North Kernow Community Housing - General Trustee

North Kernow Community Housing - General Trustee

14/09/2023 - 16:08

Local Area

North Cornwall (Bude, Wadebridge & Bodmin & in between)

Not Specified

Description of role/ responsibilities:

• Support and provide advice on North Kernow Community Housing’s current programmes of work
• Feed into the planning and development of future strand of work
• Approve operational strategies and policies, and monitor and evaluate their implementation.
• Oversee North Kernow Community Housing’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.
• Review and approve North Kernow Community Housing’s financial statements.
• Contribute to regular governance reviews
•  Attend Board meetings, adequately prepared to contribute to discussions.

Skills and/ or experience required:

• Willingness and ability to understand and accept their responsibilities and liabilities as trustees and to act in the best interests of the organisation.
• Ability to think creatively and strategically, exercise good, independent judgement and work effectively as a board member.
• Effective communication skills and willingness to participate actively in discussion.
• A strong personal commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
• Enthusiasm for our vision and mission.
• Willingness to lead according to our values [charity values].
• Experience working in collaboration with others to make strategic decisions
• Previous experience of being a trustee (desirable)
• An understanding of current challenges around housing provision and the associated social impact of this
• Previous experience of working/volunteering in community or charity sector organisations (desirable)
• IT literacy including a basic understanding of Excel and Word, and video conferencing platforms such as Zoom or Teams

Hours/ Days anticipated:

• Monthly/6 weekly Board meetings (with a willingness to attend additional meetings on an ad hoc basis when necessary.
• 2 x team days annually- attended by all staff and trustees
• Varied tasks to be completed between Board meetings appx: 3 hours per month

Any other information:

• North Kernow Community Housing is a relatively new organisation and is therefore still forming and shaping its processes and procedures. It is important that anyone interested in becoming a Trustee understands that there is a period of organisation learning happening presently which they will be a part of.

Who to contact within the organisation about volunteering:

Name: Darryll Probert

Email address: [email protected]

Phone number: 01288 255755

Website: https://northkernowclt.org.uk/

Type of activity

Location for Volunteering Activity

Bude and North Cornwall

Flexible Days

We are currently able to welcome new volunteers

Yes

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