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Join our Board of Trustees and play a viatl role in shaping the future for visually impaired people and our organisation.
Trustee/Chair of “Bradbury Fields – services for blind and partially sighted people” (Bradbury Fields)
Trustee/Chair
At a glance
Skills
Marketing strategy, accountancy/auditing, financial management, business development/income generation, strategic development and planning, change management, HR, safeguarding, business advice/analysis, social care, counselling, charity law / governance, data protection.
Where
Liverpool L14 2EP
Travel limit? n/a
Time
Both in and out of office hours
Estimate of time needed: 0-5 hours/month
Monthly meetings (approx. 2-3 hours), option to join in person or via Teams. Plus an additional couple of hours per month for email correspondence.
About Bradbury Fields
Causes
Local/community, Social care, Training/employment support, health and wellbeing
Organisation type: Charity
Summary
Bradbury Fields aims to promote independence through rehabilitation training, support services and opportunities for social activities. To ensure a high-quality service, using well trained and motivated staff and volunteers to provide assistance and maintain high levels of service delivery.
Established in 1857, Bradbury Fields has had several names and many homes. However, the one thing remaining consistent is that we strive to improve the quality of life for those living with sight loss across Merseyside.
What will you be doing?
Expectations as a Trustee
- Helping to formulate strategic, business and corporate partnership plans
- Guide and consult on matters of strategy, governance and finance
- Ongoing assessment of the Charity’s legal integrity
- Promoting the Charity’s work and reputation amongst contacts
- Championing behaviours around equality of diversity and inclusion.
Trustee time commitments
- Attend quarterly in-person meetings (approx. 2-3 hours) with option to join via Teams
- Attend any extraordinary meetings as required
- Form part of a sub-group meeting, which will meet monthly (up to 2 hours)
- Plus an additional couple of hours per month at home (email correspondence and other admin as agreed)
We are currently looking for several new Trustees to join the Board, together with a Chair. As such, we’d specifically like to attract people with experience in all or some of the following areas –
- Communications and marketing
- Finance
- Income generation and fundraising
- Organisational Development/Human Resources
- Safeguarding and risk
- Social Care
What are we looking for?
Commitment
- Ability to understand and accept the duties and liabilities of being a Charity Trustee
- Strong leadership to achieve the vision, mission and aims of Bradbury Fields
- A willingness and ability to devote the necessary time and effort
Focus
- Ability to think and apply knowledge strategically
- Ability to think creatively
- Ability to keep mission-focused
- Ability to analyse and evaluate management information and other evidence
- Willingness to listen and learn
Communication & Team Working
- Ability to communicate clearly and sensitively and to take an active part in discussions
- Ability to influence and engage
- Ability to work effectively in a group
- Willingness to express their own opinion in a reasoned way, while also listening to the views of others
- Ability to challenge constructively and ask questions appropriately
Accountability
- Ability to exercise sound and independent judgment
- Willingness to make and stand by collective decisions, including those which may be unpopular
- Ability to manage difficult and/or challenging situations
- Ability to maintain confidentiality on sensitive information
What difference will you make?
Being a Trustee of Bradbury Fields is a hugely rewarding role and what makes us different from other charities is our culture and specialisms. Many of our staff and volunteers are themselves visually impaired.
New Trustees will benefit by learning about visual impairment, the inequalities that exist in access to mainstream services and the impact of those barriers on our beneficiaries / service users.
Before you apply
If you are interested in becoming one of our Trustees or Chair of our Board of Trustees, we can arrange an informal chat with our Chief Executive Officer or the Interim Chair of Trustees to discuss this role and the Charity further.
Please note that we welcome applications from people with or without lived experience of sight loss. If you would like this information in an alternative format then please do contact us.
Please send a copy of your CV together with a statement outlining your suitability for the role in no more than 500 words to mschofield@bradburyfields.org.ukor to arrange an informal discussion contact Maria on 0151 221 0888.