Chair

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Charity: Aston Mansfield

Location: Online meetings, with an annual in person away day

Role Type: Board

Work Type: Hybrid

Salary: Voluntary with reasonable expenses paid

Closing Date: 14 October 2024

About Us

Aston-Mansfield has held a special place in the community of Newham and East London since 1884. In the past 140 years we have grown, merged, evolved; however, our vision to see more children, young people and families in our community leading happy healthy lives, realising their potential and unlocking their ambition is unwavering.

Using an integrated and community focused approach we make long-lasting change, offering opportunity, community and inspiration to children, young people and families in Newham and East London. We do this through our programmes for children and young people, our community heath and wellbeing work, and our community centres.

About the role

The Chair of the Board of Aston Mansfield provides independent and inclusive leadership to the executive team and Trustees to ensure we continue serving our community as our community evolves. This is an exciting time for our charity, having come to the end of a major strategic project, we are looking for inspiriting leadership to support our refocus on our services. We have a professional, knowledgeable, and committed board of trustees, and are continuously striving to ensure our board of trustees reflects the demographics of Newham and neighbouring communities, and the lived experience of our communities. Our next Chair will continually support the development of our board as well as guide the strategic direction of Aston -Mansfield.

Requirements/Person Specification

Local knowledge of the communities we support
Knowledge of how charities operate, including charity governance, securing funding, developing income streams, theory of change
Leadership experience to facilitate conversation on complex issues, provide support and guidance to the executive team, and develop current and future trustees.

If you would like a call to discuss the role in more detail, please email Melissa at [email protected] to arrange a convenient time. 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 adjustment so that we can make the application process work for you.

Eastside People are 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.

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