Hybrid Volunteer Charity Trustee | With Insight Education Volunteer Charity Trustee | With Insight Education
With Insight Education · nan, · Hybrid
About the job
We are seeking a Trustee with a fundraising background to support us to achieve our social mission of advancing the prospects of black-heritage students so that society is an accurate reflection of the talent available.
What difference will you make?
As a Trustee you will support and shape our work and strategic direction as we look to increase our impact.
What are we looking for?
Successful applicants will be expected to demonstrate evidence of the following skills, capabilities, and experience A proven track record in Fundraising. Experience of sustainable, commercially viable organisational growth and development. Practical experience of engaging with strategy and leadership and of helping to develop and grow an organisation towards high performance. Being a great communicator who listens intently, clearly articulates your thoughts and provides constructive feedback. Ability to objectively analyse information to arrive at creative solutions. Being generous with your knowledge. Being aligned to the values of With Insight Education. Prior experience of being on a Board is desirable, but not essential.
What will you be doing?
Black-heritage students have the lowest entry rate to leading universities and their progression into the professions lags behind those of their peers. At With Insight Education, our social mission is to address this inequality. We are determined to remove the perceptual and structural barriers that black-heritage students face. Since 2018 we have offered impactful mentoring and skill development programmes to over 1,000 students, helping them to gain the confidence, knowledge and soft skills to secure a brighter future. A future with greater opportunities for social mobility. Although we are a charity, the majority of our finance, to date, has come from traded income. We are hugely ambitious about our future and are keen to diversify our income by pursuing Grants/Trust funding and Corporate Donors. To support this transition, we are seeking a new Fundraising Trustee to provide strategic insight to the board as we scale. The ideal candidate will be agile minded, happy to share their knowledge and possess influential communication skills. An understanding of governance is desirable although prior experience of being a Trustee is not required. Given the nature of our work, we particularly welcome candidates who have lived experience of the inequalities that we seek to address and/or have experience of working closely with the community that With Insight Education serves.
What difference will you make?
As a Trustee you will support and shape our work and strategic direction as we look to increase our impact.
What are we looking for?
Successful applicants will be expected to demonstrate evidence of the following skills, capabilities, and experience A proven track record in Fundraising. Experience of sustainable, commercially viable organisational growth and development. Practical experience of engaging with strategy and leadership and of helping to develop and grow an organisation towards high performance. Being a great communicator who listens intently, clearly articulates your thoughts and provides constructive feedback. Ability to objectively analyse information to arrive at creative solutions. Being generous with your knowledge. Being aligned to the values of With Insight Education. Prior experience of being on a Board is desirable, but not essential.
What will you be doing?
Black-heritage students have the lowest entry rate to leading universities and their progression into the professions lags behind those of their peers. At With Insight Education, our social mission is to address this inequality. We are determined to remove the perceptual and structural barriers that black-heritage students face. Since 2018 we have offered impactful mentoring and skill development programmes to over 1,000 students, helping them to gain the confidence, knowledge and soft skills to secure a brighter future. A future with greater opportunities for social mobility. Although we are a charity, the majority of our finance, to date, has come from traded income. We are hugely ambitious about our future and are keen to diversify our income by pursuing Grants/Trust funding and Corporate Donors. To support this transition, we are seeking a new Fundraising Trustee to provide strategic insight to the board as we scale. The ideal candidate will be agile minded, happy to share their knowledge and possess influential communication skills. An understanding of governance is desirable although prior experience of being a Trustee is not required. Given the nature of our work, we particularly welcome candidates who have lived experience of the inequalities that we seek to address and/or have experience of working closely with the community that With Insight Education serves.
