Trustees

The Marketing Academy Foundation

Remote

Unpaid role, expenses paid

Voluntary

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Job description

About The Marketing Academy Foundation

At The Marketing Academy Foundation (TMAF), we create opportunities for young people (aged 18–30) from low-income backgrounds to enter the marketing industry.

As a social mobility charity, we offer access to salaried entry-level roles and run free employability skills bootcamps, giving young talent the access, skills, confidence, and networks they need to succeed.

We operate with a small core team, dedicated Trustees, powerful volunteer network from across the marketing industry who step up and make things happen.

Our culture is determined, irrepressible, kind, open and human. We are proud to work with people who care deeply about social mobility and are willing to use their experience, judgement and influence to drive real change.

About the Trustee role

Trustees play a critical role in driving the impact and long-term success of the Foundation. They are accountable for ensuring the charity is well governed, financially sound and strategically focused on delivering real results. As guardians of our purpose, they ensure every decision accelerates social mobility for those starting their careers in our industry.

Trustees also act as ambassadors - using their networks, influence, and expertise to open doors, advocate publicly, and strengthen our impact.

Trustees will serve an initial three-year term, with the opportunity to serve up to two additional terms after that. The Board meets approximately four times per year, mostly virtually, with an average time commitment being around half a day per month.

The role is voluntary and unremunerated, with reasonable expenses reimbursed.

We are looking to appoint up to three Trustees, including one with strong financial expertise to support effective decision making and sustainable growth.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Vision:

Shape the long-term direction and strategy of the charity with the Chair and CEO.

Governance & Oversight:

Ensure compliance with charity law and alignment with TMAF’s constitution and charitable objectives.

Finance & Risk:

Review budgets, monitor financial performance, and ensure resources are used responsibly and sustainably.

Performance:

Support and challenge the CEO to deliver on agreed goals and ensure measurable impact.

Proactively support revenue and fundraising endeavors.

Proactively support corporate partnership acquisition.

Advocacy & Ambassadorship:

Represent and champion TMAF’s mission across your professional network and the wider marketing community.

Inclusion & Culture:

Uphold our commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion whilst also modelling our values: Determined, Irrepressible, Kind, Open and Humorous.

Support & Mentoring:

Offer constructive advice, mentoring and practical input to help the charity grow.

About You

You’ll have a burning passion for TMAF’s mission, inclusion and social mobility, with the belief that access to opportunity should be based on potential, not background.

Extensive experience at a senior level within marketing, communications, media or advertising, and it would be beneficial (although by no means essential) to have had exposure to or involvement within learning & development, or training sectors.

An understanding of governance and the legal duties of trusteeship would add huge value as would financial and/or legal expertise. We’d be thrilled if you have experience of fundraising and working within a charity.

A strong communicator, highly collaborative team player with integrity, independence of thought, and sound judgement

About the Application Procedure

If you want to use your experience to help unlock opportunity and back bright, ambitious talent, we would like to hear from you.

Please apply by sending your CV and a short supporting statement outlining how your experience will benefit The Marketing Academy Foundation and your motivation for applying.

Selection Dates: