Job title: Chair of Trustees
Location: Fight for Peace Academy. Woodman Street. London, E16 2LS
Hours: 4 – 6 Board meetings per year
Salary: nil renumeration
Deadline: Sunday 13th April 2025
Job overview
The Board, led by the Chair, is the highest governance body for Fight for Peace, serving as stewards of mission, resources, and is ultimately responsible for strategy, operations, finance and compliance with relevant laws and regulations. The Chair provides inclusive leadership to the Board of Trustees, ensuring that each trustee fulfils their duties and responsibilities for the effective governance of the charity. The Chair will also support, and, where appropriate, challenge the Chief Executive and ensure that the Board functions as a unit and works closely with the entire Executive of the charity to achieve agreed objectives. He or she will act as an ambassador and the public face of the charity in partnership with the Chief Executive.
Please see the Recruitment Pack at the bottom of the page for details of role description and person specifications.
How to apply
To apply, interested candidates should send their CV and a cover letter of no more than 2 pages to jobs@fightforpeace.net with the subject title ‘CHAIR OF TRUSTEES application’.
On receipt of your application, you will be sent an Equal Opportunities questionnaire to complete.
Our Commitment to Safeguarding, Equality and Inclusion:
Fight for Peace is committed to safeguarding the welfare of the children, young people and adults at risk that the organisation works with. We are committed to equality and inclusive practice. Fight for Peace actively promotes equality of opportunity for all and welcomes applications from a wide range of prospective employees and participants, including those with relevant lived experience, a history of offending or with criminal records.
Fight for Peace will only ask an individual to provide details of sensitive information, including convictions and cautions, that it is legally entitled to know about. Most of our staff and volunteers will be in Positions of Trust and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check must be completed by anyone who meets the government’s definition of ‘Regulated Activity’ or ‘Regular Activity’ within our activities and services. We do not want this to be a barrier to those who have the potential to add great value to the work we do.
All information disclosed for the purposes of employment will be used for the sole purpose of assessing whether an individual is suitable and appropriate to work with our members and/or if any specific arrangements around supervision and support might be required. All information gathered as part of our recruitment processes will be treated sensitively and equitably, with confidentiality strictly maintained.
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