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How can a new Chair of Trustees help us to achieve our mission?

Our mission is to deliver: “High quality Music Therapy for clients, innovative collaborations with partners and wider understanding of the benefits of music for all.”

As our Chair, you will be responsible for leading our Board of Trustees to deliver our strategic plan, whilst supporting our Chief Executive and acting as the public face and an ambassador of the charity.

Could you be our new Chair? Are you based in the West or East Midlands and looking for an opportunity to create positive social change and lead a group of people focused on a common goal? Our current Chair is preparing to retire, so we are looking for a new motivated and experienced Chair or a very experienced Trustee looking for their first Chair role.

Someone committed to working with our Board of Trustees, with the sole aim of achieving MTW’s aims and enabling even more people to benefit from music therapy. We’re looking for a Chair with the following capabilities, qualities and behaviours:

• Leadership: able to lead MTW in partnership with our CEO and staff

• Clarity of purpose: work with the Board of Trustees to ensure decisions made advance the purpose, strategy and values of MTW

• Cohesive board: create a productive working environment whilst facilitating constructive trustee meetings

• Ease of self: flexible, non-judgemental, emotionally intelligent, self-aware, plus a good sense of humour always helps!

Governance:

• Understand MTW’s charitable objects as set out in the governing document and ensure that MTW operates in accordance with them.

• Instigate discussions on the strategic development of the organisation, ensuring that agreed strategic and financial objectives are implemented and monitored.

• Use your skills, knowledge and experience to further the work of MTW.

Responsibilities:

The Chair will be responsible for 121s with the CEO and conducting their annual appraisal, liaising with subcommittee chairs, holding annual sessions with trustees, taking an active part in the annual Away Day, plus chairing Board meetings and the AGM. We hold four Board meetings a year, currently held online on Monday evenings (January/March/June/Sept). We aim to meet in person at least once a year in addition to our Away Day.

Interested? What to do next

To apply, please complete the application form on our website and attach a copy of your CV.

Alternatively, you can download a copy of the application form as a Microsoft Word document from our website.