Finance Trustee

Do you want to help make a positive impact on the lives of people living with disability?

Percival are really excited to be working with the Papworth Trust to appoint a new Finance Trustee to their board. We are looking to bring through talented and passionate people from a range of backgrounds and good accountancy and finance experience. This is a great opportunity to join an organisation making an impact on people lives.

Papworth Trust is a leading disability charity that support thousands of people, their families and carers every year.

Their work includes providing a range of high-quality services for disabled and disadvantaged people and campaigning for changes that disabled people want.

Their vision is for a world where disabled people are seen for who they are.

Their mission is to support disabled people to have equality, choice and independence.

You can find out more about their work here: https://vimeo.com/870199030

Papworth Trust are looking for people who can commit to spending around a day or two over the course of a month helping with the governance, strategy, direction, monitoring performance and risk. The trustee board meets four times a year, has four sub-committees, an annual strategy day in October, and meetings are held in person or online.

They are looking for people who have lived experience of disability and a passion for the mission of the Papworth Trust. Those applying must be driven by a desire to help the charity support disabled people to have equality, choice and independence.

The key areas they are looking for skills and experience in include those with Accountancy and Finance Experience for this Finance Trustee position to support the Treasurer. They would though be keen to consider anyone who feels they can contribute their life experience and those from hard to reach background as having a range of diverse voices on the trustee board is key for the Papworth Trust.

This is a voluntary role. The Chair, Vice Chair and trustees receive no remuneration. Reasonable expenses can be claimed, in line with the Charity’s expenses policy, for attendance at Board and Committee meetings and other events necessary for the fulfilment of the Trustees’ duties.

If you would like to enquire and book an online meeting to discuss this recruitment then do get in touch with Percival on [email protected]

Recruitment Timeline

Deadline for Applications: Tuesday 17th July

1st Stage Online Interviews: week commencing 28th July

Application Process

To apply, we will need the following from you:

• A CV. Make sure this confirms your current/most recent roles (you can sum up

earlier roles, suggest before the last 15 years), tell us about your achievements

so we get a picture of your skills and experience, and try to keep it to two

pages or three at most;

• A personal statement. We want to hear about your motivation, why this role/

organisation, why a voluntary role, and you will also want to evidence how

relevant your offer is to the role specification; again ideally in two to three

pages.

Please send your completed application to [email protected]

We value diversity and know how important it is for charities to fairly represent their beneficiaries, therefore we encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

The team at Percival are committed to your journey as a candidate and will provide any necessary support throughout the application process. If you need any assistance or require any reasonable adjustments throughout the process, please don’t hesitate to contact our Managin Director Adam on [email protected]

Should you meet the requirements, we will provide you with the full job description and arrange a call or meeting to provide further information about the next steps.

To fully understand what we will do with your data, please review our policy: https://www.percival.org/privacy

We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.