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NUS Charitable Services Trustee | SU staff member

We are pleased to invite students’ union staff members to apply to become a Director for NUS Charitable Services. The position is open to those in senior roles within their organisation.

How will it help you?

Develop yourself - use your knowledge and gain new skills and experience in management, strategic planning, decision-making, budget/financial management, and fundraising.

Widen your horizons – meet new people, new challenges and better understand how to run a cooperative enterprise along with other students’ unions.

Give something back to the community – Share your knowledge and experience with others in the student movement, helping improve the way we run some of our work and enterprise activity.

What does the Board do?

The NUS Charitable Services Board has delegated authority to consider, make decisions and recommendations on a range of subjects. This will include, but not exclusively:

• Providing leadership and oversight of the long-term ‘Supporting Students’ Unions’ plans and work and ensure appropriate oversight of the delivery of the operating plans and KPIs that underpin the overall aims and objectives.

• Responsibility for the management and administration of the Charity – this is delegated on a day to day basis to the Chief Executive and the senior leadership team at NUS

• Oversee and scrutinise the planning and implementation of externally funded programmes or activities – commissioned through the Charity.

• Approve the Union Development and Membership engagement plans and KPIs;

• Approve the Leadership Report outlining key areas of progress and activity;

• Approve the remit and activity statement;

• Approve and monitor performance of projects funded through NUS UK;

• Approve and monitor performance (where appropriate) of externally funded projects;

• Receive updates from the Advisory Groups and approve recommendations; and

• Monitor performance of the training and development provided to Students’ Unions staff and officers.

NUS’ strategic plan – NUS100 – is a six year strategy that will lead up to our centenary outlines the future of the work this Board will be monitoring.

You can read more about how we work and our governance here.

What is the role about?

The role is to help students shape NUS’ future direction. You will need to be able to think strategically, be creative and bring a range of different perspectives to the Board. Trustees are expected to have oversight of the Risks that may threaten the organisation or prevent it from succeeding at its goals. With this, Trustees are expected to advise management on the management and identification of risks.

You will be the kind of person who would feel most comfortable working in a student-led, democratic environment and who values equal opportunities. You will need to use a highly collaborative style to deliver real progress against a challenging, political mission.

This is a non-political role and Trustees are not in place to shape the political and campaigning decisions, but they are in place to ensure we have a sound organisation with the best resources and finances in place to enable us to campaign.

• You will be a Trustee of NUS SU Charitable Services (incorporated) and will be expected to contribute fully within and outside (where required) of meetings.

• You will be expected to bring a membership perspective to our thinking around key, strategic commercial decisions and to challenge and question our practices and plans.

• It is preferable if you bring a level of people and talent experience and knowledge or interest in this part of the movement.

• It should be noted that the principal responsibility of volunteers is to represent the Company and its membership and not just the views of their own Students’ Union.

• The Chair of the NUS Charitable Services Board is the Vice President Union Development.

Outside the meetings

Trustees’ experience and expertise is valuable outside of the Board meetings. Where Trustees can commit the time and resource we may ask for their support in other areas of the organisation such as within strategic review projects like NUS100 and the Commission on costs and benefits.

The Trustees also support the Advisory Groups, this involves attending each of these four meetings (one each quarter). You can find out more about what each of these Groups do here.

What is involved?

• Meetings will be around 3-4 hours and there will also be a day of pre-reading/meeting preparation.

• To attend 3-4 meetings per year held at our London offices on:

5 September 2017

20 November 2017

30 January 2018

22 May 2018

• To attend 3-4 meetings per year held in either the London or Macclesfield office of the HR Subcommittee.

(Total meeting commitment is approx. 12 days per year plus pre reading.)

• You will also be asked to provide your views and guidance outside of meetings where appropriate.

• The term of office is for 3 years, renewable once, and begins on the 1st July.

• Travel and accommodation together with reasonable expenses will be provided should you require it.

• Meetings can be attended by video conference if you are unable to attend each one in person, though there is an expectation that one per year is attended in person.

In the event of you being successfully appointed you will be required to sign that you have read and understood:

• NUS Code of Conduct

• Conflicts of interest policy

• Confidentiality agreement

• Adhere to NUS’ policies and procedures.

Candidates should agree the commitment with their Students’ Union in advance of the application.

Eligibility

In order to be eligible to apply you must be an employee or someone seconded to work for any affiliated member of NUS. If you cease to be employed or seconded then your membership of the Board will come to an end.

Trustees can be aged 16 and over and must not be disqualified as a company director (NUS Charitable Services is an incorporated company).

Directors must be able to declare that they:

• Are capable of managing and administering my own affairs;

• Do not have an unspent conviction relating to any offence involving deception or dishonesty;

• Are not an undischarged bankrupt nor have I made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, my creditors (ignore if discharged from such an arrangement);

• Are not subject to a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 or to an Order made under section 429(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986;

• Have not been removed from the office of charity trustee or trustee for a charity by an Order made by the Charity Commissioners or the High Court on the grounds of any misconduct or mismanagement nor am I subject to an Order under section 7 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990, preventing me from being concerned in the management or control of any relevant organisation or body.

• Are not subject to a disqualification Order under the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000.

• Are not disqualified under the Protection of Vulnerable Adults List.

• I am not disqualified under the Protection of Vulnerable Adults List.

What do we expect you to have?

| |Essential |Desirable |

|Knowledge / experience |Strategic & operational experience within a students’ union; |HR |

| | |People and talent within the movement |

| | |experience/interest |

|Skills / qualities |Capacity to contribute within a committee environment; |Presentation skills. |

| |Ability to maintain confidentiality; | |

| |Assertive, challenging and questioning; | |

| |Team-player and ability to work collaboratively. | |

|Values |Commitment to: | |

| |Student led environment | |

| |Equality, Diversity and Inclusion | |

| |Democracy | |

Submit an application

We are accepting cover letters and CV’s until 31 May 2017 please send your cover letter and CV to us at executiveoffice@.uk.

If you would like to chat before submitting an application you can contact us at executiveoffice@.uk and we will arrange for a member of the Board or a relevant NUS Colleague to call you back.

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