Treasurer/Trustee

Home-Start Bristol and South Gloucestershire offers free, confidential and practical support to parents who are going through a challenging time and have at least one child under five. 

We are seeking a treasurer to join our board of trustees.

As treasurer your overall role will be to:  
•    Maintain an overview of HSBSG’s financial affairs,
•    Ensure its financial viability,
•    Ensure that proper financial records and procedures are maintained,
•    Ensure that staff are paid.

In addition, we expect trustees to attend a bi-monthly board meeting; that’s three a year on Wednesday evenings 6.30-9pm and three on Thursday mornings 9.30am-12 noon. If trustees cannot attend in person, they can attend remotely. In between board meetings you will need to respond to emails and read papers, undertake training and attend another one or two other meetings. The time commitment is approximately 2 days per month in addition to 6-8 hrs/month general trustee work.

What’s in it for you?
You can apply your existing skills and experience, giving back what you have learned along the way. For your own personal and career development, you can grow your experience and knowledge of the voluntary sector with training and the support of experienced board members. Our aim is that together we proactively encourage inclusion and equality through policies and service design, fair staff management and sustainable finances.
We encourage you to apply if you are keen to . . .

•      commit to supporting families with young children in and around Bristol.
•      play a dynamic role as part of a small team steering and sustaining the charity.
•      share your own skills and experience to improve our support to families.
•      learn along the way.
•      give your time voluntarily, i.e. unpaid, though agreed expenses will be reimbursed.

Please check out our website to read more about who we are, what we stand for and what support we offer to families with young children in Bristol and South Gloucestershire www.homestartbsg.org.uk
To receive an application form and for more information about what it means to be a trustee, please email RitaD@homestartbsg.org.uk 
If you would like to have a chat first, please arrange a time for a call with Kate Oliver, Chair of Trustees, by emailing kateoliver@homestartbsg.org.uk