Treasurer for the Volunteer Centre West Berkshire

Do you have the financial management skills and enthusiasm to help an organisation that supports communities and other charities in West Berkshire ? 

You could be the next Treasurer for the Volunteer Centre West Berkshire.

Set up in 1974 to support local communities and charities, primarily in West Berkshire, we became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in 2014. We continue to match local people to local need, with our comprehensive volunteer recruitment service, our Handybus, voluntary car and Shopmobility schemes, and our general advice and bespoke support for local voluntary and charity groups.

Our income in 2023 was £270k, matched by almost-similar spending, so we’re not a large organisation, with our finances managed day-to-day by our Finance Officer and CEO.

The role and what we are looking for in a new Treasurer 

As we celebrate our 50th year of voluntary success, we’ve recruited other new trustees and are now looking for a Treasurer to take over from our longstanding Treasurer, who is retiring after 17 years’ service.

Our Board includes people with experience and skills in governing our charity and responding to the needs of local people and local organisations. We expect our Treasurer to have empathy with our cause and our beneficiaries, awareness of the needs in West Berkshire, as well as provide strategic overview and guidance to our Board on the charity's financial standing and future planning.

Although we’d welcome your financial qualification, that’s not a requirement, as our finances aren’t complex. An understanding of how charity finance works would be beneficial of course, with the ability to communicate financial information clearly, especially to other trustees. Support from our CEO and Finance Officer will always be available, as they will be dealing with the day-to-day finances.

It would be great if you have prior experience of charity trusteeship, but that’s not absolutely essential; we can provide and access training focused on trustee duties and responsibilities. Full induction to our organisation will be provided, plus specialist support for you as a new trustee. You may find membership of the Honorary Treasurer’s Forum of benefit.

We are a charity not a business, but we apply business principles to governing our organisation. We welcome fresh expertise and experience from a variety of backgrounds to our charity, as we want to expand the diversity, in all meanings of the word, of our Board to reflect all our communities. 

The focus of a trustee role is strategic, and trustees will not be expected to get involved in the organisation’s operations on a day-to-day basis; however, regular contact and liaison with other trustees, and our CEO and Finance Officer is expected.   

We ask for at least two hours of your time per month, which includes all meetings, discussions, etc., which will increase at year-end and for our AGM.  You will need access to digital communications, as much of our charity’s business and Board meetings are run that way.

How to apply  

This appointment is being managed for us by inVOLve Community Services, another charity-support organisation, who offer a no-obligation discussion by phone or video. A detailed Role Description and Skills Specification can be made available to you upon request.  

Trustee appointments are subject to satisfactory references. 

Your CV or similar will be read by our existing trustees, and an interview offered as soon as mutually convenient.   

I need to know more   

Contact Mike Allen, Trustee Recruitment & Governance, via Quick Apply below, for more information and arrange to have a no-obligation initial informal discussion (Teams/Zoom/phone) and support in your application.