Trustee

Board of Trustees

Our Board of Trustees is fully engaged and committed to ensuring the charity has a long-term sustainable future, that it is well governed and meets all of its charitable objectives. The Board currently consists of the Chair and seven Trustees. Trustees, based on their breadth of knowledge and experience, are responsible for setting the long-term vision, strategy and charitable outcomes of the organisation, approving the plans and budgets for achieving them and monitoring performance against them. The Board is responsible for the financial health of the charity and for overseeing its affairs to ensure that its charitable status is maintained. The Board has delegated responsibility for the day to day operational management of the charity to an operational management team. The Board works through monthly Board Meetings and through ad hoc meetings when necessary.

Role Profile

• Developing and fulfilling the charity’s aims and objectives and ensuring that suitable resources are in place
• Constructively challenging and contributing to the development of the strategy of the charity, including setting goals and targets
• Helping develop and implement the charity’s values and standards and ensuring its responsibilities to its stakeholders are met
• Scrutinising the performance of the Operational Management Team against the charity’s objectives and strategy, and monitoring the reporting of performance
• Ensuring that the charity’s income is directed solely to its charitable purposes and using reasonable endeavours to ensure, so far as within the powers of the trustees, the Charity is financially viable
• Protecting and managing the property of the charity
• ensuring the proper investment of the charity’s funds
• being satisfied that financial information is accurate and that financial and legal controls and systems of risk management are robust and defensible

Person Specification

We welcome applications from everyone. We really want to have an appropriate mix of Board members from all sectors and backgrounds. To enrich the Board’s overall knowledge and experience, we are looking for people to join us who will have operated at a senior management level and ideally have specific experience and skills in the following areas

• Commercial Business Development
• Retail Business Development
• Marketing and Brand Development
• Facilities Management
• All candidates must have: An understanding and belief in the vision and goals of the Cotswolds Dogs & Cats Home
• A sound appreciation of the responsibilities of a trustee and the role of a non-executive together with the capacity to work alongside our operational team
• An independent and incisive approach with the capacity to think and contribute strategically
• A collegiate style, who is both approachable and participative
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Sufficient time to commit to the role, with most Trustees committing circa 14 days per year.
• An understanding of the role and responsibilities of being a charity trustee.
• Please take some time to read the Charity Commission’s publication The Essential Trustee

Terms and conditions

Trustees are normally appointed annually at the Charity’s AGM. CDCH Board members will not be paid a salary, fee or any other remuneration or benefit by the Charity, except for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. All Trustees must declare any interests likely to give rise to a conflict of interest between a Trustee’s duty to act solely in the interests of the Charity and any other interest (direct or indirect) and conform to the Code of Conduct.