Executive Committee Chair / Vice Chair

Liberty is seeking a Chair and Vice-Chair with a genuine commitment to the mission and values of the organisation, and the credibility and experience to lead internally and externally at a time of change. Critically, the Chair will bring chairing experience and the requisite governance skills to effectively lead a board, and lead and deliver some key governance changes. They will bring the senior level strategic and organisational leadership skills to partner with the Director to ensure Liberty’s strategic ambitions are being achieved. Candidates will be committed to running a progressive organisation and bring a demonstrable commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Liberty welcomes applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, belief or disability. All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process. In line with the Equality Act 2010, however, the organisation may employ positive action where candidates from underrepresented groups can demonstrate their ability to perform the role equally well.

This role is unremunerated, and reasonable, pre-agreed domestic travel expenses will be reimbursed.

The time commitment for the Chair role is circa 2 days per month, which is variable depending on the time of year. There are 16 days on top of this per year for Board meetings (EC, CLT and Sub-Committee, AGM), spread relatively evenly with a more intense period in September and July. Currently three of these are on a Saturday and the rest are weekdays. The Vice Chair commitment is no more than half a day per week on average. The Vice Chair meeting attendance is approximately two days less than the Chair per year.

In line with the constitution, the appointment is for an initial two-year term, which it is hoped would be renewed for a further two years at the discretion of the Board.

Deadline for applications: Midnight on 2nd May

Candidates can expect to be contacted by: 16th May