Listening Post Trustee

What are we looking for in a Trustee?

Someone who is concerned about the many who experience poor emotional, mental and psychological health and wants to work to improve wellbeing.

Someone who is effective in working as part of a team, and who is able to speak up and challenge when necessary. 

Someone who is able to act as an ambassador to a wide range of audiences.

Someone who can question, discuss and debate issues to ensure the governance of the charity is robust and the Board makes good decisions about how to fulfill its mission and responsibilities.

Someone who lives locally in Gloucestershire and who has a connection to some of its diverse communities.

Our governing body needs people with a range of skills and perspectives, and who bring experience in running organisations, HR and people management, legal knowledge and operations. 

To complement our current Board of Trustees we are particularly looking for people who have expertise in the following areas:

·       Business development and management

·       Campaigning and influencing

·       Equality, diversity and inclusion

·       Legal expertise

·       Human resources

·       Stakeholder and membership engagement

·       Collaborative working

Board Diversity

We are particularly keen to receive applications from people from a range of social and ethnic backgrounds as we broaden our representation to reflect all local communities.

Main Responsibilities

·   Providing strategic leadership by reviewing our strategic aims, setting overall policy and evaluating performance.

·   Ensuring the agency, and all those representing it, operate within all relevant legal, financial and regulatory requirements.

·   Acting in the best interests of the organisation and those it is set up to support.

·   Managing and maximising the resources of the organisation

·   Promoting the charity externally

·   Maintaining good relationships with our staff and volunteers, ensuring the charity is promoting their wellbeing, and is a good place to work

We meet as trustees most months, usually online, on a Monday evening, with occasional in person evenings held in Gloucester. Some trustees also contribute to working groups on specific issues. 

This is a voluntary role. 

Our trustees are elected for a term of five years. Although, under the charity’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, there is a requirement that all trustees sign a Christian Statement of Faith, we are currently changing this to include others who may be unable to do this but who are in sympathy with the charity’s Christian ethos.

If you think you might be interested to find out more do get in touch, without any obligation to pursue.