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Treasurer to the Minster\nHalifax\nVoluntary position\nAn opportunity has arisen to appoint a new Treasurer to the Minster following the retirement of Mike Berry.\nThis is a Voluntary role supported by a Finance Assistant working 30 hours a week term time.\nThis would suit someone looking for a one day a week opportunity to give back some time and skill to their local community.\nThe Minster currently has a half a million turn over and is into its ninth year of surplus. The Minster Development Board is taking the lead in preparation for a major appeal to support the fabric of the Minster, supported by The Friends of Halifax Minster and the Halifax 900 Trust, the fund raising arm of the Minster. Both are charitable organisations in their own rite.\nRole description\n * To provide strategic oversight of the Minster’s Finances\n * To report to the Minster’s monthly Finance Committee and the Minster Council (six times a year), and to prepare the annual accounts for the auditors and present them to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.\n * Oversee migration to a new finance system\n * Prepare and set up bank payments\nHalifax Minster\nHalifax Minster is one of the leading Major Churches in the Church of England with a heritage going back nearly a thousand years.\nBuilt by Benedictine monks from Cluny it has always had a reputation as a significant destination, offering daily public worship and hospitality to thousands of visitors and pilgrims annually.\nThe music and education departments support a rich cultural programme across many genres, including exhibitions, conferences, corporate entertainment, and so much more besides.\nThe events page on the website is crammed with lots of events and services every week. The Minster enjoys an international ministry to Halifax’s twin town of Aachen in Germany, and the Cathedral Church of St Peter, in Kowak, in Tanzania, as well as serving the town, the Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, and at a national level. Last year BBC ONE chose the Minster for its Christmas Day live broadcast to the nation