Chair of Trustees

As Chair of Trustees you are responsible for:

• Setting the agenda for meetings

• Establishing good practice for meetings which are inclusive and on topic, sharing the workload appropriately among board members.

• Allocating trustees into working groups, currently Finance and HR • Building a clear future strategy along with senior staff

• Ensuring the Board operates within its charitable objectives and provides a clear strategic direction for the Charity

• Ensuring working policies are in place and updated appropriately • Line manage the Service Manager including regular Supervision meetings (bi-monthly) and Annual Appraisal.

• Ensure the board can regularly review, along with the service manager, major risks to the charity.

• Along with other trustees, act as an ambassador for the charity at public events, through church talks, fundraising and media opportunities.

• Recruit new trustees, along with other board members, as and when required.

• Take regular reports from senior staff on operational matters

• Take regular financial reports from the Treasurer

• Deal with complaints which may be escalated to the board

• Encourage healthy working relationships between board members and senior staff.

• Visit weekly staff meeting occasionally as appropriate

• Ensure requirements of Companies House and Charity Commission are met with annual reports.

• Keep up to date with changing Charity and Company regulations with respect to the sector in which Restore operates.

• Pray regularly for the board members, staff, volunteers, residents and activities.

• Maintain your own Christian values through fellowship, study and prayer.

 

Person Specification

In addition to the qualities required of a Trustee of the charity, the Chair must also meet the following requirements:-

Personal Qualities

• An active Christian faith

• Demonstrate a strong and visible passion and commitment to the charity, its strategic objectives and cause

• Strong leadership skills,

• Exhibit strong inter-personal and relationship building abilities and be comfortable in an ambassadorial role

• Demonstrate tact and diplomacy, with the ability to listen and engage effectively

• Good networking capabilities that can be utilised for the benefit of the charity

• Ability to foster and promote a collaborative team environment

• Ability to commit time to conduct the role well

 

 Desirable Experience

• Experience of operating at a strategic leadership level within an organisation

• Experience of charity governance and working with or as part of a Board of Trustees

• Experience of external representation, delivering presentations and managing stakeholders

• Experience of chairing meetings and events Knowledge and skills

• Broad knowledge and understanding of charity and social sector current issues

• A broad understanding of charity finance issues

• Good understanding of charity governance issues