Chair of Trustees

The role:

Protection Approaches is looking for a new chair of trustees to lead, challenge, and inspire us at an exciting time of growth and possibility. We are looking for a proven leader with previous board experience, who understands how to lead established non-profits through transition. We need a strategic thinker who is able to make difficult decisions but who is also open minded, able to listen, and able to find consensus. Somebody who has the ability to communicate effectively with people from different backgrounds and is able to create an inclusive environment in meetings and in the charity where all are heard. Our chair will have an understanding of the work that Protection Approaches is engaged in and share our belief that the prevention of identity-based violence as a shared responsibility that stretches through governments to communities to individuals.

About Protection Approaches:

Founded in 2014, Protection Approaches is a fast-growing, dynamic, London-based charity that works locally, nationally, and internationally. We seek a world where everyone accepts and respects each other, regardless of identity. We want to change the way the world thinks about identity-based violence – and by so doing, change how we respond to and prevent it. From our local programmes in communities to challenge hate crime to our global efforts to confront mass atrocities and genocide, we believe that this mission is not only possible but probable, and are dedicated to doing the long-term, difficult work necessary to make it sustainable.

Specifically, we:

• Work on the local level towards community led change, collaborating with communities on tackling marginalisation, building resilience, and research.
• Work on the national level towards state level change, whether on domestic or foreign policy. Our atrocity-prevention programme has led efforts that have transformed the UK approach to crimes against humanity and genocide while our domestic Stronger Communities programme has opened up funding for community-led solutions.
• Work on the multilateral and global level to transform how identity-based violence is understood and responded to within our international system.
• Conduct training courses on identity-based violence, hate crime and atrocity prevention.
• Across all these areas, we undertake, commission, and coordinate research to ensure that the programmes we develop and implement are supported by evidence and in line with global best practices.

For more information on the role, application process and Protection Approaches please download the recruitment pack.