Join the Board
We are actively recruiting Non-Executive Directors/Trustees/Members to join the Board at Involve. We are an innovative, creative, ambitious charity, providing services to the NHS, local authorities and communities. We now have 120 staff and support over 30,000 people through a wide range of programmes and services, all aimed at improving health and wellbeing with communities. We piloted ‘social prescribing’ in Kent on behalf of the Department of Health, which is now a mainstream part of the NHS, and we are transforming social care, working collaboratively with Kent County Council and local community groups to provide new opportunities for older people. Our programmes with young people and families address health inequalities and ensure that young people get the best start in life.
The Board is responsible for our strategic direction and governance; ensuring we achieve our charitable objects and are well run. It is a demanding but highly rewarding volunteer role, one in which you will make a difference to the lives of thousands of people, and work alongside other exceptional people to ensure the charity remains the best in its field.
The role can fit around existing commitments both professional and personal, and the majority of our Trustees are very busy professionals from a range of sectors.
Applications are invited from individuals with the highest levels of integrity and a drive for excellence, who are able to think strategically, to challenge and scrutinise, read, understand and interpret complex information, and to work collaboratively and inclusively. Ultimately, Trustees take decision on critical issues including finances, staffing, service priority, policies, new projects and contracts, managing serious issues and the future of the organisation, so you will need confidence to make a judgement and articulate your view.
At present we are particularly seeking individuals with the following expertise:
- Human Resources
- IT, Cyber Security and/or Information Governance
- Safeguarding
We are absolutely committed to equality, diversity and inclusion; it is part of our charitable mission and one of our core values. We are proactively seeking people from a range of backgrounds to bring a diversity of voice and challenge. We are particularly keen to hear from people with lived experience of some of the issues we are tackling, including long term health conditions, disability, poverty, childhood adversity, a demanding caring role. We value this lived experience as highly as learned experience/education.
The role requires regular attendance at Board meetings (6 times per year, held in Maidstone with alternate meetings being virtual) and attending monthly committee/working group
meetings, and input via in person and virtually as required. Our Head Office is based in Maidstone and attendance at Board Meetings in person is preferable. Under charity regulation, these roles must be unremunerated, though all expenses are covered.
You can find out more about the role of charity Trustees here.
Closing date: Tuesday 25th March
Download the Trustee Job Description to find out more about the role. For an informal conversation about the role, please contact the HR Lead, Léah Sinai by email, leah.sinai@involvekent.org.uk.
Trustee Role Description
Trustee-Role-Description-Feb-25.pdf
To apply, please send your CV/professional background, and a note outlining why you are interested in becoming a Trustee to the following email address.