UCAN has a vacancy among its trustee board for an Honorary Treasurer
Uttlesford Community Action Network is the charity at the heart of our community. Working with VCFSE colleagues, statutory services and volunteers, we deliver a range of services to improve the quality of life for the residents of Uttlesford. Our primary mission is to reduce loneliness and isolation amongst our population and enable people to live independent but supported and connected lives.
The UCAN board of trustees are volunteers who hold the operational management team to account, set strategy and develop policy and support the charity with compliance and governance matters. We are now seeking to appoint a new Honorary Treasurer, as the previous post-holder has retired.
The role of the Honorary Treasurer (who is both a trustee and director of the charity) in addition to their regular responsibilities as a trustee of UCAN, is to have oversight of the financial administration of the charity.
Day to day responsibility for the financial management and administration of the charity is devolved to the Chief Finance Officer (CFO), supported by the Financial Administrator. The financial management and administration of the charity is governed by the Financial Regulations policy.
The Treasurer, in addition to attending regular trustee meetings, will also Chair Finance Sub Group meetings where they will work with the Chief Finance Officer to set and review budgets and budget performance, review the fundraising activities and funding pipeline and support the CFO with matters relating to the good financial governance of the charity. The sub group will make recommendations to the board on routine financial matters and issues arising.
- The Treasurer will provide support and advice to the Chief Executive Officer and CFO and through them the Financial Administrator.
- The CFO will consult the Treasurer before committing to any non-budgeted expenditure or entering into any financial liabilities/agreements.
- The Treasurer may be required to meet the external accountants and respond to questions from them.
- The Treasurer will approve the annual accounts and present the examined/audited accounts to the board and at the Annual General Meeting.
PERSON SPECIFICATION FOR THE HONORARY TREASURER
| Requirement | Essential or Desirable |
| Financial qualification such as chartered accountant | D |
| Financial management at a senior level | E |
| Charity finance, fundraising and pension schemes | D |
| Ability to analyse proposals and consider their consequences | E |
| Willingness to be available to the SMT and trustees for advice and guidance on an ad-hoc basis | E |
| Be eligible to serve as a trustee | E |
Your commitment as a trustee is to attend as many schedule board meetings as possible within the year. These alternate between in-person main meetings and virtual (Zoom) online update meetings approximately every six weeks, plus participation in the finance sub group which meets two weeks before each trustee meeting. Board meetings usually take place on a Friday morning in
If you match the eligibility criteria and are interested in taking an active role within UCAN and our community, please email your CV outlining relevant experience, and a covering letter to connect@ucan.org.uk the Dunmow area, with virtual meetings taking place on Wednesday evenings. This is a voluntar role, but expenses for attending meetings can be claimed.
Thank you for your interest.
