Lay Chair
The organisation we are partnering with is one of the world's largest representative bodies of medical/healthcare professionals practicing or interested in palliative care, with a growing membership of over 1,400. Most members are doctors, and supporting them is the core focus of the charity.
Their members support patients with life threatening illnesses to live and die as well as possible. It is the charity's mission to promote, facilitate, advance and develop excellence for the benefit of every individual patient and those important to them.
As part of a wider governance review, the charity is making some exciting changes to it's organisational structures. The current Board will become the Council with a focus on professional matters and the creation of a new Board of Trustees will oversee the administration of the charity as a professional membership body and hold elected Officers to account.
About the Charity:
The organisation is a registered charity, and so it has a Board of Trustees acting as its governing body. The Board of Trustees is responsible for agreeing the charity's business plan and monitoring the progress of their affairs. Trustees also act as the custodians of the charity, ensuring effective management and administration and are registered as Directors with Companies House.
About the Lay Chair Role:
As the inaugural Lay Chair of the Board of Trustees, you will have the opportunity to work very closely the charity's Officers and Council to help shape the role. You will note that a medical background is not a pre-requisite of the role. In leading the Board of Trustees you will have ultimate oversight of the affairs of the charity, and responsibility for ensuring it is solvent, well-run, and delivering on its charitable objective.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Ensure that the Board fulfils its duties as guardians of the charity.
• Ensure the organisation's governance structure effectively supports its activity, size and complexity.
• Chair Board meetings, fostering a culture of inclusiveness, transparency and collaboration.
• Supporting other trustees to fulfil their Board of Trustee responsibilities.
• Fulfil trustee duties to ensure sound financial health of the charity, with systems in place to ensure financial accountability.
• In collaboration with the charity's President, lead on defining of goals in strategic planning to forward the organisation's charitable objectives.
Time commitment
The Board of Trustees will normally hold four meetings per year (likely to be a mixture of in-person and hybrid meetings). In addition, the Chair of Trustees will be expected to work closely with the charity's Officers and Chief Operating Officer.
On average, it is estimated that the time commitment will equate to one day per month, spread irregularly over a 12-month period. Trustees will serve a three-year term. Individual tenure may be extended by up to a maximum of a further three-year term to ensure orderly succession planning, subject to the agreement of the membership.
How to Apply:
To apply, please send your CV and supporting statement answering the questions below to seniorappointments@charitypeople.co.uk
• Please describe what skills you believe you have (in demonstrable examples) that will be key to success in this role, and what do you hope to get from the role?
• Please describe a time when you have delivered significant governance change. What was your role, what were the challenges and what was the outcome?
Timeline:
Closing date for applications: Monday 20th May
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability, and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so we can help make the application process work for you.
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities with which we work.
Their members support patients with life threatening illnesses to live and die as well as possible. It is the charity's mission to promote, facilitate, advance and develop excellence for the benefit of every individual patient and those important to them.
As part of a wider governance review, the charity is making some exciting changes to it's organisational structures. The current Board will become the Council with a focus on professional matters and the creation of a new Board of Trustees will oversee the administration of the charity as a professional membership body and hold elected Officers to account.
About the Charity:
The organisation is a registered charity, and so it has a Board of Trustees acting as its governing body. The Board of Trustees is responsible for agreeing the charity's business plan and monitoring the progress of their affairs. Trustees also act as the custodians of the charity, ensuring effective management and administration and are registered as Directors with Companies House.
About the Lay Chair Role:
As the inaugural Lay Chair of the Board of Trustees, you will have the opportunity to work very closely the charity's Officers and Council to help shape the role. You will note that a medical background is not a pre-requisite of the role. In leading the Board of Trustees you will have ultimate oversight of the affairs of the charity, and responsibility for ensuring it is solvent, well-run, and delivering on its charitable objective.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Ensure that the Board fulfils its duties as guardians of the charity.
• Ensure the organisation's governance structure effectively supports its activity, size and complexity.
• Chair Board meetings, fostering a culture of inclusiveness, transparency and collaboration.
• Supporting other trustees to fulfil their Board of Trustee responsibilities.
• Fulfil trustee duties to ensure sound financial health of the charity, with systems in place to ensure financial accountability.
• In collaboration with the charity's President, lead on defining of goals in strategic planning to forward the organisation's charitable objectives.
Time commitment
The Board of Trustees will normally hold four meetings per year (likely to be a mixture of in-person and hybrid meetings). In addition, the Chair of Trustees will be expected to work closely with the charity's Officers and Chief Operating Officer.
On average, it is estimated that the time commitment will equate to one day per month, spread irregularly over a 12-month period. Trustees will serve a three-year term. Individual tenure may be extended by up to a maximum of a further three-year term to ensure orderly succession planning, subject to the agreement of the membership.
How to Apply:
To apply, please send your CV and supporting statement answering the questions below to seniorappointments@charitypeople.co.uk
• Please describe what skills you believe you have (in demonstrable examples) that will be key to success in this role, and what do you hope to get from the role?
• Please describe a time when you have delivered significant governance change. What was your role, what were the challenges and what was the outcome?
Timeline:
Closing date for applications: Monday 20th May
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability, and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so we can help make the application process work for you.
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities with which we work.
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