Trustee with Finance Expertise

The MOVE Partnership are a small children's disability charity who coordinate delivery of the MOVE Programme across the UK and Europe. The MOVE Programme is an activity-based framework that enables disabled young people to gain independent sitting, standing, walking and transferring skills. 

Our vision is for every disabled young person to have choice and opportunities by learning independent movement. We work towards this by training education and therapy professionals in the MOVE Programme and providing ongoing support so that they can achieve the best outcomes possible for the disabled young people they support.

The MOVE Partnership have experienced a very successful few years, establishing ourselves as an independent charity whilst continuing to develop strong, sustainable foundations as we strive towards future growth. 

We are seeking to recruit a Trustee with finance expertise to enable us to develop expertise within the board which in turn will help us to continue to increase our reach, influence, and positive impact on people’s lives. 

We hope to broaden the diversity of our board to ensure we have a wide range of skills and attributes that will lead us to more effective decision-making and innovative solutions, which in turn will improve our financial performance, and our ability to effectively serve our community. If you feel you have the experience and passion that we need to MOVE forward, then we would love to hear from you!

Skills

The ideal candidate for this role will have valuable experience of working within finance whilst having sound knowledge and understanding of the charity sector. 

This trustee will be a critical part of the team in overseeing our long term finances  whilst providing ideas on how we can grow and diversify our income even further. This trustee will be able to support the Board of Trustees to make decisions about the   future growth of the charity, sharing their knowledge of sound financial management within the charity sector.

The main responsibilities for this role will include:

• Participation in and engagement with the Board, particularly concerning  operational budgets and future financial decision making;

• Supporting the team to ensure ongoing financial sustainability whilst exploring appropriate opportunities for increasing and diversifying income;

• Providing expertise, oversight and guidance to the team and trustees, upskilling the Charity Manager in financial decisions and budget planning as needed;

• Working with the team to offer training opportunities and updates in relation to financial matters within the charity sector;

• Supporting the Board of Trustees to make decisions around financial considerations when exploring future projects /or programs for service users;

• Supporting the Charity Manager with any finance related queries as required, referring to the board as necessary;