Wanlockhead Museum Trust – Museum of Lead Mining

Job Title: Hon Treasurer / Trustees

Location: Dumfries and Galloway

Closing date: 28 Jul 2025

Wanlockhead Museum Trust – Museum of Lead Mining – is seeking an Hon. Treasurer and trustees.

Responsibilities of the Hon. Treasurer:

  • Oversee the financial affairs of the charity and ensure they are legal, constitutional and within accepted accounting practice.
  • Monitor the financial standing of the charity and report to the Board regarding cash-flow forecasting, income streams, out-going expenses and the overarching strategic management of the organisation’s financial resources
  • To regularly liaise with the Office Administrator
  • Oversee the charity’s financial risk-management process and report financial health to the board of trustees at regular intervals.
  • Prepare the annual report to Charity Commissioners
  • Acts as a counter signatory on cheques and applications to funders and ensure that annual accounts are submitted to all relevant regulators at the appropriate time.
  • Liaising with accountant.
  • and external examiners on financial issues and ensuring that the charities finances are responsibly managed/invested for the betterment of the charities work and for the beneficiaries it serves

Qualities

  • Knowledge and experience of current and fundraising finance practice relevant to voluntary and community organisations
  • Knowledge of bookkeeping and financial management.
  • Good financial analysis skills.
  • Good  IT skills, spread sheets etc
  • Ability to communicate clearly
  • An understanding of the charity and its purpose.

Additional information

Number of meetings per annum/time commitment:

Four Board meetings, plus AGM, annually. Some Board meetings are held on-line.

Time to fulfil requirements of post. Annual turnover ~£160,000.

Daytime or evening meetings: To suit the team

Closing date for applications:   28 July 2025

Contact details or web link for applicants to find out more:

Application form and job description from Trustee/Trust Sec [email protected]

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