Board Vacancies

Joining our Board of Trustees

What does a Trustee do?

As a Trustee, you will share, with the other members of the Board, the responsibility for deciding how the organisation is run and what it wants to achieve.

Trustees are expected to attend Board meetings which take place every 6 weeks and to represent the organisation at other meetings, projects and events that may occur from time to time. Depending on the circumstances, some meetings may take place online.

Who are we looking for?

We are interested in attracting Trustees with relevant experience in the social and charity sector but equally, we value transferrable skills from other sectors to provide broader commercial and political insights which can help us achieve greater social impact.

How can you make a difference?

We are a small local charitable organisation with ambitions to grow and develop our services in and around Bristol. We have an excellent reputation for providing client focussed services, a committed staff team and a healthy asset base to support future aims and objectives.

As a Trustee, you will have a significant influence on what we do and how we do it. Certainly working in a small organisation has its challenges and limitations; but it also provides greater opportunities to drive organisational change and to make an impact in an organisation where your skills are needed most.

Current Vacancies

We are currently recruiting for new Trustees to join our management board. We will consider anyone with relevant skills and a genuine commitment to combatting homelessness and we are particularly interested in strengthening in the following areas:

Finance

We are looking for someone with experience in a senior finance role who can provide oversight and some hands-on work to support production of our business plan in the following areas.

• Financial modeling
• Private Finance for property acquisition and development
• Risk Management

Legal

We are seeking a trustee with legal experience to join our board of trustees to provide general and specific insight in some or all of the following legal areas

• Housing and Development
• Charities
• Contracts

Asset Management /Development

We are seeking a trustee with skills and experience in Asset Management, Disposals and Acquisitions to join our board of trustees to provide oversight and some hands-on work to support our housing related objectives in the following areas

• Financial modeling/options appraisals for property disposals and acquisitions and small scale new build.
• Accessing capital grants
• Managing development projects
• Producing asset management strategies

Next Step - Register your interest

If you have some of the skills or experience we are looking for and you are interested in becoming a Trustee please send a copy of your CV to board@selfhelpha.co.uk

Once we have received your details our Chief Executive or the Chair of the Trustees will contact you for an informal discussion.