Trustee

HHCT - Trustee Role

Our trustees play a vital role in making sure that Harlow Health Centres Trust (HHCT) achieves its core purpose of providing first class Primary Healthcare facilities and promoting community healthcare and wellbeing initiatives. The Trustees oversee the overall management and administration of the charity. They ensure that HHCT has a clear strategy linked to key stakeholders in West Essex and East Hertfordshire. Just as importantly, they support and challenge the operations team to implement the strategy to enable the Trust to grow to deliver first class primary Healthcare facilities. By delivering this primary function efficiently the Trust can generate surpluses which support community healthcare and wellbeing initiatives.

As a small charity, there will be times when the trustees will need to be actively involved beyond Board meetings ie as working Trustees. This may involve leading or participating in subgroups, leading discussions with stakeholders, developing key issues, providing advice and guidance on new initiatives, representing the Trust externally, or on issues in which the trustee has a special expertise.

The Trust currently has 3 Sub committees led by appropriate Trustees, these are Finance and Audit, Estates and Grants and Donations

What we are looking for

We are looking for someone willing to bring energy, enthusiasm, and commitment to the role, and who will broaden the diversity of thinking on our board and strengthen our governance.

Knowledge or experience in one or more of the following areas:

·       NHS services

·       Accountancy

·       Legal/contract law

·       Marketing/PR

·       Charity

·       Construction and maintenance of commercial property

·       The Primary health needs of communities in West Essex and Hertfordshire

Time commitment

·      Attending 6 half day Board meetings annually in person. Currently meetings are held at the Latton Bush Centre, Harlow, Essex

·      Attending 1/2 Strategy Days per annum.

·      Attending up to 5 sub-committee meetings in person or by remote access ahead of Board meetings

·      Ad hoc and occasional support through working groups and / or support to the executive team.