Treasurer Shopmobility - Volunteer

Treasurer for Bracknell Shopmobility - Volunteer

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What difference will you make?

• An opportunity to exercise your strategic financial & planning skills, probably in a different context
• An opportunity to influence and collectively-govern an organisation supporting disabled people
• A chance to expand and implement your understanding of our work
• A chance to augment your experience of charities
• A boost to your career and CV, if needed
• Satisfaction of helping an organisation that supports disabled people, thus giving something back to your community

• Your strategic financial management skills, knowledge, understanding or experience
• Your abilities to influence plans for our charity’s financial future
• Enhancement to our overall governance and the Board of trustees; improvement in our charity governance and operational growth
• Your participation in our collective decision-making, contributing to all areas of our charity work
• Your enthusiasm

• The ability to continue our support to disabled people in Bracknell
• A well-governed charity, financially sustainable for the future
• A forward-looking and agile organisation, with a well-informed Board

Here is some of what we would want for this Treasurer role. We expect sufficient experience in some of these areas, but also know that you may need training and support from other trustees and from external organisations, and that that will be forthcoming, as necessary, to build on any area.

• Clear commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, valuing differences to make better decisions and deliver better outcomes
• Understanding of the needs of our beneficiaries is desirable; an empathy with them is essential
• Experience and knowledge of managing finances, bookkeeping or similar
• Experience and knowledge of current practice relevant to voluntary and community groups, charities or SME finance would be useful; an outline understanding of the Charities SORP would be welcome but not required
• A recognised financial and/or accounting qualification would be highly beneficial but is not a prerequisite
• Ability to clearly communicate financial information, especially to other trustees whose in-depth financial knowledge may be less than yours
• Strategic vision; good, independent judgement; ability to think creatively, tempered by pragmatism and reality
• Secure personal access to digital communication and able to competently use those resources
• Commitment to the organisation; willingness and ability to devote the necessary time & effort
• Experience of committee or similar work, with an understanding of the role of the Treasurer in effective (charity or corporate) governance, would be highly-valued
• Willingness to be available to our bookkeeper and employees/volunteers with financial responsibilities on a scheduled or ad-hoc basis to provide advice and answer enquiries

Set up in 2004, Bracknell Shopmobility is an independent charity helping local people’s mobility and disability needs, from hire of mobility scooters to advice on disability aids and liaison with Health professionals.

We run mobility scooter hire from our shop in central Bracknell, with our community café and fundraising activities, plus contact with professionals who can advise on issues faced by disabled people, their carers and families.

We're a small charity in 2023/24, our income was £70k, and we maintained our Balance Sheet of almost 2 years’ running costs, whilst we robustly plan for our future growth, advised by our Treasurer alongside other trustees.

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

Trustees are the people who make the top-level decisions for our charity. Our Board includes people with experience and skills in managing the charity, with some newer trustees. We’d expect our Treasurer to have empathy with our cause and our beneficiaries, as well as good financial acumen.

Although we’d welcome your…