At a glance

Skills

Marketing strategy
Business development / Sales
Legal

Where

Didcot, OX11 8XD

Mainly at home

Time

Either in or out of office hours Estimate of time needed:
0-5 hours / month The board normally meets 5 times a year. The board meetings are quarterly and usually take place 4-6pm on a weekday. We are currently meeting remotely

About Circles South East

Causes

Community safety / victim support / domestic violence

Counselling / advice

Criminal justice

Learning disabilities / difficulties

Voluntary sector support

Organisation type:

Charity

Circles South East is an award-winning charity which works to reduce the impact and instances of sexual harm through prevention, rehabilitation, education and safeguarding.

We have a long...

Circles South East are looking to grow, diversify and enrich our Board. If you believe in our mission to reduce the impact and instances of sexual harm and feel you have something to offer the Board, we would love to hear from you.

What will you be doing?

Trustees ensure their charity has a clear strategy and that all decisions put the needs of the service users first. They safeguard the charity’s assets – both physical assets, including property, and intangible ones, such as its reputation. They make sure these are used well and that the charity is run sustainably. They hold the CEO to account and provide support and encouragement to them and the team. Trustees are jointly responsible for all their decisions and work together to ensure the charity delivers it’s aims.

A full list of duties can be found in the candidate pack attached.

Time commitment

The board normally meets 5 times a year. The board meetings are quarterly and usually take place 4-6pm on a weekday. We are currently meeting remotely and remote attendance can be supported going forward.
We also hold an annual strategy day together with the senior Management team, which is normally a full day, where in person attendance is preferred.
Individual trustees will also be asked to support a variety of other activities such as sitting on panels and convening or sitting on sub-groups as and when appropriate.

What are we looking for?

We are particularly, but not exclusively, interested from hearing from people with the following skills/experience:

Legal
Business
Marketing & Branding
London communities. We work in a lot of London communities and have no one on our board with knowledge of this part of the UK

We would especially welcome applicants who are from Black, Asian or other minoritised ethnic groups, people with a disability, and young people under the age of 35’ who are all under-represented on our board. We strongly value the contribution that people with these characteristics would bring to our board discussions.

What difference will you make?

We are looking for a Trustees to contribute to our plans for an exciting future. While continuing to provide Circles across the South East we aim to further develop our complementary services of counselling, victim support and training. We are constantly innovating new methods to deliver our goals and currently have two funded pilot projects which we hope to further develop. We have recently secured sustainable funding for our core Circles work providing trustees with a fabulous opportunity to be part of the charity as we build on this.

Before you apply

The Reach Volunteering TrusteeWorks Team is supporting Circles South East with their Board recruitment.

Please submit your CV along with a covering letter stating why you wish to join the organisation and how your skills would add value to the board.

For an informal chat with Circles South East, please contact the Reach TrusteeWorks team who will be able to arrange this.

Please contact the Reach TrusteeWorks team for any queries: trusteeworks@reachvolunteering.org.uk

Circles South East Trustee Candidate Pack.pdf