Finance Trustee: Board of Trustees

Closing date: Sunday, 5th July 2026 at 11.59pm

Hours: 2-3 per month average

Salary: Voluntary board role

Location: Hybrid preferred (Leeds), but open to remote candidates if based elsewhere in the UK

Download our recruitment pack: BCD Finance Trustee – Recruitment Pack

Domestic abuse is always unacceptable. We support everyone affected by it and we act to prevent it. As Finance Trustee at Behind Closed Doors, you will work alongside our Trustee Board, CEO and Admin & Finance Manager to oversee the financial strategy of our organisation, ensuring sound financial governance and legal compliance. This is a pivotal role for our charity, helping to shape our future and support our vision: to build lives free from domestic abuse.

We’re looking for an experienced finance professional keen to undertake this rewarding voluntary role that ensures the financial health and accountability of Behind Closed Doors. You will be joining an established trustee board made up of dedicated, knowledgeable and supportive individuals.

Serving as Finance Trustee is an excellent way to broaden your leadership experience. Becoming a Trustee helps strengthen skills that you can apply both in your current role and to support future career progression, including executive and non-executive roles.

Please download the recruitment pack for full details.

If you wish to apply for this position:

If you wish to apply for this position, please supply an up-to-date CV setting out your career history, and covering letter, or supporting statement, which demonstrates how you meet the criteria in the role description and person specification.

Please email your application to info@behind-closed-doors.org.uk.

For an informal discussion about the role and organisation, please contact Alison Puente, Chair of the Board of Trustees on info@behind-closed-doors.org.uk.

As a board, we strive to be as diverse and representative as the communities we serve and would welcome those from underrepresented or marginalised groups. We also recognise hugely the value that lived experience brings to our board, so would welcome further representation in this area, but only when it is safe for you to engage with us in this way.

Behind Closed Doors is committed to improving inclusive recruitment practices. If you would prefer to apply for this position or express your interest in an alternative format (such as audio or video upload) or require any adaptions at this initial stage, please get in touch.

Behind Closed Doors is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A standard DBS disclosure will be required before taking up this position.