Trustee - Great Yarmouth Pathway

Trustees play a vital role in ensuring Great Yarmouth Pathway meets its core purpose by overseeing the management and administration of the charity and ensuring that the foodbank has a clear strategy in line with our vision and goals.

What will you be doing?

We are seeking to recruit Trustees with an interest in helping others, who are willing to uphold our values, and who can bring life experience to the board of trustees. Trustees have collective responsibility for the governance of the organisation and for all decisions made by the Board. They set the strategic direction for the organisation, ensuring alignment to our values, are responsible for setting organisational policy, and ensure that strong relationships are maintained between the Trustees, Managers & Volunteers.

Key tasks:                             

• Manage the charity’s resources responsibly, including ensuring the charity’s assets are used only to carry out its purpose, avoid undue risk and not over-commit the charity.
• Ensure the board regularly reviews its structures, roles, relationship to staff and implementing changes if and when necessary.
• Develop a long-term strategy for the food bank with clear objectives which can be monitored and adapted.
• Work alongside the Treasurer and the board to ensure the charity’s financial dealings are systematically accounted for and on time, independently examined and made publicly available when necessary.
• Ensure the charity is accountable, actively complying with statutory accounting and reporting requirements and the law.
• Ensure appropriate financial plans are in place for future budget allocations as well as looking after contractual agreements with external partners that award money for core costs and additional projects.
• Help promote the charity to a wide audience of potential funders and beneficiaries and community stakeholders.
• Ensure the charity and foodbank has appropriate procedures to: comply with current legislation and good practice; including employment, health and safety, equal opportunities, safeguarding & GDPR compliance/data protection etc.
• Act with reasonable care and skill, giving your time, thought and energy to your role.
• Act at all times in accordance with the foodbank’s trustee code of conduct.
• Ensure the principles of equity, equality, diversity and inclusion are embedded in Yarmouth and Magdalen Foodbank.

Trustees may also undertake additional work for the charity between meetings subject to their availability and skill set. 

What are we looking for?

We are looking for people who want to help their local community and work towards the eradication of food poverty whilst support the food bank to continue to provide emergency food to people who find themselves in crisis. Our ideal candidates would demonstrate:

• A knowledge of and commitment to the work of Great Yarmouth Pathway and Yarmouth and Magdalen Foodbank.
• A willingness to actively participate in discussions concerning needs of the charity’s beneficiaries, staff, and the trustee board.
• The ability to act in the best interest of the charity.
• Sound, independent judgement and ability to think creatively.
• The capacity to work effectively as a team member and demonstrate a willingness to learn and develop.

Our charity would particularly welcome applications from those with experience in one (or more) of the following areas:  

• Finance
• Human Resources (HR)
• Communications and/or Marketing

What difference will you make?

By supporting the governance of the food bank, you are part of a team providing a vital holistic support function in your local community, ensuring a dignified experience to anyone visiting or anyone who comes into contact with Great Yarmouth Pathway.