Would you like to help us through hitting the ground running and become our new Treasurer for a pioneering charity supporting young people's mental health? 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 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 prepare monthly income and expenditure statements for Board meetings. To guide and advise the Board in all financial matters. Support the interim CEO with financial management of the organisation. Ensuring annual accounts are prepared and submitted to the Charity Commission in a timely fashion. As stated above, we require a Treasurer that has a sound knowledge of financial planning and management, including accounting. We are going through a period of change at our charity, and we need someone who could learn things quickly, think on their feet and hit the ground running!