For our Chair, we’re looking for someone who will act as a key steward of Rewilding Britain, an experienced governance leader to ensure that Rewilding Britain is firmly on the path to achieving its strategic objectives.
Chair Specific Responsibilities
In addition to the responsibilities shared by all trustees, the Chair is responsible for:
- Along with our CEO, holding responsibility for the effectiveness of the Board, building and guiding the Board agenda, and encouraging and facilitating positive and constructive Trustee relations.
- Contributing to thought leadership and systems thinking by creating and holding a space for the quality of conversations with the CEO, board and executive team that is needed to fulfil our mission. We are seeking someone with the insight and gravitas to do this, and who is generous with their time to both support and challenge, helping the organisation to learn and to navigate the key choices to maximise impact.
- Contributing to organisation effectiveness. The Chair will understand that an effective environment for success is achieved by creating the conditions to enable people to naturally flourish – bringing their own leadership, unique perspectives, and collective talents to life. Where new alliances and partnerships need to be formed our Chair should be able to support the team in building constructive external relationships. They should have the confidence to form and shape some of these, to speak in influential spaces if required, and the self-assurance to enable others to do this where they are better placed.
- Contributing to the organisation maturing, ensuring our fundraising, resources, capabilities and processes mature in an effective and efficient way. Strong governance is currently well set up and covered in the Trustee and Executive team, but there will inevitably be difficult moments and challenges to navigate calmly.
- Ensuring that we have high standards of corporate governance and that we are an adaptable and resilient Board.
- Developing the knowledge and capability of the Board of Trustees e.g. supporting Trustees to access training and development that supports their participation.