Current opportunities
Current opportunities
Featured Role
Trevi
CEO
Location: Plymouth, with travel across the UK
Renumeration: £65,000 – negotiable for candidates with exceptional experience
Time commitment: Flexible / part-time working arrangements will be considered
Trevi is seeking an inspirational and visionary Chief Executive to lead one of the most prominent women’s charities in the Southwest of England. This pivotal role involves working closely with the Board of Trustees to shape and steer the charity’s direction and leadership. The Chief Executive will be responsible for driving the organisation’s growth, ensuring exceptional service delivery, and upholding Trevi’s core values and strategic goals. Additionally, the CEO will serve as the public face of Trevi, acting as a passionate ambassador for the charity while offering strong support and guidance to the senior management team.
Current Opportunities
Chair and Trustee Recruitment, Step One Charity
Location: Devon
Renumeration: Non-renumerated – expenses paid
Time commitment: Chair – 22 – 30 hours per month, Trustee – 10 – 15 hours per month
We are working with Step One Charity, which offers a comprehensive combination of mental health support, supported living, and employment opportunities to up to 800 people in Devon each year
Their mission is to support people to build a pathway to independence, live a fulfilling life and reach their own potential through a range of specialist mental health and wellbeing services.
In the Chair, we are seeking someone who ideally brings experience in Chairing in a similar capacity. This could be a charity or Public Sector Board, or who brings significant experience as a charity Trustee with Committee chair experience. In addition, as our Chair or our new Trustees, you may bring experience in one (or more) of these areas:
- Clinical background with an emphasis on mental health
- NHS Commissioning
- Finance and / or investment management
- Legal
- Property acquisition or management (either commercial or domestic)
- Commercial expertise and acumen
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Harbour Commissioner / Non Executive Director Recruitment
Falmouth Harbour
Location: Falmouth
£4,655.70 per annum
Circa 2 days per month
For 150 years Falmouth Harbour Commissioners have protected Falmouth Harbour during storms, safely managed marine accidents and pollution risks and have provided a gateway to Cornwall and our town for people from all over the world.
We are currently seeking two new Commissioners to join our small and dynamic Board who are entrusted with the Harbour future and have strategic oversight of a wide range of activities which are vital to the safe management and economic prosperity of the Falmouth Harbour.
This is an amazing opportunity to contribute not just to Falmouth Harbour, but to the economic and environmental sustainability of Falmouth and Cornwall.
Skills / backgrounds sought:
– Maritime/Marine with commercial and development experience
– People and change management (Occupational H&S experience would be desirable)
– Public & Community engagement
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World Habitat Trustee Recruitment
Location: Hybrid meetings – any location considered
Renumeration: Non-renumerated – expenses paid
Time commitment: 5-8 days per year / 10 days per year for Chair of Finance and Investment Committee
World Habitat is an organisation with a unique insight and opportunity to improve housing around the globe. In a world which is awash with problems, World Habitat focuses on solutions. They find innovations that tackle the world’s major housing challenges and help them scale up so they become mainstream.
They are a UK-based charity with a diverse global reach and an exciting future and have recently adopted ambitious new strategy guided by a theory of change which will guide their work over the next decade. In order to deliver their ambitions for the future, we are seeking three new Trustees to join their committed and experienced Board.
The skills sought are:
- Communications particularly in an international context
- Work in housing in the least developed countries
- An understanding of the Climate Emergency and how it affects low-income communities
- Strategic finance skills and knowledge of financial investments who will chair the Finance and Investment Committee.
Director of Finance, Buckles Solicitors
Location: Hybrid working, from Peterborough, East of England
Salary: £95k – £135k + generous benefits, dependent on experience
Full time
We are working with Buckles an award-winning law firm, that provides world-class client experience and services on a comprehensive range of legal services across the UK and internationally. With 7 offices, Buckles has experienced significant growth as a business, achieving record annual results.
They pride themselves on providing a positive work environment where independent thinking and new ideas are actively encouraged and where every member of the team genuinely can make a difference.
Their new Finance Director will bring experience within the legal industry or within a professional service environment and will have worked within an LLP model and have an understanding of the associated accounting rules.
We are looking for someone with strong leadership skills with a proven track record of building high performing, collaborative teams and will have operated at FD level previously or equivalent senior position in a larger environment.
Salary for this role is £95k – £135k + generous benefits, dependent on experience.
Chair for LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing charity
Location: South East / hybrid
Non-renumerated
We are working with a small LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing charity in the South East which at present mainly provides safe spaces for the community and their families to meet. They also provide intervention and signposting to and for partners and communities across the region.
Due to a number of recent changes and the appointment of new Trustees, the Board is seeking a new Chair, either on an interim or permanent basis.
This person must bring considerable board / trustee / chair experience and will work closely with their interim Chief Executive to embed good governance to ensure the charity can continue to provide support, services and safe spaces and to thrive and grow into the future.
Board meetings are currently held online once a month. There is an in person ½ away day arranged on 19th July which the new / interim Chair will ideally need to attend and will be required to meet onsite from time to time.
Board and Committee Business Manager / Company Secretary
Location: Cornwall / hybrid
Salary: Circa £45,000 – £55,000
Full or Part-time
We are working with an organisation in Cornwall which operates at the public / private interface, leading the search for a Board and Committee Business Manager.
The primary function will be to provide efficient, proactive governance support including board meetings, committees and working groups and will work closely with the CEO, Chair, Board and Executive. You will have a relevant governance qualification (e.g. CGI) and extensive experience within highly governed organisations, managing change in complex, ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
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