Redditch and Bromsgrove Community First Responders
Description of the role
Redditch and Bromsgrove Community First Responders is looking for an enthusiastic individual to join a small local community charity as a Trustee. Experience, skills and expertise in charities, finance or other areas of business or non profits is preferred. An interest in the aims of the charity along with an understanding of our work and ambitions are particularly sought.
Main Responsibilities
- Leadership: Contribute to the development and implementation of our objectives, providing insight, oversight, and direction to ensure the organisations goals are achieved efficiently.
- Governance and Compliance: Ensure that the charity adheres to all legal and statutory requirements. Monitor compliance with governance best practices and ethical standards.
- Financial Oversight: Oversee the financial affairs of the organisation, ensuring its viability and that all financial resources are managed responsibly and in line with organisational objectives.
- Risk Management: Identify, monitor, and mitigate risks to the organisation, ensuring robust risk management strategies are in place.
- Advocacy and Ambassadorship: Act as an ambassador for our charity.
- Fundraising Support: Play an active role in guiding and supporting the charity’s fundraising efforts, ensuring financial goals are met and resources are secured for future sustainability.
Knowledge, skills and understanding:
- Experience: Experience from finance, other charities or other areas within business or non profit organisation is preferred.
- Skills: Strong strategic thinking, leadership, and decision-making abilities. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge: A good understanding of the legal and financial responsibilities of a trustee and experience in risk management, strategic planning, and organisational oversight.
- Commitment: Ability to commit time for board meetings, committee involvement, and preparation work. Expected to attend quarterly board meetings and contribute to special projects as needed.
The Board of Trustees is jointly responsible for the overall governance and strategic direction of the charity, its financial health, the integrity of its activities and developing the organisation’s aims, objectives and goals in accordance with the governing document, and legal and regulatory guidelines.
All trustees should also be aware of, and understand, their individual and collective responsibilities, and should not be overly reliant on one or more individual trustees in any particular aspect of the governance of the charity.
Practical Considerations
- All trustees will be required to have DBS clearance. The charity should have a minimum of 3 Trustees with as a minimum a chairman, treasurer and secretary. Board members have a collective responsibility. This means that trustees always act as a group and not as individuals.
- Trustees are required to sign a non-disclosure agreement at the time of joining the board.
Any specific requirements
- Criminal Record Check required.
Where is the opportunity based?
This opportunity is across Bromsgrove and Redditch
When is the opportunity available?
0 – 1 hours per month (approx.) which includes meetings. Meetings every 3 Months, meetings can be via teams or zoom with agreement.
About the organisation
We are recruited by West Midlands Ambulance Service to respond to 999 incidents and render aid under the ambulance reaches the incident. We are all volunteers and receive no funding from West Midlands Ambulance Service. Our charity funds our first responder vehicle, our medical and responding equipment, uniform and other related equipment and expenses. We also provide CPR awareness training to the public and support community defibrillators and their placement within the community. Originally we were part of a bigger Hereford and Worcester charity, but separated off in 2022 and shortly after became a registered charity.
Bromsgrove and Redditch Network 