Womankind
Finance and Resources Committee Member
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Role Description
Our Organisation
Womankind Worldwide is a global women’s rights organisation working in partnership with women’s rights movements and organisations to transform the lives of women and girls. We strengthen and support women’s movements in our focus countries in Africa and Asia, and take collective action at regional and global levels, to ensure women’s voices are heard, their rights are realised, and their lives are free from violence. Womankind Worldwide is a UK registered charity.
Overall Purpose
The Finance and Resources Committee Member supports Womankind’s Honorary Treasurer and Board Members in relation to Finance, People and Culture, Risk and Resources, across jurisdictions.
The Finance & Resources Committee Member works alongside the Honorary Treasurer and other Committee members, bringing independent expertise, scrutiny and constructive challenge to help ensure Womankind remains financially sustainable, accountable, compliant and aligned with our feminist and anti-racist values.
The Finance & Resources Committee Member is not a member of Womankind’s Board of Trustees and does not carry trustee responsibilities.
Our Vision is: A world where all women, girls and people of all genders enjoy equal rights and freedoms and live with joy, choice and dignity.
Location
We are a Hybrid organisation and the Finance and Resources Committee meets online. We are registered in the UK and Kenya and have flexible working spaces for our mainly remote team in Nairobi and London.
Time commitment
The Finance & Resources Committee (FRC) meet 4 times per year. Members are expected to read papers in advance and may occasionally attend additional ad-hoc meetings with the Honorary Treasurer or Director of Finance, People & Culture. The estimated time commitment is 6-8 days per year.
Start Date
December 2026.
Duration
3 years.
Salary
This is an unpaid voluntary position. Reasonable expenses/per diems for travel and subsistence whilst on Womankind business are reimbursable.
Support
The Finance & Resources Committee Member is supported by The Honorary Treasurer, fellow Finance & Resources Committee members and by a staff team comprising: Director Finance & People & Culture, Manager People, Culture & Wellbeing, Co-CEOs and Leadership Support Manager.
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Specific Responsibilities
- To contribute to the Finance & Resources Committee to fulfil its governance responsibilities.
- To work with the Honorary Treasurer in ensuring satisfactory systems and processes for holding monies or property in trust, for use in line with the organisation’s charitable objects.
- To work with the Honorary Treasurer to ensure that where appropriate monies are invested to the greatest benefit of Womankind, within the constraints of the law and ethical investment practices.
- To ensure that Womankind Worldwide is meeting its obligations and that financial management is line with good practice.
- To work alongside the Honorary Treasurer in ensuring that Womankind operates within the legal and financial guidelines as set out in current legislation and its own policies in the UK and Kenya.
- To work with the Finance & Resources Committee on oversight of the following areas:
- ensuring that Womankind has adequate financial controls in place that are being practised and that the organisation operates within a sound financial framework.
- in management identifying financial risks and recommending appropriate action.
- ensuring appropriate reserves policy and management.
- financial implications and risks of Womankind’s strategy and policy objectives.
- To provide oversight that Human Resources Policies are developed and delivered in line with organisational values, good practice and legislation in the UK and Kenya.
- To work with the Finance & Resources Committee on oversight of organisation human resources policy:
- ensuring that Womankind designs and implements human resources policies and procedures which are fit for purpose in relation to organisational strategy and values as well as relevant legislation.
- ensuring that terms & conditions are equitable across jurisdictions.
- holding management to account for timely development and review of policies appropriate to nature of the risk, in line with agreed schedules.
- to support identification of human resources risks and recommended actions.
- To work with the Finance & Resources Committee on oversight of organisation human resources policy:
- To contribute to feminist and values-led governance
- To bring a feminist, anti-racist and power-conscious lens to financial, people and organisational decision-making.
- To consider how decisions about resources affect staff, partners and other stakeholders.
- To contribute to an inclusive governance culture grounded in accountability, transparency and collective decision-making.
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Person Specification
Qualification and training
- Recognised full qualification in accounting and / or qualification by experience.
Experience and Knowledge
- Solid experience of leadership in relation to finance, human resources and risk management in organisations operating across multiple jurisdictions.
- Track record of facilitating and scrutinising development and delivery of finance and human resources strategies
- Excellent understanding of not-for-profit finance and relevant financial legislation in the UK
- Good understanding of international issues and the current challenges facing UK NGOs working internationally, including in relation to coloniality
Skills and Personal Attributes
- Leadership qualities with high integrity and ability to foster inclusive and collective decision making.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Rigour, impartiality, fairness and the ability to respect confidences.
- A willingness to speak one’s mind and to exercise independent judgement.
- Understanding of and commitment to working in line with Womankind’s feminist, anti-racist values.
- Ability to make the time commitment required to perform the functions of the role, including participating in meetings scheduled within office hours.
Timeline
- Deadline for Applications: 5pm BST 2nd October. We reserve the right to close applications earlier.
- Interviews expected to take place WC 19th October 2026.
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