We are a women led charity supporting women and children who are experiencing domestic abuse through refuges and educational programmes. We are looking for a finance trustee to oversee our financial management
The finance trustee will be a board member and expected to attend up to 10 board meetings a year and monthly finance meetings either in person or via zoom. The trustee will oversee the work of the finance manager and provide updates to the board on the health of our finances. The trustee will be influential in planning the strategic direction of the organisation and help to ensure we have the resources required to meet our strategic objectives.
Safe in Sussex has an annual budget of around £1.2 million and up to 40 members of staff.
Safe in Sussex is restricted by its constitution to women only at Board level. We are seeking a finance professional with a minimum of three years experience at senior level who can operate at the strategic level. It would be helpful for that person to be able to explain complex finances to non-finance people and to have a flexible and innovative approach to the needs of the organisation to balance core funding with project funding in a challenging environment.
Our current finance trustee has been with the organisation for a number of years and has indicated her wish to retire during 2021. Her successor will be a key member of the board taking the lead in ensuring the financial health of the organisation. All book-keeping is done by the employed finance manager, and bid-writing duties are shared between the CEO and deputy CEO. The annual accounts are externally audited, so the finance trustee role is mainly oversight and strategic at an exciting time in the organisation's genesis.
The Safe in Sussex Trustee Board is a friendly group of women with a shared interest in the provision of services for women and children who experience domestic abuse, and the development and delivery of community programmes which help to address abusive behaviour and encourage healthy relationships. This role is an exciting opportunity to contribute to that work in a vitally important way.
