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Job Title: Personal Assistant to the CEO (Volunteer Role)
Location: London -Hybrid / Remote
Contract Type: Volunteer (with potential to become a paid salaried role)
Hours: Flexible - up to 20 hours per week
About the Role
We are looking for a motivated and reliable Personal Assistant to support our CEO with day-to-day responsibilities. This voluntary role offers a unique opportunity to gain first-hand experience working closely with a busy CEO, supporting both business and personal commitments, while building valuable skills in executive support and leadership administration.
While this position will initially be unpaid, there is strong potential for it to develop into a salaried role as the organisation continues to grow.
Key Responsibilities
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Provide proactive diary and inbox management for the CEO.
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Schedule and coordinate meetings, calls, and travel arrangements.
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Assist with the preparation of agendas, presentations, and follow-up actions.
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Act as the first point of contact with internal and external stakeholders.
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Manage confidential information with the utmost discretion.
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Support with ad hoc personal tasks and lifestyle management, as required.
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Undertake general administrative duties, including filing, expenses, and record keeping.
Skills & Qualities We’re Looking For
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Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
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Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
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Discretion, integrity, and professionalism in handling sensitive matters.
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Competence with Microsoft Office Suite and/or digital collaboration tools.
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A proactive and adaptable approach, with the ability to work independently.
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A positive and approachable attitude, with strong interpersonal skills.
What You’ll Gain
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The chance to work closely with a CEO and gain insight into executive-level leadership.
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Hands-on experience in administration, coordination, and project support.
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The opportunity to build a long-term role as the organisation expands.
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Flexibility to fit around other commitments.
Additional Information
This is a volunteer role to begin with, so flexibility and commitment will be key. We are committed to ensuring that your time with us is rewarding, developmental, and supportive, with the real prospect of progression into a permanent salaried role in due course.
The Abundant Woman empowers women with support, wellness, and community, fostering resilience and sisterhood for abundant, fulfilling lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Join Richmond Foundation as a Trustee and help shape a fairer, healthier future for our community.
Richmond Foundation is a long-established local charity with a proud history of supporting residents through grant-making, property management, and community initiatives. We are seeking new Trustees to join our Board and contribute to our vision: Everyone in Richmond has opportunities to build healthy and fulfilling lives.
Who we’re looking for
We welcome applications from individuals who share our values of integrity, excellence, collaboration, agility, and ambition.
Our goal is to recruit people from a wide range of backgrounds, with different expertise, experience and knowledge. We want to make our committees more diverse and representative of the groups and people we support. You can read more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on our website.
We are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process and are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to support applicants at any stage. We will provide a buddy system for new trustees.
We are looking to recruit trustees who have experience and knowledge in one of the following areas:
- Charity Finance and Investment
- Our Grant Priorities
- Residential Property
We are also interested in expertise in:
- Safeguarding
- Social Housing
- Grantmaking (particularly within larger foundations)
- Managing grants from a range of funders
- Data and evidence
- Evaluation and impact reporting
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Communications and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Human Resources (HR)
As a Trustee, you will:
- Uphold Richmond Foundation’s vision, mission, objectives, and values.
- Provide strategic oversight and governance for the charity.
- Act in the charity’s best interests and manage resources responsibly.
- Attend at least four Board meetings per year (3 hours each) and join at least one committee (further 4 meetings per year 90 mins to 2 hours each).
- Prepare for meetings by reading all relevant documentation and reviewing minutes.
- Attend relevant training and at least one event hosted by a grant-funded organisation annually.
- Serve a four-year term, with the possibility of renewal for an additional two-year term.
- Champion high standards of conduct, including respect, inclusivity, accountability, honesty, and confidentiality.
- Declare and manage any conflicts of interest.
- Act in accordance with our Trustee Code of Conduct
- Support safeguarding and ensure the charity is accountable and compliant with its governing documents.
To be eligible, you must:
- Be at least 18 years old.
- Not be disqualified under the Charities Act (including being disqualified as a company director, having unspent convictions for offences involving dishonesty or deception, being an undischarged bankrupt, having been removed as a trustee by the Charity Commission or a court, or being on the sex offenders’ register).
- Be willing to sign a declaration of eligibility upon appointment and annually thereafter.
How to Apply
If you are interested in making a difference in Richmond and can contribute your time and expertise to help us deliver our charitable objectives, we would love to hear from you.
Full details, person specification and requirements, and application instructions are available in the Trustee Recruitment pack.
The application deadline is 10:00am on Monday 13 April 2026
Richmond Foundation are hosting a Webinar and Q+A for interested applicants on 18 March 2026. This will be an opportunity to learn more from our CEO, Chair and Trustees and ask questions. Details can be found on our website.
Interviews: Scheduled in May/June 2026
Term Commences: September 2026
Our vision is that everyone in Richmond has opportunities to build healthy and fulfilling lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Working Chance is a unique, pioneering, award-winning national charity that supports women with criminal convictions into employment. We support women to create independent purposeful lives through helping them to build careers, we break cycles of reoffending and we inspire employers to embrace inclusive hiring.
This is an exciting time for Working Chance as we start developing our new three-year strategy which will come into effect from 1 September. The new strategy will see us taking an ever bolder stance on speaking up for women with convictions, solidifying our position as a thought leader on how to improve the employment rate of these women, and moving into providing consultancy for employers seeking our guidance and input on their recruitment and employment practices.
We are looking for an inspiring and committed Chair of Trustees to lead our Board at this exciting point in our development. This is a unique opportunity to shape the strategic direction of a highly respected and impactful charity, while championing a mission that addresses inequality, social justice and economic inclusion.
As Chair, you will work closely with the Chief Executive and fellow trustees to ensure strong governance, clear strategic focus, effective oversight and financial sustainability, while acting as an ambassador for Working Chance and its values. Download the Appointment Brief to learn all about the role, the charity and the recruitment process, and if you think you might be the person we’re looking for, we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date: 9am on Monday 16 March
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role description
The Open Spaces Society, Britain's oldest conservation body, needs additional trustees to broaden our reach.If you are keen to develop strategy and policy for creating, defending, and maintaining commons, greens, and paths, and to develop new approaches to make open spaces available to all, this role is for you.
Trustees may be co-opted by the present board, but are expected to offer themselves for election by the membership at the first available opportunity.
Working collectively, trustees have three main responsibilities. These are to:
1 set a direction for the society,
2 ensure the society’s plans are carried out appropriately,
3 ensure the society meets its legal responsibilities.
The duties of a trustee are to:
4 ensure the society complies with its articles of association, charity law, company law and any other relevant legislation or regulations,
5 ensure that the society pursues its objects as defined in its articles of association,
6 ensure that the society directs its resources exclusively towards its objects,
7 in association with the general secretary, ensure that the organisation is adequately staffed, and that the staff and volunteers have appropriate support and resources to pursue organisational goals,
8 contribute actively to the board’s role of developing strategy, setting overall policy, defining goals, setting targets and evaluating performance against agreed targets,
9 safeguard the reputation and values of the society,
10 ensure effective and efficient administration and financial stability, 1
1 appoint the general secretary and monitor her performance,
12 act in the best interests of the society at all times.
Person specification
• Commitment to the society’s mission
• Understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of trusteeship
• Willingness to devote the necessary time and effort
• Strategic vision
• Objective and insightful judgement
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team
• Adherence to Nolan’s seven principles of public life (selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership).
The Open Spaces Society has been campaigning to protect rights to common land, village greens and public paths for more than 160 years
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.