Chair Trustee Board and Trustees - Volunteer

Chair of the Trustee Board and Trustees - Volunteer

Oxfordshire Mind is looking for a new Chair of the Trustee Board who will provide the leadership that can help guide us through both the opportunities and challenges that lay ahead of us.

As either our new Chair or a Trustee, you will be part of the inspirational team of Trustees, other volunteers, staff and service users who enable us to deliver life‑improving, life‑saving services every day, bringing your skills and life experience to help the organisation build on its strengths, learn and develop.

You will help guide the charity as it navigates the future and delivers an impactful strategy, ensuring we are collectively the best we can be for our beneficiaries and ensuring we deliver impactful services and continue to challenge stigma around mental health.

For our new Chair, we’re looking for someone who shares our values, believes in fairness and inclusion, and who cares deeply about our communities. You will bring steady leadership, warmth, curiosity, and a genuine desire to make a difference.

• Be able to operate strategically and work effectively with the Board of Trustees and Chief Executive to shape and develop the organisation’s strategic vision.
• Possess the leadership skills required to guide both the Board of Trustees and the wider organisation.
• Have relevant experience and knowledge in key areas that relate to the Charity’s sphere of operation mental health, the voluntary sector, the NHS, public sector commissioning and local government, and business development.
• Have experience and knowledge of the geographical area within which the Charity operates (i.e Oxfordshire and Berkshire).
• Experience of being a Trustee (you do not need to have been a Chair before).

(Please refer to the attached candidate pack for a full Person Specification for the Chair.)

Our new Chair will provide leadership to the organisation and the Board by ensuring that everyone remains focused on the delivery of the organisation’s charitable purposes in order to provide greater public benefit and enable the charity to maximise its impact.

A full Role Description is contained within the Candidate Pack attached.