St George's Hospital Charity Trustee Recruitment

Summary

Recruitment of two trustees with a diverse background and specific skills
Open recruitment process included targeting minority groups and communities
One ethnic minority candidate and another ethnically minoritised person were appointed as trustees.

The Brief

Eastside People were commissioned by St George’s Hospital Charity Board to recruit two new Trustees.

The charity wanted the recruitment to be representative of the diversity of its local community and they also asked us to target particular skill areas.

We encouraged applications from under-represented groups, particularly people from ethnically minoritised backgrounds, but also from a broad age-range and people living with disabilities. We welcomed applications from people who had not been senior volunteers or non-executives before.

We were looking for trustees with skills and experience in the following:

Fundraising and income generation
Communications and PR, particularly digital and social media
Business and commercial expertise especially entrepreneurial businesses within St. George’s catchment area.

The Search

We followed an open recruitment process, advertising the roles widely and reaching out directly to numerous networks and individuals. We contacted the following organisations/people and asked them to help spread the word about the role, providing them with wording for the ad and with a comprehensive and engaging information pack:

Voluntary sector coordination bodies
Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network
West Indian Friends and Families Association
Hope Atrium, a Black and Asian led health and social care group
Muslim Women of Merton
Wandsworth Chamber of Commerce
Wandsworth CVS
The three Wandsworth councillors
Eastside People’s talent pool and wider networks.

On LinkedIn, we connected with several minority group platforms and asked them to spread the word about the role.

The role was advertised on the following online platforms:

Third Sector Volunteering
Charity Jobs
ACEVO
Women on Boards
LinkedIn
Twitter
Eastside People and client websites.

Our individual search was largely focused on connecting to people from Black and Asian communities (about 80% of individual contacts).

Solution

We interviewed a large number of potential candidates and subsequently recommended six longlist candidates to the charity, all from the Black and Asian community. We also provided 14 further CVs of people who also met skills the criteria but who weren’t all from a minority background.

The charity decided to interview five of the people recommended plus three candidates from the further list of 14 (two white and one from an ethnic minority).

The charity appointed one ethnic minority candidate and another ethnically minoritised person as trustees. They also offered one ethnic minority candidate a position on the Business Development Committee.

Eastside People

Summary

The Brief

The Search

Solution

Additional Resources

Related Services

Board/Trustee Recruitment

Get in Touch

St George’s Hospital Charity: Trustee Recruitment Case Study

Eastside People

Summary

The Brief

The Search

Solution

Additional Resources

Related Services

Board/Trustee Recruitment

Get in Touch