Join our Team! We’re looking for a Finance Advisor / Treasurer

Babylon Migrants Project, currently a registered Community Interest Company, is embarking on an exciting journey to become a registered UK charity. We’re looking for a Finance Advisor to support us through this important transition period, eventually becoming Treasurer of our new Trustee Board.

While experience in the refugee or humanitarian sector is not essential, a strong commitment to our values, mission, and goals is key. With community hubs in two cities and an increasing capacity for year-round activities, this is an exciting time to help shape our future and make a lasting impact.

Who are we:

Babylon Migrants Project is a grassroots arts organisation led by and for young people from refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant backgrounds.

We deliver creative and community-building activities that support displaced young people to build creative skills, confidence and support networks as they navigate life in the UK. We work with young people aged 16–30 who are facing isolation, systemic barriers and a lack of safe and relaxed spaces. Our work takes place across our two hubs in London and Stoke-on-Trent, where participants take part in creative workshops led by expert facilitators, supported by a welcoming team of staff and volunteers.

Our three key aims are:

• Reducing social isolation amongst young people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds

• Growing lived experienced leadership across the arts and refugee sectors

• Shaping more informed and human conversations about migration

What will you be doing?

We are looking for a finance expert who, in addition to contributing generally advisory board (and subsequently, trustee board meetings), can support our ambition by:

• Advising on financial matters, particularly through the transition to becoming a charity

• Supporting us to improve financial processes

• Contributing to our understanding of the risks facing our organisation

• Supporting us to comply with HMRC requirements

• Helping us to create financial forecasts for the future as we develop and expand

What we are looking for:

• Formal finance qualification

• Experience/understanding of financial forecasting, payroll, corporation tax & charity accounting

• Experience of being on a trustee board before, particularly in a role relating to finance (preferable)

• Willingness to attend quarterly advisory board meetings (and subsequently, trustee board meetings) as well as provide more ad hoc financial advice to the directors.

• Ability to operate at both strategic and practical levels

• Willingness to speak one's mind, listen to the views of others and constructively challenge

• Willingness to commit the necessary time and effort to being a board member (roughly 1 day per quarter, possibly rising to 2 where required)

• Commitment to our vision and values

What difference will you make?

As part of our board you will support and shape our work and strategic direction, and help us achieve our purpose to provide creative activities by and for young people from refugee, asylum seeking and migrant backgrounds. We are looking for a someone who will champion our work and support our organisation’s growth.

To apply, please send your CV and cover letter, or any questions, to: info@babylonproject.co.uk