The International Rescue Committee (IRC) helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, including the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control of their future. 

IRC in the UK (IRC UK) was set up in 1997 to attract and manage government and private funding, drive policy change and raise awareness of the needs of our clients impacted by conflict across the world. IRC UK is also now delivering our first domestic programme which provides support for the integration of some newly arrived refugees in the UK.

Members of our Board of Trustees are the charity’s Trustees and also act as company directors. They are responsible for overall good governance of the organization in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 and Charities Act 2011.

The primary focus of the Board is on growing and improving the support that IRC clients receive. To this end, Board members work closely with IRC UK’s leaders in setting strategic direction in areas such as fundraising, advocacy, communication and on technical oversight of programmes. They also work with leaders across the IRC global network who are responsible for delivery of our programmes, whether that’s crisis response in Syria or supporting newly arrived refugees in Greece. Staff may seek advice and support from Trustees on particular subjects where they have expertise.

Being a Trustee at IRC UK requires you to:

• Fulfil the legal responsibilities of being a Trustee and act in accordance with these to ensure good governance of the organization

• Work with fellow Trustees to shape and oversee implementation of the organisation’s strategy

• Prepare for, attend and participate fully in at least 3 Board meetings a year

• Promote the organisation externally – attend/contribute to social events, meetings with donors, and supporters

• Use your specific experience and skills to provide the Board with advice and guidance and lead discussions on areas relating to your expertise

• Support the IRC UK Executive team and Executive Director

• Participate in at least one Board subcommittee

This year we are specifically seeking new Trustees with experience in digital communications and/ or with lived experience as a refugee or of displacement. We also particularly welcome applications from women and under-represented groups.

The Board of Trustees appoints new Trustees for a term of three years. Board members may serve up to two three-year terms, and a third three-year term if they Chair the Board or a Committee.

The Board places an emphasis on ensuring that our Trustees provide the specific mix of skills that have been identified as important to the charity’s objectives and activities. All new Trustees receive a full induction programme to ensure they understand their role and responsibilities, including with respect to safeguarding.

New and existing Trustees are offered training opportunities to help them to fulfil these responsibilities.

The role is unpaid, however reasonable expenses are reimbursed in line with IRC UK’s Expenses Policy.

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Can your skills and experience help achieve lasting human rights impact?

Have you got considerable current experience of charity finance, audit and tax matters?

Amnesty International Charity is looking for applications from skilled, motivated and passionate people to join its board of trustees.

Amnesty International Charity ('AIC') is part of the Amnesty International global movement. It is registered both as a company limited by guarantee (company number 2007475) and as a charity (Charity No. 294230) in England and Wales. Its objects are to promote human rights throughout the world. AIC receives the bulk of its income from legacy and other one-off charitable donations and carries out its charitable activities by way of grant funding. Typically, the charity's activities include research into human rights abuses across the world and raising public awareness.

For more information see - website () and latest annual report ()

WHAT'S INVOLVED?

The AIC trustees are responsible for the overall supervision of AIC's operations. They are appointed for four-year terms and can be re-appointed once. There are currently 3 AIC trustees and they meet at least three times a year, with a face to face meeting at least once a year at the International Secretariat offices in London. The anticipated time commitment is around 5 days a year.

ABOUT YOU

We are committed to broadening diversity on the board of trustees and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds and experience. The new trustee will ideally be UK-based and will have the following essential skills and experience:

• Considerable current experience and understanding of finance, audit and tax matters (preferably in a charity context);
• Good independent judgment;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Excellent English language skills, including ability to understand complex legal and financial documents; and
• Commitment to Amnesty International's vision and mission.

The following are desirable skills/experience:

• Knowledge and experience of working in or with a charity; and
• Experience of acting in a previous trustee/board role.

In line with best practice on conflicts of interest, successful applicants must not exercise a concurrent staff or governance role at the International Secretariat or at any other Amnesty International entity.

WHAT WE HOPE YOU WILL DO NEXT

If you are talented, passionate about human rights and want to use your skills, knowledge and experience to help bring about change, then please submit your application by going to .

Trustees

Cats Protection

Board meetings (if not virtual) are usually held at the National Cat Adoption Centre in Sussex or at an off-site location.

Cats Protection is the UK's leading cat welfare charity. We're working towards a world where every cat is treated with kindness and an understanding of its needs. Since we were founded in 1927, we've helped a huge number of cats and kittens - rehoming over 2 million and positively impacting the lives of millions more.

We help over 200,000 cats and kittens every year through our network of over 210 volunteer-run branches and 37 centres. However, our work doesn't stop with rehoming thousands of cats a year. We also promote the benefits of neutering to prevent unwanted litters from being born and becoming the abandoned cats of tomorrow, and seek to educate people of all ages about cats and their care.

Cats Protection welcomes applications from volunteers in all roles across the charity as well as external candidates to complement the current Board. The new Trustees will be joining at an exciting time as Cats Protection moves forward to develop and implement the new strategic plan. With long serving Trustees reaching the end of their terms, Cats Protection is seeking up to three Trustees who bring a strategic insight in one or more of the following areas:

• experience of governance in a comparable size charity

• experience of strategic financial management of a large, complex organisation

• experience in audit/risk management

Cats Protection is committed to achieving greater diversity in its board and welcomes applications from currently under-represented groups at Board level including people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, and disabled people.

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.

Deadline for applications: Monday 12 April

Interview with Prospectus: w/c 19 April and w/c 26 April

Panel with Cats Protection: w/c 17 May and w/c 24 May

Final interview for preferred candidates with the Board of Trustees: w/c 7 June

Right to Succeed brings the community together to transform outcomes for children because we believe every child deserves the right to succeed, no matter where they live.

Right to Succeed is a fast-growing charity making the transition from start-up to a sustainable, impactful organisation. It was founded in March 2015, and takes a collective approach to creating positive change for children, working to generate place-based change in the most left-behind communities nationally. Everyone who works with and for our charity is dedicated to trying to solve the challenges and overcoming the barriers, bringing together local and national partners to overcome the barriers that are preventing children living in poverty doing well at school and beyond.

Trustee

London with travel across the UK or virtual

Unremunerated

At this exciting time, as we are continuing to grow and scale our work, we are looking to recruit a Trustee with senior fundraising experience, in the broadest sense. This individual will support the Board's knowledge of fundraising and advise the executive in devising fundraising strategies. The board are seeking someone with knowledge of fundraising among one or more of the following; High-Net-Worth Individuals, Trusts/Foundations, Major Donors, Philanthropy. This individual will bring leadership experience and the ability to Chair the Development Committee.

Right to Succeed believes passionately that truly inclusive organisations lead to increased social impact. It is committed to achieving greater diversity in its board, and actively encourages applications from people from Black, Asian, and minoritised ethnic backgrounds, and disabled people.

We are also keen to encourage applications from those with lived experience of overcoming one or more of the issues our programmes seek to address, as we understand the extra value that this brings to understanding our programmes. Right to Succeed is committed to supporting individuals who have not previously been Trustees, and will provide suitable training for such individuals.

For more information about the organisation and this rewarding opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please find the appointment brief below.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Lottie Wihl or Camille Revuelta at Prospectus via email.

Deadline for applications: Monday 8th March

Final Panel with Right to Succeed: w/c 22nd March / w/c 29th March

Mountain Rescue England and Wales (MREW)is an important national charity representing and supporting the work of our highly respected Mountain Rescue teams. MREW is registered a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and is embarking on a new and exciting phase of organisational development.

We are now seeking one or two individuals who, between them, will bring a balance of experience, skills and knowledge to the Board of Trustees of the CIO. At present, we would particularly value experience of:

• Marketing, fund raising and the strategic use of social media;
• operating at strategic level in the emergency response, outdoor pursuits or volunteering sectors.

More general experience at senior level of business or financial management would also be desirable.

We are committed to promoting equality and working inclusively and are keen to develop a more diverse Board. We would therefore welcome interest from underrepresented groups and backgrounds.

MREW is an unusual organisation of its size: at present, we are managed and run entirely by volunteers. Potential Trustees must therefore expect to engage directly in the work of the Board.

Would you like to make a difference in mental health?  Join the Maudsley Charity as a trustee and be part of an organisation working with incredible partners to improve the lives of people experiencing mental illness now and for generations to come.  

It’s an exciting time to join and help shape the direction of a charity which has a rich history and big ambitions for the future.  We are already making a difference to lives of people experiencing mental illness through the projects we work with. We are investing in research and improving mental health care, but we want to do much more.   

Based in South London, we work closely with South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Kings College London and a wide range of community organisations across Lewisham, Lambeth, Croydon and Southwark. 

We are looking for two new trustees who shares our values and commitment and meet the criteria in the role description.  are open to applications from those with experience on charity boards and from people for whom this would be their first trustee role. 

We are looking for two Trustees who can provide insight and commitment in one or more of the following areas:

• a deep-rooted knowledge of community organisations and/or community-based healthcare initiatives

• knowledge of what it takes to nurture and build trust, particularly in communities which are often marginalised and excluded

• well-networked with other individuals and organisations who generate change in south London

• experience of leadership in a paid or voluntary role

• Data, impact measurement and evidence – it matters to us that we know the support and funding we are providing is achieving positive change, even where results can’t be measured easily.

We want a range of lived experiences and perspectives in the charity at every level and to increase the diversity of our leadership. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of mental illness or of caring for someone with a mental illness, from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, and from different socio-economic, age and educational backgrounds. We want our staff and trustees to better represent the populations we serve.

In return, you will join a collaborative and supportive board (additional support will be given to first-time trustees) who are committed to helping the charity achieve its strategic goals.

For more information please see the attached appointment brief. For an informal discussion about the role please contact Jess Stockford 

At Stonewall, our vision is for a world where everyone, everywhere can be themselves. We work to ensure acceptance without exception, so that lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) people around the world can participate fully in society and enjoy lives free from discrimination. We work to do this in a way that is aligned to our values.

Stonewall has achieved many great things since we were founded in 1989, from securing legislation which allowed same-sex couples to marry, to the repeal of Section 28.

But today, over thirty years later, our work feels more vital than ever. Our research shows that life for many LGBT people is still tough - hate crime and discrimination remain commonplace at home, work, school, and in public. We also know that COVID-19 is having a particularly acute impact on LGBT people, many of whom have found themselves trapped in hostile home environments or cut off from support networks.

But there remains much to do and our Board is working to help steer the direction of Stonewall, ensure it is fit and able to meet new challenges including the current pandemic and support our new senior executive team as we build our new strategy.

Trustees

Unremunerated

We are seeking to appoint new Trustees who may have a background in a range of areas to support our work in the following areas; professional fundraising or campaigning; digital transformation; crisis communications or political management and human resource leadership. We also seek the lived experience of black people and people of colour; of trans and non-binary people; those living and working outside the capital and our straight allies.

Most important, the successful candidates will be able to embody and model Stonewall's values and behaviours - able to demonstrate understanding of both privilege and intersectionality and the challenges that face the identities and communities that Stonewall supports.

We are committed to ensuring we have a range of diverse experience on the Board. This enables us to benefit on the Board from the very diversity that we seek to achieve in society.

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: 07 March 2021

Panel Interviews: w/c 5th April

We are recruiting a Trustee with expertise in fundraising to sit on the St John Ambulance Board where you’ll advise the Chair on fundraising matters.

You will work closely with the Director of Fundraising and other members of the fundraising team. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant contribution to a major national charity at a critical stage in developing our ambitions.  

This is a voluntary role and the annual commitment is around 20 days per year.

The closing date for applications is 12 April 2021 and interviews will take place on 21 April 2021.

Solent Mind and Mayfield Nurseries

3 x Trustees and Chair

Voluntary Roles

We are working in partnership with Solent Mind & Mayfield Nurseries (subsidiary of Solent Mind) whose mission it is to make sure anyone in the local community experiencing a mental health issue has somewhere to turn to for advice, information, and support.  They have a strong reputation for the work they do locally to support people with mental ill-health, and to prevent people becoming unwell. Solent Mind & Mayfield Nurseries work as active members of the Mind Federation, which supports people across the whole of England and Wales, to make sure their pioneering campaigns, information and research makes a difference in Hampshire. 

Solent Mind is now seeking to appoint 3 Trustees together with a Chair for Mayfield Nurseries to play a key role in the leadership and governance of the charity by setting the future strategy, assuring the quality of services that they provide and considering the most effective use of their resources for the benefit of the people they serve. They believe good leadership and governance are best achieved through diversity within the Board.  They already have a diverse range of people on their Board but wish to increase this even further by recruiting candidates from a range of different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to reflect more closely the communities they work with. Applications are particularly welcome from candidates with personal lived experience of mental health issues, and from BAME and LGBT communities. 

The successful Chair for Mayfield Nurseries will need to demonstrate knowledge or experience in one or more of the following areas: 

• Business, entrepreneurial, and commercial skills
• Customer service focussed – ideally horticulture or other retail experience
• Fundraising and marketing
• External Communications including work with media and PR
• Digital Transformation

Trustees for Solent Mind will need to demonstrate knowledge or experience in one or more of the following areas: 

• Business development, entrepreneurial and commercial skills
• Governance; specifically GDPR & Health & Safety, ideally in the charity sector 
• Campaigning
• Digital services
• Information governance 

The Chair and Trustees should be able to commit themselves to the work of the Board for up to ten days per annum (for further details see role descriptions).  Board members will serve on a voluntary basis, though reasonable expenses will be paid.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. 

These unremunerated roles are open to all who meet the essential criteria. To apply for these exceptional opportunities, please send your CV, Supporting Statement and Equal Opportunities and Diversity Monitoring Form to Jenny Warner, Managing Director, Charisma Charity Recruitment, or for more information, please call, quoting the correct reference as follows:

• Chair of Mayfield Nurseries: JO2818
• Trustee for Solent Mind: JO2820

Closing date for applications: 22 April 2021

Interviews with Charisma: no later than 29 April 2021

Interview date, with the Charity: May 2021, tbc

We are recruiting a Trustee with a background in managing and developing heritage assets in particular medieval buildings and/or museum management.

You will work with the Priory Dean and Director of Priory and International Affairs to develop the charity's use of its heritage assets as well as developing a long-term strategy for those assets. You will also chair the Heritage Committee.

This is a voluntary role and the annual commitment is around 20 days per year.

The closing date for applications is 22 March 2021 and interviews will take place on 31 March 2021.

You will act as Chair of St John's People Committee and Remuneration Committee. You will work closely with the Director of People & Organisation and together will develop and implement St John's people strategy.

This is a voluntary role and the annual commitment is about 20 days per year.

The closing date for applications is 5 April 2021 and interviews will take place on 13 April 2021.

Help lead our work powering philanthropy across North East England

Chair of the Foundation’s Board of trustees

The Community Foundation is a leading regional charity with a strong national profile. Our mission is to grow giving and philanthropy by matching generous people with important community causes. Every year we award millions of pounds in grants to small, local charities through funds set up by our generous donors. Since March 2020, we’ve been at the forefront of the community response to Covid-19.

We are looking for a new chair to lead our Board of trustees from October 2021. Like us, you’ll have a love for and strong connection with the region. You’ll share our love for North East England, our passion for the work of small, local charities and our enthusiasm for charitable giving and philanthropy. You’ll be keen to support our vision, ambition and goals. You’ll have time to commit to this as a primary non-executive role, and you’ll bring understanding of governance, chairing and working across sectors. You’ll be comfortable speaking publicly, and you’ll be able to work effectively with senior paid staff. You do not need to have a fund with us, but you should be willing to pledge to support us in line with your personal means, wishes and circumstances, as this will be important to your advocacy role.

The role is not remunerated, but travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses are covered when on Foundation business.

To find out more, visit our website and download the application pack for the chair.

We are keen to broaden the diversity of our Board, so welcome applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people; disabled people and people under 50.

Deadline for applications: 12 noon on 12 April 2021

Shortlisted applicants notified by: 5pm on 26 April 2021

Panel interviews: 7 or 13 May 2021 (mornings)

We are recruiting for a Head of Governance, Assurance and Risk on behalf of our client based in Leicestershire

This is a senior management role, responsible for the management and oversight of matters relating to governance, assurance and risk across all areas of the business. To act as a steward within the association for these areas, embedding a culture of good governance and compliance, ensuring regulatory conditions are met and evidenced and providing a vital link between the trustees and management team.Six direct reports including Governance x3, Accountant, Data Protection Lead and Internal Audit Lead

Manage and lead employees using a performance management and development process that encourages employee contribution, and includes goal setting together with constructive feedback, such that employees feel valued.

We are looking for a graduate with at least three years professional experience with involvement at a senior level in governance or as a Company Secretary in addition knowledge of company and charity legislation, regulation and governance landscape.

We are looking for an outstanding leader with a passion for Early Years,

supporting families and the local community.

Are you an experienced, dynamic leader who has the professional potential &

personal attributes that our successful, community-run charity Family Centre

needs? Then the trustees would like to hear from you.

In April 2017 the former publicly funded Red Kite Children’s Centre in Thame and Chinnor

became a community initiative led by a locally based registered charity. It was renamed the

Red Kite Family Centre. Since then, the Family Centre has transitioned into a vibrant

community hub for family support services.