Treasurer @ Charity Protecting Human Rights Defenders
- Employer
- Accounting for International Development
- Location
- London/Remote
- Salary
- Pro bono
- Closing date
- 30 Jul 2021
- Reference
- #467
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- Sector
- Charity / not-for-profit, Non-governmental organisation
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Our partner provides life-saving support to human rights defenders in some of the world's most dangerous countries. Their volunteers accompany at-risk activists and they also provide support such as security monitoring and psychological help.
They are seeking a Treasurer to assist the Director in all aspects of the organisation’s financial management and to take specific responsibility for the oversight of all financial transactions. The Treasurer is also required to carry out some limited general bookkeeping duties including regular bank balance reviews and maintaining petty cash records.
Specifically, the Treasurer will:
- Review management accounts and present them to the Board
- Attend Board meetings and contribute to discussions on the general direction of the organisation
- Chair the Finance Committee
- Oversee the audit process, financial controls and financial governance
- Work with the Finance Officer to ensure all regulatory and statutory requirements are met
Board meetings and Finance Committee meetings take place quarterly at their London office, although remote attendance is possible.
Please note that this is a voluntary position and therefore unremunerated.
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For more Trustee/Treasurer opportunities, please visit the AfID website.
Company
Accounting for International Development (AfID) offers every type of accountant, from anywhere in the world the opportunity to use their skills to support a broad range of non-profit organisations globally. Volunteer assignments of between 2 weeks and 12 months, &/or longer permanent placements, form part of our ongoing strategy to build the financial management capacity of charities in over 50 countries.
AfID have now arranged assignments for over 1000 accountants from over 50 countries, providing over 250,000 hours of one to one support to more than 500 non-profit partners.
Our partners, which are a blend of international charities and grassroot NGOs, such as street child centres, hospitals, micro-finance institutions, conservation projects, women’s empowerment programmes and schools, are all doing amazing work to tackle extreme poverty and inequality but due to limited resources are unable to access vital financial management training.
The main focus of all AfID assignments is to develop the skills, confidence and potential of local people, enabling organisations to ultimately have the financial management capacity they need to deliver more sustainable programmes to their many beneficiaries, whilst maintaining good relations with their donors. Volunteers could be budgeting with a street child centre in Kampala (Uganda), coaching a hospital bookkeeper in Kigali (Rwanda) or financial reporting for a primary school in Kathmandu (Nepal).
- Mini-site
- Accounting for International Development
- Telephone
- 07590413928
- Location
-
55 North Cross Road
East Dulwich
London
Greater London
SE22 9ET
GB
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