Wanted: WCC UK’s Next Treasurer!
by lizgloyn
We’re looking for our next Treasurer! Our current Treasurer, Dr. Carol Atack, intends to step down from her post at our next AGM; we are looking for someone interested in taking over the role from April/May 2020 so that they have the opportunity to shadow Carol and get familiar with how the financial side of the WCC UK works. The Treasurer currently serves a five year term. The post would thus suit someone in reasonably stable employment, particularly with a fixed institutional postal address; these are desiranda rather than essentials, and we welcome all enquiries and expressions of interest.
Click below the cut to see a detailed role description of what the Treasurer currently does. If you’d like to discuss this opportunity in more detail or volunteer for the position, please drop us a line at womensclassicalcommittee at gmail.com.
WCC UK Treasurer Role Description
General
- Duties related to being on the WCC UK steering committee
- Reading and commenting on proposals for activities, plans and campaigns
Bank account administration
- Banking cheque and cash payments (typically once a month in membership renewal season)
- Monitor statements (monthly)
- Pay bills (online, wherever possible)
- Manage signatories and other account administration (annual)
Membership administration
- Send out membership renewal message
- Receive and acknowledge incoming subscriptions and forms
- Check membership applications against payments received into bank account
- Respond to queries from members and potential members about membership issues, subscriptions, eligibility
- Maintain membership list and open version
- Ensure confidentiality of membership data, especially financial information
Fund-raising
- Write funding applications to learned societies (annual)
- Write reports on funding received and used (annual)
- Find other possibilities for fund-raising
- Thank members for additional donations
Events
- Advise and develop budget with triad, in event planning stages
- Work with host institution on problem-solving, administration, liaison as needed
- In run-up to event: pay for event costs e.g. catering, if required
- Administer expenses – gather receipts and banking details from speakers
- Administer bursaries – gather receipts and banking details from applicants
Small grants sub-committee
- Support small grants sub-committee in planning small grants programme
- Administer payment of small grants
- Support the further development of the small grants programme
Reporting
- Produce reports on financial activity (income, expenditure, forecasts for future events) for the Steering Committee and AGM (3 times a year)
- Present reports and discuss at steering committee and AGM (3 times a year)