We're looking for a treasurer to join our board and help keep our finances in good shape as we continue to grow.
Key duties
- Maintain accurate financial records and reconcile accounts
- Prepare financial reports for board meetings, including income, expenditure and cash position
- Develop and monitor the annual budget alongside the board
- Manage banking, including authorising payments and monitoring cash flow
- Prepare or oversee annual financial statements in line with Charities Services reporting requirements
- Support grant and funder financial reporting where required
- Attend board meetings (typically every 2-3 months) and provide financial updates
- Work with the chairperson and other board members to ensure good financial governance
Skills and experience needed
- Bookkeeping or accounting experience, formal qualifications welcome but not essential
- Comfortable reading and explaining financial statements to a board
- Experience with accounting or spreadsheet software
- Prior board, treasurer or finance committee experience is a bonus
- Understanding of, or willingness to learn, nonprofit financial reporting in New Zealand
- Reliable, organised and comfortable working independently
- A genuine interest in science, creativity, sustainability or community events is a plus
Organisational background
EcoSci Creative Events Charitable Trust was established to bring biological and environmental science to our community through creative, hands-on events. Since launching Fungi Fest NZ in 2024, we've run dozens of workshops, talks, walks and festival days exploring mycology and the natural world, often in partnership with organisations like Envirohub BOP. We're guided by our commitment to accessibility, cultural inclusion and honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Benefits of volunteering with us
- Be part of a small, passionate team making a genuine difference in the Bay of Plenty community
- Gain or build governance and nonprofit finance experience
- Flexible, remote-friendly role that fits around your other commitments
- Connect with a creative, science-loving community and attend our events
- Contribute your skills to something tangible
The impact you'll have
Sound financial management is what allows us to keep running free and low-cost events, apply for funding with confidence, and plan future festivals with certainty. As treasurer, you'll help ensure EcoSci can keep removing barriers to science education for our community, now and into the future.
How to apply
Send a brief expression of interest and CV to [email protected], or apply via this listing and we'll be in touch to arrange an informal chat.