Treasurer

Porchlight Treasurer
Voluntary position (reasonable expenses reimbursed)
Time Commitment: Four Board meetings per year, held in person, and four online Finance and Risk Committee meetings. There will also be ad hoc engagement with the Finance Director and Chief Executive, and one annual team day.

Porchlight is one of Kent’s leading homelessness and social inclusion charities, supporting around 6,000 people each year to build safe, independent lives. For more than 50 years, we’ve helped people facing homelessness, poverty, poor mental health and social exclusion by providing compassionate, person-centred support that drives lasting change.

Porchlight is looking for a finance professional to join the Board of Trustees as Treasurer and help shape the future of a charity making a real difference across Kent.

As Treasurer, you’ll provide strategic financial oversight, chair the Finance and Risk Committee, and support confident decision-making with the Chair, trustees, Chief Executive and Finance Director.

Person specification:

• Financial leadership: A proven track record of providing strong financial leadership and working collaboratively with senior staff, including a Finance Director.
• Financial expertise: Strong knowledge of financial management and practice, ideally with experience in the charity sector and familiarity with relevant regulatory frameworks (e.g. the Charities Act).
• Governance understanding: A clear understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of trusteeship.
• Financial analysis: Strong analytical skills, with the ability to assess financial data, evaluate proposals, and understand their broader implications.

Porchlight is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable organisation. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and especially encourage applications from individuals with lived experience and underrepresented groups.

At Porchlight, we know that diverse perspectives make us stronger. We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable organisation, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from people with lived experience of homelessness, poverty, mental ill health or social exclusion, and from communities currently underrepresented in charity leadership.

To apply
For further information about this opportunity and details of how to apply, please view the appointment brief.

Closing date: 5 August
Interviews: Week commencing 10 August

For an informal discussion, please contact Rhys Barber at Prospectus on 020 7691 1920 or email Rhys.Barber@prospect-us.co.uk.