Join our team!
We are actively looking to expand our team of trustees for SAVE food hub. If you have a few hours spare a week and would like to volunteer with us, we’d love to hear from you!
Please email us before 31 January 2021 at savefoodhub@gmail.com and outline why you’re interested in joining us and any particular skills or experience you think would be useful for our organisation.
Trustee: role description
Ensure that SAVE food hub pursues its purposes as defined in its constitution, by developing and agreeing a long-term strategy
Ensure that SAVE food hub complies with its constitution and any other relevant legislation or regulations
Ensure that SAVE food hub applies its resources exclusively in pursuance of its purposes (ie the community group must not spend money on activities that are not included in its own purposes, however worthwhile or charitable those activities are) for the benefit of the public
Safeguarding the good name and values of SAVE food hub
Ensuring the effective and efficient administration of SAVE food hub, including having appropriate policies and procedures in place
Ensuring the financial stability of SAVE food hub
Protecting and managing the property of SAVE food hub and ensuring the proper investment of the community group’s funds
Participate in regular trustee meetings
In addition to the above statutory duties, each trustee should use any specific skills, knowledge or experience they have to help the trustees reach sound decisions. This may involve scrutinising papers, leading discussions, focusing on key issues, providing advice and guidance on new initiatives, or other issues in which the trustee has special expertise.
Person specification
A commitment to SAVE food hub
A willingness to devote the necessary time and effort
Strategic vision
Good, independent judgement
An ability to think creatively
A willingness to speak their mind
An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship
An ability to work effectively as a member of a team
A commitment to Nolan’s seven principles of public life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.