Age Concern Todmorden
Trustee - Volunteer
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Play a vital role, supporting and challenging the team, ensuring a strategy so the work and goals support the charity's vision and local older people. Help oversee the overall management and administration of the charity.
What difference will you make?
Support the team to offer local older people opportunities to boost confidence, health, involvement, connections, and have income and support people are entitled to in order to enjoy a safe, fulfilling later life.
What are we looking for?
- Willingness and ability to understand and accept responsibilities and liabilities as trustees and to act in the best interests and values of the organisation.
- Ability to think creatively and strategically, exercise good, independent judgment and work effectively as a board member.
- Effective communication skills and willingness to participate actively in discussion.
- A commitment to safeguarding, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
- Enthusiasm for our vision and mission.
- Experience of Voluntary, Community or Faith organisations and/or business experience.
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Duties
- Support and advise on Age Concern Todmorden’s purpose, vision, goals, and activities.
- Approve operational strategies and policies, and monitor and evaluate their implementation.
- Oversee financial plans and budgets and monitor and evaluate progress.
- Review and approve financial statements.
- Ensure effective and efficient administration of the organisation.
- Ensure that key risks are identified, monitored, and controlled effectively.
- Provide support and challenge to Age Concern Todmorden’s Service Manager in the exercise of any delegated authority and affairs.
- Keep abreast of changes in the operating environment.
- Contribute to regular reviews of governance.
- Attend Board meetings, prepared to contribute to discussions.
- Use independent judgment, acting legally and in good faith to promote and protect Age Concern Todmorden’s interests, to the exclusion of personal and/or any third party interests.
- Contribute to the broader promotion of Age Concern Todmorden’s objects, aims, and reputation by applying skills, expertise, knowledge, and contacts.
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As a small charity, there will be times when the trustees will need to be actively involved beyond Board meetings. This may involve scrutinising board papers, leading discussions, focusing on key issues, providing advice and guidance on new initiatives, presenting externally, or other issues in which the trustee has special expertise.
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