Dundee Carers Centre is a thriving and innovative local charity providing information and support services for disabled people and carers. We are looking to recruit the following to join our Board of Trustees:

Convenor

The Convenor will facilitate and lead the Board of Trustees in overseeing the execution of organisation’s mission and vision. The Convenor will provide inclusive leadership to the Board of Trustees and work with all Trustees and the Company Secretary to ensure that the individual members of the Board fulfil their duties and responsibilities for the effective governance of the charity.

Trustees

The Trustee role ensures that the organisation continues to build on the Charity’s reputation, ensuring sound financial management and setting overall policy and direction as well as evaluating performance.

You will be required to join the PVG scheme.

The Women’s Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre – Dundee and Angus (WRASAC) has been supporting survivors of rape, sexual abuse and exploitation and raising awareness about the damaging effects of sexual violence since 1984. We are a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.

After 5 years of service with WRASAC our current Operations Manager has decided that it is time for fresh challenges and will leave the post at the end of January 2019. She has helped the organisation to mature and develop, culminating in a number recent successful funding applications, including the Big Lottery.

The Operations Manager and Board have been working hard to achieve their Good Governance Award, which we hope to have completed by the end of March 2019. The successful candidate will be expected to support the board to secure new premises within the next two years.

WRASAC has a dynamic and growing team of staff and volunteers and an annual income of just under £600,000 per year from a diverse range of funders.

We have excellent relationships and partnership working across the Dundee and Angus area and are members of a number of strategic groups, including:

· Dundee & Angus Violence Against Women Partnerships

· Dundee Vulnerable Adolescence Partnership

· Dundee Substance Misuse Strategic Planning Group

· Scottish Government Commercial Sexual Exploitation Working Group

· Encompass Network (network of organisations that work in partnership with people involved in prostitution)

· Rape Crisis Scotland Network

This would be an exciting time to join our organisation to lead us through our ambitious goals over the coming years.

We offer a competitive salary, excellent terms and conditions and the opportunity to gain invaluable skills and experience.

Responsible to: Chair of WRASAC Board of Trustees

Volunteer Dundee has been championing volunteering and supporting the third sector in Dundee for over twenty years. We are a flexible, forward-looking organisation that has grown and diversified over the last few years. As well as supporting volunteering, we have a number of services working within Dundee with communities and individuals with a range of support needs. Volunteering is at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking to appoint a dynamic Chair, with previous board or committee experience and a commitment to the ethos of volunteering, to work with our Board of Directors and Chief Executive to ensure that Volunteer Dundee maintains high standards of governance and implements an effective business plan for longer-term sustainability.

Our Board members, who are also our charity trustees, are friendly, hardworking and passionate about the work of Volunteer Dundee and the difference volunteering can make to people’s lives. Our Board meets at least quarterly as a full Board, more frequently as business requires. The Chair is also involved in quarterly meetings with our partners in Dundee’s Third Sector Interface. The total commitment should be no more than 10 meetings a year. Please note that this is a volunteering role; as for all our volunteers, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses will be reimbursed.

If you’re a strategic thinker and an effective communicator with an interest in the voluntary sector, we’d like to hear from you. For an informal conversation, contact Eric Knox, Volunteer Dundee’s Chief Executive, on 01382 305705 or email him at ericknox@volunteerdundee.org.uk