Board Trustee (with Accounting / Financial Control experience)

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to build your Board experience and make an important contribution to Society? Are you a professional individual looking for a chance to provide your valuable knowledge and expertise to make a real difference to the people we serve?

Helplink Mental Health (www.helplink.ie) provides a range of accessible counselling, information and educational mental health services.  In addition to offering a comprehensive online counselling service, we provide in-person mental health counselling services via a panel of qualified professional counsellors in Galway & Mayo.  In 2023, we delivered over 7,000 counselling sessions under a variety of headings including couples, youth, addiction, bereavement and general counselling.  As well as play and art therapy.

The Role:

Helplink is now looking to expand its Board of Directors. The Board roles are voluntary and expectations of Board members / Trustees are as follows:

• Members are required to become Directors of the Company.
• You will regularly attend Board meetings – sharing your knowledge and skill.  Board meetings are 10 times a year + AGM and are a mix of in-person and remote.

• You will commit to participating actively in committees including initiating and accepting strategic assignments, and will build effective relationships with other Board Members to ensure the successful operation of the Board.

Ideally the successful candidate will be located in Galway, Mayo, or Roscommon area but we are happy to consider other suitably qualified candidates who are resident in Ireland.  

Responsibilities: 

We are seeking someone with a Financial Control / Accountancy background to add to the experience of our existing Board of Trustees.  While prior Treasurer experience is not a requirement, it would be an advantage.

In addition to more general board responsibilities, the successful candidate will be expected to offer general guidance / mentoring to the Charity's management and Board matters that have a legal element eg contracts, leases, employment law etc.

The successful candidate will also be expected to  join the Board Finance, Risk & Remuneration sub-committee.

In addition to the duties noted above, responsibilities of the successful candidate will also include:

• Supporting management, staff and external accountants in the preparation of the organisation's financial statements
• approving, monitoring and reviewing organisational and financial performance against targets and financial budgets
• Ensuring financial records are audited appropriately in line with the date of the AGM