{"id":86,"date":"2026-02-09T11:53:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/city-guilds-foundation\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:19:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:19:31","slug":"person-specification-trustee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/city-guilds-foundation\/person-specification-trustee\/","title":{"rendered":"Person Specification &#8211; Trustee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/city-guilds-foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/444\/2026\/07\/city-banner-3-updated.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"city-banner-3-updated\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"title\">\n\t<div class=\"title__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"title__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"title__content\">\n\t\t<h1>\n\t\t  Person Specification &#8211; 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