Trustee

About the role

Solent Mind’s Board of Trustees are jointly responsible for the charity’s governance, ensuring we deliver against the organisation’s purpose, use our resources wisely and uphold our values and legal duties. Solent Mind trustees are also Directors of Solent Mind, (a company limited by guarantee and governed by company law).

As Trustee, you will join the Board of Trustees and share responsibility for the charity's overall governance. This includes setting a clear strategic direction, goals, and policies to deliver services to agreed outcomes. You will also be responsible for the charity’s financial health, financial accountability and control.

Your role will also work closely with the Senior Management Team (SMT) and support staffs to develop positive and productive relationships with partners, including corporate, statutory and voluntary organisations as well as individual supporters and members.

We currently have two positions available. 

About you

We seek Trustees who can build relationships internally with staff, and externally with key stakeholders, with the ability to influence and act as an ambassador for Solent Mind.

We are looking for candidates who represent the broad diversity of the communities we serve, and in the specific areas of expertise set out in this pack.

Experience of fundraising in a charitable organisation would be most welcome in light of diminishing statutory funding.

We actively welcome and encourage applications from people with lived experience of mental health, from diverse communities within Hampshire. 

About us

Solent Mind is the largest mental health charity in Hampshire, supporting over 48,000 people with mental health interventions annually. It is part of a network of 125 local Minds in England and Wales, which are independent charities affiliated to Mind, the national mental health charity. Solent Mind has its own Board of Trustees and raises its own funds to deliver its services, support and training tailored to the needs of people living in Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth, and the Isle of Wight. Solent Mind has a Gold award for Workplace Wellbeing Index 2022/2023 and has signed up to be a Mindful Employer.

For details on how to apply for this role, please click the 'how to apply' button. 

Closing date for applications: 25 November 2024.

Interviews: 4 December 2024.

Please note that we may close vacancies before the advertised closing date if we receive a sufficient number of applications. Therefore, we recommend submitting your application as early as possible.

We welcome applications from all the communities in which we work. We also positively encourage applications from people with lived experience of mental health to apply for roles within Solent Mind. Appointments are made on merit.

Posts may be subject to a relevant DBS check.

Solent Mind welcomes applications from all the communities in which we work. Appointments are made on merit.

Registered Charity No: 1081116. Registered with Limited Liability in England and Wales No: 4004500.