Trustees (Responsible investment and Governance focus)

Would you like to use your skills and experience to help us end poverty in later life?

Trustees 

Independent Age is looking for enthusiastic and skilled individuals to join our Board of Trustees. If you’re passionate about our cause and want to help shape the future of our Charity, we’d love to hear from you.

Across the UK, more than 3 million older people are living with limited financial means and experiencing inequalities. At Independent Age, we believe that no older person should face financial hardship. To improve the lives of older people in poverty we campaign for policy change, provide information, advice and support, and make grants to grass roots charities across the UK; this increases older people’s financial well-being, and enables greater choice and independence.

We are seeking to appoint new Trustees to our Board. Previous trustee experience is not necessary (apart from for one role which will chair our Board’s Governance Committee). We can provide mentoring and support.  We are interested in hearing from people who are concerned about the growing impact of poverty in later life, and who can bring us either of the following skills;

• responsible investment/ impact investing
• charity governance (for the role which will chair our Governance Committee) 

We are also looking for the following skills, either in addition or as an alternative to the above:

• fundraising 
• working with people with lived experience of a charity’s cause
• customer service / journey expertise (we operate an outsourced helpline and provide information and advice

We estimate the time commitment to be around one day a month on average, focused around the quarterly cycle of board and committee meetings.  Trustee roles are not paid; we can pay travel and accommodation costs and the costs of care provision for children and dependents whilst attending meetings as necessary.  We also pay any reasonable cost associated with attending an interview.

We know that certain groups of people are at greater risk of financial hardship in later life, including people from racially minoritised groups, private renters, carers, and people who are disabled or have long-term conditions, and we particularly welcome applications from people from these groups.  As a national charity, we’d also like to encourage applications from candidates outside the south east of England and from Scotland.

Further information and details of how to apply can be found on our website, where you can find a Trustee Pack with full information.

Application Process:

Thank you for expressing an interest in this opportunity. To apply for this role, please send the following to TrusteeRecruitment@independentage.org:

• An up-to-date CV
• A supporting statement (no more than 2 pages) that outlines what attracted you to Independent Age’s mission and what skills and experience you would bring.

Closing date: 26 January 2025

Interview Process

Stage 1

Interviews with a panel of Trustees: Wednesday 25 March and to be held at our office, 18 Avonmore Road. Candidates will have the opportunity to meet the CEO before the interview.

If you would like to speak to us about this role, or to speak to one of our current Trustees to understand more about their experience of being a Trustee at Independent Age, please contact Clare Wadd on GovernanceandRisk@independentage.org.

If you require any specific arrangements or adjustments to enable you to fully participate in the application or recruitment process, please let us know on TrusteeRecruitment@independentage.org