Volunteer Treasurer (Board appointment)
Volunteer Treasurer (Board appointment)
Kites Trust
- Finance
- Accounting
- Account Management
- Funding Proposals
- Governance
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Administration
- Bookkeeping
- Financial Planning
- Payroll Clerk
Estimated Time: 1 - 1 Years Over 20 - 30 Hours
Help shape the strategy of a key organisation that promotes consumer leadership as key to achieving social inclusion, equal citizenship rights and improved mental health services for people who experience mental health distress and/or addiction. We are looking for a volunteer Treasurer for a 1-year term to help ensure responsible financial stewardship and reporting and to help steer the board in strategic planning, culture change, improved governance and risk reporting. Kites Trust is a peer-led mental health organisation which values, respects, and utilises people’s experiences of mental health distress and/or addiction. We work to ensure that people who experience mental health crisis and/or addiction have equal opportunities to live, work and participate in the community. We promote consumer leadership as key to achieving social inclusion, equal citizenship rights and improved mental health services for people who experience mental health distress and/or addiction.
Working location
Proposed project steps with time estimates
Board of Trustees are responsible for the governance of Kites, which includes developing policies, financial and general accountability and providing strategic guidance to the General Manager and monitoring their performance. Kites Trust is looking for a Board Chair to lead the Board of Trustees.
Skills required:
• Lived-experience of mental health distress and/or addiction and having used mental health services preferred, or exposure to Lived Experience.
• To be far enough along the path of recovery to carry out the responsibilities of the position.
• Experience working in the community or health sector, ideally in a leadership or community facing role.
• A genuine interest in the mission of Kites Trust and desire to promote consumer leadership as key to achieving social inclusion, equal citizenship rights and improved mental health services for people who experience mental health distress and/or addiction.
• Board governance experience preferred.
• An understanding of, and experience with, good financial management and reporting practices.
• A professional accounting designation may be required.
• An appreciation of the kind and level of financial information needed at a board level to support decision making.
• An ability to commit the time required to fulfill the responsibilities described.
We are looking for strengths in any of these areas:
*Governance
• Human resources
• Policy
• Law
• Finance
• Management
• Strategic and operational planning
• Community development
• Nonprofit and community sector
Time commitment:
Attendance to monthly Kites Board meetings, and approx. 10 hours of work in between. If you want to make a difference for people with lived experience of mental health distress and/or addiction, we want to hear from you!
How to apply
For more information about this role, please see the position description here https://kites.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Kites-Board-Treasurer-Role-Description.pdf.
For further enquiries about the position, email: mp.desjardins@kites.org.nz.
What We Have In Place
Board of Trustees
Acting Board Chair
Staff support