We empower young, underrepresented women through award-winning programs tackling race and class inequality. We're seeking Trustees with expertise in HR, Legal, or Philanthropy to provide strategic direction, governance, and advocacy.
Key responsibilities
Insight & Learning: Stay informed about issues affecting YMI and its work. Pursue opportunities for training and development to enhance governance skills.
As a trustee you must have a strong commitment to YMI’s mission and be aligned to our core values which are self-empowerment, integrity, social equality, dynamism and creativity. You have strong communication and interpersonal skills, experience in governance or management, have high integrity and ability to think strategically. You understand why we need to exist in the context of race inequality and the injustices that our community experiences.
Those from communities who have lived experience of racial marginalisation are underrepresented at board level, and so we are especially keen to hear from trustees from these backgrounds.
We’re particularly keen to hear from individuals from an HR, Legal or Philanthropy background, as well as anyone with experience of acting as a Charity Trustee elsewhere.
You Make It (YMI) is a dynamic, award winning and evolving race and class inclusion organisation that runs 4 month long holistic empowerment programmes for young unemployed and underemployed women largely from Hackney and Tower Hamlets. Our participants are Black and Asian, and all are from working class backgrounds. We have continued to grow since our formation by the CEO in 2011 and have continued to generate incredible support from a range of credible funders. In addition, we are focused on dismantling racism while generating earned income and generating earned income through growing a range of partnerships as well as exploring new channels through which to deliver our established You Change It programme- a successful anti-racism allyship initiative aimed at employers and pioneered by our CEO in 2020..
Our passion for our work is boundless. Year after year we prove to have real impact. Our YouTube channel will give you a sense of what we do, all the amazing people and places we work with, and of those people we benefit.
To apply, please send a CV along with a cover letter explaining why you have relevant experience and would like to get behind our mission. We are appointing a number of Trustees and aim to short-list applicants by mid February. The interview process will consist of two rounds, an initial meeting with our founding CEO, before an informal interview with our Trustees.
