Trustee

Trustee

Posted for Turning Tides

Posted by Community Works

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Turning Tides has been supporting homeless & insecurely housed people in Worthing & the surrounding areas for over 30 years. The Organisation has grown considerably and now offers services across other areas of West Sussex including Horsham, Mid Sussex & Littlehampton. During the last financial year we worked with 978 clients across all our Projects. We have a highly committed and effective volunteer community of around 200 people and 171 paid staff. Our mission is to end local homelessness – putting clients & our Community at the heart of our mission.

We provide a range of high & low support housing and are in the process of registering as a housing association. The voluntary Trustee role has various responsibilities such as governing the affairs of the Organisation and ensuring it is financially sound. Within the current year a number of our existing Trustees will reach the end of their term. We are seeking to recruit new Trustees to address  emerging skill gaps on the Board.

Benefits

• Experience within homelessness sector
• opportunity to help end local homelessness
• great training and support package.

We are fortunate having a number of very experienced Trustees on the Board and we can, therefore, provide comprehensive support to someone who has no previous experience of being a Trustee.

Practical Considerations

• Most Trustee duties take place in the evening.
• The closing date is Wednesday 10 June

• The interview date is Wednesday 15 June.

Support Disabled

What skills do I need?

As we prepare for registration as a Housing Association, our governance & Committee structure is being reorganised. This presents an exciting opportunity to seek more Independent Committee members, to play a key role in shaping our future direction and strengthening the effectiveness of our Board and governance.

• Governance Committee
• Finance Committee
• Quality and Risk Committee
• Growth and Services Committee.

Applications are welcome from individuals with a passion for our mission and a commitment to good governance. We are particularly interested in candidates with experience or expertise in the following :

• Asset Management
• Finance
• Housing Association
• Lived experience
• Fundraising
• HR
• Legal
• Local government, NHS & government funding/commissioning.

If you would like an application pack, please Register your interest and we will be in touch.