Job Description

Walworth Garden is a South London charity whose mission is to improve lives by providing excellent learning and horticultural therapy, through a Garden that is open to all.  We aim to be a highly stimulating, valued and life enhancing Garden that is sustainably growing for the future.

We are extremely proud that the Garden has been established for over 30 years, providing learning and horticulture to the local community of Walworth and wider communities. For further information about Walworth Garden, please see our website.

At this exciting time in the life of the Garden, we are seeking to appoint an experienced Treasurer to join our dynamic board of trustees. The Treasurer will 

• Guide and advise the board in the approval of the budgets and annual financial statements.

• Ensure that Walworth Garden has adequate and appropriate financial systems, processes and internal controls.

• Guide Walworth Garden on the adoption of appropriate financial policies.

• Present regular financial reports to the board and present the accounts at the annual general meeting (AGM).

• Support the CEO and staff on matters relating to Walworth Garden’s finances.

• Advise the board on how to carry out its financial responsibilities.

If you would like an informal conversation about the role, please contact Tina Lewis.

If you would like to apply for the role of Treasurer and be part of the board, please send your CV and a letter setting out your skills and experience relevant to the role, why you are interested in joining the board of trustees, and how you would fill the specification of Treasurer and Trustee.

Treasurer |Person Specification

• Financial experience and business planning skills

• Experience of charity finance 

• Good financial analysis skills, including analysing proposals and examining their financial consequences

• A preparedness to make unpopular recommendations to the board

• Effective communicator and presenter