Trustee

• Works+

• VO103497

Role Profile
Title: Trustee
Accountable To: The Chair of the Board

The purpose of this role is to operate as part of a diverse leadership team, ensuring high standards of governance and diversity are evident across the board.
Competently deliver trustee duties, and cooperate effectively with others in
delivering Works+ vision, mission and values.
Ensure that high-quality relationships are developed with internal and external stakeholders.

Attend board meetings and contribute to discussions on our activities, targets and achievements.
Help set our policies, define our goals and evaluate our performance.

Ensure equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of every decision. Ensure our charity is effectively governed and administered.

Ensure our charity complies with it’s own governing document. Ensure finances are utilised in pursuance of our charitable objectives. Ensure our charity remains stable.

As a trustee you will:
Operate as part of a diverse leadership team, ensuring high standards of governance and diversity of perspective are evident across the board. Competently deliver trustee duties, and cooperate
effectively with others in delivering Works+ vision, mission and values. Ensure that high-quality relationships are developed with internal and external stakeholders.
Trustees should aim for fair attendance at board, committee and strategy meetings, unless there are
exceptional circumstances. Attend meetings; reading and reviewing relevant documents in advance.
Participating in trustee development and training programmes.
Leading discussions, providing insight during trustee deliberation and offer suggestions regarding new initiatives.

Commitments
Works+ Board of Trustees meets every 6 weeks in Galashiels or via Teams (1-2 hours).
The Board meets once a year for Strategy Development/Review sessions (3-5 hours).
The Board may allocate sub-committees to research and recommend special areas of interest, policy or opportunity (1-5 hours a month).
As Works+ holds a register of interest it is asked that Trustees are expected to update interests so that the register remains up to date.
Serving as a Trustee is a voluntary position, however, expenses can be reimbursed.
All Works+ Trustees are required to undergo a PVG check and take part in child protection training. This will be covered by the organisation.

Person Specification
Commitment to the organisation.
Effective teamworking skills.
Ability to think creatively.
Willingness to speak your mind.
Ability to challenge and question things constructively.
Understand and agree to the necessary legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship.
Accountability - working cooperatively at all times.
An effective trustee can come from any walk of life; your personal values are just as important as your skills and experience.

As a Trustee You Will Need:
Risk governance - understanding and managing the risks we face at the human,
property and charity levels.
Scenario planning - enabling decisions to be flexible dependent on circumstances.
Experience within a youth work or employability setting, professionally or as a
participant.

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Volunteers (aged 12-25) taking part in this opportunity are eligible to claim Saltire Awards hours for their activity.
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