Housing Management Volunteer Roles
We have an ambitious strategy to diversify our work in reducing homelessness and seek new, enthusiastic trustees to join our board. The positions offer immense satisfaction from seeing your contributions make a difference to often the most marginalised and disadvantaged groups of people, as well as offering a fantastic opportunity for personal and career development.
We are looking for several new trustees with a proven record of leadership, and with experience of governance in charities, who are forward-thinking and can offer strategic perspective, are fair-minded and who accept the principle of collective decision-making and accountability.
Applications would be particularly welcome from people in one or more of the following areas: finance and accountancy, business growth, landlords with a commercial perspective, knowledge of Greater Manchester-wide work, marketing and public relations, fundraising, HR and management, governance and legal, strategic planning, and digital.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you passionate about supporting people who have experienced homlessness? Do you believe in giving people a second chance?If so, then this opportuity could be for you!
Emmaus Leicestershire & Rutland, support people who have experienced or been at risk of homelessness, find a place where they can enjoy companionship and support.
We are about to embark on an exciting project to redevelop our Stockwell Head site based in Hinckely. If you enjoy a challagne and would like to be part of the new look Emmaus Leicestershire and Rutland - please get in touch.
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ABOUT THE ROLE
The role of the Volunteer Barber is an important one to the charity as part of our confidence-building and resettlement efforts.
The role will suit someone who is a trainee or qualified barber or hairdresser, who can commit to 6 hours per month at our Health and Wellbeing days across South West London.
The volunteer will be mindful of how much a new appearance can increase the self-esteem of someone who is experiencing homelessness or is being resettled by SPEAR. They will enjoy developing positive relationships with new people and will be willing to work outside of their own comfort zone providing haircuts at no charge to SPEAR clients.
LOCATION/S: Our Health and Wellbeing days are held across Richmond, Kingston, Wandsworth, Merton and Sutton Boroughs. We hold approximately one Health and Well-being day per month in one of the above locations.
The volunteer must have an enhanced DBS background check (SPEAR will apply for this on your behalf.)
For more information about this volunteering opportunity, please see the role description.
SPEAR welcomes and encourages applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Whether you are an experienced trustee or wanting to take your first step at Board level we would like to hear from you.
What will you be doing?
We are looking for people to join our board of trustees to help take Cheltenham Almshouses and Aid forward. We would particularly welcome those with experience of building maintenance and development of new properties, health and safety, finance and investment, risk control, social care and marketing.
Many of the properties we own are of older stock and there is a constant challenge to keep the buildings well maintained and up to standard, in line with health and safety requirements whilst providing comfortable and affordable living.
We have recently built four new wonderful apartments within a conservation area and may possibly in the future look at extending our current stock of properties with more new builds.
We have a healthy balance sheet and would look to new trustees to guide the charity with new investment opportunities.
At present we have little presence on social media and would welcome a trustee on board who could help us in this field and ultimately give us the presence we so need. By maintaining a wait list this reduces the risk of void apartments and subsequent decrease in income.
We provide housing to many people who are working but cannot afford the market rents, for those retired who want to live in well maintained, peaceful communities. Some of our beneficiaries may need help with more personal matters such as benefit applications, liaising with social services, the clerk will deal with these aspects directly but additional knowledge of areas such as benefits and pensions would be immensely valuable to our beneficiaries, some of whom may not have any family members nearby to support them.
Many thanks for your time reading this.
What are we looking for?
- Communications and Marketing
- Building and conservation, property and maintenance
- Health and Safety within housing
- Finance
- Leadership
- Legal
What difference will you make?
This is an amazing opportunity to give a small amount of time, whilst knowing you are making a real difference to the lives of our residents.
With you on board as a trustee we can ensure that the Almhouses continue for many, many more years, helping those less fortunate by providing safe well maintained homes in wonderful communities, while ensuring the long term financial stability, governance of the charity and to help formulate the vision for the future.
Before you apply
Please apply through Reach in the first instance. Interviews will be in person at a convenient location, representatives from the board of trustees will be present with the Clerk.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Make your expertise count!
The National Housing Federation (NHF) is the voice of England’s housing associations.
Our housing association members provide homes for around six million people and are driven by a social purpose: providing good quality housing that people can afford.
We support our members to deliver that social purpose, with ambitious work that leads to positive change, and we are looking for board members who are committed to helping us achieve this.
We have three vacant board member posts and are looking to appoint to these positions with a start date in September 2024.
Our board members come from both within and outside of the social housing sector, and we have a number of independent board members who bring a range of more diverse experiences. On this occasion, we are inviting applications from people within the social housing sector to join us.
Successful candidates:
You will be from within the social housing sector, leading a housing association as a CEO or board member.
As a successful board member, you will provide excellence in governance, be an ambassador and use your strategic skills to make us an even more effective organisation. You will be involved in influencing the NHF’s business to ensure that we successfully manage the challenges and significant change that the future is set to bring.
In addition to the above, the essential experience required includes:
· Proven strategic leadership, vision, and a collegiate approach.
· A strong track record of championing equality, diversity, and inclusion, and delivering change.
· Governance expertise and strong analytical skills.
· An excellent track record of effective stakeholder relationship management and ambassadorial activities.
· A passion for the social housing sector's purpose and the current challenges.
Our current board is not sufficiently reflective of the diversity of our members and the communities our sector exists to serve. We are especially keen to change this and strongly encourage applications from people in the following groups to apply:
· Racially diverse backgrounds.
· Living with a disability/disabilities.
· LGBTQ+ community.
· Lived experience of social housing.
· Men.
We are Disability Confident Committed and disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
Board meetings will be a mix of in-person meetings, generally held in central London and virtual video conference calls. There may be occasional national travel. Time commitment from board members is approximately six days a year.
If you believe in our work and understand the value of exceptional governance, we would love to hear from you.
Closing date: Wednesday 3 April 2024
Interview date: interviews are likely to be held in May and June 2024
To apply for a post, please provide your up-to-date CV and a brief statement on one side of A4, stating why you are suitable for one of these positions.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Trustee vacancy The Almshouse Association
Mission:
Almshouses are recognised as the exemplar form of community housing.
There are very few institutions that have lasted a century, even fewer that have lasted five hundred years. Almshouses have been part of our social heritage for over a thousand years. Today new almshouses are being built in towns and villages across the country and you are part of this great legacy.
The almshouse model today is beginning to be recognised for its unique impact on residents’ lives, offering residents a form of community living, free from isolation and with the spirit of caring and companionship at its heart.
You are part of a community of 1,600 almshouse charities operating. Residents live independently but as part of a community.
Role Content
Being a trustee of The Almshouse Association is to help lead the national strategy for the almshouse movement. The trustee board are seeking individuals who have an interest in improving the lives of others through helping run the membership organisation for 1600 small charities.
The Trustee board today is made up of dedicated and committed professionals who meet regularly either as full or sub-committee members and have a very strong long-term strategic goal. The role of the board is to vision and lead strategy and support the Chief Executive of an excellent and proactive executive team, in delivering that strategy.
We are seeking applicants who care about making a difference to thousands of lives through protecting a valuable charity model. have significant skills and experience in the following
areas:
· IT/Web
· Branding/Marketing/PR
· Fundraising/Sponsorship
· Heritage and Historic Buildings
We actively encourage qualified applicants from a diverse background to apply.
Time commitment
There are four half day board meetings per year of which two are held online and two in person. There are additional meetings throughout the year in sub committees or to address emerging or urgent topics, but they are infrequent. Most trustees sit on an associated sub committee.
Remuneration: This is a voluntary position and therefore does not pay a salary. All reasonable expenses are reimbursed.
Term of office: Three years initially.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.