Secretary (Trustee) sought for charity empowering mums experiencing post-separation coercive control

Remote, USA Full-time Posted 2025-03-14

ROLE DESCRIPTION

Ensuring compliance
? Maintaining the register of trustees and their interests
? Making sure that the charity?s governing document's T&Cs are known, respected and acted on by trustees
? Helping to ensure that trustees file all relevant statutory returns and information
? Tracking progress with the charity?s risk register and strategic plan
? Organising training that enhances trustees? understanding of, and ability to discharge, their duties as charity trustees
? Setting up and supporting a programme of trustee reviews

Maintaining efficient and effective board meetings
? Making sure the timetable of meetings for the year ahead is agreed
? Notifying trustees (and others where applicable) of board meetings
? Working with the chair to set each board meeting agenda
? Making sure any correspondence for trustees is brought to the attention of the board
? Circulating papers for meetings in timely fashion
? Ensuring the venue/virtual platform is prepared appropriately
?... Checking a quorum
? Taking the minutes at board meetings, keeping a record of all issues discussed, decisions taken and any actions
? Issuing draft minutes to charity trustees
? Working with the chair and other trustees to ensure that the draft minutes are accurate before they are formally approved
? Ensuring that minutes are stored safely and are accessible to any trustee if require

Servicing other meetings
? Playing a support role in setting up and running other meetings as required by trustees

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Key expertise:
? Governance - have a deep understanding and previous experience of governance and its importance, particularly in respect of charities. This includes understanding the key role that a Board Secretary plays, duties in respect of compliance to the Charity Commission etc. This may have been gained at a senior position within a company or through prior Board/Committee experience.
? Office & Administration Management - Previous experience of business support to ensure that the Board's operational function is well supported and runs effectively. This will facilitate faster decision-making and enable the Board to focus on its strategic work

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