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Responsibilities

Key responsibilities of the Chair of Trustees

1. To lead the Board of Trustees

2. To provide support to the CEO and staff team

3. To support the Chair of the Finance and Development Committee

4. To represent the Trust at key events acting as the main ambassador for its work

Key general responsibilities (jointly with other Trustees):

1. Ensuring that the Trust has a clear vision and strategic direction and is focused on achieving these.

2. Commitment to the successful delivery of our Phase 2 strategy 2023 – 2028 and development of the next strategy to 2036 over the coming 18 months.

3. Being responsible for the overall performance of the Trust and for its culture and ethos.

4. Ensuring that the Trust complies with all legal and regulatory requirements.

5. Acting as a guardian of the Trust’s assets, both tangible and intangible, taking all due care over their security, deployment and proper application.

6. Ensuring that the Trust’s governance and probity is of the highest possible standard.

7. Acting as an ambassador for the Trust.

8. Supporting specific areas of work identified through your experience and induction.

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Person Specification

Essential:

We are looking for Trustees who have skills and experience in one (or more) of the following areas:

• Lived experience of special educational needs, disability and diversity

• Leadership/Chairing trusts

• Financial Leadership understanding and experience in budgeting, cashflow and accounts

• Income generation with a particular focus on building commercial partnerships or fundraising.

• Understanding of the education sector to inform our engagement and learning work.

• Understanding of and or experience in the disability sports sector

• Experience of working in heritage and collections management, and participatory practice

• Strong knowledge of Buckinghamshire communities

A track record of leadership and operating at Board level in the private, public or voluntary sector is helpful but only essential if you are applying for the role of Chair of Trustees. You might for example have a particular skill set but not Board experience and we can provide Board training.

Desirable:

We are specifically looking to encourage candidates with disabilities, neurodivergence, those from black and minority ethnic groups to apply, and local community representatives.

Please use the link below to access the full Application Pack 

Please note that these are voluntary roles.