Finance & Governance Manager - Volunteer

Overview

Strong attention to detail alongside delivery-aware judgement. Provide senior, governance-level financial leadership by overseeing compliance, payroll and statutory filings while building internal capacity for an international education and wellbeing organisation, empowering underserved youth across Northern Ireland, South Africa, Sudan and India.

What difference will you make?

Your contribution will directly strengthen eduSOIL’s financial resilience, credibility and governance readiness across Northern Ireland, South Africa, Sudan, India and global partnerships.

By strengthening financial systems and post-award management, you will:

• Improve funder confidence and long-term relationships
• Reduce financial risk and ambiguity across programmes and entities
• Support accurate, timely reporting and compliance
• Enable Programme Directors to deliver confidently within clear financial boundaries
• Protect organisational reputation, trust and sustainability

With a dedicated Finance & Governance Manager, eduSOIL can:

• Maintain full statutory compliance without over-reliance on external firms
• Manage complex, multi-country funding responsibly and support growth across multiple countries
• Strengthen audit- and funder-readiness
• Support future growth without overstretch or fragility
• Ensure governance structures are supported by clear financial evidence
• Sustain high-quality youth leadership and wellbeing programmes ethically
• Reduce financial risk and governance gaps
• Build sustainable in-house finance capacity

Your contribution enables ethical scale without compromising standards.

This role ensures that resources acquired through fundraising are used well, reported clearly and governed responsibly
, enabling impact to be sustained rather than undermined.

Please download and review the handbooks and frameworks provided for further information about eduSOIL, this role and how you can invest your skills, time and attention in deepening and widening our social impact.

We are seeking a committed, values-led individual with professional experience in finance, governance, compliance or organisational operations
, who is motivated by accountability, clarity and social impact.

You should have

• At least 3–5 years’ professional experience in finance, governance, operations or a related field
• Experience supporting budgets, financial records, invoicing or reporting
• Confidence working with expenditure tracking and financial documentation
• Experience supporting grant-funded or project-based work
• Strong attention to detail alongside delivery-aware judgement
• Confidence working in a collaborative, values-led organisation
• An interest in education, youth leadership, wellbeing or social impact

Experience in charities, CICs or social enterprises is highly valued but not essential.

You do not need prior experience with Design for Change. However, you should be open to learning and working within an established global methodology and comfortable operating in complex, multi-entity environments.

For this role specifically, it is helpful if you have experience in

• Post-award grant management and reporting
• Financial coordination across multiple programmes or entities
• Working with accountants, auditors or governance bodies
• Supporting compliance without becoming risk-averse or bureaucratic

We are particularly interested in applicants who

• Are based in Northern Ireland (though this is not essential)
• Bring lived experience of migration, cultural transition or integration
• Have experience in arts, mindfulness, yoga or wellbeing practice alongside professional expertise
• Are motivated by equity, youth voice and ethical leadership

This role suits someone who enjoys bringing order, clarity and confidence to complex systems
, who values stewardship as a form of leadership and who is excited by working at both local and international levels.

What will you be doing?

eduSOIL is an award-winning international arts, wellbeing and education social enterprise delivering programmes across Northern Ireland, South Africa, Sudan and India.

We are seeking a Finance & Governance Manager to provide governance-level oversight, statutory compliance and financial leadership
, while…