General Responsibilities:

•    To be a Director

•    To commit to attending Executive Meetings (held 4 times per year)

•    To ensure that BASEM complies with its governing document (including pursuing its objects as defined therein), charity law, company law, and any other relevant legislation or regulations.

•    To ensure that BASEM’s resources are applied exclusively in pursuance of its objectives.

•    To contribute actively to the Executive Board’s role in giving firm strategic direction to BASEM, including setting overall policy, defining goals and setting targets, and evaluating performance against agreed targets.

•    To safeguard the reputation and values of BASEM.

•    To ensure the effective and efficient administration of BASEM.

•    To ensure the financial stability of BASEM.

•    To protect and manage the property of BASEM, and to ensure the proper investment of its funds.

•    To contribute to the appointment and monitoring of the performance of the senior staff.

•    To work closely with the BASEM Office Manager in all aspects of the role.

Additional Responsibilities:

•    To oversee the presentation and approval of budgets, accounts and financial statements to the BASEM AGM and to the Executive Board.

•    To require assurance that the financial resources of BASEM meet its present and future needs.

•    To ensure the development of an appropriate reserves policy.

•    To ensure the development of an appropriate investment policy.

•    To ensure that there is no conflict between investments held and BASEM’s aims and values.

•    To monitor BASEM’s investment activity and ensure its consistency both with policy and with legal responsibilities.

•    To ensure that appropriate accounting procedures and controls are in place with the BASEM Office Manager.

•    To liaise with the BASEM Office Manager regarding finance and payroll staff about financial matters, and other staff as appropriate.

•    To advise on the financial implications of BASEM’s strategic plans.

•    To ensure BASEM’s compliance with financial legislation.

•    To ensure that the equipment and assets are adequately maintained and ensured through the BASEM Office Manager.

•    To oversee the preparation and disclosure of accounts as required by statutory bodies and by BASEM constitution.

•    To have responsibility that accounts are audited as required, and that audit recommendations are implemented.

•    To inform the Executive Board about its financial duties and responsibilities.

•    To contribute to BASEM’s fundraising strategy.

•    To provide brief and comprehensible presentations of the accounts, either verbally or in writing – e.g. AGM/Annual Report, in conjunction with the BASEM Office Manager.

Person Specification: General:

•    Ideally knowledge and experience of the voluntary and community sector and some knowledge of BASEM itself

•    Ability to offer commitment to BASEM

•    Willingness to devote the necessary time and effort

•    Strategic vision

•    Independent judgment

•    Ability to think creatively

•    Willingness to speak out

•    Ability to listen

•    Understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of an executive role

•    Ability to work effectively as a member of a team

•    Ability to work according to Nolan’s seven principles of public life: - selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.

Role of Treasurer:

•    Financial experience and/or ideally financial qualifications

•    Experience of managing finance and and financial accountability 

•    Skills to analyse proposals and examine their financial consequences

•    Skills to analyse and interpret fairly complex financial data

•    Experience in budget-setting and monitoring

•    Ability to present financial information and make it understandable for non-finance people

•    Willingness and approachability to deal with enquiries from Executives and staff

•    Ability to make recommendations to the Executive Board based purely on sound financial advice