Leeds Hospitals Charity Trustee

7 days ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Leeds Hospitals Charity Full time

Role: Leeds Hospitals Charity Trustee


Application Deadline: Monday, 9 December 2024


Interviews to take place: Monday, 6 January 2024


Location: Leeds


Leeds Hospitals Charity

Leeds Hospitals Charity is proud to support Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. At Leeds Hospitals Charity, we work with NHS staff to improve the experience of patients and families. We are passionate about healthcare and about making our hospitals amazing.


People are central to everything we do at the Charity. Our home city of Leeds is multicultural, and we embrace its diversity. Difference is to be celebrated, it inspires innovation and makes us stronger. For us equality, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental principles. They underpin our goal to support the communities of the hospitals in Leeds.


Our Trustees

Our Trustees have independent control over, and legal responsibility for the charity’s management and administration. They play a very important, unpaid role, in a sector that contributes significantly to the character and wellbeing of the country. Trusteeship can be rewarding for many reasons, from a sense of making a difference to the charitable cause, to new experiences and relationships.


Our Board of Trustees currently comprises of 12 Trustees with scope for up to 15. The Chair is Dr Yvette Oade CBE, who is in her second three-year term as a Trustee and her first as Chair of the Charity.


The Role

Leeds Hospitals Charity is looking to appoint a Trustee who is a qualified accountant to enhance the Board’s skills and expertise to help shape and grow the Charity to provide the best support to our NHS.


We are looking for someone who will:

  • Support and provide advice on the Charity’s purpose, vision, goals, and activities.
  • Approve operational strategies and policies and monitor and evaluate their implementation.
  • Oversee our financial plans and budgets and monitor and evaluate progress.
  • Ensure the effective and efficient administration of the organisation.
  • Ensure that key risks are being identified, monitored and controlled effectively.
  • Review and approve our financial statements.
  • Provide support and challenge to the Charity’s CEO in the exercise of their delegated authority and affairs.
  • Keep abreast of changes in the Charity’s operating environment.
  • Contribute to regular reviews of the Charity’s own governance.
  • Attend Board meetings, adequately prepared to contribute to discussions.
  • Contribute to the broader promotion of the Charity’s objects, aims and reputation by applying your skills, expertise, knowledge, and contacts.


The successful person will:

  • Be a qualified accountant with some experience of the third sector.
  • Be constructively challenging and attentive to detail.
  • Be able to use their independent judgment, acting legally and in good faith to protect the Charity’s best interests.
  • Have an interest in health-related charity issues or prior Trustee experience, although these are not mandatory.


Full Job Description can be found on our website. If you would like to discuss this opportunity or apply, please email Helen McDougall on helen.mcdougall@leedshospitalscharity.org.uk.


For more information about the position and the charity, please visit www.leedshospitalscharity.org.uk.


As a Disability Confident Employer, we commit to offering all applicants who consider themselves to have a disability an interview if they demonstrate they possess the essential skills and experience required for the role. Please advise on your covering letter if you consider yourself to have a disability.


Thank you for taking the time to apply for our position. We appreciate your interest in Leeds Hospitals Charity. If your application is selected to continue in the interview process, a member of the Team will be in contact with you before the scheduled interview date.

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