Treasurer

Humanimal Trust; Godalming; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent LGBT+ charity based in the UK is seeking a Treasurer to oversee its financial affairs and ensure ongoing viability. This voluntary role requires Chartered Accountant status, knowledge of not-for-profit accounting, and a commitment to the charity's mission. The Treasurer will work with the Board of Trustees, ensuring compliance and supporting the leadership team with financial reporting. The position encourages applications from underrepresented communities to enhance diversity within the organization.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Chartered Accountant.
• Knowledge of charity financial regulations and obligations.
• Ability to provide strategic direction and evaluate performance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial affairs and ensure compliance.
• Support the leadership team in financial matters.
• Guide the Board on financial obligations and performance.

Skills

Chartered Accountant status

Awareness of not-for-profit accounting

Strategic vision

Analytical skills

Job description

Just Like Us is recruiting a Treasurer to join our Board of Trustees, to oversee Just Like Us’ financial affairs. This is a voluntary role and applicants should have Chartered Accountant status.

Just Like Us is the LGBT+ young people’s charity. Growing up LGBT+ is still unacceptably tough. Founded in 2016, we work with schools across the UK to change this; empowering young people and teachers to champion LGBT+ equality.

We run programmes in schools across the UK:

• School Diversity Week and Resource Library: More than 7,000 primary and secondary schools are signed up to receive our free educational resources to help them celebrate in June every year
• Ambassadors and School talks: We train LGBT+ young people (18 to 25 year olds) to deliver relatable talks in secondary schools on allyship and growing up LGBT+
• Pride Groups: We help secondary schools and young leaders to set up a Pride Group for LGBT+ pupils and their allies; providing training, resources and 121 support

Our achievements

• We are the UK’s leading LGBT+ young people’s charity
• More than 7,000 primary and secondary schools across the UK take part in our programmes
• Our funding has quickly grown to just over £1m annual income since the charity began in 2016
• We have trained thousands of LGBT+ young people to deliver talks in schools, and currently have almost 500 volunteer ambassadors
• Our patrons are actor Jonathan Bailey, paralympian Lauren Rowles and doctor and TV presenter Dr Ronx

Role Profile

General Responsibilities

In addition to the responsibilities outlined in The Charity Commission’s The Essential Trustee: what you need to know, as a trustee you will be expected to:

• Review board papers and attend board meetings (minimum of 4 times a year)
• Give firm strategic direction to the organisation, assess risk and evaluate performance
• Ensure that Just Like Us pursues its charitable objectives and complies with its governing document and other relevant legislation or regulations
• Support the employed leadership team
• Represent Just Like Us at events

Specific Responsibilities

As Treasurer, you will also be expected to:

• Oversee Just Like Us’ financial affairs, ensuring our ongoing financial viability and compliance with legal and constitutional obligations including the Charities SORP
• Ensure that the Board of Trustees understands and complies with their financial obligations, and guide the Board in their financial appraisal of Just Like Us
• Ensure that effective and appropriate financial procedures and controls are in place
• Work with the leadership team to review and report on Just Like Us’ financial risk management process and financial health at board meetings
• Work with the CEO to produce our annual accounts and budget forecasts, and be a key point of contact during the annual audit of accounts
• Act as a counter signatory for online banking and applications to funders

As Treasurer you should have:

• Chartered Accountant status
• Awareness and knowledge of not-for-profit accounting and the Charities SORP
• Commitment to our vision and mission
• Strategic vision and good, independent, critical judgement
• Understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship
• Analytical and evaluation skills, demonstrating good judgement
• Willingness to be available to employed staff for advice and enquiries on an ad hoc basis

We are keen to hear from underrepresented voices, particularly trans and non-binary, Black and/or PoC candidates. Just Like Us is an Equal Opportunities employer.

Our positions are open to all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Should you require this information pack in a different format, contact us and we will be happy to do so.

Closing date for applications

Applications close at the end of day on Monday 5th January 2026. There will be two rounds of interviews, and expect to hold the first interviews in person in London, in the week beginning the 19th January 2026.