Hybrid Volunteer Trustee with HR experience | Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) - Esher & District Volunteer Trustee with HR experience | Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) - Esher & District
Citizens Advice Esher & District · nan, · Hybrid
About the job
Citizens Advice Esher & District is a well-established local advice charity that is seeking a HR professional to joins its Trustee Board and help deliver effective people management plans and policies.
What difference will you make?
People with good local knowledge and strategic vision can really help us to develop a service that meets the changing advice needs of our community. More specifically, your input will help us to recruit and retain staff and volunteers and achieve a sustainable future. Without this, we risk having to cut our service to local residents and workers - and the most vulnerable members of society will have nowhere else to turn.
What are we looking for?
We need someone who either lives, works or studies in Elmbridge who has HR experience with current knowledge of employment law, policy and practice, including compensation and benefits An understanding of the differences between managing the rights of employees and managing the rights of volunteers A commitment to the Citizens Advice organisation A willingness to devote the necessary time and effort to the role Strategic vision Good, independent judgement An ability to think creatively A willingness to speak their mind An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship An ability to work effectively as a member of a team We are particularly keen to achieve a more diverse Board of Trustees and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Experience of Citizens Advice work is not required.
What will you be doing?
Our trustee board is responsible for providing us with strategic thinking. We need people from Elmbridge (or nearby) who are committed to developing our advice services for the local community and securing the resources we need to go forward. Specifically, as our Human Resources expert, you will work alongside the Chair, Personnel Sub-committee and Chief Executive to Chair our Personnel sub-committee, setting the agenda for each six-monthly meeting and helping to prepare agenda papers Provide strategic and occasional operational advice on issues such as recruitment, employment contracts and remuneration Take a lead in reviewing the charity’s people management policies and procedures Advise on workforce planning and engagement to deliver our short and long term objectives As a member of the Trustee Board, you will be responsible for maintaining an awareness of how the charity is operating reading papers for Board meetings and attending six meetings per year working on specific projects with other trustees or staff to further the strategic objectives of the charity taking an active discussion during Board meetings and working with other trustees to set policy and strategy direction, set targets and evaluate the performance of the charity ensure that all the finances and supporting financial control systems of the charity are in order monitor the financial position of the charity ensuring that it operates within its means and objectives monitor how well the service meets the needs of the local community ensure that the service plans for the recruitment and turnover of staff and volunteers review its own work and how effectively it operates including action for improvement
What difference will you make?
People with good local knowledge and strategic vision can really help us to develop a service that meets the changing advice needs of our community. More specifically, your input will help us to recruit and retain staff and volunteers and achieve a sustainable future. Without this, we risk having to cut our service to local residents and workers - and the most vulnerable members of society will have nowhere else to turn.
What are we looking for?
We need someone who either lives, works or studies in Elmbridge who has HR experience with current knowledge of employment law, policy and practice, including compensation and benefits An understanding of the differences between managing the rights of employees and managing the rights of volunteers A commitment to the Citizens Advice organisation A willingness to devote the necessary time and effort to the role Strategic vision Good, independent judgement An ability to think creatively A willingness to speak their mind An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship An ability to work effectively as a member of a team We are particularly keen to achieve a more diverse Board of Trustees and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Experience of Citizens Advice work is not required.
What will you be doing?
Our trustee board is responsible for providing us with strategic thinking. We need people from Elmbridge (or nearby) who are committed to developing our advice services for the local community and securing the resources we need to go forward. Specifically, as our Human Resources expert, you will work alongside the Chair, Personnel Sub-committee and Chief Executive to Chair our Personnel sub-committee, setting the agenda for each six-monthly meeting and helping to prepare agenda papers Provide strategic and occasional operational advice on issues such as recruitment, employment contracts and remuneration Take a lead in reviewing the charity’s people management policies and procedures Advise on workforce planning and engagement to deliver our short and long term objectives As a member of the Trustee Board, you will be responsible for maintaining an awareness of how the charity is operating reading papers for Board meetings and attending six meetings per year working on specific projects with other trustees or staff to further the strategic objectives of the charity taking an active discussion during Board meetings and working with other trustees to set policy and strategy direction, set targets and evaluate the performance of the charity ensure that all the finances and supporting financial control systems of the charity are in order monitor the financial position of the charity ensuring that it operates within its means and objectives monitor how well the service meets the needs of the local community ensure that the service plans for the recruitment and turnover of staff and volunteers review its own work and how effectively it operates including action for improvement
