At a glance

Skills

Accountancy / Auditing
Financial management

Where

Swansea, SA1 5JQ

Mainly at home

Time

Either in or out of office hours Estimate of time needed:
1-3 hours / week

Deadline

30 May 2025

We are looking for a finance professional with excellent financial management and analysis skills to join our welcoming Board of Trustees.

What will you be doing?

We are a volunteer-led registered charity, run and managed by our members, who include asylum seekers, refugees and other local people. We give a warm welcome to people seeking sanctuary in Swansea through our twice-weekly drop-ins, and offer practical support, educational and recreational opportunities.

About the Role

We are looking for a finance professional who alongside our Treasurer and a fellow Finance Trustee to provide financial oversight and assist the strategic development of the charity.

Responsibilities

Ensure that the charity’s finances are responsibly managed for the betterment of the charity’s work and for the beneficiaries it serves.
Provide financial oversight.
Assist the strategic development of the charity.
Act as Deputy Treasurer and prepare to assume role of Treasurer later on in 2026.
Administrate the charity’s bank account (i.e. access statements, co-authorise changes of signatories, but not authorise payments).
Oversee the charity’s financial risk-management process.
Ensure proper accounting records are kept, financial resources are controlled and economically spent in line with governance, legal and regulatory requirements; oversee independent examination of accounts and submission to the Charity Commission .
Help develop and implement financial reserves policy, and cost management policy. Communicate financial information clearly to the Board of Trustees.

What are we looking for?

Person Specification

Essential

A commitment to the vision and aims of SASS.
Good financial management, analytical and evaluation skills.
Strategic vision and good, independent judgement.
Ability to explain financial information concisely to members of the Board and other stakeholders.
An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship.
Commitment to Nolan’s seven principles of public life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership.
An understanding of the challenges faced by our service users

Desirable

Experience of completing grant applications and reports (in regards to finance).
Experience with the work of smaller community organisations.
Financial business planning experience. Experience in developing a sustainable funding strategy and opportunities for income diversification.

We would particularly welcome applications from candidates with lived experience of the UK asylum system, or other refugee experience.

What difference will you make?

By ensuring that SASS remains financially sustainable and helping the organisation to grow, you will help to make an enormous positive difference to many lives: some of the least privileged people in our society.
On the Board of Trustees and across SASS activities you will meet some very remarkable people and have the opportunity to become part of their stories.

Before you apply

The TrusteeWorks Team at Reach Volunteering are supporting SASS with their Finance Trustee recruitment. Applications should be made via TrusteeWorks in the first instance.

To apply please submit your CV along with a covering letter stating why you wish to join the organisation and how your skills and experience would add value to the board. Please send applications and enquiries to: trusteeworks@reachvolunteering.org.uk

The deadline for applications is the 30th of May 2025.

SASS is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.

SASS Finance Trustee Candidate Pack (2).pdf

About Swansea Asylum Seekers Support (SASS)

Causes

Refugees / migrants

Organisation type:

Charity

We are a volunteer-led registered charity, run and managed by our members, who include asylum seekers, refugees and other local people. We give a warm welcome to people seeking sanctuary in...