Time Commitment: 2-3 days per month
About Us
Bradford District and Craven Mind is a successful and independent local charity with a rich history spanning over 30 years of delivering person-focused mental health support.
The organisation helps build individual and community resilience, provides early intervention and advice, supports people in crisis and helps people to work towards recovery and sustained wellbeing through services for people of all ages.
We are recognised as a key provider in our local Health and Care system and an active member of the Integrated Care System. Our close relationships with all our stakeholders and our emphasis on developing and maintaining effective cross-sector partnerships and collaborations, allows us to deliver a wide range of innovative services and be recognised as a trusted partner.
We are affiliated to national Mind but rely on our own resources to provide support to local communities. Our services prioritise listening to and understanding the needs of local people and are delivered in partnership across Bradford District and Craven.
Background to the role
The new Chair of the Board of Trustees will be joining us at an exciting time as we move into year two of our strategy, respond to the changes in NHS priorities and funding and adapt to the new governments priorities and approach.
You can read about what we have been achieving through our Impact Reports and Annual Reports on our Bradford District and Craven Mind website.
It is clear however there is still much more to do. We launched our new strategy in August 2024 and during 2024-2028 we will focus on delivering our four key objectives to help drive our reach and impact.
Main Responsibilities
- Provide purposeful leadership – creating a strong and sustained connection to purpose, steering strategy development and leading the Board
- Be a constructive partner to the CEO – building a trusting, cohesive relationship as the ‘top leadership team’, providing advice, challenge and support to architect and orchestrate the progression of the organisation and supporting infrastructure
- Develop a highly effective Board – creating the environment for a high performing team, evaluating and facilitating improvement of individual and collective capability and performance, supporting trustees of all experience levels to contribute to the best of their abilities
- Facilitate and sustain good governance – ensuring delivery of the organisation’s purpose in line with its governing document, ensuring appropriate allocation of resources, decision-making, accountability and proactive risk management
- Influence and collaborate with stakeholders – understanding the environment and systems that the organisation operates within and collaborating with others to collectively achieve the biggest positive impact
- Engagement and Visibility – being visible and engage well across the workforce, attending key events and maintaining communication
Person Specification
- Personally motivated to make a positive difference to others
- A strategic thinker who can see the big picture and navigate complex and contentious issues
- Able to engage and collaborate effectively with people at all levels from different backgrounds and organisations
- Has the experience and/or personal qualities necessary to bring the best out of people through a ‘coaching style’ approach to leadership
- Progressive and innovative, capable of stimulating, challenging and influencing others to contemplate and consider different solutions
- Able to facilitate others and develop effective team working, with experience of planning, preparing and chairing meetings at senior levels.
Diversity and Inclusion
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 under-representation of some groups of people on boards and in leadership teams.
If you would like a call to discuss the role in more detail, John Sanger on 07522 163938 or email [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.
