Trustee

Purpose of the Role:

Citizens Advice North Herts is an independent, local charity that is run by the Board of Trustees. The trustees ensure that the charity is effectively governed and meets its purpose and objectives.

What will be your responsibilities? 

Working with your co-trustees, you will: 

• Make sure Citizens Advice North Herts (CANH) complies with its governing documents and the law 
• Ensure you act in the best interests of CANH 
• Manage CANH’s resources responsibly, including: 
• monitoring the financial position of CANH and ensure that it operates within its means and objects, and that there are clear lines of accountability for day-to-day financial management 
• avoid exposing the charity’s assets, beneficiaries or reputation to undue risk 
• Act with reasonable skill and care, making use of your skills and experience, whilst actively contributing to setting policy and strategic direction and supporting the development of CANH through participation in committees and agreed projects. 

 Personal skills, experience, and qualities a trustee must have: 

• have experience of acting as a leader 
• understand and accept the responsibilities and liabilities as a trustee 
• be non-judgmental and respect views, values and cultures that are different to your own 
• have good numeracy and analytical skills to understand various financial and statistical data reports 
• be committed to full participation in the various governance committees, Trustee Board meetings and AGM
• be willing to learn about and follow the Citizens Advice aims, principles and policies
• be willing to undertake training in your role

  We are particularly interested in people who have expertise in:

• HR management
• fundraising/commercial
• legal and compliance

How much time do you need to give?

As a minimum, trustees would be expected to commit to full participation (including preparatory work) for the quarterly board meeting and sub-committees, equating to about 10 to 12 hours per quarter. Additionally, there may also be other project specific meetings, staff/volunteer meetings and strategy/planning sessions where your support and participation will be needed. 

We recognise that trustees are volunteering their time, so we are flexible whenever possible and willing to help our trustees to meet their obligations. 

What’s in it for you? 

• Make a real difference to people’s lives 
• Have a positive impact in your community 
• Enhance your CV with experiences that may not be available to you in your workplace
• Work with a range of different people, independently and in a team 

Valuing inclusion

Our volunteers come from a range of backgrounds, and we particularly welcome applications from disabled people, people with physical or mental health conditions, LGBT+ and non-binary people, and people from Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities.

Citizens Advice North Herts is a proud member of the accredited programme Herts Healthy Workplace, providing health and wellbeing support to all its employees and volunteers.