Safety4Sisters are recruiting new trustees!

Safety4Sisters are looking for dynamic and engaged women for these roles. We want you to be engaged with the politics from which we work and committed to feminist and anti-racist approaches.

It is important to us that our trustee board is diverse and inclusive, so that we can represent the diversity of women’s experience.

We also aim to have a majority of women of colour. We encourage women with experience of migration to apply for these roles. We are only seeking woman for this role as the Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies to the role.

It is essential that those who apply have:

  • Feminist and anti-racist politics

  • Comfort and experience with IT including video calls, emails and Microsoft Office

  • The ability to commit to at least two meetings (roughly two hours long) per month (normally held in the evenings) and up to five hours of further commitment per month

At the moment we are particularly looking for women with experience in any of the following areas to apply:

  • Financial sectors or roles particularly within charities and accountancy

  • Social Work/ Domestic Violence provision

  • Trustee or director roles in organisations employing workers

  • Experience with charity and/or business structures

  • Knowledge and experience of HR

  • Charity sector work, particularly in delivery, safeguarding or strategy

  • IT systems, online promotion and communication

Main Duties of Trustees

Trustees must be able to attend one-two meetings per month. This usually occurs on a weekday evening on Zoom or in Central Manchester.

We will also expect trustees to take on some work at home, particularly during busier times.

Work will include:

  • Ensuring that the organisation and its representatives function within the legal and regulatory framework of the sector and in line with the organisations’ governing document

  • Taking part in determining the overall direction and development of Safety4Sisters through good governance and clear strategic planning.

  • Acting in the best interest of the organisation, beneficiaries and future beneficiaries at all times.

  • Promoting and developing the organisation in order for it to grow and best serve its beneficiaries

  • Maintaining sound financial management of resources

  • Interviewing, appointing and monitoring the work and activities of paid staff when relevant.

  • Supporting the organisation as an employer through the creation and maintenance of structures, policy and procedures

  • Acting as a counter-signatory on cheques and any applications for funds

  • Maintaining absolute confidentiality about all sensitive/confidential information

  • Taking part in campaigning activity both online and in person

  • Engaging, where appropriate, with our women’s group activities such as the support group on days out

  • Taking part in committee sub-groups on topics such as finance, promotion etc where you have interest

As the trustees committee are responsible and liable for the governance and functioning of the

organisation, they are accountable in varying degrees to a variety of stakeholders, including:

service users, members, funders, and the Charities Commission.

Please note, this is an unpaid role and any expenses will be reimbursed.

How to apply

In order to apply please read the trustee recruitment pack and complete the application form and send to trustees@safety4sisters.org. Please also complete and return the equality monitoring form.

We will require applicants to attend an interview panel to determine their suitability.

If you have any further questions about this role please do not hesitate to get in touch via the above email address. We are recruiting to this position on a rolling basis.