Join our Board as a Trustee

Join our Board as a Trustee

Trustee/Governor
J99527
At a glance

Skills

  • Marketing strategy
  • Social media marketing
  • Business development / Sales
  • Fundraising events
  • Fundraising research / Bid writing
  • Fundraising strategy
  • Governance
  • Strategic development and planning

Where

Walton-on-Thames, KT12 2JR
Mainly at home
Travel limit? No specific limit, although Board Meetings take place in Central London.

Time

Mostly during office hours Estimate of time needed:
0-5 hours / month
Capacity to attend 3 Board meetings per year and 3 informal meetings per year. The initial term is 3 years with a further 3 years possible.

Deadline

16 Oct 2024

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Welcome to Reach Volunteering. We are a community and registered charity that connects people, skills and good causes.

To apply for this role, and any other on our platform, you need to be based in the UK, have at least three years of experience using the skills you wish to volunteer in a professional capacity or have lived experience (for trustee roles). Read more about our criteria.

We are looking to appoint two more trustees to the board of The Harmony Project this Autumn. To date our Board has 4 members, and we are keen to grow to 6, to allow for natural cycles of change and to ensure the Board remains a healthy size.

What will you be doing?

We are looking to appoint two more trustees to the Board of The Harmony Project this Autumn.

We are keen to recruit individuals who have:

  • A strong commitment to young people, education, a sustainable future for our planet in line with the vision of The Harmony Project.
  • Professional experience and networks in any of the following areas:
    • Marketing, digital marketing, educational marketing, educational business development
    • Fundraising from Ultra High Net-Worth Individuals (UHNWI)
    • Corporate giving, corporate social responsibility, corporate fundraising
  • A willingness to learn the ropes of charity trusteeship, if this might be the first time of serving on a charity Board
  • Capacity to attend 3 Board meetings per year and 3 informal meetings per year.

The initial term is 3 years with a futher 3 years possible.  

We positively encourage applications from under-represented communities.

About The Harmony Project

We are a small UK registered charity. We began life in 2019 within the charity the Sustainable Food Trust. We received our charitable status in November 2022 and became a fully separate charity on 1st April 2023.

We have a core team of 6 staff, and a team of freelance writers and designers. We have an annual turnover of c. £400k.  Some of the team are based in Surrey, and others are based around the UK. We are a passionate, friendly and supportive team.

Our goal is to transform education by putting sustainability and nature at the heart of learning and to see the principles of Harmony woven into the education of all pupils, both in the UK and globally. Our enquiry-based approach to learning balances academic rigour with meaningful application to the world. We support schools in adopting this approach to learning through training, teaching and learning resources and events. We work to influence education policy at a strategic level through high level networks, and we promote our ethos through our marketing and social media channels.

How to Apply

Please contact us via Reach for the role description and information on how to apply.

Deadline to apply: Wednesday 16th October 2024

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th October.

What are we looking for?

We are keen to recruit individuals who have:

  • A strong commitment to young people, education, a sustainable future for our planet in line with the vision of The Harmony Project.
  • Professional experience and networks in any of the following areas:
    • Marketing, digital marketing, educational marketing, educational business development
    • Fundraising from Ultra High Net-Worth Individuals (UHNWI)
    • Corporate giving, corporate social responsibility, corporate fundraising
  • A willingness to learn the ropes of charity trusteeship, if this might be the first time of serving on a charity Board
  • Capacity to attend 3 Board meetings per year and 3 informal meetings per year.

What difference will you make?

Our Trustees play a vital role in making sure that The Harmony Project achieves its core purpose of transforming education and putting sustainability and nature at the heart of learning. They oversee the overall management and administration of the charity. They also ensure that The Harmony Project has a clear strategy and that our delivery plan is in line with our vision.

We are passionate about education and are proud to be driving inclusion in our work. We’re totally committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their age, disability, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation. For this role, we particularly encourage applications from people of colour and people with disabilities, as we are currently under-represented for both those protected characteristics within The Harmony Project generally and also at this level.

Before you apply

Please contact us via Reach for the role description and information on how to apply.

Deadline to apply: Wednesday 16th October 2024.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th October and you would be invited to attend our next Board meeting in central London on the 6th November, as an opportunity to meet the whole Board.

Causes
  • Education
  • Organisation type: 
    Charity

    Our goal is to transform education by putting sustainability and nature at the heart of learning. Our enquiry-based approach to learning balances academic rigour with meaningful application to the...