A new and exciting volunteering opportunity!

Are you looking for an opportunity to offer your experience and leadership skills to an innovative a growing Dundee charity?

Do you want to use your skills in finance to make a difference in the lives of the people of Dundee?

This is an excellent opportunity for a person, passionate about the proper management and flow of financial systems, to have proper influence and leadership of financial matters of an organisation.

This post would suit a person with experience in finance to have a real impact on a developing organisation at a point of growth.

ROLE - Volunteer Treasurer to the Board of Trustees

• Commitment: 6 meetings per year
• Influence financial decisions in meetings
• Management and flow of financial systems
• We prioritise diversity and inclusion
• Have an interest in finance, strategy, governance and risk
• Develop leadership and experience

Core Purpose of Job

To deliver specialist therapeutic support and information services to survivors age 12+ affected by sexual violence, at our main premises, at outreach locations across Lanarkshire and via virtual methods.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide therapeutic support services (face to face / telephone / online) within a feminist, survivor-centred approach at all times
• Provide timely regular progress reports of your work
• Offer support to families, friends, and partners of survivors
• Assist in internal and external training
• Promote opportunities for reflective practice, sharing experiences and identifying learning opportunities within the wider team
• Facilitate and contribute to groupwork programmes for survivors
• Work on a community outreach basis as necessary, including visits to other settings
• To establish and maintain effective liaison with appropriate voluntary and statutory agencies
• Record all information pertaining to LRCC’s support services accurately and appropriately in line with LRCC’s policies on confidentiality and GDPR
• Contribute to the running of the Centre including housekeeping and supporting other projects
• Ensure that the delivery of support recognises the additional barriers and inequalities faced by survivors of sexual violence from marginalized groups and communities and strives to promote at all times inclusive and anti-discriminatory practice across all aspects of the service
• Contribute to the development of information materials for survivors and to the promotion of LRCC services across Lanarkshire
• Adhere to all LRCC policies and procedures including Safeguarding, Boundaries, Health and Safety standards and Equalities legislation at all times and in all locations of service delivery.

Other

• To work as part of a team
• To communicate effectively (written, electronic and verbal)
• To attend individual supervision, team meetings and practice development meetings.
• To contribute positively to the overall mission, vision and values of LRCC.
• Flexibility of working hours
• The post holder will regularly apply creative or adaptive thinking to develop innovative new approaches or solutions.

Any other responsibilities commensurate with the role required to meet the needs and expectations of the organisation and Board.

Do you share our passion and commitment to ensuring children’s rights are protected and that all children in Scotland grow up safe and well in strong, resilient families and communities? Do you want to help us transform the lives of children across Scotland?

If the answer to these questions is yes and you have the values, experience, and passion to become a trustee of one of Scotland’s leading charities, you could be the dynamic and experienced trustee we are looking for!

To help govern and lead us as we deliver on our strategic goals, we are looking to appoint three new trustees to deepen and extend the skills, knowledge and experience of our Board. Our volunteer trustees must share our values, believe in our purpose and be passionate about putting children first.

One of the newly appointed trustees will provide succession to the Honorary Treasurer position. The specific skills required for this role are accountancy, and specifically experience in any or all of financial reporting, management accounting delivery or oversight, auditing or general financial management. Fulfilling an existing role or a recent past role in any of these domains will be required, and any experience of non-executive roles using your financial specialism in the charity sector would be a bonus.

We are especially keen to attract trustees with experience in Digital technologies and specific knowledge of professional practice in health, social work , and justice with experience strategic service delivery for children in need of care and protection.

We are proud of the way we do things at Children 1st, we put relationships, rights, respect and compassion at the heart of everything we do and we believe that with the best people delivering the best quality support, amazing transformation can take place. With this in mind we are actively recruiting those who have been historically excluded from governance roles and want to broaden our representation, inclusion and diversity so that we truly represent all of Scotland’s children. If you think you don’t fit the traditional profile of a board member but believe in our purpose and want to make a contribution to our work, please do get in touch. We will offer support and flexibility to ensure any barriers to your involvement are removed.

Relationships Scotland is the largest provider of family and relationship support in the country. We offer relationship counselling, family mediation and child contact centres through a network of 21 Member Services across Scotland. Around 18,000 people receive a face-to-face service each year.

We are looking to appoint a new treasurer to join our Board. The treasurer will be responsible for overseeing financial matters on behalf of our Board and will be responsible for ensuring that the organisation has robust financial processes to ensure it meets its legal and constitutional requirements. While we encourage and welcome applicants of all backgrounds, we are keen to hear from candidates that have experience of charity financial management or are chartered in a suitable accountancy field.

This role would include four board meetings a year (currently a mix of in person and online), along with four online Office Bearer meetings each year, and our AGM.

We want our Board to reflect the diversity of the modern communities we work with, and value the benefits of having different experience and points of view on our Board. We particularly welcome applications from people living with a disability or long-term health condition, LGBTQ+ people, younger people and those from ethnic minority communities.