Mind in Havering, Barking & Dagenham is looking to recruit a number of people to join its Board of Trustees and provide positive leadership and direction. As a Trustee, you will be part of a team responsible for the strategic and financial management of the charity, ensuring that our core purpose is carried out and help promote our positive vision:
“We will not give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect.”
About Mind in Havering, Barking & Dagenham
Established over 50 years ago, we are a local mental health charity based in Havering. We provide services to people living in Havering and Barking & Dagenham who are experiencing mental health problems. We also campaign for better services, deliver training and raise awareness of mental health. We are affiliated to national Mind, but we are an independent charity and raise our own funds.
What we are looking for
We welcome applications from people of all ages and backgrounds. We want to broaden the diversity of our Board to create a group that truly represents the communities that we serve across both Boroughs. We are particularly interested in applications from individuals who have skills and expertise in one of the following areas:
- Hands on support for our events
- Digital marketing
- Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
- Health Inequalities and NHS
- Barking & Dagenham Borough
- GDPR
- Safeguarding
- Clinical/public sector commissioning
- Legal
The competencies we are seeking include
- Interest in or lived experience of mental health problems.
- Leadership skills, strategic thinking and strong networking abilities.
- The ability to analyse complex information, to think creatively and to generate solutions.
- An ability to work effectively and constructively as a member of a team.
- Time management skills to handle multiple priorities.
- Previous Board and/or Trustee experience is desirable but is not essential.
- You must be willing to participate in Board meetings every two months and join one of our four, active sub-committees.
How to apply for the role
Please take a moment to explore our website, where you can submit your application and hear directly from one of our current Trustees as they share their experience in the role.
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Are you motivated by the happiness of others and the opportunity to improve the quality of lives led by people facing challenges, with the firm belief that everyone should get the chance to thrive? You might just be the right person to join the Involve Kent team!
Involve Kent is dedicated to building a society where everyone has the chance to thrive. We do this by strengthening connections, supporting independence, and tackling inequalities within individuals and communities. Fifty years on from being founded in 1975 as Maidstone Volunteer Bureau, Involve Kent is pioneering innovative approaches of working alongside children, adults and the wider community. With an ambitious vision for the future, Involve Kent is reshaping perceptions of health and mental health, championing the power of prevention and the life-changing impact of social interventions. Our mission is simple but powerful: healthy, connected people and communities.
So what does the role involve?
Are you looking for a voluntary role that is rewarding and offers you the chance to provide leadership with your financial expertise?
The Board is responsible for our strategic direction and governance, ensuring we achieve our charitable objects and are well run. It is a demanding but highly rewarding volunteer role, one in which you will make a difference to the lives of thousands of people. We are currently looking for an experienced finance professional to join our Board as Treasurer/Finance Trustee and also head up the finance subcommittee. The Treasurer plays a key role in overseeing the charity’s financial health and ensuring the Board can make informed, responsible decisions.
You may be a qualified accountant or have equivalent knowledge gained by experience. We are ideally looking for someone with experience in charity finances who is able to take a strategic approach to financial planning and oversight and to help non-financial colleagues understand these.
Previous trustee experience isn’t required, and you will be supported into the role through an onboarding and induction process.
Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of what we do
We are absolutely committed to equality, diversity and inclusion; it is part of our charitable mission and one of our core values. We are proactively seeking people from a range of backgrounds to bring a diversity of voices and challenge. We are particularly keen to hear from people with lived experience of some of the issues we are tackling, including long-term health conditions, disability, poverty, childhood adversity, and a demanding caring role. We value this lived experience as highly as learned experience/education
Please read the candidate information pack for further information before you apply. Don’t think you quite meet all of the specifications? Please don’t count yourself out – we’d still love to hear from you and learn more about you and your interest in joining Involve Kent!
Ready to apply?
Eastside People is supporting Involve Kent in the recruitment of these roles. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter, both in Word doc format.
Please use the cover letter (max 2 pages) as an opportunity to add to the information you have shared in your CV and ensure that you cover the following:
- Why are you interested in the Treasurer role at Involve Kent?
- Having read the information pack, what relevant experience and skills do you feel you would bring to this role? This might come from paid work, study, community or voluntary work or other experience.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential. If you have a disability or require reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please contact us so we can support you appropriately.
The closing date for applications is Friday, 3rd October. Shortlisting interviews will take place shortly after, and shortlisted candidates will have an interview with Involve Kent during the week beginning 20th October.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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Are you passionate about building a more inclusive, sustainable and resilient economy? Are you looking for a meaningful way to use your finance expertise?
ECU is a small, dynamic non-profit working to transform the economy so that everyone has the freedom and security to live a good life.
ECU’s board members are responsible for ensuring that ECU is well-run and delivers on our ambition to accelerate the transition to a fair, sustainable and resilient economy. They are responsible for fulfilling the legal duties of a Company Director, as set out by Companies House. Although ECU is not a charity, it is focused on delivering a public purpose, so most aspects of the role are similar to that of a charity trustee role.
We are now recruiting for ECU’s first Treasurer, who will lead at board level on monitoring ECU’s financial performance and sustainability, ensuring that we have robust financial policies and processes in place, and supporting other board members to fulfil their collective responsibilities around finance.
This is an exciting time to join ECU. We have an ambitious vision for change, a strong analysis of the opportunities and barriers to progress, and a clear view of our role in building a better economy. Our board is committed, collaborative and inclusive, with a strong understanding of its role and remit, and a culture of open dialogue. Our work is challenging, fascinating, and fulfilling – and, with rising levels of inequality, an unfolding climate emergency, overstretched public services and a growing concentration of corporate power, it couldn’t be more important.
