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Trustee

Hours
Quarterly Board meetings, typically 2:00pm-5:30pm on Thursdays, plus an annual Strategy Day, occasional ad-hoc meetings, committee involvement and preparation time
Responsible to
Chair of Trustees
Ideal time commitment
Initial term of three years, renewable by mutual agreement, with a maximum of three terms
Location
Old Street, London, with online attendance available where necessary
Closing date

We are seeking a new Trustee with senior leadership experience in the charity or not-for-profit sector to help shape the strategic direction, governance and long-term stability of the Helen Bamber Foundation. The successful candidate will bring expertise in areas such as strategy, governance, financial management, fundraising, risk and organisational development, while supporting the Foundation's mission to ensure survivors of trafficking, torture and extreme human cruelty have safety, freedom and power.

Please find the full recruitment pack linked below.

 

Equal Opportunities

Our commitment to principles of equity, diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our approach to our clients, our volunteers and our staff, and we are an equal opportunities and Living Wage employer. We are committed to attracting and recruiting diverse candidates because we are keen to make sure that all our staff, trustees, volunteers and ambassadors reflect the communities we serve and the wider community we work in.

We genuinely welcome and encourage applications from a range of backgrounds, especially people of colour, people with disabilities, people from low socio-economic backgrounds, refugees, stateless people and others with lived experience of forced migration or trauma.

Statement on artificial intelligence (AI) and recruitment

At the Helen Bamber Foundation / Asylum Aid we don’t make decisions based on artificial intelligence (AI). We have a human approach to hiring and all applications are reviewed and assessed by our team. Similarly, what we are most interested in hearing about is your individual motivation, experience, skills and values. AI doesn’t know about you or what motivates you – we want to hear from you.

AI may be a helpful tool, but typically leads to generic answers repeated by multiple candidates, not stand out applications. Please make sure that your responses reflect your own thoughts and experiences.

Download full job description here.

​To apply, please add your details and upload your CV and cover letter and CV, and press submit to answer some short questions.

The personal information that you provide to us this application will be stored on our database. We will process the personal information that we collect (apart from equal opportunities data) for the purposes of the charity’s legitimate interests, as follows: (1) to assess your application to work for the charity; (2) to organise interviews, or other recruitment activities; (3) for the purpose of communicating with you about your application; (4) to provide a record of our recruitment process for audit purposes and to respond to queries. We will only retain your personal information in our own database for as long as necessary in order to fulfil the purposes for which we need it, as described above. You have the right to access, correct or delete a copy of the data we hold about you at any time. If you would like to do any of these things, or if you have any concerns, please contact jobs@helenbamber.org.

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