make all payments and financial transfers. He/she will produce clear and sound ongoing account reports. The Treasurer will be in regular close touch with our bank. Confident people skills and basic IT skills as well as an awareness of financial responsibility and practical financial ability will be evident in any new Treasurer appointment. A proven ability with written and spoken English will be key. Careers Springboard has a Constitution which oversees all the charity\’s operations and the Treasurer will quickly become familiar with this document and how it applies to how we organise ourselves. Careers Springboard has a logo / trademark and our Treasurer will have knowledge and experience of how this is protected. A supporting document is attached to this ad for a Treasurer – the document provides a job description of the role of Treasurer

What will you be doing?

Careers Springboard seeks a Treasurer to work with our Chairperson and 7 member Executive Committee plus 40 volunteers. Careers Springboard is a registered charity, self-help group, established over 30 years ago in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, staffed entirely by volunteers, providing help and guidance to redundant and unemployed professionals, managers and graduates who seek employment. We currently operate all our meetings and services virtually online via Zoom. There is a virtual programme of weekly Monday evening meetings on job search skills such as CV preparation, Internet job search, telephone techniques, networking, LinkedIn, interview preparation, Tell Me About Yourself etc. In addition Careers Springboard provides, free of charge to our members/job seekers, one-to-one services such as CV preparation, interview practice, coaching, counselling. All these services are provided voluntarily by qualified and experienced professionals.. Our current Treasurer is stepping down after \”a very good innings\” so a successor is required. There is ample time for any new appointment to work alongside our outgoing Treasurer in order to learn and understand all aspects of the Treasurer role, thereby ensuring a smooth handover. The Treasurer will be a member of the Executive Committee, all of whom are Trustees of Careers Springboard. Time commitment will be to participate in approx 20% of weekly Monday evening online Zoom meetings from 7.00pm to 9.00pm in order to be in touch with all the activities and services which Careers Springboard aims to provide for job seekers who are our members. Our four committee meetings per year and an AGM take place face-to-face at our Gerrards Cross base and our Treasurer will be expected to attend. It is for this reason that we wish to have a Treasurer who lives within a 20 mile radius of Gerrards Cross, South Bucks. The charity operates Monday evening meetings each year from January to April, from May to July, and from September to December. Meetings total 39-40 each year. Newly redundant members/job seekers join us each week whilst some leave us because they secure new employment. Current virtual attendance each week is approximately 50. Careers Springboard requires funds to cover such costs as insurance, small equipment purchases, licence charges, rent etc, We make applications to a variety of organisations for funding. The Treasurer handles the finances raised but not the funding applications themselves.

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