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Plan International
Hybrid- Career category: Advocacy/ Policy, Finance
- Job type: Volunteering
- Experience level: Not specified
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Hybrid
- Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
- Remuneration: Volunteer position
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 03/12/2023
- Location: United Kingdom
About the Trustee role
As a Trustee, you will be a custodian of our Purpose and Values. With your fellow Trusteesyou will actively oversee how our Strategy is actioned, ensuring the resources entrusted to Plan International UK are used with good governance and to maximum effect. Your expertise will be vital in providing an external viewpoint to help the organisation maximise its potential, making a real difference to children’s lives.
Acting in the charity’s best interests, you will work constructively with other Trustees and the Leadership Team to:
• achieve and maintain excellent standards of governance
• develop the organisational strategy and ensure Plan International UK’s purpose and objectives are achieved
• ensure that Plan International UK is managed and controlled appropriately and maintains its financial sustainability
• demonstrate that Plan International UK is accountable to its funders and stakeholders
• ensure that Plan International UK operates within the requirements of the law, regulations, its funders and best practice standards
The Board has delegated responsibility for the day-to-day management of Plan International UK to the Chief Executive, who is responsible for leading the Leadership Team and for making and implementing operational decisions.
A two-page Charity Commission Guide, which sets out the six main duties of a Trustee, is appended to this pack.
We are looking to augment the skills and experience of our Board in the following ways
We aim to have a diverse and inclusive Board of Trustees, the importance of which is set out in the Charity Governance Code, and we welcome people with diverse backgrounds and lived experience. Currently one of our Trustees lives and works in countries where Plan delivers programmes, and we would like to recruit a second.
We have the following general requirements for all Trustees:
• commitment to the advancement of children’s rights and equality for girls, as set out in our Purpose
• commitment to Plan’s Values (as set out in the strategy summary on page two)
• ability to demonstrate creative, analytical and strategic thinking
• ability to work collaboratively and effectively as a member of a Trustee team
• good independent judgement, with the ability to express your views and provide constructive challenge
• willingness to meet the time commitment
We have the following specific requirements for our three current Trustee vacancies (but welcome applications from people with other skillsets or experience relevant to our work):
• a civil society actor who lives and/or works in a country where Plan works, in particular Africa and the Middle East
• an experienced finance director from a large UK charity with significant public fundraising activity - who would also sit on the Audit, Finance & Risk Committee
• solid experience of working on development and humanitarian programmes (with understanding of climate and environment issues desirable)
• experience of advocacy and/or campaigning
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