Volunteer Kent based women's migrant organisation seeks treasurer

What will you be doing?

We are looking for someone who wants to contribute to our vision of ‘Women’s voices together, building stronger communities.’ Our work focusses on building speaking confidence and inter-cultural friendships, combining teaching English as an additional language with a holistic and creative approach. Our core programme, “United Mothers”, provides free weekly women-only spaces for safe and friendly English language learning for all ages and abilities. We work closely with service providers to develop their potential to work confidently in a multi-ethnic community.  Our United Mothers programme is a long-term commitment by Beyond the Page; it is offered free and without registration criteria of any sort to all Thanet women, although our work focusses on language learning for minority ethnic women with English as an additional language. Our intention is to remove as many barriers as possible to their engagement and ability to participate. Groups are based in local community centres. Our unique approach combines ESOL teaching with a strong ethos of equality and community-building.    We are entering an exciting period in Beyond the Page’s history as we seek to register as a Charity over the next 12 months. The Treasurer role will be instrumental in providing support towards this, initially as a Non-Executive Director and then as a Trustee.   We want to build upon our diverse team of board members to help us take our next steps into the future. If you think this could be you then please get in touch.

What are we looking for?

Minimum of 3 years working in accountancy and or/business sector.   Accountancy qualification. Knowledge & experience of charity reporting, including SORP.  Ability to communicate and explain financial information to members of the board and other stakeholders.    Analytical and evaluation skills, demonstrating good judgement.   Understanding and acceptance of legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of directorship and trusteeship and the Treasurer role in particular.   Friendly, patient, resourceful  Empathetic to the aims and objectives of Beyond the Page.   Good communication and leadership skills  A team-oriented approach to problem solving and to management 

What difference will you make?

As treasurer you will play a key role in our board, maintaining effective governance of the organisation’s affairs, ensuring its financial viability and ensuring that proper processes and procedures exist. You will work with the Co-CEO for Operations, Finance & Governance to oversee the organisation’s finances, identify areas of improvement and opportunities to drive the organisation forward. And be part of identifying the strategic development for the organisation.