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Job description

ShowerBox is a registered charity that has been providing free and secure showers as well as toiletries and supplies, warm drinks, snacks and haircuts to individuals facing homelessness since 2018. Our mission is to enhance our guests’ sense of physical well-being and dignity, help combat social isolation, and provide access to other essential resources such as health clinics and mobile libraries. By empowering individuals, we hope to help them make long term improvement in their lives.

Learning of individuals having passed away from preventable illnesses on the streets due to an inability to get clean and the social stigma associated with poor personal hygiene, Sarah Lamptey (our CEO) started offering weekly showers in St. Giles churchyard in Soho, London, from 2019. ShowerBox became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) in 2021 and since then has been expanding nationally. Now, we operate in multiple sites – Central London, Birmingham, and Barking – either independently or in partnership. Central London remains our biggest site, followed by Birmingham and Barking, and we are in initial discussion with others. We receive our funds through philanthropy – currently supported by National Lottery Community Fund, Vitol Foundation, HS2, amongst others. 

The Board of Trustees is the ultimate governance body for the organisation, serving as stewards of the organisation’s resources, and is ultimately responsible for ShowerBox’s strategy, operations, adherence to law and regulation and financial management. The Trustees serve on a voluntary basis, and meet four or five times a year (online or in person in London).

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a Chairperson to take ShowerBox forward into an important and influential role following and building on the success it has had since becoming a CIO and expanding into 3 locations.

The Chair leads the Board of Trustees and works closely with ShowerBox’s CEO to achieve its goals. The Chair is responsible for key areas, including:

  • Providing effective strategic leadership and management to the Board of Trustees enabling them to fulfill their responsibilities for the overall governance and strategic direction of ShowerBox

  • Providing support to the CEO and ensuring s/he is held to account for achieving agreed strategic objectives

  • Ensuring the Board meets regularly to review activities, major risks and opportunities

  • Ensuring Trustees fulfill their duties and responsibilities for effective governance of ShowerBox

  • Ensuring the Board is regularly refreshed and incorporates the right balance of skill, knowledge and experience needed to govern and lead the charity effectively

  • Conducts an annual appraisal and remuneration review of the CEO in consultation with other Trustees

  • Acts as an ambassador for ShowerBox, representing it at external functions, meetings and events as appropriate and as spokesperson for the organisation when appropriate

  • Ensuring financial stability and effective and efficient administration of ShowerBox

  • Safeguard the good name and values of ShowerBox

Person Specification

  • Interest in making a difference in the lives of people experiencing homelessness/housing insecurity

  • Experience serving as a Trustee or Board member (in either for-profit or non-profit organisation). Previous experience as Chair of a voluntary organisation is an advantage.

  • An understanding of legal duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of trusteeship, together with an understanding of the financial aspects of running a charity.

  • An ability to work effectively as part of a team contributing an independent perspective.

  • Strong leadership, people management skills and the ability to chair meetings effectively.

  • Ability to devote time and effort to support a small and growing charity and fulfill the duties outlined above.

  • Prepared to attend four board meetings per year (mostly online) plus one or two ad hoc committees and/or events in line with their expertise, specific interest, or as needed

Terms of Appointment

Chair of Trustees is appointed for a 2 year, renewable term. It is anticipated that the time commitment should be no more than 2 days a month but there could be occasions when extra time will be required (for instance, during planning of new projects or when dealing with unexpected situations). The role of Chair is unpaid.

Please send your CV and a short cover letter outlining why you are interested in working with ShowerBox. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

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ShowerBox View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 1 - 5
Posted on: 30 May 2025
Closing date: 30 June 2025 at 12:47
Tags: Finance, Fundraising, Volunteering Management, Operations, Data Protection, Homelessness, Mentoring / Coaching, Public Health, Safeguarding, Strategy, Corporate Fundraising, Major Donor, Trusts / Foundations, Digital Fundraising, Governance / Management

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