Trustee
Age UK Tameside (AUKT) seeks new Trustees to join our Board
AUKT is a local community charity supporting people over 50, who live in Tameside; we have a 40- year history of providing good quality professional support services that make a real difference to lives of older people and we employ specialist workers so our services can be culturally inclusive and diverse.
If you feel you want to be a part of our story, can commit to attending 4 Board meetings a year, please submit an expression of interest telling us a bit about you, your skills, experience and how you would hope to support our charitable work as a Trustee.
Return to: Marcia Thorpe, Age UK CEO, thorpem@ageuktameside.com or ring 0161 308 5000 for a chat.
Information about Age UK Tameside can be found by visiting www.ageuk.org.uk/tameside
Board of Trustees Role Description
Responsibilities:
The Board of Trustees is responsible for the overall governance and strategic direction of the charity, in line with its legal and regulatory obligations and in keeping with its ethos and values.
Main Duties:
To ensure the charity complies with legislative and regulatory requirements, for example, Health and Safety, Equalities, charity Commission standards, Information Governance.
To ensure the charity acts within the confines of its governing document.
To ensure the charity operates in line with the brand partner agreement with Age UK England.
To oversee the sound financial management of the charity’s resources ensuring expenditure and growth is in line with charity objectives and investment activities meet accepted standards and policies.
To be involved in interviewing, appointing and monitoring activities for the CEO and senior staff roles within the leadership team.
To act as a countersignatory on charity bank accounts, authorise expenditure and contractual agreements with external bodies.
To uphold confidentiality on all matter relating to the charity and implement information governance policy to safeguard sensitive, personal and commercial data at all times.
To undertake a board induction as set out by Age UK Tameside.