Trustee - Volunteer Role

2 weeks ago

Lichfield, United Kingdom St Giles Hospice Full time

We are looking for Trustees to join us on this journey. Following a recent skills audit, we are particularly looking for individuals with experience in the following areas: accountancy, clinical expertise (medical, nursing or other healthcare backgrounds), marketing and communications, digital technologies, and the charity sector.

I encourage you to review the profiles of our current Board members to understand the breadth of expertise and perspectives we already have. We are proud to have a dynamic and highly engaged Board. Our discussions are strategic, forward-looking, and always centred on how we can best serve our patients, families and communities.

**Purpose**

The Board of Trustees is responsible for the overall governance and strategic direction of the charity. They will oversee all aspects of the organisation, working closely with the Group Chief Executive and Executive Leadership Team.

**Legal Context**

Trustees are responsible for the legal stewardship of St Giles Hospice. This involves ensuring that the Hospice is compliant with legislation and its own governing documents. They are also responsible for the corporate governance of the organisation and report annually to the Charity Commission and Companies House. We expect all Trustees to be aware of the Charity Governance Code.

**Charity Commission guidance states that Trustees must**:
Ensure that everything they do helps and supports to meet the charity’s objectives Comply with the charity’s governing documents and law

Act in the charity’s best interests

Manage the charity’s resources responsibly; Act with reasonable care and skill and take advice where necessary

Ensure the charity is compliant with statutory accounting and reporting requirements

**Key tasks and responsibilities**

The role entails but is not limited to:

- Ensuring that St Giles complies with all its governing documents, charity law and other legislation or regulations
- Attending and contributing to Board meetings/sub-committee meetings
- Representing St Giles at events, conferences and media as and when required
- Bringing impartiality to decision making
- Always acting in St Giles’ best interests and with reasonable care and skill to provide clear strategic direction
- Proving guiding principles and overall plans for St Giles to progress against the strategy objectives
- Ensuring the financial stability, probity and sustainability of the organisation in relation to the financial aspects of the charity to safeguard the charity’s reputation and values
- Adhering to the Trustees code of conduct (known as the Trustee Charter) and comply with it
- Supporting and advising the Executive Leadership Team in your areas of expertise
- Being collectively responsible for the governance of the charity with other Board members
- Overseeing organisational risk registers, ensuring adequate assurance is provided or risk mitigations in place
- Exercising control over the financial affairs and protecting its assets
- Ensuring the effective and efficient administration of the charity
- Protecting and managing the property of the charity and ensuring the proper investment of the charity’s funds
- Ensuring and maintaining efficient administration of funding, insurance and premises
- Sitting on recruitment/disciplinary panels as and when required by the Head of HR
- Ensuring the Boards agreed position is represented when speaking publicly on behalf of the organisation

**Job Type**: Volunteer

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 440

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