Mental Health Charity Trustee

What will you be doing?

Buckinghamshire Mind is a trusted, independent charity working to support and represent people with mental health problems living across in Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire by providing high quality services. As with all local Minds, we are affiliated to national Mind but are a separately registered charity with our own Board and we are responsible for our own income generation.

Our services find positive ways to make people feel valued and live well. We support our service users to live safe, purposeful and fulfilled lives in their communities. We believe in their recovery and we are hopeful about their future.

We are now looking to recruit additional Trustees onto our Board to help shape the charity’s future.

We are seeking candidates with the commitment, experience and professional networks to promote and support the vital work of Buckinghamshire Mind.

You will need to have an understanding of mental problems – perhaps through lived experience – and a demonstrable commitment to the charity’s mission:

To deliver high quality community based services across the county of Buckinghamshire and in East Berkshire, to reach out and ensure everyone with a mental health problem gets access to the help they need.

We are particularly looking for candidates with skills and experience in the following areas:

• HR: Strategy or Pay and Performance
• Local Government: Finance or Contracting Out Services
• Change Management: With specific experience in digital transformation to enable a flexible and adaptable operating model

Buckinghamshire Mind is run by local people for local people and is responsible for its own funding and the services it provides. We bring focused mental health expertise to our partnerships and services. We value working in partnership. In Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire, we know that bringing together different perspectives can help identify solutions to complex problems. We support people in Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire so they can be open about who they are, without worrying about discrimination, knowing they will be accepted.

To find out more about Buckinghamshire Mind and the vital services we provide, please visit: www.bucksmind.org.uk

What are we looking for?

You will need to have an understanding of mental problems – perhaps through lived experience – and a demonstrable commitment to the charity’s mission:

To deliver high quality community based services across the county of Buckinghamshire and in East Berkshire, to reach out and ensure everyone with a mental health problem gets access to the help they need.

We are particularly looking for candidates with skills and experience in the following areas:

• HR: Strategy or Pay and Performance
• Local Government: Finance or Contracting Out Services
• Change Management: With specific experience in digital transformation to enable a flexible and adaptable operating model

What difference will you make?

Buckinghamshire Mind's mental health services find positive ways to make people feel valued and live well. We support our service users to live safe, purposeful and fulfilled lives in their communities. We believe in their recovery and we are hopeful about their future.

Buckinghamshire Mind is run by local people for local people and is responsible for its own funding and the services it provides. We bring focused mental health expertise to our partnerships and services. We value working in partnership. In Buckinghamshire, we know that bringing together different perspectives can help identify solutions to complex problems. We support people in Buckinghamshire so they can be open about who they are, without worrying about discrimination, knowing they will be accepted.

To find out more about Buckinghamshire Mind and the vital services we provide, please visit: www.bucksmind.org.uk

Before you apply

If you would like to apply, please email your CV and supporting statement, clearly outlining why you are interested in being a Buckinghamshire Mind Trustee and details of your relevant skills and experience. Selected candidates will be called for an interview (on Microsoft Teams) with the Chair, Chief Executive and a service user. References will be taken up and any appointment will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.