Treasurer

• Tayside Cancer Support (Dundee)

• VO97991

Tayside Cancer Support offers the opportunity for anyone affected by cancer in Tayside to receive emotional, social and practical support, either on an individual basis or in a group setting.

The charity has been in existence since July 1994, and is made up of an Executive Committee of voluntary Trustees, one part-time paid employee and approximately twenty volunteer befrienders plus other people who support our events. We work with cancer patients, their families, carers and friends. We do this alongside healthcare professionals and other charities and support groups to provide vital support and information.

We are funded through donations and fundraising events, and we spend the majority of our income on complementary therapies for our clients in the form of counselling or other therapies. We pay subsidised rent in our offices, one part time salary and lastly refreshments for our drop in cafes and to keep our volunteers going!

Anyone can utilise our services who, either has cancer or is supporting someone on their cancer journey, e.g family or friends. They don’t need a specific referral, they can just get in touch. There are no costs associated with our services.

Our annual numbers in a story:

● Roughly 20 befrienders working with clients for around 30-40 hours a month.
● We spend around £1,000 a month on counselling and therapies for our clients, this is roughly 20 clients who are benefiting
● The Drop-in Café has had visits from around 50 people over the year.

We have big ambitions to grow our support to help more clients throughout Tayside and the surrounding area and therefore we need to raise our profile and in turn raise more funds. We are looking for anyone with relevant financial qualifications or experience who is interested in becoming our Treasurer. We are open to how many hours a week but we just require regular commitment and consistency to ensure that specific tasks get completed regularly.

The role will ideally encompass the following but we are very open to any conversations if your skill set is similar to this and you feel passionate about what we do:

Be passionate and advocate on behalf of Tayside Cancer Support
Be a self-starter who is highly organised and happy to take the initiative to get stuff done!
Guide and advise the board on the key assumptions and financial implications of Tayside Cancer Support budgets, operational and strategic plans
Ensure that the organisation has an appropriate reserves policy and a realistic budget that meets the services’ needs
Ensure that annual accounts are prepared in compliance with regulations and submitted by the deadline to the Charity Commission and/or Registrar of Companies, and make arrangements for them to be audited or independently examined as required
Have financial qualifications or experience in a financial role
Some overall knowledge or experience of charity finances, fundraising, financial consequences and pension schemes
Effective communication skills and willingness to participate actively in discussions!
Ability to understand and accept the responsibility and liability of being a member of the board

To find out more please contact Lucy-Rose Walker at: office@taysidecancersupport.org or phone 07904 292766.

Travel details

Hybrid working - office in St Aidan's Church, Broughty Ferry but remote working majority of the time is fine. Occasional meetings in the office if possible.

Travel expenses

all reasonable expenses covered

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