Title: Trustee

Location: Remote with one in person meeting a year. Plus the whole team away day. 

Hours: Four meetings a year. Plus a whole team away day with staff. Additional committees and working groups encouraged. 

Closing Date: 30th September 2025


More information about the role is in the Trustee Recruitment Pack.

About the role

We are looking for trustees who reflect the different communities served by Thirtyone:eight and bring a range of skills and expertise that will assist us in achieving our mission and vision.

We are particularly keen to appoint trustees who are based in, or who have relevant knowledge of operating in, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. 

We welcome applications from all ethnic minority groups and age-groups.

We are specifically looking for trustees with experience in one or more of the following areas:

• IT
• Fundraising and Campaigning
• Marketing, Communications and PR

Commitment

Trustees currently meet as a full Board four times per year, one of which is in person and includes an overnight stay. The remaining meetings are conducted online and times vary to assist attendance of all members. In addition to full Board meetings, trustees will be strongly encouraged to participate in committees and working groups, which again are held remotely. An invitation is also extended to all trustees to attend an annual team event which includes an overnight stay.

Person Specification

Each trustee must accord to Nolan’s seven principles of public life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.

In addition, a trustee must have:

• A personal Christian faith and commitment to the Thirtyone:eight Christian ethos
• A commitment to Thirtyone:eight
• A willingness to devote the necessary time and effort and participate fully
• Strategic vision
• Good, independent judgment
• 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

Skills and Experience:

The Board needs skill and experience in the following areas (some of which already exist):

• Leadership at local church or national level
• Statutory child and adult protection work at senior/strategic level
• Business and/or financial management
• Fundraising, marketing and communications
• IT
• Child and adult welfare/criminal law
• Trauma-informed practice experience
• Training and/or organisational development
• Lived experience of harm or abuse (survivor)