Trustee
Unpaid Role (Voluntary role, but all reasonable expenses will be reimbursed)
Bristol / Home based
Part-time, fixed term (Initial 3-year term with an option to extend to a maximum of 9 years)
Closing Date: 30th May 2025
Our client is inviting applications to join its board of trustees. The Charity is seeking applications with specific professional backgrounds to supplement existing expertise on the board.
They are looking for Trustees with experience in Legal, Property, or Communications, though we welcome applications from all sectors.
They also want their Trustees to represent Bristol, so actively encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled people and anyone who identifies as part of a community that is underrepresented in the charity.
Background
The foundation's mission is to bring the club and community together.
The foundation works across Bristol, with a primary focus on Young People and families, areas of deprivation, and South Bristol.
The foundation delivers programmes and services that support people who feel that society has written them off. Their high-quality, targeted work focuses on three key areas: Health and Well-Being, Education and Employability, and Youth Engagement.
Current Position
The foundation has steadily grown its programmes and services over the last eight years. The Foundation is nearing the end of its 2022-25 strategy and plans to launch a new three-year strategy in 2026.
Skills and experience required
They welcome applications from any candidate who can demonstrate such expertise and skills as:
- Relevant professional qualifications, experience, and expertise with board-level or senior management experience
- Experience working closely with communities
- Experience working in Legal, Property, or Communications
Personal Specification:
Essential
- Understanding and accepting Trusteeship's legal duties, responsibilities, and liabilities.
- Commitment to the charity’s objects, aims and values and willingness to devote time to carry out responsibilities
- Strategic and forward-looking vision in relation to the charity’s objects and aims
- Good, independent judgement, political impartiality, and the ability to think creatively in the context of the organisation and external environment
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to respect the confidence of colleagues
- Balancing tact and diplomacy with a willingness to challenge and constructively criticise
Desirable
- Prior experience in committee/trustee work.
- Knowledge of the type of work undertaken by the organisation
- A wider involvement with the voluntary sector
- Experience in committee work
All Trustees are expected to uphold and represent the foundation’s purpose, vision, values and mission in a personal and professional capacity. The board of trustees will consider any applicant with the right skills and experience.
The successful candidate will be required to spend a minimum of 12 days per annum on work for the Foundation, including Board Meetings, the AGM, an annual 1:2:1 performance review with the Chair, and a yearly Board away day and at least 4 Board subcommittee meetings per year.
The trustee is expected to support and participate in some Foundation events throughout the year and provide ad hoc support to the team and Board as required.
The Foundation is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse Board of Trustees and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and those from ethnic minority backgrounds.
All suitably experienced applicants will receive consideration for these positions without regard to race, ethnicity, religion or belief(s), gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, or pregnancy or maternity.
The Foundation is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and adults at risk and requires all employees to share this commitment and promote the welfare of these groups.
Apply today with a CV to start your application.
