Opportunity type: Long-term Commitment
Role: Trusteeship, Boards and Committees
District: Boroughwide
Time of day: Casual or Intermittent
Does this opportunity provide wheelchair access? Yes
Location: Indoor
Description: Our trustees play an important role in ensuring that MhIST achieves its core purpose. Trustees oversee the overall management and administration of the charity to ensure that our work, goals and actions are in line with our vision. Trustees act as a critical friend to the business, supporting and often challenging, where necessary, to make sure that all decisions put the needs of MhIST’s members (service users). Duties: • Provide advice and support on MhIST’s purpose, vision, goals and activities. • Approve operational strategies and policies and monitor and evaluate their implementation. • Oversee MhIST’s 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. • Contribute to the preparation and approval of MhIST’s financial statements and annual reports • Provide support and challenge to MhIST’s CEO on decision making and strategic planning • Keep abreast of changes in MhIST’s operating environment. • Contribute to regular reviews of MhIST’s own governance. • Attend Board meetings, adequately prepared to contribute to discussions. • Use independent judgment, acting legally and in good faith to promote and protect MhIST’s interests, to the exclusion of their own personal and/or any third party interests. • Contribute to the broader promotion of MhIST’s objects, aims and reputation by applying your skills, expertise, knowledge, network and contacts.
Requirements: Will require a criminal record check (DBS)
Email: sam.hawksley@mhist.co.uk
Phone: 07508142508
