Innovation Officer Volunteer Roles in Bristol

Use your strategic leadership skills to transform the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children.

World Vision is the world’s largest international children’s charity.

Operating in almost 100 countries, we seek to bring hope to millions of children in the world’s hardest places.  We believe that by working together with children, their communities, and our supporters and partners, the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children can be transformed. As a Christian organisation, we aspire to reflect God’s unconditional love in all we do.

World Vision UK is at an exciting moment of inspired ambition. Over the last three years we have refocused the organisation and restructured the leadership team in order to position for growth and innovation. We have recently appointed Fola Komolafe MBE DL as CEO. As someone who spent her childhood in Nigeria, and with a track record of success in UK businesses and community endeavours, Fola will bring a unique perspective to further strengthen World Vision UK's approach to tackling the complex challenges of global poverty.

We grew significantly last year to £69m, a 30% increase in our income year-on-year, with a 20% increase in our funding to projects overseas improving the lives of vulnerable children.

There is an upward trajectory in income across all donor audiences and a reinvigorated sense of confidence and ambition across the organisation.

There is still more to be done in implementing our five-year Transformation Plan to: diversify further our income mix; accelerate our process of digital transformation; drive efficiency by improving systems and processes; and further embed a culture of agility and innovation.

Within this context World Vision UK is seeking to appoint new Trustees to join with us in bringing additional expertise, energy and commitment to our work.

We are searching for people who share our Christian faith and who primarily have a leadership background in one of the following areas: International Development, Commerce, Marketing and People & Culture.  

It is envisaged that the time commitment is approximately 15 days a year.

The deadline for applications is 12 noon GMT on Wednesday 13th December.

We appreciate the rich diversity of our staff and seek to create a culture where everyone develops and fulfils their potential. We recognise the immense value of different perspectives brought by those with varied backgrounds, characteristics and life experiences. As such, World Vision is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented sections of the community.

Please note that this role has an Occupational Requirement to be a committed Christian as permitted under Schedule 9, Part 1, of the Equality Act 2010.

NEW VOLUNTEER TEAM NEEDED! A DYNAMIC AND DEVELOPING MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY URGENTLY SEEKING VOLUNTEERS. HELP FORGE THE BEST MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELLING SERVICE

Evolve Counselling is … changing. Over the next year we have an ambitious programme to meet a large and growing demand for professionally-delivered talking therapies. We have plenty of volunteering opportunities for you. Bring your skills and experience to help us, and in return be part of an empowering community - where you can thrive in a rewarding project. Build your CV! Try something new! Put your spare time to use! Revive your career skills! Do life-enriching work helping others! All roles are flexible hours, working remotely with full IT support.

Exciting and absorbing NEW volunteer job roles

Admin Assistant . Secretarial tasks supporting the Trustee Board: Scheduling meetings, preparing agendas and board papers, taking minutes, keeping records, monitoring compliance  with legal and contractual rules, etc. Admin support for CEO: Arrange external meetings, attend planning sessions and produce notes and minutes, schedule key business events, and keep diaries up to date. General office administration: Keeping records, directing calls and messages, maintaining files and building the business ‘memory’. We are looking for a highly efficient organiser, someone used to routine and fine detail, with good IT skills.

Finance Controller or Finance Assistant. Finance tasks supporting our growing charity, working with our external Book Keeper, outsourced payroll service, and the Board Treasurer. Tasks include producing monthly reports and stats for the Board, for funders and fundraising bids. Monthly financial reporting including monitoring of income and expenditure, variance analysis and cashflow forecasting, monthly management accounts, and annual financial statements - charity income and expenditure, balance sheet, P&L. Supporting annual budget setting, and assisting when data is required for grant submissions. You will ideally be, or have been, a chartered, AAT, or qualified-by-experience accountant, have Third Sector knowledge, and have an interest and passion  for charitable enterprises.

Communications and Media Coordinator or Assistant. We are looking for help to communicate much much better with counselling clients, funders, our own “Counselling Community” of therapists, and the wider voluntary sector across our large area. You’ll be writing news stories, success ‘profiles’, publicising regular and special events, and driving social media and the web  - building the brand for Evolve. This job will be great  for a pro-active social media “story teller”, looking to build their own profile by ‘owning’ this new area of Evolve’s work. You’ll need to be creative, organised, and literate, with a very self-motivated  approach. A background in PR, marketing, social media or news will be great for this role.
 

Marketing and Fundraising Specialist or Assistant. Help us to grow our client numbers, improve the service, generate a development fund for new innovations, and get our name in front of sponsors, donors, and other charity project funders. In this demanding but hugely rewarding new role you will be in at the beginning - creating campaigns, researching and writing bids, and working with our communications and media volunteer to build and promote compelling fundable projects.

About Evolve Counselling. Evolve Counselling is a long-established charitable social enterprise, providing low cost, affordable or funded mental health counselling to adults in Cambridgeshire and surrounding counties. Our counselling community is made up of 50 – 60 qualified self-employed practitioners, working part-time. We deliver talking therapies to adults – online and in person. Our service delivers around 500 counselling sessions per month to a broad range of individuals, many of whom would not otherwise be able to access counselling support. Evolve also provides supervision, reflective practice, critical incident support and mental health awareness and related training to organisations and businesses large and small.

Chair of Trustees

Closing date Midnight Sunday 23th January 2024

Are you a strategic leader who is dedicated to access to justice with a track record in the legal or not for profit sector?

Could you help shape the future strategy of public legal education?

Law for Life is the leading public legal education charity in the UK. We strive for social justice by legally empowering individuals and communities. We are seeking a new Chair of Trustees - For more infomation click here 

With our current Chair, Amanda Finlay CBE, concluding her impressive term the stage is set for a new leader to shape our mission, inspire innovation, and steer our organisation toward an even brighter future. Our new Chair will join us in ensuring we reach ever more people who need legal support and advice and in shaping the legal landscape for the better.

For more information download our recruitment pack 

What’s involved?

As our new Chair of the Board of Trustees, you will play a key role in leading the charity in fulfilling our vision. You will lead the Board of Trustees and will support and advise the Chief Executive Officer to ensure that Law for Life is well governed, develops and delivers our ambitious strategy. You will be joining the team at an exciting time of growth and development for the Charity. We have a committed and capable Board of eight Trustees and a small but strong team of 10 staff members supported by a team of Associates. This role is a truly exciting opportunity to help develop our people and services to meet the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead as we continue to grow. We will ensure an effective handover from our current Chair and a tailored induction programme to help the successful candidate fulfil the promise of this opportunity. The Chair is appointed an initial term of 4 years and can be reappointed once. The Trustee Board meet four times a year with one ‘away day’ style meeting. We meet virtually with occasional London in person meetings. In addition, the Chair would be required to meet monthly with the CEO remotely and represent the Charity at key events.

About you

Law for Life is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all members of the community, particularly from those currently under-represented including young people, people with disabilities and people from minority ethnic groups.

The successful candidate will have the following essential experience and skills:

• Substantial experience working in the justice and/or human rights sectors (including related health or technology fields).
• Proven experience in a leadership or governance role, demonstrating the ability to lead and inspire a diverse group of trustees and stakeholders.

• Strong strategic thinking and vision, with the ability to set and implement the charity's long-term strategic direction and to bring an innovative and creative mindset to the charity.
• Understanding of governance principles and a commitment to ensuring the highest standards of governance within the charity.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to represent the charity effectively to external stakeholders, donors, and the public.
• Proficiency in stakeholder engagement and management, including the ability to build and maintain relationships with diverse groups of stakeholders.
• Strong financial acumen, including the ability to oversee budgets, financial reporting, and financial sustainability.

Personal Qualities

•  A genuine commitment to and passion for Law of Life’s mission and values, with a demonstrated dedication to social justice and public legal education.
• High ethical standards and integrity, with the ability to lead by example and uphold the charity's reputation.
• A commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within the charity and its governance structure.
• A collaborative and inclusive leadership style, fostering teamwork and consensus among board members and stakeholders.
• Resilience in the face of challenges and the ability to make tough decisions when necessary.

How to apply 

If you are talented, passionate about social justice and want to use your skills, knowledge, and experience to help bring about change, then please complete our application form and send this form along with an up to date CV to our Office Manager by Midnight Sunday 14th January 2024

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We offer all applicants the opportunity of an in formal online chat with either our outgoing Chair, Interim Chair or CEO (Depending on diary availability). 

Please email Amy Milner to arrange 

A unique and exceptional opportunity to Chair Heneb: the Trust for Welsh Archaeology at the formation of this brand-new trust that oversees the newly-merged four Welsh Archaeological Trusts.

Applications close at: 9 a.m. Wednesday 10th January 2024

Location: Remote with occasional visits to Trust offices across Wales

About Heneb: the Trust for Welsh Archaeology

Heneb: the Trust for Welsh Archaeology will unite the four Welsh Archaeological Trusts. These comprise:

• Dyfed
• Glamorgan Gwent
• Clwyd Powys
• Gwynedd

The four Welsh Archaeological Trusts were established in 1974-75 to help conserve, understand and interpret the archaeology of Wales. Although originally conceived as reactive bodies, responding to threats to the archaeological resource, the four Trusts have evolved over time to be more proactive and to broaden their remit.

The Trusts have flourished for five decades by maintaining their core values through service to their respective regions, whilst adapting to changing circumstances and modernising to meet challenges. As a result, they have continued through changes in national and local Government organisation, the new Welsh historic environment legislation and regulation and the professionalisation of archaeology that has revolutionised practice. At a local level, the Trust has worked with communities in developing a mutual appreciation of their heritage and fostering “pride of place”.

The four Trusts have recently agreed to merge to form a single regionally-based national trust to serve the best long-term interests of the people of Wales in the care of archaeology in Wales. The newly formed Trust for Welsh Archaeology (Heneb) will be a more robust, sustainable and energised organisation able to respond to changing challenges and to take opportunities for growth, specialisation and innovation.

About the role

The Chair and CEO of this newly-formed organisation will have the exciting and exacting responsibility for setting its tone from the outset and leading Trustees, staff and volunteers along new avenues, ensuring that the established strengths of the four regional Trusts are maintained while extending their remit and expertise delivering a wide range of archaeological services and raising the organisation’s national profile.

This role provides an exciting opportunity for a collaborative and engaging leader with a commitment to Welsh cultural heritage to lead a newly formed Board of Trustees to develop the organisation and guide the Trust along new avenues to deliver its strategy into the future.

Together, the Chair and CEO will set the tone for the whole organisation, championing the Trust’s values of inclusive, open and accountable leadership.

Leading the Board of Trustees of the newly-formed Trust, the Chair will ensure it delivers its charitable objective to advance the education of the public in archaeology. The Chair will steer the strategic direction of the Trust, engaging with national strategic partners in the historic environment sector and seeking opportunities for effective collaboration.

The Chair should be able to visit the Trust and its regional offices and projects from time to time; reasonable expenses will be paid for doing so. Communication takes place mainly via email, with conferencing software used for some meetings.

The Chair’s first task will be to support the CEO to unite the four pre-existing Regional Trusts to form a successful, regionally-based body. The Chair will oversee the expansion of the Board, ensuring new governance arrangements are well-established.

Promoting a culture of openness and debate, the Chair is responsible for leading the Board to ensure effectiveness in all aspects of its role. Together with the CEO, they will ensure a culture of transparency and openness in which staff are respected and empowered.

They will cultivate effective communication between the Board and regional advisory panels, and between the Trustees and the Executive. Alongside the CEO, the Chair will mentor the team and will ensure the Board considers key issues and opportunities facing the Trust, championing equity, diversity and inclusion.

The Chair will work collaboratively with the CEO and Board of Trustees to develop the vision, strategy and business plan for the Trust. The Chair will ensure that the voice of the regions is heard, and regional interests are considered in a balanced way in forming policy and strategy.

The Chair will be a key conduit in ensuring consistent engagement with funding bodies and stakeholders and will promote the vision, philosophy and achievements of the Trust, representing the views of the Board to the public. They will ensure effective engagement and communication with the Welsh Government and Cadw and other stakeholders such as local authorities and RCAHMW.

The new Chair will ensure the Trust reports to the Welsh Government, stakeholders and clients and will promote outreach to new communities in Wales.

Who we are looking for

The Trust is seeking a highly motivated Chair who possesses high standards of integrity and probity in governance, decision-making and financial management.

The new Chair will be a person of the highest integrity, recognised for their contribution to public service in Wales, particularly in archaeology, heritage, or culture.

With an informed interest (or the ability to develop it) in the archaeology, architectural history, history and the historic environment of Wales, and the role of local and national government and the voluntary sector in its management.

An experienced, empathetic and diplomatic leader with strong interpersonal, communication, collaboration and negotiation skills, they will have experience in developing trusted relationships with senior Government officials and elected representatives. Exhibiting a high degree of emotional intelligence, they will have experience in leading and motivating teams and in overseeing the development of strategies, plans and budgets.

With experience in overseeing strategic change, including modelling vision, values and behaviours, they will have an understanding of charity and company law with an awareness and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of Trusteeship.

With a willingness to advance the language and culture of Wales, they will bring an understanding of the requirements of Welsh language legislation.

Please click 'Apply via website’ to be redirected to the Peridot Partners website, where you can find full details of the candidate profile and register your interest to apply.

Applications for this role close at 9 a.m. Wednesday 10th January 2024.

Job Description: Chair of the Board of Trustees

Reporting to: The Trustee Board

Responsible for: Trustee Board leadership; organisational strategic oversight  

 

Summary

Term of office:

The Chair and Trustees are appointed for an initial term of three years, subject to satisfactory reviews, continued contribution to the charity and compliance with the Board’s code of conduct, with a further two terms if re-elected by the Board.

Salary:

Unpaid. Expenses incurred while travelling to meetings etc.

Time commitment:

Usually, five Board Meetings a year. The Chair also meets with the Chief Executive at least monthly, but usually fortnightly. Additionally, the Chair leads the AGM and occasional additional activities (including any awaydays or strategic sessions, induction meetings and appraisals).

Location:

Can be based anywhere in the UK, although travel to meetings will be required, primarily to Bletchley, Milton Keynes. Meetings are a mixture of online and in-person.       

Closing date for applications: TBA

About The National Energy Foundation

The NEF is an independent, national charity based in Milton Keynes, and has been at the forefront of improving the use of energy in buildings since 1988. It aims to give people, organisations and governments the knowledge, support and inspiration they need to understand and improve the use of energy in buildings. The NEF achieves this through:

· Delivering practical projects – Our largest portfolio of current projects is aimed at alleviating fuel poverty for those most in need, with additional projects focused on increasing energy efficiency in buildings. 

· Inspiring action – providing building owners and occupiers with the encouragement, advice and real-life examples to achieve better performing buildings.

· Advancing knowledge - supporting collaboration to drive forward the frontiers of knowledge, innovation and practice.

· Identifying and addressing market failures using evidence, analysis and ideas.

Chair Duties

Strategic leadership

· Provide strategic direction and leadership to the NEF and its Board, ensuring the charity delivers on its strategic and charitable objectives, vision, purpose and values.

· Ensure that the Board reviews strategic issues, risks and opportunities on a regular basis, and can satisfy itself that systems are in place to take advantage of opportunities and mitigate risks.

· With the Board of Trustees, approve business plans and policies, budgets, accounts, annual reports and KPIs.

Governance and Trustee management

· Provide inclusive leadership to the Board of Trustees, encouraging full participation in discussions and decision-making and dealing with any issues that may impact Board effectiveness.

· Ensure the Board functions as a unit and works well with the entire Executive of the charity to achieve agreed objectives.

· Work with the Board, Chief Executive and external advisers to ensure compliance with the NEF Articles of Association, and all charity regulatory and statutory requirements, displaying good practice in all areas of its business.

· Ensure the financial stability of the charity.

· Safeguard the good name and values of the charity.

· Chair meetings of the Board of Trustees effectively and efficiently, bringing impartiality and objectivity to the decision-making process.

· Ensure governance arrangements are working in the most effective way for the charity.

· Lead the process for recruiting or removing the Chief Executive and Trustees, ensuring succession plans are in place and the Board incorporates the right balance of diversity and inclusion, skills, knowledge and experience to govern and lead the charity effectively.

· Promote regular Board self-assessment exercises and develop the knowledge and capability of the Board of Trustees.

· Appraise the performance of the Trustees on an annual basis, ensuring they fulfil their duties and responsibilities.

Executive liaison and support

· Build and maintain a strong, effective and constructive working relationship with the Chief Executive and Senior Leadership Team, offering general and specific support where appropriate and ensuring they are held to account for achieving agreed strategic objectives.

· Ensure the Executive team maximises its performance through critical self-assessment of performance and processes, and outcomes are acted upon.

· Conduct the annual appraisal for the Chief Executive, setting proposed targets for the coming year.

• Support the Chief Executive, while respecting the boundaries which exist between the two roles.

External relations

· Promote the interests of NEF wherever possible, assisting with relationship building.

· Act as an ambassador, spokesperson and the public face of the charity, representing the charity at external functions, meetings and events in partnership with the Chief Executive.

Person Specification

· A strong and visible passion and commitment to the charity, its strategic objectives and cause.

· The personal gravitas to lead a significant national organisation.

· Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building abilities; comfortable in an ambassadorial role.

· Previous Board-level experience in a charity or not-for-profit organisation, with a clear understanding of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of Trusteeship.

· Proven ability to chair meetings and events, lead, foster and promote a collaborative team environment.

· Strategic vision and good, independent judgement.

· Strong personal and professional integrity.

· The ability to commit time to conduct the role well, including travel and attending events out of office hours.

The Chair may also have a particular area of technical expertise, but overall, the Board of Trustees should have a collective understanding of:

· Financial management, income generation and enterprise.

· Public policy and public affairs – particularly in the energy and built environment sector.

· National and local voluntary sectors.

· National and local government and statutory bodies.

· Digital strategies.

· Trading subsidiaries, social enterprises and joint ventures.

· Human resource management.

· Funding/foundations.

· Collaborative partnerships.

· Quality Management Systems.

· Strategic charitable business development.

· Social investment and impact.

Board code of conduct

This Code applies to all Trustees of the NEF, including the Chair. It is not a list of Trustees’ legal duties, although many of the elements of the Code are based on legal principles. The purpose of the Code is to set out the relevant standards expected of Trustees in order to maintain the highest standards of integrity and stewardship; to ensure that the organisation is effective, open and accountable; and to ensure a good working relationship with the Chief Executive and staff.

• Trustees should act with probity, due prudence and should take and consider professional advice on anything in which the Trustees do not have expertise themselves.

• Trustees should hold themselves accountable to the NEF’s stakeholders, including funders, beneficiaries and employees, for the Board’s decisions, the performance of the Board and the performance of the charity.

• When acting as Trustees, Trustees accept that their primary responsibility is to the NEF, not to their employer, client or any other organisation which they represent or are otherwise connected with.

• Trustees must declare any employment, commercial, financial or other obligation to outside individuals or organisations that might influence their performance of official duties, and must ensure any potential conflict of interest is made known at the earliest possible opportunity.

• Except where legally authorised and confirmed in writing, Trustees must not gain financial or other material benefit for themselves, their families or their friends from their Trusteeship of the charity.

• Trustees must fulfil the responsibilities set out in the Job Description above, and comply with the terms in their contract, including written policies on claiming expenses.

• Trustees should conduct themselves in a manner which does not damage or undermine the reputation of the charity, or its staff individually or collectively, and should not take part in any activity which is in conflict with the objects or which might damage the reputation of the NEF.

• Trustees must work together as a team, make decisions together and take joint responsibility for them.

• Trustees are expected to attend a minimum of four Board meetings a year, and are required to attend the Annual General Meeting. Meeting dates are circulated 12 months in advance and any conflict with other arrangements should be confirmed well in advance and not just prior to a meeting.

• Trustees must ensure they prepare for and contribute appropriately and effectively at meetings. They must respond promptly and fully to email and other requests for input, feedback or assistance, and ensure they can commit sufficient time to their duties.

• Trustees should bring a fair and open-minded view to all discussions of the Board and should ensure that all decisions are made in the best interests of the NEF and its charitable objectives.

• Confidential information or material (relating to funders, beneficiaries, staff, contracts etc) provided to, or discussed at a Trustees meeting, must remain confidential and within the confines of the Board and must not be discussed or disclosed outside the Board without the Board’s prior permission (save where required by law).

• Policies and strategies agreed by Trustees should be expressed in unambiguous and practical terms, so that the Chief Executive and NEF staff responsible for implementing those policies are clear what they need to do.

• Trustees must understand, accept and respect the difference in roles between the Trustees, the Chief Executive and NEF Mark staff, working effectively and cohesively for the benefit of the charity, and to develop a mutually supportive and loyal relationship.

Last updated: September 2023

We are seeking to diversify our board! We are looking for one Trustee and one Chair.  Do you have a passion for sex workers’ rights and safety? Do you want to be part of a charity with vital real-world impact? Do you have the time and skills to guide NUM’s board and staff towards its mission? Then we’d love to hear from you.

We are especially keen to receive applications from people of colour, others with marginalised identities and sex work experience. If you’d like to speak with someone in advance of applying, please contact the current chair, Siân Prime, at sian[at]uglymugs[dot]org with Chair Enquiry in the subject line.

About NUM:

National Ugly Mugs (NUM) is an award-winning charity with a mission to ‘end all forms of violence against sex workers.’ NUM provides a mechanism for sex industry workers to report crimes and harm they experience and share this information within their communities to warn others of potentially dangerous individuals and situations.

We have a dedicated casework team of industry experts who support sex workers to further access criminal justice remedies and other services as determined by victims/survivors to cope and recover from crimes they experience in the ways they choose. We also host a range of other projects in racial justice, mental health, drop-in support (Scotland), and vocational exploration.

 

Our main aims are to: 

• Increase sex worker safety and prevent crime and harms against this diverse population of adults.

• Support sex workers in generating knowledge and sharing their experiences in ways that advance the well-being of their communities, increase the social inclusion of sex workers and an end discrimination, criminalisation, and violence.

• Provide survivor-centred, trauma-informed support services.

• Facilitate sex workers in safely accessing the public services of their choosing and in educating communities of stakeholders to ensure that:

• sex workers are the ones characterising their work and defining their circumstances, needs and priorities.

• services are informed about the needs and priorities of sex workers in order to promote non-judgemental treatment and respectful engagement.

• all sex workers, irrespective of class, race, gender, sexuality, ability, status in the country and type of sex work, receive consistent, protective responses from police when they access them for help.

• sex workers inform justice, victim support, anti-violence and inclusion health initiatives in ways that improve their wellbeing and increase their engagement in civil society.

We serve sex workers of all genders, ages, abilities, cultures and modes of work and offer a digital reporting and alerting mechanism to warn these communities about dangerous individuals who may target them. We provide individualised specialist support from experiential support staff and others trained as Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVA) who ensure sex workers have the information and resources needed to make important choices about their lives.

Key facts

• NUM has 17 members of staff, and 8 board members

• In 2022:

  • NUM had over 9000 members, 80% of whom were sex workers

  • Our Case Work Team provided direct support to over 737 sex workers 

  • 519 reports of harm perpetrated against sex workers were submitted to NUM, and we sent out over 760,000 alerts to sex workers to prevent further violence 

Please read our role description attached to find out more about who we’re looking for.

The Science Council is a membership organisation of over 30 professional bodies and learned societies from across the scientific disciplines, providing the quality assurance system for those working in science. We play a unique and valuable role in ensuring public trust and confidence in the scientific workforce and transparency in the process of science.

We are looking for an ambitious, financially literate Treasurer who has the vision and commitment to help grow the Science Council into an increasingly respected, influential, and sustainable organisation. They will bring financial knowledge and strategic insight to the role and advise on growth plans and how we can maximise the use of our assets. A financial qualification is desirable but a strong understanding and experience of financial management and accounting within the voluntary, trade or membership body sectors, and strong business and financial acumen is essential.

This is your opportunity to join the Board of a small but ambitious and well-run organisation, and one that is looking to grow a vibrant and diverse professional body community, harness its collective expertise in the pursuit of professional excellence and public benefit.