President of the Leeds Committee

President of the Leeds Committee

Ongoing role
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At a glance

Skills

  • Strategic development and planning
  • General / operations management
  • HR
  • Management consultancy
  • Volunteer management

Where

Leeds, CF14 3QE
Remote opportunity, or mainly at home.

Time

Either in or out of office hours Estimate of time needed:
1-3 hours / week or 3-7 hours / week
We're very flexible with hours but recommend about 4 hours a week plus a once monthly Trustees meeting

Deadline

25 Apr 2025

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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.

The President  oversees the chapter and must coordinate with their committee to ensure that all of the needs of the charity are met and the law, constitution and handbook are not broken. 

What will you be doing?

The President oversees their committee as part of running the Chapter, providing direction to the committee. The Chapter committee should be able to address most of the daily running of the Charity such as recruiting volunteers, organising events and fundraisers, organising costumes etc butneed to be monitored by the President.

What are we looking for?

The President should have experience in both recruitment, managing people and volunteer management. They will need to manage people to support them in their role. 

What difference will you make?

The President of the Committee takes control of one of the most important aspects of any charity. They will provide oversight and ensure tasks are being done for smooth operation. They will chair committee meetings as part of this. Any areas where a committee member is struggling with should be given assistance from the President. Should a role not be filled by a committee member, their vital responsibilities should be delegated to another committee member (likely VP, Treasurer or Secretary) or completed by the President.

Causes
  • Children / families
  • Organisation type: 
    Charity

    To bring relief of need of children under the age of eighteen who are in need due to ill-health or disability across the United Kingdom by the provision of visits to such children in hospitals,...