Vacancy | Treasurer
The Reading & District Irish Association invite applications to join the committee, in the role of Treasurer.
Please note this is a voluntary role with a commitment of four hours a week.
The treasurer’s role is to ensure that the Reading & District Irish Association (trading as the Reading Irish Centre) stays financially sustainable whilst working closely with the Centre Manager, we are therefore seeking a committed and charismatic individual to join our committee.
Applicants MUST be a fully paid member of the Reading Irish Centre.
About the Reading & District Irish Association
In 1982, the Reading & District Irish Association was founded by a group of like-minded Irish people who had settled in Reading, who collectively wanted to preserve the Irish tradition and promote the cultural, social and general welfare of the Irish Community. Over 30 years later those objectives are still at the very core of our organisation but as times have changed, we have also identified the need to extend our provision of social and general welfare to the wider community of Reading.
In the 1980’s the Reading & District Irish Association would organise and encourage regular social and educational activities and that hard work paved the way for the Reading Irish Centre to be constructed. Reading Borough Council offered the site situated on the outskirts of Reading Town Centre at a peppercorn rent in its earliest days, but fast forward to the present day, the centre now holds a long-term lease and pays a commercial rent.
As a non-profitable community organisation, any funds generated from events hosted at the Reading Irish Centre are re-invested back into the work that we are doing as an organisation to preserve the Irish tradition and promote the cultural, social and general welfare of the Irish Community, which includes the costs of running our hub, the Reading Irish Centre.
About You
Be enthusiastic, reliable and honest
Have a good knowledge of managing finances.
Have a financial background and good knowledge of managing and producing accounts.
Have competent knowledge of using and producing accounting spreadsheets or other accounting systems.
Have competent knowledge of various banking systems such as direct debit.
Be a fully paid member of the Reading Irish Centre
Be able to attend Committee Meetings which are typically held once a month, in person at the Reading Irish Centre.
Be able to commit to four hours a week to ensure your tasks as Treasurer are completed.
How Do I Apply
Please complete the form below with your expression of interest including a statement as to why you think you’ll be suitable and what you can bring to the role.
Disclaimer
In accordance with the Reading & District Irish Association Constitution, the Committee is authorised to invite members to join the Committee in the event of any vacancies arising.