Chair and trustees jobs

We are looking for a relational leader passionate about youth work and who relishes the opportunity to shape and drive forward increased impact for youth workers, youth organisations and the young people they support.

What are the top 3 skills required to undertake this role successfully?

1. Experience of partnership working at a senior level with internal and external stakeholders
2. Strong communication skills and ability to form strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
3. Robust financial and project management

As Head of Membership and Sector Development your typical day may involve… you attending an innovation workshop to feed in member and youth sector insights into new programme development; attending an external contract management meeting with partners to report back to a funder; representing the organisation at a regional/ national youth sector meeting; drafting the Board and committee reports on the past quarter highlights and deliverables; collaborating with fundraising and programmes colleagues on a bid; checking in with team members re the development and delivery of elements of the core offer, such as the Quality Mark, Training and Networks to members.

What impact on London Youth will the successful candidate have? As Head of Membership and Sector Development you’ll provide strategic and budgetary oversight of the Membership and Sector Development team.  You’ll be a productive and influential member of the Leadership Team and be a key catalyst to fundraising, programme design and mobilisation of new work. You’ll provide an ambitious strategic direction to the team, ensuring each staff member can contribute individually and collectively to long term plan. Alongside the demands of delivering high quality services to members in the short term, data and digital transformation projects will be key to long-term success. Improvements in these areas will lead to increased impact on youth workers, youth organisations and the young people they support.

For further information on London Youth, the role and the team please read the attached Job Description and Specification.
 

Our commitment to anti-racism

In July 2020, we issued a statement committing to become an anti-racist organisation and to actively tackle racism. Since then, London Youth has worked with our staff and trustees to understand first the issues within our organisation, collaboratively developing a Theory of Change to define our areas of focus, approach and plan of action moving forward.

We have a Race Equality Action Stakeholder Group which is chaired by a London Youth member and trustee. This group includes representatives from across the organisation and oversees the implementation of our Race Equality Action Plan.

At the heart of youth work is the drive to level the playing field for all young Londoners to succeed, regardless of their backgrounds. Over two thirds of the young people we work with are from racialised communities and we know that without the opportunities which youth organisations provide, there would be limited experiences open to them.

Main Duties

This is a new role, which we’re introducing for sustainability, supportive, transparency and devolving power purposes. Therefore the Job Description below is reflective of the Chair role you would be deputising for:

• supporting and supervising the chief executive
• acting as a channel of communication between board and staff
• acting as a figurehead for the Charity (for example, representing it at functions and meetings).
• leading on the development of the board and ensuring its decisions are implemented.
• taking urgent action (but not decision making unless authorised) between board meetings when it isn’t possible or practical to hold a meeting.

What are we looking for?

person specification for a Deputy Chair
•a knowledge of and commitment to the work of the Charity
•experience of committee work, good meeting and presentation skills
•supportive and confident leadership style
•good ‘people’ skills
•tact and diplomacy
•a commitment to fairness and the ability to respect confidential information
•willingness to keep up to date with developments in the sector and undertake training if necessary

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience or knowledge of HR, community health and wellbeing and the not-for-profit sector in this part of London. 

They should also be able to commit time to attend quarterly Board and committee meetings and occasionally contribute to written notes and reports.

If you are interested in becoming a trustee at The Bridge, as opposed to the Deputy Chair, we are also looking for candidates with experience and skills in HR specifically, and would accept applications for a general HR trustee as well as Deputy Chair. 

The UKMT is a charity that operates across the UK, advancing the education of children and young people in mathematics, in particular by organising and running mathematics competitions. These competitions are essential to the UKMT’s goal to inspire a love of mathematical problem solving in the widest possible group of young people. Several hundred thousand young people participate in UKMT activities every year. The UKMT consists of several hundred diverse volunteers, of whom about a hundred are Members of the Trust. The Trustees are drawn from within the volunteers and Membership and from outside the organisation. UKMT staff are led by the Executive Director. 

Alongside our core business, the UKMT’s strategic objectives include: digital transformation, impact assessment, people planning and inclusivity & diversity.

Skills and experience sought
The principles and personal attributes that individuals bring to the UKMT are as important as their skills and knowledge. These qualities enable Trustees to use their skills and knowledge to function well as part of a team and to make an active contribution to effective governance. The Chair of the Board of Trustees should demonstrate:

1. Strong commitment to the UKMT’s aim and goals.

2. Experience of collaborative leadership and chairing meetings.

3. Experience in a trustee / non-executive director role. 

4. Knowledge of good governance.

5. Experience in a strategic role, and an understanding of the differences between strategic and operational roles.

6. Excellent knowledge of or willingness to learn about mathematical enrichment in the UK and beyond.

7. Willingness to take a leading role in the work of the Trust, devoting the required time and energy to help advance the education of young people in mathematics.

8. Strong commitment to safeguarding, and an understanding of the UKMT policies relating to this.

9. Creativity and willingness to challenge conventional wisdom in an appropriate manner and open-mindedness about new approaches, recognising the value of innovation and creative thinking to organisational development and success.

10. Ability to communicate views and opinions clearly and in a constructive manner in person and via email.

11. Willingness to listen and work in partnership with others.

12. Ability to build strong working relationships with Trustees, our volunteering community, the Executive Director and other staff, and with other stakeholders as appropriate.

13. Ability to deal with challenging situations in a courteous but, where necessary, firm manner.

We are looking for the new Chair to be in post by April 2023. If the successful candidate is available before then, a handover period with the current Interim Chair is likely to be beneficial. If the successful candidate is not available until shortly after April 2023, a later start can be negotiated.

How will I participate?
Board meetings and UKMT events may be held throughout the country and some travel may be required to attend. All other administrative tasks can be done at your convenience. Some meetings are held online.

This role is voluntary (unpaid) but reasonable expenses will be paid to enable Trustees to attend meetings. If you are a serving teacher, we will pay for cover to enable you to attend meetings that fall within term-time.

Please download the Role Summary for a full description of the role. To apply, see the 'How do I apply?' section of the Role Summary.

Five Lamps Organisation has made a difference to people’s lives for almost 40 years, and we have exciting plans to continue making a positive impact into the future. Part of our success has been down to excellent governance and being able to spot opportunities as well as plan for and manage risk.

As a locally based charity we are passionate about Teesside and supporting local people with social, financial, economic, and anti-poverty solution. We also operate on a National level providing affordable loans to households who are financially distressed or cant access mainstream credit. Like many charities we continually face challenges as we try to meet our objectives with restricted resources. We have a track record of dealing with these head on. Our risks are varied but managing them proactively and effectively not only ensures we survive but can lead to new opportunities to help us thrive.

Our new ARC Chair will play a lead role in this; working with the Group Chief Executive and Board to oversee both our risk appetite and management of risks as well as providing a robust challenge to the organisation to maintain and strengthen our resilience.

If you share our passion for inclusion and healthy communities, you have a genuine interest in what we do and you like things to be done right, this is a brilliant opportunity to give something back and help us continue to succeed. Our ideal candidate will have a background in either finance, risk management or audit and preferably have experience of working in or supporting a charitable organisation.

We know being a volunteer is a big commitment which is why the majority of our meetings are held virtually. Typically the Committee meets 4 times per year. The Trustees Board also meets once a quarter. There are two strategy events each year which we are aiming to be in person. All reasonable expenses are paid.

To apply please send your CV and a covering letter by 21st August 2022. Interviews will be held on 24th August 2022 and / or 22nd September 2022.

** We will shortly be advertising for new Trustees. If this advert has caught your eye and you’re interested in becoming a Trustee only, please express an interest by contacting Five Lamps and ask to speak with HR **

A little bit more about us:

1. We deliver more than 3000 hours of domiciliary home care through Five Lamps Homecare, supporting people to remain independent in their own homes and have a recent Good status inspection from the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
2. We deliver a recognised home from hospital support service supporting people leaving North Tees hospital and needing support.
3. We disbursed almost 3,000 loans worth £2m in 21/22 saving financially distressed families approximately £720k in interest.
4. We have plans to disburse a further £4-5 million every year for at least the next 3 years, reaching up to more than 21,000 households who need financial support.
5. We have a £5m partnership with 8 social investment funders to deliver financial inclusion.
6. We have re-opened our iconic Youthy Building after the pandemic. This provides invaluable youth engagement activities and support including dedicated sessions for young people with physical or learning difficulties.
7. We deliver school holiday activities and run programmes to tackle holiday hunger
8. We provide employment and small business advice supporting people out of long term employment to set up their own business.
9. We are a large local employer, employing more than 130 colleagues.
10. Our Head Office is based at Eldon Street, Thornaby : we have recently bought the building and demonstrated our commitment to the local area.

St Michael's Fellowship is a pioneering independent voluntary organisation that acts for the welfare and safeguarding of children. For over 100 years, they have worked residentially with parents so that they might safely and sustainably meet their child's needs.

At the heart of their work lie values of compassion and respect for the parent as an individual, and a belief in the capacity of every human being for positive change. With these values, they work to break the cycles of disadvantage, change family dynamics, and create new opportunities for children.

St Michael's Fellowship

Chair of Trustee Board

London

6 Board meetings per year

Unremunerated, reasonable expenses will be paid

St Michael's Fellowship has two strands to their work - they run three residential family assessment centres registered with Ofsted and they have an active outreach service working with young mothers and fathers, running a contact service, and offering individual support to families who have been assessed in their centres. They work in the boroughs of Lambeth and Wandsworth, but families are referred to their centres from all over the UK.

The new Chair at St Michael's will play a critical role, providing inclusive leadership and direction to the Board of Trustees to enable the Board to fulfil its responsibility for the overall governance and strategic direction.

The newly appointed Chair will bring impartiality and objectivity to the decision-making process, leading the Board in the setting of the overall strategy, facilitating discussion, and ensuring that the Board's decisions are consistent with St Michael's values and mission.

As Chair you will ensure that the Board acts with integrity, adopting values and creating a culture which helps St Michael's achieve its charitable purpose. You will bring personal gravitas, strong interpersonal skills, strategic leadership, and emotional intelligence.

We welcome people from all backgrounds. Each applicant will be individually assessed regardless of gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or maternity, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, ethnicity, colour, or national origin, religion or belief, disability, or age.

To learn more about this unique opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please read the full appointment brief, on the Prospectus website, which can be reached by clicking on the “Apply on Website” Button.

Application deadline: 4 September

Preliminary interviews with Prospectus: w/c 12 September

Panel stage interviews: w/c 26 September

These dates may be subject to change and applicants will be advised in advance should this happen.

Transform Drug Policy Foundation is a global leader in developing and advocating for more humane drug policies. We want to recruit a new Chair to help drive forward our work. Our current Chair, Jane Hickman, is retiring this year after five years in post.

This is an exciting time in drug policy. Rapid changes in approach are occurring in the UK and internationally. Transform has a long history of shaping these changes and seeking to ensure that reform reduces harm, improves social justice and protect public health. We aim to keep its research expertise at the forefront of the ongoing national discussion on drugs reform.

Our Anyone’s Child campaign is a highly effective family-led movement that has had a significant impact here and abroad and is an important part of the way we work to create change. You can find out more about our work via our website.

Our new Chair will help build on our success so far by providing leadership, good judgment, knowledge of policy and how it is made, and inculcating high standards of governance.

They will also ensure that that we continue to improve our ability to reflect the needs of those most affected by current drug policy: in particular, black and minority ethnic groups and the socially excluded. With the right Chair we hope to remain one of the leaders in our field.

We welcome applications from all candidates with the skills and commitment to support the work of Transform. We especially welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates as part of our commitment to ensuring a full diversity of experience is reflected in the work we do.

Founded in 1795, Norwood is the oldest Jewish charity in the UK. Each year we support over 2,500 people - from children and families facing challenges in their lives due to additional educational needs, mental health or severe wellbeing issues, to anyone with learning disabilities or autism. Norwood is highly ambitious, committed to delivering high quality services that fully meet the evolving needs of the Jewish community. The Trustee Board and executive management team recently completed a fundamental refresh of the charity’s long term strategic aims and objectives with respect to future service provision.

We now seek to further strengthen the Trustee Board by the addition of two new Trustees with contemporary, specialist experience in one of the following areas:

• Supported Living services

• Children and Family services

As an inclusive charity our ambition is to recruit and work with diverse talents. We especially welcome applications from candidates living with a disability, or with close experience of living with disabilities. The Norwood Trustee role is highly rewarding, and provides the opportunity to make an important and valuable contribution to the charity’s future, and to the community. 

Please note that the deadline for applications is 19th August and interviews will be conducted in late August / early September.

Women have the power to transform their lives, but when women are undervalued and oppressed, this power is undermined. Since 1993, Women for Women International has invested in the power of over 500,000 women who are forgotten — the women survivors of war and conflict — to learn the skills they need to rebuild their families and communities.

Working at the intersection of women and conflict: providing skills, knowledge, and resources that create sustainable change for women, their families, and their communities, Women for Women International (WfWI) provides vital support and education for women in eight countries around the world that have felt the devastating effects of conflict.

Chair

London

Voluntary, expenses paid

At this critical time, Women for Women International-UK (WFWI-UK) are seeking a new Chair of Trustees who is truly committed to their mission of empowering women survivors of conflict affected countries.

WfWI is a global family with national organisations, WFWI-UK (since 2005) and WFW Germany (since 2016) that play a major role in fundraising from individuals as well as institutions, foundations and corporate donors, to support global programmes in key areas. WFWI-UK has continued to deliver its commitments to the global organisation, with income growing to support global programmes in key areas.

WFWI is moving into a new phase. We are streamlining our structures and global governance, and shifting power closer to our country programmes and to the women we serve.

As the new Chair, you will bring your passion, commitment and strategic leadership skills to contribute to this ongoing journey. You will serve as an effective UK ambassador, working closely with the Executive and a motivated Board as well as representing the UK in our global board. You will have strong intercultural communications - including listening skills, experience of managing or leading teams, and an understanding of the role of Boards and good governance. You do not need to have been a Chair previously or have charity sector experience as full training and induction will be provided.

We are particularly interested in applications from candidates with lived experience in conflict affected regions or countries, in the global South.  We value the unique insight this experience brings to shaping strategy and mission as well as maintaining a direct connection with communities who are directly affected by the issues we work on.

To learn more about this unique opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please read the full appointment brief, on the Prospectus website, which can be reached by clicking on the “Apply on Website” Button.

Closing date: Monday 12 September

Initial interview with Prospectus: w/c 26 September

Final Panel Interview with W4WI-UK w/c 17 October

Purpose and scope:

The Business Manager (BM) holds a key post of responsibility within the Level Trust. Reporting directly to the CEO, the BM is responsible for ensuring all compliance and HR aspects of the charity are managed efficiently and effectively. Ideally, the appointed individual will also act as Clerk to the Board of Trustees.

The BM is expected to contribute significantly to the continuous improvement of the charity’s services.

This will include:-

· The promotion of the Level Trust’s aims, objectives and ethos

· Assisting in the monitoring and evaluation of performance and processes

· Ensuring specific day-to-day functions of the charity run smoothly

· Establishing good working relationships with all stake holders and external agencies

About Level Trust

We help families overcome the costs of education so all children in Luton have the chance to love learning.

When money is tight at home, a child might not have the uniform and equipment they need for school. They are unlikely to be able to do fun things in the school holidays and they are more likely to suffer with mental health problems and low self-esteem. They can be embarrassed about making friends because they feel ‘different’ and they can experience hopelessness about the future.

45% of children in Luton live in poverty – that’s over 26,600 children.

If Luton is going to provide the best childhood possible for all our children, this needs to change.

We help children aged 3-16 by providing gift cards for school shoes and coats, running a Uniform Exchange ‘swap shop’ in The Mall, giving out [email protected] resource packs full of the equipment children need for homework, providing laptops for children who experience digital poverty and running a summer school packed with exciting and enriching experiences.

Our work makes children feel more included, more confident, and enables them to attend school more – which all adds up to a brighter future.

The Role

This exciting role offers the opportunity for independent working, in a rewarding and forward-thinking environment. It combines compliance, HR and administrative responsibilities with the opportunity to offer advice to, and to manage information for, our Board of Trustees. The post holder will be responsible for making sure that our Trustees’ governance and legal requirements are fulfilled, and records are kept accordingly. They will make sure that all Trustee Board and governance business is managed in accordance with statutory duties and legislation, Charity Commission guidelines and protocols, and in keeping with professional advice from external agencies.

About You

You will be an excellent listener, with very good speaking, grammar, numeracy and literacy skills. With experience in writing agendas, meeting minutes or notes, and proficiency in IT packages including MS Word and MS Excel, you will also be confident with email and the internet. Someone who is able to organise their own and others’ time and work towards deadline, you will also be confident organising meetings and speaking in front of groups.

This role offers the opportunity to work both independently and as part of a team, supported by appropriate training opportunities. Your ability to maintain confidentiality, behave impartially, and demonstrate your excellent interpersonal skills will also be important. At times you will need to work with complex and sensitive matters, applying your understanding of, and sympathy with, the aims and objectives of Level Trust.

About Us

The Microbiology Society is a membership charity for scientists interested in microbes, their effects, and their practical uses. It is one of the largest microbiology societies in Europe with a worldwide membership based in universities, industry, hospitals, research institutes, and schools.

Our members have a unique depth and breadth of knowledge about the discipline. The Society’s role is to help unlock and harness the potential of that knowledge.

The Committee

The Audit, Risk, and Evaluation Committee is responsible for ensuring scrutiny and transparency in the financial management of the Society as well as oversight of the Society’s risk management processes and its approach to impact and evaluation to support the Society’s three main strategic objectives:

We will enable our members to strengthen their existing relationships and gain access to new communities, unlocking the potential for knowledge exchange. We will advance our understanding of microbiology and champion the contribution made by microbiology, our members, and their work in addressing global challenges. We will reinforce the Society’s long-term sustainability and resilience by diversifying income streams, increasing efficiency, and ensuring robust governance.

About You

The Chair of the Audit, Risk, and Evaluation Committee, an external Chair, plays a key role by supporting and constructively challenging the executive members of the Council but does not sit on Council directly. The Chair should use their experience and knowledge to provide an external perspective on the strategic direction of the Society’s work and contribute by constructively challenging its performance whilst maintaining independence of thought. They will also provide an informal source of independent advice to the Chief Executive, the Chief Operations Officer, and other directors as appropriate and will report to Council annually at its July meeting.

The appointment will be for a fixed period of three years.

​​For more information about the Society, please visit our website.

To Apply 

Please attach your CV and a short Covering  Letter 

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Closing date: 19th August 2022

To know more about this role, please contact Jo Manning, Chief Operations Officer, contact details are available on our website 

It is important that you DO NOT include your Personal Information i.e. name and contact details in your CV or Cover Letter. This is because the Microbiology Society is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We value, promote, and seek diversity.

The Society also takes the security of your data seriously. It has internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused, or disclosed, and is not accessed except by our employees in the proper performance of their duties.

Please note that due to limited resources it is not possible for the Society to acknowledge receipt of applications. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

“We are interested in every candidate who is eligible to work in the United Kingdom. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.”

Main Purpose/aims of Role

To provide leadership and direction to the Committee to facilitate the work of UKCP in pursuing its vision, mission and strategic direction within the Committee’s terms of reference (once the ToR have been reviewed).

To ensure EDI is integrated into all aspects of our work – for our members, our staff and, crucially, for the public with whom we and our members interact professionally.

To embed good governance practices in everything the Committee and its members undertake, abiding by the Nolan principles, the UKCP’s regulatory framework, ethical behaviours, and promoting diversity and inclusion.

To command confidence and collaborate effectively across UKCP to champion the work of the Committee and be accountable to the Board of Trustees for delivery.

To oversee the delivery of the UKCP’s Equality and Diversity Action Plan.

NB: The role holder will be an independent non-member, lay expert.

At Women in Prison, we are passionate, ambitious and grounded in the reality of women’s lives. We are proud of our roots and have grown from strength to strength since the 1980’s, delivering services to women and campaigning for change.

Job Purpose: To provide day to day PA support to the Chief Executive, administrative support to the Chief Executive and SMT and secretarial duties for the Board of Women in Prison

Reports to: Chief Executive

Key Responsibility Areas:

• To proactively manage the diary of the Chief Executive
• To provide administrative support to the Chief Executive
• To provide administrative support to the senior management team
• To provide secretarial/administrative support to the Board

Duties and key responsibilities:

To manage the diary of the Chief Executive

• To proactively manage the diary of the Chief Executive
• To ensure all requested meetings are appropriately prioritised and diarised, with sufficient time for preparation and travel
• To support the Chief Executive to ensure her diary enables positive working practices
• To maintain excellent relationships with all contacts for the Chief Executive
• To manage a system for key meetings with the Chief Executive to ensure preparation time, papers and briefings are in place in good time
• To ensure the Chief Executive is meeting regularly with line reports, chairs of the Board and Board members

To provide administrative support to the Chief Executive

• To put an effective filing system in place manage it on behalf of the Chief Executive
• To organise travel for the Chief Executive when required
• To manage the expenses for the Chief Executive and ensure appropriate sign off from the Chairs of the Board
• To take minutes of meetings as required by the Chief Executive and circulate in a timely manner

​To provide administrative support to the Senior Management Team

• To support the smooth running of the Senior Management Team
• To set up meetings and ensure agendas are in place
• To circulate papers at least 2 days in advance of meetings
• To minute meetings and share minutes and actions in a timely manner
• Notify all those who need to take follow up action and/or others who may need to be aware of the decision and its implications

​To provide secretarial/administrative support to the Board

• To ensure Board meetings are in the diaries of all attendees
• To support the preparation and circulation of Board papers and agendas in a timely fashion
• To take minutes of board and board committee meetings, agree these with the Chief Executive and Chairs and circulate in a timely fashion
• To keep proper records and files of Board decisions, approvals and minutes
• To support Board members with administrative support as required
• Notify all those who need to take follow up action and/or others who may need to be aware of the decision and its implications

These are the main duties of the role but do not form part of the contract of employment, and flexibility will be required as the needs of the organisation changes.

This is an exciting time for a dynamic CEO to lead the Chilterns MS Centre into its next chapter. This period of growth and expansion into new services will need the CEO to confidently navigate the Charity into new areas, exercise a broad range of management and leadership skills and crucially to guide and balance growth in income and investment in additional resources.

The Chilterns MS Centre, based near Wendover in Buckinghamshire, is a well established and progressive charity devoted to supporting people affected by Multiple Sclerosis for the past 37 years. The organisation is moving into a new phase, extending support and therapies to a far wider range of neurological conditions including Parkinson’s Disease and Stroke. Utilising the facilities and staff expertise to a wider reach of beneficiaries is a key foundation of the Centre’s strategy to build long term resilience, and boost the positive impact for those affected by the challenges of neurological conditions.

The Centre’s Board of Trustees has governance oversight, and the CEO must manage the interface between the leadership team and the Trustees. A collaborative style coupled with a proactive operational can-do attitude are prerequisites.

Moving into a “multi-condition” organisation, as the Centre’s figurehead, you will be working in co-operation with the leadership team and especially the Head of Fundraising and Head of Integrated Clinical Services promoting the virtues of the Centre to our local and regional communities, businesses and key stakeholders; helping to build long term strategic relationships to secure both operational and income security.

Please see the attached CEO Recruitment Pack for more details of the role and how to apply.

In conjunction with the Trust Chair and CEO, implement the Trust’s strategic priority on leadership and governance, so that is has the highest standards of collective leadership and governance to deliver sustainable school improvement and safeguarding.

Work with the trust board, its subcommittees and executive team to design, implement and support high-quality governance processes so that the trust continues to improve the effectiveness of its governance, in accordance with best governance practices.

Organise and support all trust board and central subcommittee meetings, lead on governance recruitment, and advise on procedural matters regarding compliance and relevant legal and regulatory frameworks.  Support Academy Council Chairs and clerks in their roles. 

Main duties:

1. Strategic Implementation:

• Work with the Trust Chair and CEO to lead the implementation of the Trust’s strategic priority to improve leadership and governance in line with the Trust’s implementation plan.
• Develop proposals to improve continuously and develop the Trust’s governance through the life of the Trust’s strategy, being proactive as well as responsive to emerging issues and best practice.
• Develop the Trust’s approach to assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of its leadership and governance.

1. General Governance:

• Research, develop and implement governance improvement documents and processes. Review and revise existing processes and structures to meet the needs of the Chair, Chief Executive Officer, central subcommittee chairs, academy councils, and trustees.
• Provide advice to the trustee board on its core functions with reference to the relevant regulatory governance frameworks and best practice.
• Advise the board on relevant legislative and procedural matters before, during and after meetings
• Develop and roll out policies that support trust-wide governance activities. Lead the reporting on policy implementation and evaluation. Have an effective system in place for ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and best governance practice throughout the Trust’s governance.
• Develop a systematic approach for updating and reviewing trust policies, working with colleagues to ensure policies are reviewed and updated in accordance with the trust’s master policy schedule.

• Identify priorities, anticipate issues which may arise, draw these matters to the chair’s attention and propose recommended actions. 

1. Effective administration of meetings: 

• Ensure the smooth running of the trust’s board and its central subcommittees. Manage processes, delivery of support and information to trustees in accordance with best practice ensuring high quality meeting packs, effective meetings and follow-up.
• Draft good quality minutes of board and central subcommittee meetings that accurately and concisely record the salient points of the meeting.
• Develop and maintain an annual governance calendar of board and subcommittee meetings and related tasks, included annual strategic and training days.

1. Membership: 

• Support the Trust Chair with succession planning and arranging regular collective and individual trustee evaluation activities to assess board effectiveness and inform next steps.
• Manage the recruitment, appointment and induction of: (a) new trustees and Academy Council Chairs, working with the Trust Chair; (b) Academy Council members, working with the Academy Council Chairs; (c) those appointed to new roles, for example, subcommittee chairs.
• Monitor trustee and academy councillor terms of office and pro-actively ensure re-appointment commences in a timely fashion.
• Regularly review the training provided to all in governance roles and ensure that the training offer is fit for purpose.

1. Manage Information and Promote Communications:

• Maintain up to date electronic records of board, subcommittee and academy council papers and minutes, which are well organised and readily accessible. 
• Maintain up to date records of the names and addresses of board and academy council members and their term of office.
• Collate and maintain relevant business interests of trustees and members and ensure information is published on the website.
• Ensure that trustee and academy council member information on DfE and regulatory websites is accurate and up to date.
• Maintain a record of mandatory and relevant training undertaken by members of the board
• Maintain trustee meeting attendance records.
• Ensure copies of statutory policies and other documents approved by the board are kept and published as agreed, for example, on the appropriate website,
• Manage the flow of information from trust board to local academy councils and vice versa.
• File returns to Companies House and the Charity Commission.
• Continuously improve communication between the board, its subcommittees and academy councils to promote effective working arrangements, sharing of good practice, and collective governance in the interest of the Trust as a whole.

1. People and relationships: 

• Develop and maintain effective professional working relationships with the Chair, the board, executive leaders and the academy councils. 
• Supervise academy council clerks and keep their role, terms and conditions, responsibilities, performance and professional development under review.

1. Personal Development: 

• Undertake appropriate and regular training and development to maintain knowledge and improve practice. 
• Keep up to date with current educational developments and legislation affecting governance of MATs and local boards.

General Duties:

• Act in accordance with the safeguarding policies to promote and maintain a culture of safeguarding including staying alert in recognising and immediately reporting concerns to the designated safeguarding lead.
• Responsible for acting in accordance with all trust policies, in particular taking care of own and other’s health and safety.
• The JD and PS will be reviewed regularly, and any changes will be made in consultation with the post holder.
• These responsibilities are not exhaustive, and the post holder is expected to carry out any other related reasonable duties commensurate with their skills, abilities and grade.
• Participate in regular performance management.