Integrate Hope
Governance & CIC Development Adviser - Volunteer
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Help strengthen the foundations of a growing Birmingham CIC
Use your governance, compliance or voluntary-sector leadership expertise to review our structures, policies, risk and board arrangements and help ensure Integrate Hope is ready for sustainable growth.
What difference will you make?
Strong governance will give Integrate Hope the foundations it needs to grow responsibly and sustainably.
- Your expertise will help us identify potential risks and gaps before they become problems and ensure our systems remain appropriate as our programmes, partnerships and funding increase.
- Stronger governance can also increase confidence among funders, commissioners and corporate partners considering investing in or working alongside us.
- Most importantly, your contribution will help ensure Integrate Hope remains accountable to the communities we serve while developing into a resilient and professionally governed organisation.
- Rather than simply providing short-term assistance, you will help establish structures and practices that can support the organisation for years to come.
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What are we looking for?
We are looking for someone with experience in charity/CIC governance, company governance, compliance, risk, board development or senior voluntary-sector leadership.
Particularly useful experience includes:
- Community Interest Companies
- Charity or voluntary-sector governance
- Board development
- Organisational policies
- Risk management
- Compliance
- Strategic planning
- Organisational growth or capacity building
- Public-sector or funder governance requirements
Previous board, trustee, non-executive or senior leadership experience would be particularly valuable.
We need someone able to balance good governance with the practical realities of running a small grassroots organisation.
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What will you be doing?
Integrate Hope CIC has grown since its formation and we want to ensure our governance and organisational infrastructure develop alongside our programmes.
We are looking for an experienced Governance & CIC Development Adviser to work alongside our Founder/CEO and directors to review our current arrangements and identify opportunities for improvement.
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You will help us
- Review our existing governance arrangements
- Identify gaps in organisational policies and procedures
- Review board roles, responsibilities and decision-making processes
- Strengthen risk management and organisational oversight
- Review conflicts of interest and appropriate governance controls
- Advise on good practice specifically relevant to Community Interest Companies
- Consider governance expectations attached to larger grants and commissioned contracts
- Help develop an organisational governance improvement plan
- Advise on how our board may need to develop as Integrate Hope grows
We are not looking for someone to create unnecessary bureaucracy. We want proportionate, practical governance appropriate for a growing grassroots CIC.
This would initially be a defined strategic review with the potential for an ongoing advisory relationship.
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