Seeking a Trustee to join our young and dynamic charity, helping people to start and run voluntary groups and community activity.
What will you be doing?
We are looking for a keen and proactive person with a good eye for detail to join Birmingham Community Matters as a Trustee on our Trustee Board.
To encourage people to volunteer with BCM as trustees, we are keen to support learning within the role, and have resources to support and provide learning opportunities for someone who might not have served on a Trustee board to develop and grow into the role. Experience is less important than passion and willingness to grow with us.
We welcome applications from everyone including those who may not typically identify themselves with the sector. Disabled, D/deaf, blind and partially sighted people, and/or neurodivergent people, those from Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse backgrounds are under-represented on our Board of Trustees so we particularly encourage applications from people in these groups.
Commitment:
Qualities
In addition to the statutory duties of a Trustee we are looking for trustees that:
Essential skills
We are especially looking for Trustees with specific areas of expertise in one or more of the following areas:
Desirable, but not essential
BCM is at an exciting time in its development, having grown and diversified how we operate in the last two years. As a BCM Trustee, you will have a genuine opportunity to offer your unique skill set to help the strategic direction of our young charity.
Please contact us via Reach with any questions. We will respond via Reach in writing or are happy to arrange an informal conversation via video call with our Chair or CEO if required.
If you are interested in continuing with the role, we ask that you complete a short application form which will ask 4 short questions and for references
Interviews will be held with our Chair, another Trustee and CEO.
