Vacancy – Trustee Chair, DCA

DCA is recruiting a new Chair of Trustees

Want to be part of a dynamic and well-respected charity championing voluntary and community action in Dorset?
Can you help Dorset Community Action become more enterprising and market-driven whilst maintaining our values?
Could you use your professional skills to benefit Dorset’s communities?
Want to help us meet the challenge of supporting the delivery of more effective services to our communities?

Key responsibilities:

• Provide leadership to the board and to ensure that trustees fulfil their duties and responsibilities for the proper governance of the charity.
• To be a champion for Dorset Community Action (DCA) at external events and stakeholder partnerships and bring to bear contacts across public/private/voluntary sectors in supporting the development of DCA.
• Support, and where appropriate, to challenge the Chief Executive and Senior Management Team (SMT).
• Ensure that the board as a whole works in partnership with the Chief Executive and SMT.

While a commitment to attend Board & Committee meetings around ten times per year is important, so too is a willingness to get to know, and provide guidance and support for the operational team. The time commitment is likely to be around ½ day per week. Quarterly Board meetings are held at Wimborne Community Centre, but others are normally held on-line.

In return, we can offer you the opportunity to work with a passionate and committed staff team, who are supporting disadvantaged residents and community organisations across Dorset to realise their aspirations.

If you are interested in this opportunity, more information about DCA can be found on our website www.dorsetcommunityaction.org.uk

If you would like an information pack, please email info@dorsetcommunityaction.org.uk.