Role Vacancy: Trustee

One YMCA is rapidly growing to meet the increasing needs in our society. If you want to make a difference to local children, young people, and families, this is your opportunity to bring your experience and drive to our ambitious Christian charity. We need innovative thinkers on our Trustee Board to ensure a lasting impact.

As part of the National and International YMCA family, we oversee our own governance in Herts, Beds, Bucks, and beyond. Our focus is to help young people belong, contribute, and thrive in body, mind, and spirit and we’re ready to step this up another gear.  With a new five-year strategy, we aim to grow beyond a £50m turnover, expand our staff to over 800, and support more than 200,000 people annually.

We are interested in anyone with experience in the areas of work we deliver but have a particular need to bolster our supported housing expertise (as this environment becomes increasingly regulated), financial governance experience (as long-standing trustees in this area are set to retire), and safeguarding.

We’re welcoming, inclusive, and try to enjoy ourselves even while doing serious business. We support the Get on Board Programme and have a good balance of skills and backgrounds on the Board but acknowledge that we don’t yet proportionally represent the ethnic diversity of the regions we serve.

YMCA has a rich Christian heritage stretching back more than 180 years, and we ask that all Trustees be comfortable with prayer and reflection as part of our meetings, working within a Christian ethos and upholding our Values of Respect, Compassion, and Growth.

If you share our Vision and Values and possess the relevant skills, experience, and energy to support and challenge our passionate Executive Team, we would love to hear from you.

Please check out our Trustee Recruitment Pack link for detailed information.

 

Download Trustees Application Pack