Lay Trustee role - Healthcare Infection Society - deadline: 23 September 2025
Our current Lay trustee demits in December 2025, and we are seeking a successor who is not from a clinical background but shares our values and vision This is an opportunity to bring your expertise to help shape HIS’s future, ensuring strong governance and supporting our ambitions for growth.
As a Lay Trustee, you will:
- Work with the Council and Chief Executive to uphold HIS’s vision, mission and values. Council meets quarterly.
- Work with Chief Financial Officer and serve on the Finance Committee, which meets quarterly to review financial performance, remuneration, and strategic and operational risks.
- Contribute to delivering the 2025-30 strategy.
- Oversee compliance with financial, legal and regulatory requirements.
No prior trustee experience is necessary – a full induction will be provided.
Who we are looking for
We are especially keen to hear from candidates with
- Financial investment and management experience (ideally in healthcare)
- Candidates should have no clinical background.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds who support our mission and can actively contribute to our work. HIS is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse culture.
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The built and natural environment have profound impacts on the health and wellbeing of people and the environment. We believe therefore that our work is more important than ever.
To help support and inform that work we have a Policy Council, which we are looking to broaden the skills and range of perspectives on.
You do not need to be an expert in town planning – it is more important that you believe in the importance of the work we do. But, to help strengthen the range of expertise and perspectives on the Policy Council we are particularly interested in people with relevant experience in, or policy knowledge of, one or more of the following areas:
- Healthy place-making
- Planning law and parliamentary processes
- Affordable housing
- Economic development, investment and/or viability
- Heritage
- Energy efficiency, building design and retrofit
Inclusion is a core value of our organisation and we are passionate about promoting diversity and representation in our Association. We positively encourage applications regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender identification, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
To find out more about the TCPA and how to express your interest in these roles please see the recruitment pack and visit our website.
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