- An experienced non-executive, either as a Chair of Board member of an organisation, ideally within healthcare or the public sector
- Visible leader and one who can inspire others through personal and professional credibility
- Credible with internal and external stakeholders and able to work with stakeholders at all levels to promote 2gether and build support for its work
- Strategic thinker with the ability to think and plan ahead, to develop a clear vision and enthuse others to develop 2gether’s offer and capitalise on new opportunities
- Appreciation of and understanding of social enterprise and the social impact of business
- Strong governance skills and experience to ensure compliance with articles and demonstrate probity
- Able to uphold the standards of conduct set out in The Nolan Principles of Public Life
- Educated to at least degree level (or equivalent)
- Sufficient capacity to commit 4 days per month to 2gether Support Solutions, including regular attendance on hospital sites for Board meetings and informal visits
- Able to attend hospital sites regularly for Board meetings and informal visits
Eligibility criteria
To be eligible for appointment as non-executive director you must not be disqualified by virtue of the criteria set out below:
- A person who has been adjudged bankrupt or whose estate has been sequestered and (in either case) has not been discharged.
- A person who has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors and has not been discharged in respect of it.
- A person who within the preceding five years has been convicted in the British Island of any offence if a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months (without the option of a fine) was imposed.
In addition for appointment to the Board of 2gether Support Solutions, EKHUFT require that you meet the fit and proper person test requirements as set out in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and outlined below:
- The individual is of good character. Good character is measured by whether the person has been convicted in the UK of any offence of been convicted elsewhere of any offence which if committed in any part of the UK would constitute an offence and whether a person has been erased or removed or struck off a register maintained by a regulator of a health and social work professional body.
- The individual has the qualifications, competence, skills and experience which are necessary for the relevant office or position or the work for which they are employed.
- The individual is able by reason of their health, after reasonable adjustments are made, to properly perform tasks which are intrinsic to the office or position for which they are appointed or to the work for which they are employed.
- The individual has not been responsible for, been privy to, contributed to or facilitated any serious misconduct or mismanagement in the course of carrying out regulated activity or providing a service elsewhere, which if provided in England, would be a regulated activity.
- None of the grounds of unfitness specified in Part 1 of Schedule 4 of the act apply to the individual (e.g. bankruptcy, sequestration and insolvency appearing on barred lists and being prohibited from holding directorships under other laws)