Location: St Helens and Knowsley
Reporting to: Chair of the Board of Trustees
Hours: Variable but no more than two days per month
Hourly Rate: Volunteer role
Closing Date: 31st July 2023
Job Summary:
- Can you see the bigger picture?
- Are you somebody with experience and knowledge of the charity sector?
- Do you wish to help develop and sustain a very special charity?
Being a Trustee is a great way of making a real difference to a charity. Trustees are volunteers who by being able to understand every aspect of a charity’s activities, can see the ‘bigger picture’ to influence and grow the charity. Trustees oversee the function of an organisation and work collectively in delivering its charitable aims, in the charity’s best interests. As a trustee you have the ultimate legal responsibility for directing the affairs of a charity and as such, play a key role in its growth and success.
At Willowbrook Hospice, 11 Trustees are responsible for ensuring that the charity meets its stated purpose and aims, ensuring that it is both solvent and well run. So it isn’t always about what happens day to day; it is also about seeing and understanding this ‘bigger picture’.
How do Trustees make decisions?
- Board meetings are scheduled to take place no less than eight times a year, four of which are focused on Assurance and Risk.
- Dates are circulated well in advance and there is a requirement that Trustees attend all of these board meetings.
- Board meetings are planned to take place face-to-face with occasional attendance via TEAMS. Papers are sent to Trustees in advance of each meeting which allows time for reading before the meeting to promote the opportunity for debate and decision.
- This collective decision making means that all Trustees actively support the outcome of discussions, regardless of their individual views. It is then the responsibility of the Executive Management Team (EMT) to ensure the implementation of these decisions.
- The EMT consists of a Corporate Director, Clinical Director and Medical Director.
Subgroups
- The Board operates six assurance subgroups, with their own Terms of Reference.
- These groups are chaired by a Trustee, focusing on key areas – Finance, HR, Digital and Technology, Income Steering, Clinical Assurance and Estates.
- Trustees are asked to serve on at least one subgroup and attend the meetings scheduled throughout the year.
They have the need for regular advice and guidance on many different matters and with two Trustees retiring this year, they are recruiting to two vacancies on to their Board of Trustees with these specific skillsets:
- A Finance Trustee – with relevant finance qualifications and experience.
- A Legal Trustee – with relevant legal qualifications and experience.
For further information and to arrange an initial conversation with their Chairman, please contact Catherine Hutton, Executive PA to the Executive Management Team:
CatherineH@willowbrookhospice.org.uk or phone 0151 430 8736
https://willowbrook.org.uk/job-vacancies/