About the Role
Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care is seeking a new Trustee with legal expertise to help guide the charity's strategy with particular attention to governance and regulatory responsibilities.
Responsibilities
* Actively participate in Board meetings and relevant Board committee meetings e.g. Governance, providing objective advice on strategic direction, performance and resources.
* Work with the Chair, Chief Executive and other trustees to ensure the charity maintains the highest standards of governance, complies with all relevant laws and regulations and delivers on its mission.
* Contribute to the development, scrutiny and approval of organisational strategies, major projects and investment decisions, ensuring alignment with long-term goals.
* Champion the charity’s values, diversity and inclusion and ethical standards at all times.
* Support the organisation in complying with its governing documents, charity law, and other relevant legislation.
* Safeguard the organisations assets and ensure they are applied exclusively for charitable purposes.
* Support the Board in understanding legal duties, responsibilities, and liabilities.
* Contribute to setting and reviewing the organisations strategic direction.
* Monitor performance and ensure accountability across all areas of operation.
* Ensure financial stability and integrity, approving budgets and monitoring expenditure.
* Act as an ambassador for the organisation, promoting its mission and values.
Ideal Candidate
This voluntary role is ideal for someone with strong knowledge of commercial law, governance, risk management and preferably experience in charity law.
About Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care
At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, we provide palliative and end of life care support, including bereavement services, within Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire and our patient services are available to adults, as well as patients transitioning into adult services. Bereavement support is offered for all ages to families of patients and those around them, as well as throughout the community, in schools and workplaces. We are proud to offer care in the place that best suits the individuals needs, whether that's at home, in a care home, in a short stay in our inpatient unit, out in the community, or in our purpose-built Living Well Centre facilities. As a hospice care charity, we have offered this support, free of charge, for over 40 years. Our staff team of 340+ includes a wide range of patient-facing disciplines plus operational support based in Watford, Tring, St Albans, Chalfont St Giles and Berkhamsted. The Charity is now one of the larger UK hospice charities, reaching a GP population of 797,037 of whom 75% live in Hertfordshire and 25% in Buckinghamshire. Our mission is to provide the quality hospice care that our community needs.
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