Finance Trusteeclosed

Deadline for applications: 8th April 2023

Inclusive Boards is proud to be supporting the Earlham Institute in their search for a new finance director.  The Earlham Institute’s mission is to decode the scale and complexity of living systems so they can understand, benefit from, and protect life on Earth. Bringing together multi-disciplinary expertise in the life sciences with engineering, computational science, and biotechnology, Earlham is making a difference.

Earlham are seeking a new Financial Trustee who has experience in the financial field including previous experience of audit and/or audit committee work. This Trustee will:

• Chair the Audit Committee.
• Report to the Board a summary of the Audit Committee activity and decisions.
• Have non-executive oversight of the Institute’s finances and allocation of resources.
• Perform relevant duties in the best interests of the charitable purposes of EI.
• Commit to a three-year term with option to extend for a second term.

The responsibilities of the Trustee Director individually, and therefore collectively as a Board of Trustee Directors, include:

• To uphold the fiduciary duty invested in the role of trustee.
• To ensure that the organisation complies with its governing document, charity law, company law and any other relevant legislation or regulations.
• To ensure that the organisation pursues its objects as defined in its governing document, and always acts in its best interests.
• To ensure that the organisation uses its resources exclusively in furtherance of its charitable purposes.

For a full list of requirements, please download the candidate pack which explains the role in more detail.
This is a three year term. Board meetings are held at the Earlham offices, at Norwich Research Park or virtually, usually around four times each year (currently twice in person and twice virtually), plus an away day. 

If you wish to apply for this position, please provide the following by 23.59 on 09 April 2023:

•    A detailed CV setting out your career history, with responsibilities and achievements.

•    A covering letter (maximum 2 sides) highlighting your suitability for the role and how you meet the specification. Please note that the covering letter is important and will be assessed as part of your full application.

•    Details of two professional referees together with a brief statement of their relationship to you and over what period they have known you. Referees will not be contacted without your prior consent.

If you have any questions not covered in the pack, please email Earlham@inclusiveboards.co.uk or call 0207 267 8369.