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Exciting opportunity to join UWS's Audit and Risk Committee and impact global education
Overview
Salary
Voluntary role - no salary
Location
London, UK - Remote
Expires
Expires at anytime
UWS is a visionary international nonprofit, dedicated to reducing education poverty by providing quality, inclusive education to children in remote and marginalized regions across Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal, and Madagascar. Currently, we are collaborating with over 320 communities and aiding more than 80,000 children. As a member of our Audit and Risk Committee, you'll provide insight, scrutiny and oversight to our financial processes. Your responsibilities will include reviewing financial reports, audit findings and management responses, contributing to budgetary and financial stability discussions, and playing a key role in our risk management framework. Occasionally, you may also serve as an ad hoc advisor for the finance team.
Role Requirements:
- Recognised professional accountancy qualification
- Experience in a senior finance role, such as CFO/Finance Director, or audit partner
Application Process Details:
- Submit your CV and a short cover note expressing your interest and outlining your suitability to recruitment@uwsglobal.net
- Applications will be reviewed after 8 May
ABOUT UWS WHEN WE EDUCATE THE FUTURE, WE CHANGE THE FUTURE Education accelerates poverty reduction, female empowerment, and improved infant mortality. Yet, 251 million children worldwide are out of school. This changes now. UWS works to ensure children have access to quality, inclusive education in remote and marginalised communities by collaborating with local partners, communities and governments. We deliver schools, we train teachers and we strengthen education systems. Our low-cost, high impact model builds capacity, not dependency. This ensures that education systems continue to flourish beyond our involvement. Shifting focus from delivering change in the short term, to empowering change for the long term, we go beyond educating the future, to changing it. Our vision is Zero Education Poverty. UWS is an international nonprofit that was established in 2008 to provide children in remote and marginalised regions access to free quality, inclusive primary education. We currently operate in rural areas of Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal, and Madagascar, working with over 320 communities and over 80,000 children to date.
THE ROLE UWS is seeking a senior finance professional, such as a CFO/Finance Director or audit partner, with a recognised professional accountancy qualification to join the Audit and Risk Committee. This is a voluntary role and an opportunity to support a mission-led, international charity working to ensure every child has access to quality education, regardless of where they are born. Committee members provide professional insight and independent scrutiny to support Board decision-making, review financial reports, audit findings and management responses, contribute to discussions on budgets, reserves and going concern, and support oversight of UWS's risk management framework. Members act as a sounding board to the finance team on an ad hoc basis.
HOW TO APPLY Please send your CV and a short cover note (no more than one page) via email to [email removed - click apply for more details] outlining your interest in the role and relevant skills and experience in relation to the Role Specification. Applications will be reviewed after the closing date of 8 May.
