Treasurer

North Yorkshire Scouts is a large charity, supporting 6500 young people with 2500 adult volunteers, covering the counties of York and North Yorkshire. Our County Team provides resources for the Districts and Groups below us, including organising large-scale events at scale, hiring out of equipment and assets, and coordinating national schemes such as the Annual Capitation fee to Scout HQ, and the World Scout Jamboree financial contributions from our county.

The role

As an integral part of our organisation, the Treasurer will also be a Trustee, and will participate in Trustee discussions and decisions. The Treasurer will be responsible for the organisation’s strategic financial practices, including regular reviews to safeguard the organisation’s financial position. Day to day finance is looked after by a financial administrator, who looks after tasks such as chasing unpaid invoices and expenses claims.

Other essential criteria

The Trustee Board meets approximately 5 times a year. Our Treasurer also participates in our Finance sub-committee, which also meets approximately 5 times a year. These meetings are usually held online, and occasionally in-person at our head office in Thirsk. We pay reasonable volunteer mileage expenses to ensure that the cost of travel is not a barrier to prevent someone supporting our charity. Our meetings take place in the evenings or, rarely, on a weekend. Therefore this role can be performed by someone who has a full time paid employment or other responsibilities as well. We expect our Treasurers to undertake 4 hours work a month to support this role.

Appointment term

Our Treasurer’s expected term length is 3 years.

Remuneration and expenses

In common with other registered charities, there is no remuneration directly associated with the role, although the Association will reimburse fully for all reasonable and properly documented expenses incurred in performing duties in accordance with the Association’s Expenses Policy.