Variety of Trustee roles

We are on a mission to end excessive and harmful inequality, and we need your help. You might have encountered the impacts of inequality in your life or see them in your community or work. You might read the news and feel dismay at government inaction. You might distrust common arguments about "it costs too much". You might feel much much more can be done, and know the time is right to lean in.

Whatever your background, whatever your age, whatever your life story - if that is you, read on.

The qualities we seek in all of our trustees are: 

• Passionate commitment to the aims of the Equality Trust

• Good written and verbal communication 

• Ability to work with people from different backgrounds and with differing opinions

• Able to manage their time effectively

• Keen to devote time to contribute to the work of the Equality Trust - this is equivalent to one day per month, but can flex depending on the needs of the charity and the responsibilities you take on

• Understanding of, or willingness to learn about, the role of a trustee; 

• Desire to lead the organisation, to support and stretch staff, to unite on its strategy, to steward the assets and to look after its future 

• Willing and able to take on trustee and charitable company director responsibilities for an initial three year term 

To complement the existing range of skills of our trustees, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from people with experience in: 

• Safeguarding - to ensure that we are operating safely for our staff and participants we need a trustee who will be our named Safeguarding Lead 

• Finance - to Chair our Finance and Risk subcommittee to enable all trustees to understand the financial position of the charity and to support the SMT to develop a finance strategy

• Fundraising - to provide accountability and practical support with the development and implementation of a sustainable fundraising strategy 

• HR law, regulations and practice - to bolster our approach to staffing, with a focus on wellbeing, fairness and inclusivity

• Lived and living experience of inequalities

• Evaluation, monitoring and impact measurement - to improve how we evaluate and learn from our work 

• Participatory approaches to knowledge generation and democracy - to ensure that our strategic approach is in keeping with best practice

We encourage applications from anyone with lived experience of the issues to which inequality gives rise, even if you do not have the specific technical experience outlined above, to ensure that our board has the empathy and focus which make for effective strategy.