Would you like to help us through being our next Treasurer? What difference will you make? The Oxfordshire Discovery College is an innovative youth mental health charity. We are largely run by volunteers to help us meet our objectives with a core team of paid facilitators. In order to be the most effective charity that we can be, we need experienced people like you to dedicate their free time to help shape our charity. Your financial expertise as Treasurer could really make a difference to our Board and therefore, help Oxfordshire's young people. What are we looking for? The Oxfordshire Discovery College's goal is to help the mental wellbeing of young people in the county. If you share this aim and you are experienced in finance, we'd like to hear from you For the role as our Treasurer, we would require you having financial experience and ideally financial qualifications. Knowledge of charity finance and fundraising is also useful. An understanding of pension schemes would definitely be another plus though, but it isn't necessary. In addition, relevant experience/ knowledge of budgets and budgeting processes would be great. The ability to work as a team (including to advise staff), whilst also being able to work independently is a necessity while having the confidence to make unpopular recommendations to the Board. What will you be doing? We require a Treasurer for our Board. Being our Treasurer would involve a range of responsibilities. To guide and advise the Board in the approval of accounts and financial statements. To be expected to inform the Board of its financial duties and responsibilities, whilst ensuring the Board and CEO has a clear understanding of these accounts. Ensuring annual accounts are sent to the Charity Commission. As stated above, we require a Treasurer that has a sound knowledge of financial planning and management, including accounting. Currently, the Oxfordshire Discovery College's meetings are run online, on Zoom. As Treasurer, you would work with the trustee board and CEO (including to keep them up-to-date with financial matters). There is so much to this role we'd like to discuss with you. Are you interested? Please get in touch