Chair of Trustees

Charity: Age UK Richmond

Location: Richmond upon Thames/Hybrid

Role Type: Board

Work Type: Hybrid

Salary: Voluntary unpaid role with expenses paid

Closing Date: 29 October 2024

Location and time commitment: Quarterly board and committee meetings, held in Richmond, plus regular meetings with the CEO.

At Age UK Richmond, we are dedicated to improving the lives of older people in our community. We believe that every individual deserves to age with dignity, respect, and the support they need to lead fulfilling lives. We have been serving the older population in Richmond upon Thames for nearly 60 years, and we are committed to making a positive difference in their lives.

We are proud to deliver a wide range of services, which include a mixture of ‘on-demand’ services, commissioned services and social and community activities. We also work extensively in partnership with a wide range of other local charities in the Richmond area. We receive excellent feedback on our services and are delighted to be able to support around 4,000 local older people every year.

Chair opportunity

It is an interesting time to be joining us. We are working on developing our ambitious new Strategic Plan for April 2025 onwards, and we are keen to ensure we are responsive to the changing needs of existing and new generations of older people. We are particularly keen to ensure we address challenges such as dementia, support for unpaid carers and social isolation while always looking to work in partnership.

We are seeking a new Chair who is committed to improving the lives of vulnerable and isolated older people across Richmond. Running a healthy and successful charity requires a strong Board that offers both strategic leadership and challenge in a collegiate and positive way and has our beneficiaries at the core of everything they do.

Our new Chair is likely to be an experienced Trustee or Board member with experience in chairing meetings. We are ideally looking for someone with energy and drive, who can bring knowledge and senior level experience in the health and social care or voluntary sectors.

If you would like a call to discuss the role in more detail, please email Bernice Rook at our recruitment partners Eastside People to arrange a convenient time at [email protected]. Having a call of this kind will not influence the success or otherwise of your application.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability, and potential. Please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustments so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

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How to apply

Eastside People is supporting Age UK Richmond in the recruitment for this role. Please click here to apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter.
Please use the cover letter (max 2 pages) as an opportunity to add to the information you have shared in your CV and ensure that you cover the following:

○ Why are you interested in a Chair role, and why with Age UK Richmond?
○ How can you contribute to Age UK Richmond as our Chair?
○ Please highlight relevant experience and demonstrate how your skills match the specific requirements of the role as set out in the role description.

The closing date for applications is Friday 25 Oct with online shortlisting interviews taking place the week after. Face-to-face interviews with the recruitment panel at the Age UK Richmond will take place in the week commencing 4 November.

Eastside People is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and work with our clients to ensure that we recruit inclusively, seeking to address the underrepresentation of some groups of people in leadership teams. We warmly welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

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