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Job description

Fair Trade Wales is looking for a Chair who can use their skills to guide our strategic direction, lead our Board, support employees and champion Fair Trade in Wales.

Our mission is to drive a thriving and inclusive Fair Trade movement in Wales by developing communities, shaping policy, and creating global connections that support ethical and sustainable trade. We have an ambitious new strategy for 2025-2028 including our plans to grow - beginning with our current transition from a not-for-profit organisation to a registered charity.

If you care about justice and global equality, and want to support the growth of the Fair Trade movement, this role lets you shape Fair Trade Wales’ direction and strengthen connections across Wales and beyond. Join us for our next chapter. 

Fair Trade Wales is a company, limited by guarantee with not for profit status, and currently applying for charitable status. We work as part of the Hub Cymru Africa (HCA) partnership. Hub Cymru Africa is currently funded by the Welsh Government’s Wales and Africa programme.

Details

  • Closing Date: 24 February 2026
  • Interviews: 4/5 March 2026
  • Time commitment: approx ½ day a month
  • Approximately four Board meetings per year
  • Regular 1-2-1s with Head of Fair Trade Wales
  • Reward: Voluntary role with reasonable expenses and training covered
  • Term: 3 years (with a possibility of further terms)
  • Location: Online with one in person away day per year

Role Description

The role of the Chair leads the Board, ensuring its effectiveness in setting the organisation’s culture and direction, and maintaining high standards of governance. The Chair also manages the Head of the staff team to deliver the strategy, workplans and objectives. The Chair of the Board shares the same legal responsibilities as other members of the Board.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Board in setting and promoting the strategic direction of Fair Trade Wales, ensuring good governance and holding staff to account.
  • Chair Board meetings (approx 4 per year), ensuring the Board functions effectively, meetings are led inclusively, and the Board carries out its duties.
  • Line manage the Head of Fair Trade Wales including setting objectives, and regular one to one meetings to support and monitor progress.
  • Ensures that the Board reviews its structure, effectiveness, delegations and key policies, and implements agreed changes as necessary.
  • Represent Fair Trade Wales to decision-makers, partner organisations and the public, acting as an ambassador.

Key relationships 

  • Other Fair Trade Wales Board members
  • Head of Fair Trade Wales and other staff members
  • Hub Cymru Africa partnership Chair and Head
  • Current and potential funders and partners

Person Specification

Essential

  • Commitment to Fair Trade principles and global responsibility
  • Understanding of the voluntary sector and current issues affecting it 
  • Ability to foster and promote a collaborative environment 
  • Ability to motivate staff and Board members
  • Experience of chairing or facilitating
  • Ability to listen, engage effectively and build relationships
  • Understanding the differences between strategic and operational leadership

Desirable

  • Ability to speak Welsh
  • Experience of working with or as part of a Board or other type of strategic leadership
  • Understanding of the resource constraints of a small organisation 
  • Awareness of charity/not-for-profit governance
  • A broad understanding of charity finance and funding
  • Experience of working with Government, the Senedd and civil society in Wales

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Cadeirydd

Mae Cymru Masnach Deg yn chwilio am Gadeirydd sydd yn gallu defnyddio eu sgiliau i arwain ein cyfeiriad strategol, arwain ein Bwrdd, cefnogi staff, a hyrwyddo Masnach Deg yng Nghymru.

Ein cenhadaeth ydy ysgogi mudiad Masnach Deg llwyddiannus a chynhwysol yng Nghymru, trwy ddatblygu cymunedau, siapio polisi, a chreu cysylltiadau byd-eang sy'n cefnogi masnach foesegol a chynaliadwy. Mae gennym strategaeth newydd uchelgeisiol ar gyfer 2025-2028, sy'n cynnwys ein cynlluniau i dyfu – sydd yn dechrau gyda'n cyfnod presennol o drawsnewid o fod yn sefydliad nid-er-elw i fod yn elusen gofrestredig.

Os oes ots gennych chi am gyfiawnder a chydraddoldeb byd-eang, ac eisiau cefnogi twf y mudiad Masnach Deg, mae'r rôl hon yn caniatáu i chi siapio cyfeiriad Cymru Masnach Deg a chryfhau cysylltiadau ar draws Cymru ac ymhellach. Dewch i ymuno â ni ar gyfer ein pennod nesaf.

Mae Cymru Masnach Deg wedi'i sefydlu fel cwmni, wedi'i gyfyngu drwy warant gyda statws nid-er-elw., sydd ar hyn o bryd, yn gwneud cais am statws elusennol. Rydym yn gweithio fel rhan o bartneriaeth Hub Cymru Africa (HCA). Ar hyn o bryd, mae Hub Cymru Africa yn cael ei ariannu gan raglen Cymru ac Affrica Llywodraeth Cymru.

Manylion

  • Dyddiad Cau: 24 Chwefror 2026.
  • Cyfweliadau: 4/5 Mawrth 2026
  • Ymrwymiad amser: tua ½ diwrnod y mis
  • Tua phedwar cyfarfod Bwrdd y flwyddyn
  • Cyfarfodydd wyneb yn wyneb rheolaidd gyda Phennaeth Cymru Masnach Deg
  • Gwobr: Rôl wirfoddol gyda threuliau rhesymol a hyfforddiant yn cael eu talu
  • Tymor: 3 blynedd (gyda phosibiliad o ragor o dermau)
  • Lleoliad: Ar-lein gydag un diwrnod i ffwrdd mewn person y flwyddyn 

Disgrifiad o'r Rôl

Mae rôl y Cadeirydd yn cynnwys arwain y Bwrdd, sicrhau ei fod yn effeithiol o ran gosod diwylliant a chyfeiriad y sefydliad, a chynnal safonau uchel o lywodraethiant. Mae'r Cadeirydd hefyd yn rheoli Pennaeth y tîm staff i gyflawni'r strategaeth, cynlluniau gwaith a'r amcanion. Mae Cadeirydd y Bwrdd yn rhannu'r un cyfrifoldebau cyfreithiol ag aelodau eraill y Bwrdd.

Cyfrifoldebau

  • Arwain y Bwrdd i osod a hyrwyddo cyfeiriad strategol Cymru Masnach Deg, a sicrhau bod y Bwrdd yn cael ei lywodraethu'n dda, a dwyn staff i gyfrif. 
  • Cadeirio cyfarfodydd Bwrdd (tua 4 y flwyddyn), a sicrhau bod y Bwrdd yn gweithredu'n effeithiol, bod cyfarfodydd yn cael eu harwain yn gynhwysol, a bod y Bwrdd yn cyflawni ei ddyletswyddau.
  • Gweithredu fel rheolwr llinell ar gyfer Pennaeth Cymry Masnach Deg, gan gynnwys gosod amcanion, a chyfarfodydd un i un rheolaidd i gefnogi a monitro cynnydd.
  • Sicrhau bod y Bwrdd yn adolygu ei strwythur, effeithiolrwydd, dirprwyiaethau a pholisïau allweddol, a'i fod yn gweithredu newidiadau y cytunwyd arnynt ôl yr angen.
  • Cynrychioli Cymru Masnach Deg i benderfynwyr, sefydliadau partner a'r cyhoedd, gan weithredu fel llysgennad.

Perthnasoedd allweddol

  • Aelodau eraill o Fwrdd Cymru Masnach Deg 
  • Pennaeth Cymru Masnach Deg ac aelodau eraill o staff
  • Cadeirydd a Phennaeth Hub Cymru Africa 
  • Cyllidwyr a phartneriaid presennol a phosib 

Manyleb Person

Hanfodol

  • Ymrwymiad i egwyddorion Masnach Deg a chyfrifoldeb byd-eang
  • Dealltwriaeth o'r sector gwirfoddol a'r materion presennol sy'n effeithio arno
  • Y gallu i feithrin a hyrwyddo amgylchedd cydweithredol
  • Y gallu i ysgogi staff a chynghorwyr y Bwrdd
  • Profiad o gadeirio neu hwyluso
  • Y gallu i wrando, ymgysylltu'n effeithiol a chreu perthnasoedd
  • Dealltwriaeth o'r gwahaniaethau rhwng arweinyddiaeth strategol a gweithredol

Dymunol

  • Y gallu i siarad Cymraeg
  • Profiad o weithio gyda, neu fel rhan, o Fwrdd neu fath arall o arweinyddiaeth strategol
  • Dealltwriaeth o gyfyngiadau sefydliad bach o ran adnoddau
  • Ymwybyddiaeth o lywodraethu elusen/nid-er-elw
  • Dealltwriaeth eang o faterion cyllid a chyllido elusen 
  • Profiad o weithio gyda'r Llywodraeth, y Senedd a chymdeithas sifil yng Nghymru
Application resources
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Fair Trade Wales Cymru Masnach Deg View profile Organisation type Non Charity Employer Company size 1 - 5
Posted on: 13 January 2026
Closing date: 24 February 2026 at 23:30
Tags: Campaigns, Finance, Fundraising, International Development, Policy, Climate Change, Engagement / Outreach, Human Rights, Justice, Modern Slavery / Human Trafficking, Partnerships, Politics, Procurement, Public Relations, Strategy, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Women's Rights, Trusts / Foundations, Governance / Management

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