Vacancies

Find our current vacancies below.

Volunteer Director of Finance

Hours: 2-4hrs/week

Location: South Hykeham, Lincoln

Pay: Unpaid role

To apply, please email a CV and cover letter to emily@hopemeadows.co.uk

Our Ethos

Hope Meadows Equine Assisted Recovery CIC offers people the opportunity to access affordable, professional mental health support that incorporates horses as part of the therapeutic journey. We offer equine assisted counselling/psychotherapy, therapeutic riding, and a variety of horse-based skills groups for people of all ages. We passionately believe everyone should be able to afford a therapy that is right for them and is delivered to a high standard.

Hope Meadows is a young organisation experiencing a high level of growth year on year. Our team is innovate, forward thinking, and creative in our approach to supporting mental health. Potential applicants should share this ethos and should feel excited by the opportunity for "thinking outside the box" that this role offers.

The Role

We are seeking a passionate and experienced finance professional to join Hope Meadows' Board of Directors. As our work continues to evolve, we are looking for a financial expert to help guide us into the future.

We need someone with a strong background in finance, accounting, or auditing who can provide oversight of financial governance. Ideal candidates will have experience in budgeting, financial strategy, or ensuring organisations are held accountable for financial performance. If you are passionate about using your expertise to support us making a tangible impact in the community, we’d love to hear from you. Whether you are a qualified accountant or have financial expertise in the public, private, or third sector—particularly within not-for-profit finance—we welcome your application.

With increasing challenges in securing third-sector funding, strong financial oversight is critical. As Director of Finance your expertise will be essential to overseeing our financial strategies and ensuring we operate sustainably while maintaining the quality of services we provide to the community. You will play a key role in guiding our budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting processes, ensuring compliance.

In this role, you will also support the wider board by offering clear, informed insights into our financial position, risks, and opportunities. This strategic guidance will be crucial as we work towards building better financial reserves.

The board meets once per month and this role includes some weekly time.

Volunteer - Advisory Board Member

Hours: 0.5 day/month

Location: South Hykeham, Lincoln

Pay: Unpaid role

To apply, please express your interest to advisoryboard@hopemeadows.co.uk

Our Ethos

The Role

The advisory board is expanding to comprise of 10 local people who are interested in shaping the future of Hope Meadows. The board is responsible for advising the directors on organisational priorities, decision making, and the best use of funding. This is to ensure Hope Meadows continues to act in the best interests of the community it serves and gives the directors access to conversations with those who are at the heart of what we do.

The board meet once a month for 1-2hrs plus carry out some work outside of this time as and when required.

Responsibilities:

Funding

We regularly make funding applications, and as part of these we carry out consultation with our clients and the wider community. As we grow, we need this process to become more structured. We would like the AB to share with us their thoughts and ideas about various funding applications, to better inform what we put into it. This might include preliminary discussions or looking over applications once they’re written, offering any comments or suggesting adjustments. The AB may also wish to carry out their own consultation with our clients or with the communities we serve. If funding is won, the AB will have some responsibility to ensure it is properly used in the best interests of our clients.

Advocacy

We know that advocating for Hope Meadows means different things to different people. Everyone will have their unique contacts or skillsets, and we encourage you to embrace this in an advocacy role. You may decide to advocate as a whole board, or you may wish to advocate individually, to fulfil the time commitment. Some examples might include organising fundraisers, connecting directors with opportunities to speak publicly, speaking with organisations, recommending friends to use our services, or sharing our posts on social media. There is no fixed expectation, other than you promote what we stand for in whichever way feels comfortable for you.

Organisational Strategy

The AB members should bring their life experiences to the role, helping us to connect with the people who inform our work and allowing us to shape our strategy accordingly. The AB should help form a balanced view of any organisational dilemmas, as there are many big decisions that we face on a monthly basis. This might include advising on which funding to apply for, which type of sessions to focus our energy on, which new groups are needed by the community, and so on.

Skills and Experience:

The ability and enthusiasm to contribute to the above responsibilities
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
A vested interest in Hope Meadows or our local community (e.g. former/current clients, local stakeholders)