Trustee Treasurer (Volunteer)

Trustee Treasurer (Volunteer)

St Augustine's Centre | Halifax, West Yorkshire

Do you want to use your financial skills to help refugees and people seeking asylum rebuild their lives?

St Augustine's Centre is seeking a Trustee Treasurer to join our committed Board and help guide the future of our charity. This is a voluntary leadership role with a highly respected organisation that supports people seeking asylum and newly recognised refugees across Calderdale.

About the role

As Trustee Treasurer, you will play a key part in ensuring the charity remains financially sustainable, well governed and able to continue delivering vital services to those who need them most.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as Company Secretary
• Filing accounts and annual returns to Companies House and the Charity Commission
• Maintaining bank accounts and mandates
• Authorising payments and overseeing movement of funds
• Ensuring compliance with our governing documents (Memorandum and Articles of Association)
• Supporting the preparation of annual accounts
• Working with the Director on budgets and forecasts
• Supporting financial systems (including QuickBooks)

We're keen to hear from people with experience in:

• Finance or accounting

 - Charity finance and governance

 - Company secretarial responsibilities

 - Strategic leadership and oversight

Time commitment

• This is a voluntary role (reasonable expenses are paid, including travel and childcare where needed)
• 4 Board meetings per year , lasting around 2 hours each
• Meetings are usually held in person , with the option to join online
• Preparation time of around 1 hour per meeting
• Trustees also join at least one Board sub‑group , meeting 4 times a year

Overall, the commitment is approximately 8 hours per month , with flexibility depending on your availability.

Support is available for trustees whose first language is not English.

Why join us?

At St Augustine's Centre, you'll help shape the future of an organisation that provides specialist support, advocacy, education, wellbeing activities and community connections for refugees and people seeking asylum in Calderdale.

Interested?

Find our more and apply via our website!