HR Trustee for Small Charity - Volunteer

Role Overview

We're seeking a new trustee with experience in HR to help lead the charity's ongoing HR, development, and training requirements. You will provide strategic oversight on staffing, compliance, typically requiring senior experience to lead on matters like policy development & resourcing.

What Difference Will You Make?

The role of a Muscle Help Foundation Trustee is to provide strategic leadership in line with the organisation’s objectives.

• Trustees will use their knowledge, skills, passion, and experience to ensure that the charity achieves its objectives – as a Trustee, you will represent the interests of all stakeholders and act as an ambassador.
• This is a hugely important role that will help ensure that the charity can continue its support for its vulnerable community, namely children, young people, and adults (8-35yrs) with muscular dystrophy in the UK.
• As a Trustee, this is a privileged opportunity to bring your unique skill set to help the strategic progression of the charity that exists to bring together children, young people, adults, and their families, creating communities through empowering, transformational experiences and moments-in-time.

What Are We Looking For?

Person Specification

• An excellent communicator with listening, responding, and interpersonal skills, able to both empower and challenge supportively.
• A strong commitment to equality, and an understanding of disability and how, for example, this may impact on the quality of life and life choices for disabled people and their families.
• You may have close experience of living with muscular dystrophy, other disabilities, or life-limiting conditions.
• Commitment, enthusiasm, and time to dedicate to the role and responsibilities of being a Trustee.
• Commitment to the charity’s vision, mission, and values and a desire to make a difference to the lives of our vulnerable beneficiary community.
• Understanding of the context in which the Muscle Help Foundation works, its values, and the importance of ensuring public confidence and trust in the charity.
• Previous experience of working collaboratively as part of a team, using sound independent judgment and collective decision making.
• The capacity to grasp issues outside personal experience and the ability to contribute to high-level strategy development.
• The ability to think creatively and strategically.
• Commitment to equality and diversity in working relationships with other trustees, staff, beneficiaries, and other stakeholders.
• Professional or relevant experience and knowledge and/or the ability to demonstrate the necessary skills needed to support the charity’s interests.
• In terms of the specific skills sought, you might perhaps be a senior HR professional, you might be studying additional CIPD qualifications, you'll have HR, people development, and policy management experience, you'll be collaborative, with a values-driven style.
• You'll understand organizational goals, you'll be compassionate, someone that lives and breathes family values, and of course, you'll be excited to play your part in helping to further develop MHF's organizational culture.