{"id":10,"date":"2023-07-27T10:31:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T09:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/wcuk\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-06-12T17:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:25:26","slug":"role-description","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/wcuk\/role-description\/","title":{"rendered":"Role Description"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Overall<\/h3>\n

Our Trustees play a vital role in making sure that War Child UK achieves its core purpose and are collectively legally responsible for the governance of the charity. Trustees ensure that War Child UK has a clear strategy, that we are \ufb01nancially sustainable and that our work and goals remain true to our vision. Just as importantly, they support and challenge the executive team to enable the charity to grow, thrive and achieve maximum impact for children affected by con\ufb02ict.<\/p>\n

Core Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Working with the Chair and wider board, ensure that strategic direction, policies and objectives are clearly established, debated and reviewed.<\/li>\n
  • Ensure that War Child UK operates in line with its governing document and relevant laws, particularly the Charities and Companies Acts.<\/li>\n
  • Provide support and constructive challenge to the CEO and leadership team while understanding and maintaining boundaries between the governance role of the Board and the operational work of staff.<\/li>\n
  • Oversee \ufb01nancial plans and budgets \u2013 ensuring they are formulated within a sound \ufb01nancial framework \u2013 and monitor progress.<\/li>\n
  • Review and approve War Child UK\u2019s \ufb01nancial statements.<\/li>\n
  • Ensure that key risks including safeguarding, operational and \ufb01nancial risks are identi\ufb01ed, monitored and controlled effectively.<\/li>\n
  • Consider the organisation as a whole and the children it exists to serve in all discussions of strategic direction, planning and activity.<\/li>\n
  • Attend Board meetings adequately prepared to contribute to discussions and bring fresh thinking and new ideas.<\/li>\n
  • Uphold the highest standards of integrity and probity, safeguarding the charity’s reputation in all its dealings. Comply with all policies and
    \nprocedures relevant to the trustee role including con\ufb01dentiality, safeguarding and data protection.<\/li>\n
  • Use independent judgment, acting legally and in good faith to promote and protect War Child UK\u2019s interests to the exclusion of personal or third-party interests, and declare any con\ufb02icts of interest if and when they arise.<\/li>\n
  • Demonstrate a willingness to engage collaboratively, responsibly and responsively with fellow board members and the wider organisation in keeping with the mission and values of WCUK.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Additional Duties<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Take part in, and where appropriate help deliver, training and skills development for the wider board.<\/li>\n
    • Support the development of relationships with existing and prospective donors, sponsors and partners.<\/li>\n
    • Help to identify, recruit and induct new board members as required.<\/li>\n
    • Contribute to regular reviews of War Child UK\u2019s governance.<\/li>\n
    • Ful\ufb01l other duties and as requested from time to time by the Board.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Terms of Appointment<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Terms of of\ufb01ce:<\/strong> Trustees are typically appointed for an initial 4-year term of of\ufb01ce, with the possibility of renewal for 1 further term up to a maximum of
        \n8 years.<\/li>\n
      • Remuneration:<\/strong> The post of Trustee is a part-time, unremunerated, non-executive appointment. Reasonable travel and out-of-pocket expenses
        \nincurred in the course of duty will be reimbursed.<\/li>\n
      • Time commitment:<\/strong>
        \n\u25cb Attending 4 full Board meetings annually. These meetings last 3 to 4 hours and require some pre-reading. Meetings are in person wherever possible, although virtual attendance is an option.
        \n\u25cb Serving on a sub-committee. These sub-committees meet 4 times a year for 2 to 3 hours, again with some pre-reading.
        \n\u25cb Attending an annual strategy\/away day.
        \n\u25cb Ad hoc and occasional support through working groups or providing
        \nspecialised advice to the executive team.
        \n\u25cb Total estimated time commitment is approximately 1-2 days per month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/wcuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/wcuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/wcuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/wcuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/wcuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/wcuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/wcuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/wcuk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}