Waverley Hoppa Community Transport


Trustee Responsible for Finance

Our current Trustee with responsibility for Finance has served with us for the last 15 years. Richard is now looking to retire after completion of this year's audit.

We are looking to appoint soon, to enable a structured handover process. If you have relevant experience and are looking for an opportunity where you can be part of a happy and purposeful team while putting your skills to good use and giving back to the community, we would love to hear from you.

 

About Waverley hoppa Community Transport

Waverley hoppa is the Community Transport operator for Waverley Borough, founded as a centre of excellence in the sector by Waverley Borough Council and Surrey Country Council in 2002. Since then it has been operating successfully, and has an excellent reputation for reliable and friendly service with the communities and customers it serves in and around Farnham, Godalming, Cranleigh and Haslemere.

hoppa is an independent charity, run by a well-established and efficient Board of Trustees, with a professional management team, run by the General Manager.

 

The role of hoppa’s Board of Trustees

The role of hoppa’s Board of Trustees is to govern, direct and administer the affairs of the organisation in the best interest of its beneficiaries while adhering to the organisation’s Articles of Association and Charity Commission Guidelines.

hoppa has eight trustees who give their time and the benefit of their collective experience on a voluntary basis and take on specific responsibilities and roles within the organisation.

The members of the current Board of Trustees have individual responsibilities for Strategy and Risk; Finance; Operations; Fundraising; Health and Safety; Legal; Marketing; and Digital.

 

Experience

We are looking for a new Trustee who can bring experience of financial accounting, book-keeping and management information.

Experience of charity accounting would be helpful but not essential.

 

Time commitment

Three hours per month to prepare the financial analysis and attend the monthly Board/Management meeting.

Around 42 hours throughout the year to fulfil other commitments associated with this position.

Mission Statement

Mission statement

Our mission is to:

Provide a cost effective, quality transportation service to people who are unable to access ordinary transport for reasons of infirmity, disability, vulnerability or isolation.

Our values

Caring: to be understanding of the current needs of our stakeholders, especially individual customers, and to strive to meet their needs with empathy and compassion.

Responsive: to be aware of the current and changing needs of our stakeholders, and to meet those needs by creative provision and adaptation of our services.

Responsible: to be aware of, and optimise the impact of our activities, particularly with respect to the environment and local communities.

Sustainable: to strive to balance short term needs with the requirement to ensure that we are able to deliver our mission over the longer term.

Transparent: to be open to enquiry from our stakeholders, and to be proactive with the provision of information about ourselves to the communities we serve.