Trustee at Community Base

What does the opportunity involve doing?

RESPONSIBILITIES
Trustees are collectively responsible for ensuring the charity is well governed, legally compliant, and operating in line with its purposes. Trustees provide oversight of the charity and contribute to discussion across all governance matters. The role is to collectively make sound decisions to safeguard the long-term sustainability of the charity, its building and its resources.

Trustee responsibilities include:

Ensuring the charity operates in accordance with its governing document, charity law, and the requirements of the Charity Commission​

Reviewing and approving key policies, and ensuring the board has oversight of any significant compliance or legal issues​

Contributing to board-level risk management and ensuring mitigation is adequate​

Ensuring the charity's governance structures and practices remain fit for purpose ​

Providing constructive challenge on proposals and decisions, offering support and challenge to the Director ​

Remaining accountable to the communities and organisations the charity serves

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TIME COMMITMENT
Minimum: 3 hours/month (2-hour board meeting + prep), in person (evenings)​

​Initially: up to 1/2 day/month (with flexibility around your personal and professional commitments) ​

Two in-person events per year (e.g., Away Day, AGM)​

Potential increased involvement during periods of change, or other key organisational needs.

What induction, training and support is offered?

Trustees will receive full inductions.

What skills or qualities are needed?

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

We are looking for candidates bringing expertise skills and experience from a broad range of areas. We're particularly interested in hearing from people with experience in:​

Building management, e.g. Community spaces, coworking spaces​

Law, particularly property law​

Fundraising​

Strategy and development​

If you don't have expertise in these areas but think you have experiences that would make a contribution to Community Base please do approach us.

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Sound judgement backed up by scrutiny and charity law​

The confidence to offer constructive challenge​

A collaborative approach to working with fellow trustees, staff and external advisers​

A genuine commitment to Community Base’s purpose and values​

Committed to transparency, accountability and good governance​

HOW TO APPLY:

Please click on the 'More info' button below to download the full recruitment pack.

TO APPLY, please email the following to director@communitybase:

A short CV or summary of your relevant professional experience​

A short covering statement explaining your interest in Community Base and the financial and governance experience you would bring to the role​

We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis.​
For an informal conversation contact Olivia Canham, director, on the email above.