Board Member

About the Foundation

The innocent foundation is an independent corporate foundation funded solely by its corporate donor, innocent drinks. Since 2004, the innocent foundation has been helping the world’s hungry. We do this by finding and funding visionary people and organisations which are tackling the problems we care about in simple, smart and sometimes breakthrough ways.

Since day one, innocent drinks' founders pledged to give 10% of the company’s profits to good causes. From when the innocent foundation was founded in 2004 to today, we’ve spent £10m in 46 countries, helping more than 2 million people.

In 2024, we launched a brand-new strategy making us a single-issue charity, focusing exclusively on helping to prevent malnutrition in infants and young kids.

The way we prevent malnutrition is by investing in small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements, or SQ-LNS. To help us achieve our goal, we launched the Accelerating SQ-LNS Fund. The Fund provides grants to support sustainable solutions to accelerate the access, availability, and uptake of SQ-LNS.

About the Role

We are seeking three new trustees to join the board of the innocent foundation and support the organisation to deliver its goal of preventing malnutrition through accelerating SQ-LNS. The ideal candidates will be committed leaders bringing deep expertise and leadership experience to the charity, and who will also be active ambassadors and representatives of the foundation.

Trustees will play an active role in stewarding our growth and impact, including shaping how the foundation’s funding and partnerships contribute to wider system-level change in child nutrition prevention.

We are particularly interested in candidates who have experience in the charity sector and/or with a corporate funder and can contribute expertise in one or more of the following areas:

Profile #1 – will help to strengthen our technical credibility and influence:

• Global evidence, policy and technical leadership in global childhood nutrition, whether through a role in the charity sector, research institution, think tank or public body.

Profile #2 - will keep our strategy grounded in delivery realities and locally led systems:

• Programme design, systems strengthening, locally led delivery experience in global childhood health or development, whether through a role in the charity sector, research institution, think tank or public body.

Profile #3 - will help us to guide scale, market shaping, and last-mile feasibility:

• Last‑mile, market shaping or delivery at scale experience in developing contexts.

Salary:

The role is unremunerated, but reasonable expenses will be reimbursed. 

Time commitment and terms of appointment:  

The total time commitment of a Trustee is currently likely to equate to 4 to 6 days to prepare and attend quarterly Board meetings, typically held in London or online between 1pm-5.30pm GMT. 

Diversity:

We work hard to build a genuinely inclusive place to work, and we don’t tolerate discrimination of any kind. We know we’re a better team when we bring different perspectives together, helping us make smarter decisions, come up with better ideas and stay true to our values.

If you need any adjustments at any stage of the application process, just let us know and we’ll do our best to help.

How to Apply

Follow the link to our website to download the full trustee pack, including additional information about our organisation and the role of the board, and how to apply. You are requested to submit a CV and cover letter. 

Deadline for applications: 11:59pm (BST) 1st July 2026

Candidates will receive confirmation of their application by email.

In-person interviews will be organised with the foundation director and trustees (tentatively weeks c/o 3rd August)

Candidates can expect the process to be completed by: end of August 2026

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