Trustee, Board Member
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Company Description
ConnectionHub is a UK-registered charity offering blended learning programmes to refugees and asylum seekers in Lesbos, Greece. Currently, the lack of educational opportunities leaves refugees and asylum seekers in Lesbos, Greece exposed to a future of social exclusion, precarious employment, exploitation, and poverty.
ConnectionHub’s mission is to provide education and integration opportunities via blended learning pathways to people in crisis and conflict contexts, in order to reduce this human suffering and exploitation. Blended learning, which utilises both online and offline educational material and support, is proven to better facilitate student’s learning journey; with this approach we hope to give refugees and asylum seekers the chance to develop new skills that will build their capacities as individuals, help them bridge the literacy gap, and support them to change the trajectory of their lives by creating job opportunities and economic empowerment. ConnectionHub’s programmes are accessible to displaced people regardless of legal status, gender, age, or ethnic identity.
Job Description
We are looking for an
enthusiastic and skilled person to join our board of trustees. The
ideal
candidate will be passionate about refugee and migration
issues and can demonstrate this
through work or volunteer
experience. Trustees may choose to focus on a particular
section
of ConnectionHub’s work based on their interest and skill
set. Should this be the case,
please let us know in your
application whether you would like to focus on a section
of
running the charity. We are especially keen on trustees looking
to support fundraising.
To become a trustee, you need to have
enough time to be fully involved in overseeing the
charity's work
and help the charity grow its reach and impact. Trustees meet once a
month
to bi-monthly. The Trustee Board does not directly manage
the day-to-day work, but provides
oversight, guidance, and help
set the organisational strategy. As a trustee, you will
be
responsible for helping us comply with our legal and
administrative responsibilities to the
Charity Commission and HM
Revenue, such as the filing of our annual reports on time. You
will support taking and distributing minutes and ensuring we
adhere to our charitable
mission at all times.
As
ConnectionHub is a relatively new organisation, the trustees need to
have the motivation
to deal with challenges typical of a small and
upcoming voluntary organisation that supports
beneficiaries
worldwide and is run with the help of national and international
volunteers.
Profile :
● Excellent
interpersonal skills, being able to engage and communicate with
people
with different socio/economic and cultural
backgrounds.
● Leadership and management experience (at least 2
years).
● Strong communication and influencing skills.
●
Personal integrity and a commitment to equity and human rights.
●
Able to contribute and help make a positive impact.
● Reliable,
collaborative and trustworthy.
Qualifications
And at
least one of the following:
● Fundraising knowledge and
successful track record.
● MBA holder or experienced entrepreneur
with a successful track record.
● Previous experience working for
or with displaced communities.
● Academic or other professional
experience in the education sector.
Additional Information
The difference you will make:
Being a
trustee with ConnectionHub will give you the opportunity to play a
significant role in
helping to increase access to education for
displaced persons in the UK, Greece and
internationally. Your
contribution will help the charity maintain a strong governance
structure
to grow its reach and scale its impact.
Please forward by email your most recent CV alongside a covering letter detailing your interest in the role, your relevant experience and evidence of how you meet our criteria.
Trustee, Board Member
ConnectionHub
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