Volunteer Finance Volunteer

What will you be doing?

Overall Aim  Housing for Women is a charity and a housing provider with a mission to empower women and challenging inequality. We support women through affordable housing, help women and children escaping domestic abuse, survivors of trafficking, women leaving prison and older women. We are looking for a friendly and motivated female volunteer to help us filling and archiving records and information kept on-site as well as support  Head of Finance  and the Finance Team with various administrative tasks.     Housing for Women is looking for a volunteer with finance and administration experience to support our energetic finance department.  This could be someone studying for their ACCA, AAT, CIMA or ACA qualifications, or someone recently qualified who wants some work experience.  Previous volunteers have gone on to get employment within the charity sector.  We are looking for a volunteer who can commit to volunteering at least two days a week for a minimum of six months.  This is the perfect opportunity for anyone looking to use their finance skills on a regular basis.  If you are looking to gain hands on experience in charity finance in a supportive environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you! We will provide relevant training and help you to identify career development opportunities.   Availability  We are looking for someone who can commit to volunteering one or two days a week for a minimum of six months.  We can be flexible with the days and hours as long as they are compatible with our service operation hours:  Monday to Friday 9:30 am to 4:30 pm  Visits to our offices will be arranged in accordance with guidelines on social distancing. Protective equipment would be provided if deemed necessary.  Some Experience, Knowledge and Skills that would be useful for this role  Experience, Knowledge and Skills 

Knowledge and experience of Word, and Excel. Packages  Awareness of workplace health and safety requirements is desirable but not necessary.  Interest in future employment in charity finance.  Good verbal and written communication skills   Possess or be studying towards a relevant bookkeeping or accounting qualification 

What are we looking for?

Experience, Knowledge and Skills 

Knowledge and experience of Word, and Excel. Packages  Awareness of workplace health and safety requirements is desirable but not necessary.  Interest in future employment in charity finance.  Good verbal and written communication skills   Possess or be studying towards a relevant bookkeeping or accounting qualification 

Personal style and Behaviour  

Ability to work on own initiative and working well as part of a team  Resilient, able to handle conflict and remains calm under pressure  Reliable and trust worthy  Have a non-judgemental attitude  Ability to maintain confidentiality and to follow best practice in Data Protection 

Other Requirements 

Personal commitment to the corporate values, vision, and objectives of Housing for Women’s culture of continuous service improvement   Evidenced commitment to equality and diversity   Sensitivity to working in a multicultural environment  

What difference will you make?

Benefits of Volunteering with Us  This is a great opportunity for somebody looking to gain experience in the charity finance sector.   Some additional benefits are: 

Experience of working in a supportive and professional environment   Full induction, support, and supervision    Opportunity to develop new skills in a supportive and encouraging environment  Relevant training opportunities in the area of charity finance  Be involved with an organisation supporting vulnerable women