We're looking for a friendly professional person who is able to join the Board of Trustees who has the ability and experience to take on the task of being responsible for the charities Governance
The charity having only been in existence since 2018 is on a very steep trajectory in its development with a board of trustees tasked with growing the charity by upscaling the delivery of its charitable support to those it is set up to help, based on their specific core professional experiences.
With the long term view in mind, it's the trustees objective to manage the charity professionally in all regards and operate as determined by the Charity Commissions. With this in mind, we are looking for a suitable person who will oversee the Governance of the charity with additional tasks.
Ideally you will have experience of working in a senior capacity within a company or organisation where you are/were charged with the responsibility of looking after and overseeing tasks with statutory obligations of some kind. The types of employment sector could vary but the level of responsibility will be high.
The majority of our Trustee meeting are conducted over MS Teams and one of the main tasks required would be to manage the trustees meeting where you would take the Minutes. This would be followed by storing them on our MS ShareDrive and distributing the Minutes to each Trustee following the meetings, along with other appropriate duties.
As a relatively young charity, the Trustees would look to the person in this role to provide guidance and advise in terms of the Governance of the charity and ensure all aspects of the charity were operating in accordance with the Charity Commissions guidance as set out in the charities Constitution. Its important to note, as a relatively young charity operating at a basic level, the tasks and responsibilities are not overly onerous, nevertheless very important.
As an additional task, the charity works with professional fundraisers where they source and write bids for the charity to submit to grant funders who finance the charity. The professional bid writers however do not submit the bids themselves and provide all the relevant bid information to the charity to submit ourselves. The person in this role would be tasked with uploading the bids to the relevant funders, usually via their own funding portals, emails or via post.
The role requires someone who is able to provide their time with minimum of management, instinctively working on their own initiative.
Ideally the person interested in this role will have a professional background ideally Civil Service experience where they are familiar with working to and within guidelines.
We are looking for a suitable person who will oversee the Governance of the charity with additional tasks.
Ideally you will have experience of working in a senior capacity within a company or organisation where you are/were charged with the responsibility of looking after and overseeing tasks with statutory obligations of some kind. The types of employment sector could vary but the level of responsibility will be high.
It would be beneficial to have MS 365 Office suite experience where they are familiar with using a SharePoint and OneDrive.
You should have excellent administrative skills which you will be able to share and introduce better working practices to the charity.
We would expect additional tasks to evolve which you would take charge of as you grow within the role.
The charity is set up to help those people in our society who struggle to clothe themselves. We can only achieve this by attracting funders and donors allowing us to achieve our goals. Therefore, It is vitally important we are seen as a credible, responsible and well managed charity.
This role is vitally important to the continued development of the charity, as its important we can demonstrate to our funders and supporters we have a credible setup with the division of labour for the specific responsibilities within the charity.
This is a very import position within the charity and therefore it's appropriate references are taken up with a current employer or where appropriate a past employer. Applicants should only apply for this position if they are able to provide valid contact details for references to be taken up.
