The Board and Leadership team at Charity People is thrilled to be partnering with Amnesty International UK in their 2024 Board Recruitment.
Amnesty International UK:
Amnesty International UK operates in the UK as two distinct legal entities: Amnesty International UK Section Charitable Trust (‘the Charitable Trust’), and Amnesty International United Kingdom Section (‘the UK Section’). Each entity is governed by its own Board with the two working together and co-operating but remaining independent. Each Board operates and makes decisions based on the long-term interests of their respective entity and within the constraints imposed by applicable UK law, their separate constitutions and the overall rules of the global Amnesty International movement.
The Charitable Trust:
Amnesty International UK Charitable Trust are seeking to add 3 members to its Board.
In making these appointments, the belief is that the ability to operate competently at Board level is more important than established experience. Choosing to operate via consensus decision making as opposed to simply voting and majority rules is crucial to the board culture being cultivated. Professional experience is of less importance than lived experience or grassroots experience. However, should any applicants have competence in the following areas, we would be pleased to hear from them:
- UK fundraising/ Income experience, Experience of philanthropy/ HNWI/ Trusts and Foundations
- Grants Administration (either as a grant maker or recipient)
- Diversity and Inclusion
About the Trustee Role:
Serving as a Trustee of Amnesty International UK Charitable Trust will include ensuring that the Trust successfully pursues its vision and objectives while acting within its constraints and responsibilities. The Trust Board holds fiduciary responsibility for the organisation and safeguards its good name and values. Members of the Trust Board are legally defined as Company Directors and are also accountable as Trustees under charity law. Participation in Amnesty International UK governance is a form of human rights activism.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Safeguarding the good name and values of the Trust and ensuring that the organisation’s culture is consistent with its values.
- Providing leadership, support and oversight so that AIUK delivers its policies and goals in inclusion, diversity, equity, anti-racism and feminist leadership, and demonstrating a commitment to AIUK’s policies in this area.
- To help the Chair by participating in the Chief Executive’s annual objective setting and performance assessment
Time commitment
The Charitable Trust Board usually meets on a Thursday afternoon/early evening for up to four hours in March, May and September. It also meets together with the UK Section Board for joint training and reflection over two days (Friday and Saturday) in July and December. Additionally, there are typically two joint Board briefings per year on a weekday evening of approximately two hours duration.
Board members are likely to be asked to join a sub-committee, which will meet four times per year, usually on a weekday afternoon or early evening.
Aside from meeting attendance and preparation, we would expect Board members and sub-committee member to monitor emails for updates and occasional requests and those with a specialist brief (such as Finance or Human Resources) should be reasonably available to provide advice and support to senior managers with a corresponding brief.
How to Apply:
We will host a Q&A webinar with AIUK at 6pm on 15th August 2024, where they will share further insights and answer any additional questions you may have. In the first instance send your CV to seniorappointments@charitypeople.co.uk and we will forward you the recruitment pack and the link to register to attend this webinar.
Timeline:
Closing date: 9am 30th August 2024
1st Interviews: TBC
2nd Interviews: TBC
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.
