A proficient Bookkeeper, adept and familiar in Sage 50 Accounts software, is required to coordinate the day-to-day financial activities of Cambridge University Students’ Union, a student charity in Cambridge.

Cambridge University Students’ Union (CUSU) is a creative and progressive student-led organisation that is committed to the equal opportunity for all. Our staff are key enablers to the work of the union on behalf of CUSU’s membership community.

We require someone ASAP, in a fixed-term role to 01 May 2019, working 3-4 days per week at £15 per hour. We will cease advertising as soon as a satisfactory applicant applies, so do not delay in expressing interest.

About The Role

The role will perform a range of bookkeeping and administrative tasks, which ultimately support CUSU to be effective as a charity, efficient in its operations and transparent to members and other stakeholders. The work will be diverse: from entering data onto ledgers (sales and purchase) and supporting credit control; producing invoices and raising payments; producing reports and investigating queries; and reconciling between statements, ledgers and other systems. The roleholder will be managed by an existing bookkeeper who has been seeing through a major change project to bring our accounts up-to-date with modern practices and build infrastructure for wider reporting and automation.

To be successful in the position you should be a whizz with Sage 50. The ideal candidate will:

• be an experienced bookkeeper who knows their way around Sage 50 Accounts software and can action tasks quickly and efficiently; and
• have excellent eye for detail and sound problem solving skills

Note: we expect to recruit for a permanent Accounts Clerk to manage the charity’s accounting function in due course (expected during Spring).

To Apply

To apply please submit your CV and tell us, briefly, how your experience might be best suited for the placement.

We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from those from Black, Asian and an ethnic minority backgrounds, as they are under-represented within Cambridge University Students’ Union in some areas. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, on commencement, or once in post.

The students’ union often requires temporary and casual staff to fulfil projects, campaigns, support meetings and services. If you’d like to be contacted for work when we require someone, get in touch and register with us.

We may from time-to-time seek to employ someone for a few hours in any given week for a specific need, and we may sometimes require temps at short notice, or for regular hours. Placements may vary – from one hour, to a whole week, or from evenings to weekends to out-of-term placements.

The type of work will be varied and could involve: administration, communication tasks, manual handling, stewarding, service support or website or design work. For example, we currently require a regular minute-taker for bi-monthly meetings where 4-6 hours will be offered. We always pay at-least the Living Wage.

If you would like to be considered for work placements as and when they arise, please register your details with us by emailing us your CV and introducing yourself. 

Where possible, CUSU prefers to provide employment opportunities to students, however cannot provide regular work and is conscious of providing work placements that may detract from students’ studies. Many Colleges discourage students from taking on part-time work during Term-Time.

Our volunteers assist the work of CUSU – CUSU achieves a lot for its membership with limited resources and could not continue its work without the energy and experience of volunteers.

We regularly seek volunteers for major events, such as the annual Freshers Fair. Please register your interest with us to be notified of up-and-coming volunteering opportunities. To become a volunteer for CUSU, please email Grace, CUSU’s Membership Engagement Coordinator, membership@cusu.cam.ac.uk