Volunteer Role
About this role
We are looking for new Trustees with strategic vision, independent judgement and a willingness to commit to leading the charity in conjunction with the Senior Management Team.
Please do get in touch, if you are passionate about the wildlife of Surrey and nature conservation, work well in a team and have good interpersonal skills plus can commit the necessary time required to add value. Although we welcome a variety of applications, in order to build for the future, we are specifically looking for skills and proven experience in the areas below:-
1. Education, teaching and youth engagement
2. Legal expertise or Business acumen
3. Finance background
4. Biodiversity and planning, BNG, Green Finance investment
5. Community networking or fundraising connections
The Trustees meet 6 times a year, on a Monday evening; winter meetings are via Teams, other meetings are in person at Nower Wood near Leatherhead or Pirbright near Woking and Trustees are also expected to attend the AGM (held on a Saturday in November) plus 2 Trustee away days (mid-week).
Further involvement is usually conducted through emails and phone calls or occasional subgroups meetings for those that want to be more involved. Trustees are appointed for three years and may be appointed for two subsequent terms before standing down.
About Surrey Wildlife Trust
With the invaluable support of volunteers and members Surrey Wildlife Trust cares for over 5,000ha of land for wildlife in Surrey across 60 reserves.
Surrey Wildlife Trust has a very clear : to increase the diversity and abundance of native wildlife across our county. As the only organisation with a county-wide focus on that goal, we are working with a huge range of businesses, public bodies, community groups and individuals to make it happen.
Our challenge is to restore Surrey’s nature and maximise climate adaptation and resilience following Lawton’s approach for a bigger, better, more joined up ecological network.
We will do this both on our own land holding and by working with other landowners and managers in partnership as we strive towards a target of 30% of land connected and protected for nature by 2030. We have the opportunity to embed a zero carbon, nature-based solution approach within economic recovery and landowner decision-making.