South West climate action charity seeks hands-on board members to help step up plans for a regional sustainability centre and events programme, and its ongoing innovative outreach project - enabling people and communities to live sustainably.
This is a unique opportunity for experienced, skilled or enthusiastic person to join our board and play a leading role in taking our action on climate change and sustainability to the next stage. We’re looking for people that can actively help with our ambitious projects and plans or our organisational development.
You will be a key member of a newly enlarged team, steering and developing and the Eco Centre, helping it to realise its ambition of a Sustainability Centre for the South West, and developing its innovative outreach work to benefit many more people and communities. Enabling a step up in our impact on climate change and environment protection.
As a hands-on board member, you will have an active role in at least one aspect of our governance tasks, day-to-day operations, or programme development and delivery.
The challenges for the Eco Centre are to:
More about the Eco Centre
The Eco Centre is a charitable community benefit society based in the South West. We are not a campaigning organisation, our aim is to enable people and communities to live and work more sustainably through practical action, both individual and collective. We want to make it easier for people and organisations reduce carbon emissions and live or operate more sustainably.
In the long-term we also want to provide support for businesses to be operate more sustainably.
We have one part time employee at present and are recruiting for a new part-time Outreach Worker.
Monthly board meetings are online and we use Office 365/MS Teams to share documents and keep in touch.
We are looking for people who can bring their experience and skills to a largely new board team to guide the Eco Centre through the next three years of growth & development.
It’s essential that you have the time, enthusiasm and commitment to contribute to the running of organisation and its development, or, its projects and programmes, in a leadership or supportive role, and on a regular basis.
We're looking for someone with:
All board applicants should have the ability to think strategically and make a positive contribution to developing our operations and planning, and achieving the Eco Centre’s objectives.
Environmental/Sustainability qualifications or experience are not a prerequisite, on the whole, we’re looking for more generic skills and experience, as well as a commitment to taking action on climate change/sustainability.
Ideally you should live or work in the South West. For exceptional candidates there are a limited number of places for people from elsewhere in the UK. The board mainly operates remotely, but we will expect most board members to occasionally contribute to events in the South West, or help with outreach projects - currently focused on Somerset (Taunton and Bridgwater).
What’s Essential:
You will play a crucial role in developing and growing the Eco Centre, enabling it to achieve its aims of supporting action on climate change, environmental sustainability and climate resilience, making the sustainability centre a reality, and building on that and our project work to widen and scale up our operations and environmental benefits
Applicants should submit an CV and covering note saying why they would like to be a board member and what skills they will bring to our board, operations and plans.
Contact via Reach if you would like an informal discussion.
