Director volunteer roles in the royal town of sutton coldfield, west midlands
We are looking for Trustees to join us on this journey. Following a recent skills audit, we are particularly looking for individuals with experience in the following areas: accountancy, clinical expertise (medical, nursing or other healthcare backgrounds), marketing and communications, digital technologies, and the charity sector.
I encourage you to review the profiles of our current Board members to understand the breadth of expertise and perspectives we already have. We are proud to have a dynamic and highly engaged Board. Our discussions are strategic, forward-looking, and always centred on how we can best serve our patients, families and communities.
Purpose
The Board of Trustees is responsible for the overall governance and strategic direction of the charity. They will oversee all aspects of the organisation, working closely with the Group Chief Executive and Executive Leadership Team.
Ensuring the Board of Trustees reach sound decisions. This may involve scrutinising board papers, leading discussions, focusing on key issues, providing advice and guidance on new initiatives, or other subjects in which the Trustee has special expertise.
Legal Context
Trustees are responsible for the legal stewardship of St Giles Hospice. This involves ensuring that the Hospice is compliant with legislation and its own governing documents. They are also responsible for the corporate governance of the organisation and report annually to the Charity Commission and Companies House. We expect all Trustees to be aware of the Charity Governance Code.
Charity Commission guidance states that Trustees must:
Ensure that everything they do helps and supports to meet the charity’s objectives Comply with the charity’s governing documents and law
Act in the charity’s best interests
Manage the charity’s resources responsibly; Act with reasonable care and skill and take advice where necessary
Ensure the charity is compliant with statutory accounting and reporting requirements
The person specification sets out the essential qualifications, experience, skills, knowledge, personal attributes and other requirements, which the post holder requires to perform the role to a satisfactory level. Without these qualities, the applicant cannot be appointed to the post.
Skills and experience
Essential
- An understanding of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship
- Successful track record of consistent achievement at board or executive level
- Robust governance experience
- Knowledge and understanding of equal opportunities
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Desirable
- Medical / clinical background
- Digital leadership skills
- Fundraising experience
- Marketing experience
- Knowledge of working within the charity and/or healthcare sector
Personal attributes
- Empathetic
- Team player
- Able to work under pressure
- Collaborative
- Ambassador for St Giles Hospice
- Strategic thinker
Key tasks and responsibilities
The role entails but is not limited to:
- Ensuring that St Giles complies with all its governing documents, charity law and other legislation or regulations
- Attending and contributing to Board meetings/sub-committee meetings
- Representing St Giles at events, conferences and media as and when required
- Bringing impartiality to decision making
- Always acting in St Giles’ best interests and with reasonable care and skill to provide clear strategic direction
- Proving guiding principles and overall plans for St Giles to progress against the strategy objectives
- Ensuring the financial stability, probity and sustainability of the organisation in relation to the financial aspects of the charity to safeguard the charity’s reputation and values
- Adhering to the Trustees code of conduct (known as the Trustee Charter) and comply with it
- Supporting and advising the Executive Leadership Team in your areas of expertise
- Being collectively responsible for the governance of the charity with other Board members
- Overseeing organisational risk registers, ensuring adequate assurance is provided or risk mitigations in place
- Exercising control over the financial affairs and protecting its assets
- Ensuring the effective and efficient administration of the charity
- Protecting and managing the property of the charity and ensuring the proper investment of the charity’s funds
- Ensuring and maintaining efficient administration of funding, insurance and premises
- Sitting on recruitment/disciplinary panels as and when required by the Head of HR
- Ensuring the Boards agreed position is represented when speaking publicly on behalf of the organisation
- Ensuring information gained during the course of working as a Trustee is kept confidential and in particular the contents of emails and board papers
Registered Charity
101 - 500
Whether you’re living with a terminal illness, or your loved one is nearing the end of their life, we’re here for you at every stage.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
We are looking for new Trustees to join our brilliant Board!
Hope at Home is a growing and ambitious charity established in January 2018 (Charity no 1176802) which works to provide safe homes for survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking in the UK.
We are at an exciting phase of growth and development and are particularly looking for motivated, committed people with experience of:
- Lived experience of modern slavery or human trafficking, homelessness or the asylum & immigration system.
- Working knowledge of immigration / housing law.
- Working knowledge of marketing.
- Working knowledge of or experience in HR.
- Experience in developing a Major Donor programme or philanthropic support.
We are seeking to improve, amongst other things, the skill set and competencies of the board and the visible diversity of the board to ensure we more accurately reflect the make-up of the people that we serve. We will provide a full induction and training for any new Board member, including those with no previous experience of being a trustee.
For more information on the role and how to apply, please download our Trustee Recruitment Pack.
Registered Charity
6 - 10
Providing safe homes for survivors of modern slavery by offering a range of innovative accommodation options in collaboration with other organisations
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
What does a Trustee look like?
Look in the mirror!
Right now, less than 3% of charity Trustees are under 30, 8% are people of colour and 36% are women. We are looking for people from across the UK and are keen to recruit trustees from all nations in the UK.
We value the many skills and experiences that you can bring to the Marine Conservation Society. We are committed to a Board culture that enables everyone to be their authentic selves and to enjoy the Trustee experience.
It’s a critical time for our ocean. There is not a moment to waste. Our goal is to recover the health of our ocean so it can help with healing our climate; to make seas protected in law to be protected in practice; and to stop the tide of plastic that’s getting into our waters. By joining as a Trustee, you will help navigate us through the risks and opportunities that we meet.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion are essential to achieving ocean recovery so everyone can expect to be treated with consideration and respect in an atmosphere without prejudice, discrimination, harassment or violence.
What we’re looking for
We’re looking for people to join our Board with expertise in one or more of the following areas – click on the links for a fuller description:
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Governance/Legal – expected to be a legal professional with experience in charity, company or regulatory law.
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Marine Conservation – knowledge of the marine environment, with policy and/or practical experience of conservation. A network of contacts across the marine sector, particularly with business or government, would be an advantage.
What you can bring to our Board can be just as interesting as where you’ve been working. Ideally, you will have the relevant skills and experience set out in the profile but you should not feel prevented from applying if you do not have experience across all criteria. You do not need to have previous charity trustee experience, but you will need to be comfortable participating at a senior level with complex discussions and the need to be comfortable making pragmatic but key decisions.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
We tackle the ocean emergency by working with communities, businesses and governments.
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Do you have fundraising, communications, HR, IT or other skills and wish to become a trustee of a pioneering and ambitious charity which funds and develops girls’ education in South Sudan? Friends of Ibba Girls School (FIGS) works to support a girls’ boarding school which provides free high-quality education for over 300 primary and secondary school girls, providing both education and a source of inspiration for the country. Boarding provides safety and security for girls in a country emerging from war. FIGS works closely with Windle Trust International, a highly experienced UK charity which provides the practical support on the ground in South Sudan. FIGS must raise £400-500k each year to keep the school thriving, while longer-term plans are put in place for greater self-sufficiency within the country. The trustees are both strategic and operational, as the charity only has 2 employees (1.5 FTE). Fundraising skills and experience are particularly sought and the trustee will need to be prepared to give about eight hours a week to the work. Communications is also important and needs about four hours a week. HR and IT are both valuable skills but do not have particular time requirements. Applicants with other skills and experience relevant to FIGS are welcome to apply.
Please download the recruitment pack below and visit out website for further information.
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Friends of Ibba Girls School, South Sudan aims to improve the opportunity and quality of primary and secondary schooling for marginalised girls.