Lawyer and accountant needed to help set up a new charitable trust called EcoEngage.(Closed)

Lawyer and accountant needed to help set up a new charitable trust called EcoEngage.(Closed)

Lawyer and accountant needed to help set up a new charitable trust called EcoEngage.(Closed)
EcoNet.NZ (2020 Account)

Estimated Time: 15 - 45 Hours Over 4 - 10 Weeks

We are looking for a lawyer and an accountant to help set up a new charitable trust called EcoEngage - focusing on community led conservation and public good systems to support volunteer groups and to improve collaboration between volunteer groups, government agencies and their contractors. The immediate deliverables are: - Legal: finalising our trust deed (draft is already largely complete) and advising on legal implications of our projects - Financial: setting up a trust account and related processes. If you are interested, please provide a link to some information about yourself. We are looking for people with relevant experience in professional and ideally environmental work.

Working location

At present working from home and meeting via Google Hangouts, or Zoom, etc When the lockdown is over, meetings tend to be in the centre city or Birkenhead

Proposed project steps with time estimates

The immediate deliverables are:
- Legal: finalising our trust deed (draft is already largely complete) and advising on legal implications of our projects
- Financial: setting up a trust account, simple accounting procedures and related processes.

After that, we'd like to discuss what next steps we should take.

What We Have In Place

Draft policies and training documentation
About 9 active volunteers or pro bono workers
A G-Suite folder full of documentation
A draft trust deed ready to submit - but it may need a final check over

A well functioning software system called EcoTrack with a growing number of users in conservation groups across Auckland


EcoNet.NZ (2020 Account)
Community Group
Environment
Good Cause
Auckland
Mission
EcoNet collaborates with community groups, Iwi, councils and national bodies to accelerate conservation outcomes. EcoNet is currently about to launch a pilot for the Conservation Activity Management System (CAMS) which will integrate CRM and ArcGIS systems.
What we Do
Aotearoa has many conservation ambitions – to be predator free by 2050, to control pest plants, increase native planting, to restore our waterways, to ensure biosecurity and manage biodiversity. All this will require millions of hours of work by actively engaged volunteers, local groups, iwi, organisations, councils and government It is more than an in-field activity challenge, it is also an information management and social engagement challenge. Currently the IT used in conservation is too outdated, inappropriate and fragmented to overcome these challenges. New Zealand needs integrated, collaborative information technology systems and standards to engage a huge volunteer workforce in a wide spectrum of activities.