{"id":14,"date":"2025-01-23T12:32:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T12:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/bre\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:28:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:28:03","slug":"person-specification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gloucester\/person-specification\/","title":{"rendered":"Person Specification \u2013 Finance Director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gloucester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2026\/02\/gloucester-banner-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"gloucester-banner-2\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"title\">\n\t<div class=\"title__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"title__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"title__content\">\n\t\t<h1>\n\t\t  Person Specification \u2013 Finance Director\t  <\/h1>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"content\">\n\t<div class=\"content__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content__column\">\n\t\t  \t\t\t\t<h3>Attributes<\/h3>\n<h4>General<\/h4>\n<p><em>Essential<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Able to inspire trust and credibility with internal and external stakeholders.<\/li>\n<li>Motivated by a deep desire for social and personal transformation<\/li>\n<li>Strong analytical and governance skills.<\/li>\n<li>Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, with a wide variety of audiences.<\/li>\n<li>Able to always maintain courtesy and confidentiality with all people.<\/li>\n<li>In sympathy with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Desirable<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Active Christian.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Qualifications and Training<\/h4>\n<p><em>Essential<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ACA or equivalent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Experience<\/h4>\n<p><em>Essential<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Proven senior financial leadership (reporting to Directors\/Trustees) in a complex regional or national organisation.<\/li>\n<li>Experience of working within a wide network voluntary sector organisation.<\/li>\n<li>Experience of influencing senior decision makers in other organisations (partners or otherwise).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Desirable<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience of working within the Church of England.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Knowledge, Skills and Abilities<\/h4>\n<p><em>Essential<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Able to understand and articulate complex concepts and subtle interactions.<\/li>\n<li>Able to demonstrate an understanding of social and political dynamics.<\/li>\n<li>Able to think independently and produce a high standard of finished work.<\/li>\n<li>Able to offer appropriate challenge to decision makers in a constructive manner.<\/li>\n<li>Proven organisational skills.<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge of GIS mapping software.<\/li>\n<li>Understanding of the Church of England\u2019s structure and practice (or able to learn quickly).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Desirable<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Knowledge of social systems.<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge of the Diocesan Mission and Pastoral Measure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gloucester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gloucester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gloucester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gloucester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gloucester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gloucester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gloucester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/gloucester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}