Volunteer Huntingdonshire cancer charity trustee with finance experience

What will you be doing?

HCCN provides a programme of free activities that supports adults 18+, living within Huntingdonshire, recovering from or living with a cancer diagnosis or is a carer of someone with a diagnosis. We are your local cancer charity, with big ambitions. HCCN’s board of trustees are the people responsible for providing leadership and direction of the charity. The day to day running of HCCN is delegated to our Operations Manager and her team, supported by around 30 volunteers. It is helpful if the Trustees, like our delivery team and our volunteers, have a close connection with cancer. We believe that the best way to help people get their lives back on track after cancer is to equip them with the skills they need in order to play a full part in managing their health now and into the future. Sometimes that means helping people develop new habits, perhaps around exercise or diet but it also means supporting people whilst they manage their emotional responses to their illness and get back on track to rebuild their lives positively.

What are we looking for?

We are particularly looking for a trustee with charity finance experience.  The finance trustee's role is to oversee the financial health of the charity and ensure that the board of trustees has the information they need to make strategic decisions:

explain the charity's financial position to trustees in layman's terms.  report on financial performance to trustees at regular intervals, including budgets, accounts, and financial statements.  bring expertise in using the right financial measures, records, controls and procedures. be supported by the Chair of Trustees, other fellow trustees, HCCN’s bookkeeper, and external accountants.

If you have knowledge, experience, and skills to support HCCN, please apply to be one of our Trustees. An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship is desirable. You will be skilled in influencing, negotiating and networking and must act with prudence and integrity. You must be committed to our aims and be able to be actively involved and contribute your skills to their delivery.  We are looking for people from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to help us deliver our vision and our commitment to inclusion. We welcome applications from a wide range of backgrounds and recognise the value of diversity of talents and perspectives in the successful leadership of the organisation.

What difference will you make?

As your local cancer charity, we are at a challenging phase in our development, as we aim to double the number of people we support - yet needing to increase income to expand our activities and volunteers.  We are particularly looking for a trustee with finance experience to explain our financial position in plain terms.