Are you the future Chair of our Board of trustees? Do you have skills and enthusiasm to lead, cooperatively govern and bring our strategy into action?
We are looking for a trustee who will take on the role of Chair of the Board after an initial 3 months as ‘Chair-designate’; this will enable you and the Board to determine your ‘fit’ to the role and our organisation, and to properly induct you into what we need from the Chair’s role.
Age Concern Twyford & District was set up in 1988, opened our Day Centre in 1996, and is now an independent, local charity, unaffiliated with others, providing a wide range of services and social support to older people in Twyford and its vicinity.
In 2023-24, our turnover was £160k, as our charity recovers after the financial constraints of the pandemic, and our services and facilities return to being well-used and very well-appreciated in our community.
We’re looking for someone to lead our Board, to work with other trustees and our Centre Manager to shape our future supporting older people. You will need that ability to lead and influence, alongside a strong emphasis on encouraging and working collectively with all other trustees.
Experience of committee or similar work, and a strong focus to lead and cooperatively shape the Board are the qualities we are looking for. Use of your personal and professional networks to advance the charity and our beneficiaries would be highly-regarded.
However, you don’t necessarily need prior experience of charity trusteeship, as advice from local charity-support organisations is always available. Full induction to our organisation will be provided, plus specialist support as a new trustee, including access to external training.
If you can think strategically and plan long-term, you have the primary skills needed by our trustees: you’ll work jointly with all other Board members. Support from our Centre Manager is available, as they deal with the day-to-day running of the organisation.
We are a charity not a business, but we apply business principles to governing our organisation. We are looking for fresh expertise and experience to expand the diversity of our Board, in all aspects, and we welcome potential trustees with ideas and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds.
As Chair-designate, you will offer ~4 hours per month, plus a little extra for your induction. Once appointed as Chair, we ask you for 8 hours per month on average, with more at AGM and a few other times. This includes all meetings, correspondence, communication, etc.
Here is some of what we would expect from our trustees. We know that you may also need training and support from employees, from other trustees and from external organisations, and that that will be forthcoming, as necessary, to build on any area.
What do we get?
What do our beneficiaries get
What do YOU get as a volunteer Trustee with our organisation?
A detailed Role Description & Skills Specification can be made available to you upon request.
Your CV or similar will be read by our trustees; an interview offered to candidates as soon as mutually convenient.
Appointments are subject to satisfactory references, satisfactory completion of an Enhanced DBS check and an online Safeguarding course.
This appointment is being managed for us by inVOLve Community Services, a local charity-support organisation, who offer more information and can arrange to have a no-obligation initial informal discussion (Teams/Zoom/phone) with you at your convenience to assist your application.
