Trustee - Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity

The Organisation
Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity’s mission is to provide specialist nurses and support for seriously ill children living with complex, lifelong conditions.
Our vision is that every seriously ill child has a Roald Dahl Nurse Specialist to help them to lead a more marvellous life.
As a charity that works in partnership with the NHS, we find innovative ways to ensure that children and families have the care and support they need. We do this through improving the healthcare outcomes and resilience of children and families, and we focus on complex, lifelong conditions that are underfunded and under resourced. The outcomes we are aiming to achieve are:

• Improved quality of care
• Improved experience of care
• Improved efficiency and cost effectiveness of care
• Improved resilience of seriously ill children and their families

To find out more about the work RDMCC do, visit the website: https://www.roalddahlcharity.org/

The Role:
The role of a Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity (RDMCC) Trustee is to provide strategic leadership and advice in line with the charity’s strategic plan and objectives. 
Trustees are expected to use their knowledge, skills, and experience to ensure that RDMCC achieves its charitable objectives, represents the interests of all stakeholders, and acts as ambassadors for the charity.

Person Specification:
In addition to the qualities required of a Trustee of the charity, interested applicants should have worked at least at Fundraising Director level or have undertaken this role prior to moving to a broader role or have already been a trustee leading on fundraising strategy at board level.
We are particularly interested in applicants who have an understanding of a broad range of income generation, in a medium-sized charity with multi-million-pound budgets. 
We would like someone willing to actively contribute and take action to drive and achieve the charity’s ambitious income targets, with a focus on sustainability and growth for the organisation.

Further Information
For comprehensive information about Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity, the role responsibilities and the person we are looking for, please download the Candidate Information Document.

How to Apply
If you are passionate about joining RDMCC and believe you have the skills and experience we are looking for, please apply with the following:

•    An up-to-date CV
•    A supporting statement of no more than 2 sides of A4, detailing why you would like to be considered, your relevant experience and expertise and what you think you can bring to the role.

All applications are being handled by our recruitment partner, Trustees Unlimited (part of the Russam group). 

All applications should be sent to applications@trustees-unlimited.co.uk with your full name and RDMCC Trustee in the subject heading.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Melissa Baxter, Managing Partner – Charities on:
melissa.baxter@trustees-unlimited.co.uk / 07789 985229.

Closing date for applications: Monday 27th January 2025 
Interviews with RDMCC: 11th/12th/13th February 2025 

We look forward to receiving your application.