Haslemere Educational Trust is seeking a new Chair of the Board of Trustees
Objective
The Chair will hold the Trustee Board to account for the museum’s mission and vision, providing inclusive leadership to the Board of Trustees, ensuring that each trustee fulfils their duties and responsibilities for the effective governance of the museum. The Chair will ensure that the Board functions as a unit and utilises the museum’s entire team of staff and volunteers to achieve agreed objectives. He or she will act as an ambassador and the public face of the museum.
Principal responsibilities
Strategic leadership
- Provide leadership to the museum Trustees and staff, ensuring that the museum has maximum impact for its audiences
- Ensure that the Board, staff and volunteers adhere to the museum’s mission, vision, values and governance strategies
- Ensure that the Board and staff are able to regularly review major risks and opportunities, and satisfy itself that systems are in place to take advantage of opportunities, and manage and mitigate the risks
- Ensure that the Board fulfils its duties to ensure sound financial health of the museum, with systems in place to ensure financial accountability
Governance
- Lead on Trustee recruitment, induction and training
- Develop the knowledge and capability of the Board of Trustees and museum staff
- Encourage positive change and where appropriate address and resolve any conflicts within the Board, staff or volunteer teams, acting as Chair for a disciplinary committee if required
- Appraise the performance of the Trustees and staff on an annual basis
- Ensure that the Board of Trustees is regularly refreshed and incorporates the right balance of skills, knowledge and experience needed to govern and lead the charity effectively, and which also reflects the wider population
- Work within any agreed policies adopted by the Museum External Relations
- Act as an ambassador and represent the museum at external functions, meetings and events as required
- Maintain close relationships with key members of the community
- Act as a spokesperson for the organisation when appropriate
- Facilitate change and address any potential conflict with external stakeholders Efficiency and effectiveness
- Plan, set the agenda for and chair the annual cycle of meetings for Board of Trustees (including the AGM)
- Ensure that Trustees and staff are fully engaged and that the Board takes collective ownership of museum projects
- Foster, maintain and ensure that constructive relationships exist with and between the Trustees, staff and volunteers.
How to apply
Number of meetings per annum/time commitment: 6 per year + AGM
Daytime or evening meetings: Daytime, except AGM
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