Volunteer your time to support The Brain Charity

Current volunteering opportunity: Finance Volunteer

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with The Brain Charity. We’re incredibly grateful for the support of people like you who want to make a difference in the lives of those affected by neurological conditions.

We’re excited to share that we currently have one volunteer opportunity open:

Role title: Finance Volunteer (Qualified or Part-qualified)

Location:   Norton Street, Liverpool

Responsible to: Head of Finance and Volunteer Coordinator

Indirectly represents The Brain Charity as a whole.

Summary of role description:

Our finance team is small and made of up a Head of Finance and 2 part-time finance staff.
This role is ideal for those who are qualified in finance and accounting and want to perform a practical, hands-on role.  You will need to have experience of accounting software packages (we use Sage), month-end processing, month-end reporting, annual financial statements and, of course, be highly numerate.

The applicant will need to have a good knowledge of Excel.

You will have an eye for detail and be able to pick up tasks quickly and work unsupervised.

Some of the responsibilities may include:

  • Standard month-end processing, including accruals, prepayments and deferred income
  • Fixed Asset accounting
  • General assistance with the month-end management accounts, reporting and analysis
  • Balance sheet reconciliations
  • Assistance with the year-end audit and audit queries
  • Continued process improvements and Sage automation

We are hoping to welcome a Finance Volunteer who can support us for one full day each week. This regular commitment will help us ensure continuity and provide valuable assistance to our finance team in delivering essential services efficiently.

Who we are looking for:

Detail of requirements

 

Essential / Desirable 
Skills Qualified or part-qualified accountant

 

Experience of accounting software packages (Sage is desirable but not essential)

 

Strong Excel skills

 

Excellent English language skills

 

Highly Numerate

 

High degree of attention to detail

 

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Personal attributes Commitment to equal opportunities.

 

Identify with the values of The Brain Charity

 

Reliable and able to maintain confidentiality

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Knowledge & Experience Experience of working with people who have a disability and or a neurological condition D

 

 

 

 

Our values are: 

Kindness 

We genuinely welcome everyone to our Charity and believe that each person has a unique talent and the ability to make the world a better place.

Commitment 

We will travel side by side with everyone throughout their journey no matter how complex, how long or how difficult. We roll up our sleeves whenever and wherever we need to.

Authenticity 

We accept and understand that the broadness of our own diversity and personal experience impacts directly on the level of quality and compassion delivered within our services.

Courage

We will challenge the status quo, welcome change and bravely take on any new challenges in the spirit of adventure.

Optimism 

We believe that equality for people with neurological conditions is now within reach and we will strive each and every day until prejudice and lack of opportunity are removed from our society.


If you have a background or interest in finance and are looking to give your time to a meaningful cause, we’d love to hear from you.

No other volunteering opportunities at this time

Aside from the Finance Volunteer role, we do not currently have any other volunteer positions available.
All future volunteering roles will be advertised on our website as they become available.

In the meantime, you can still support us by following and sharing our posts on social media — every bit of awareness helps.

Why aren’t there more roles right now?

We’re committed to ensuring that every volunteer opportunity we offer is meaningful, well-supported, and organised.

This means we only advertise roles when we’re confident we can provide the right experience for both our volunteers and the people we support.

Stay connected:

The Brain Charity is proud to have been awarded The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service – a reflection of the incredible impact of our volunteers.

The Brain Charity is proud to have been awarded The Queens Award for Voluntary Service

We truly appreciate your interest in supporting The Brain Charity. Your time, patience and generosity mean so much to us — and we look forward to welcoming more volunteers as opportunities become available.

LJMU Volunteer of the year 2021 Geoirgia Chapman

Brain Charity intern voted top volunteer by Liverpool John Moores University

Georgia Chapman, The Brain Charity’s digital marketing volunteer, was named Volunteer of the Year by LJMU.