Treasurer

As well as fulfilling the duties of a Trustee, the Treasurer maintains an overview of Afghan Health Organisation (AHO)’s financial affairs. The Treasurer ensures that effective and appropriate financial measures, controls and procedures are put in place and reports to the Board at regular intervals about the financial health of the organisation.

AHO was registered as a charity on 25 November 2025. As a newly established organisation, we are seeking a Treasurer who can lead on setting up our financial systems and ensuring strong financial governance from the outset.

AHO’s purpose is to promote social inclusion and to preserve and protect the physical and mental health of Afghan women in Harrow, Brent, and the surrounding areas. We work towards this by providing health education, walking and cycling groups, educational activities including digital literacy classes, parenting programmes, and opportunities to connect through local support networks.

If you are passionate about supporting Afghan women and contributing to positive change in their lives, we invite you to join the AHO Board of Trustees. Our trustees are dedicated volunteers committed to empowering Afghan women and strengthening our community.

Treasurer role

• Overseeing the presentation of budgets, internal management accounts and annual financial statements to the Board of Trustees.
• Ensuring that proper accounting records are kept, and that appropriate accounting procedures and controls are in place.
• Ensuring that robust and comprehensive financial policies are in place and being implemented, and supporting the development of policies covering financial reserves, and cost management.
• Monitoring and advising on the financial viability of the charity.
• Overseeing financial controls and adherence to systems, regularly liaising with Managing Director (voluntary role).
• Advising on the financial implications of the charity’s strategic plan, including overseeing the charity’s financial risk-management process.
• Ensuring investments and assets are maximised.
• Lead on the appointment of and liaison with external auditors.
• Oversee the development and implementation of systems for appraising, mitigating and reporting corporate risk.
• Ensuring that the accounts are prepared and disclosed in the form required by relevant statutory bodies, for example, the Charity Commission.
• Keeping the board informed about its financial duties and responsibilities and liaising with the Managing Director to develop the financial understanding of the Board of Trustees.
• The treasurer is also doing the book keeping.

What we are looking for

• A finance professional. A knowledge of charity finance is an advantage. Otherwise, an enthusiasm to learn, drawing from sound commercial experience and an understanding of SMEs.
• A strategic thinker with an ability to balance risk and opportunity.
• Clear communicator with the ability to bring the financial information alive to non-finance specialists.
• Willing to play an active role in areas such as forecasting, setting budgets, liaising with auditors

In addition to the above, the Treasurer will also have the responsibilities and qualities

of all trustees:

Responsibilities of all trustees

● Support and provide advice on AHO’s purpose, vision, goals and activities.

● Approve operational strategies and policies, and monitor and evaluate their

implementation.

● Oversee AHO’s financial plans and budgets and monitor and evaluate

progress.

● Ensure the effective and efficient administration of the organisation.

● Ensure that key risks are being identified, monitored and controlled effectively.

● Review and approve AHO’s financial statements.

● Provide support and challenge to AHO’s Managing Director in the exercise of

their delegated authority and affairs.

● Keep abreast of changes in AHO’s operating environment.

● Contribute to regular reviews of AHO’s own governance.

● Attend Board meetings, adequately prepared to contribute to discussions.

● Use independent judgment, acting legally and in good faith to promote and

protect AHO’s interests, to the exclusion of their own personal and/or any

third-party interests.

● Contribute to the broader promotion of AHO’s objects, aims and reputation by

applying your skills, expertise, knowledge and contacts.

As a small charity, there will be times when the trustees will need to be actively involved beyond Board meetings. This may involve scrutinising board papers, leading discussions, focusing on key issues, providing advice and guidance on new initiatives, presenting externally, or other issues in which the trustee has special expertise.

Attributes and qualities

We are looking for people willing to bring energy, enthusiasm and commitment to the role, and who will broaden the diversity of thinking on our board.

Terms of appointment

Terms of office

● Trustees are appointed for a three-year term of office, renewal for two further terms to a maximum of nine years.

● This is a voluntary position, but reasonable expenses will be reimbursed.

Time Commitment (Estimated at 3-4 hours per month)

● Attending 12 Board meetings annually. Currently meetings are held remotely / in person.

● Monthly scheduled meeting with the Managing Director with flexibility to respond swiftly to the occasional ad hoc issue.

What skills do I need?

Personal skills and qualities

● Willingness and ability to understand and accept their responsibilities and

liabilities as trustees and to act in the best interests of the organisation.

● Ability to think creatively and strategically, exercise good, independent

judgement and work effectively as a board member.

● Effective communication skills and willingness to participate actively in

discussion.

● A strong personal commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.

● Enthusiasm for AHO vision and mission.

● Willingness to lead according to AHO values.

● Commitment to Nolan’s seven principles of public life: selflessness, integrity,

objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership

About Afghan Health Organisation (AHO)

The objects of the CIO are: 1. To preserve and protect the good physical and mental health of Afghan women in Harrow, Brent and the surrounding areas, primarily but not exclusively by the provision of health education, and the provision of walking and cycling groups. 2. The promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit among Afghan women in Harrow and Brent who are socially excluded from society, or parts of society, on the grounds of their ethnic origin, sex, poor educational or skills attainment, unemployment or financial hardship, relieving the needs of such people and assisting them to integrate into society, primarily but not exclusively by: 1. the provision of educational activities including digital literacy classes; 2. the provision of parenting classes; 3. providing a local network group that encourages and enables them to participate more effectively with the wider community.

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