Governance & Board Leadership

• Providing strategic leadership to the trustee board, ensuring HSW’s vision, values, and mission are upheld to benefit local families.
• Ensuring the board uses resources responsibly and legally, in line with the charity’s objectives, regulations, and good governance.
• Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion across HSW, ensuring these values are reflected in governance, service delivery, and engagement.
• Overseeing the annual cycle of trustee and sub-committee meetings.
• Setting meeting agendas and monitoring implementation of board decisions.
• Chairing and facilitating trustee and sub-committee meetings.

Strategy & Performance

• Ensuring HSW’s outcomes align with strategic and funding targets.
• Collaborating with the Director, trustees, and fundraising consultant on grant applications and fundraising activity.

Finance & Risk Management

• Working with the Treasurer to ensure HSW’s finances are sufficient for current and future commitments.
• Overseeing compliance with the Home-Start UK Agreement and quality assurance standards.

External Relations & Fundraising

• Building and maintaining relationships with corporate and local funders.
• Representing HSW at relevant events and meetings.
• Acting as a spokesperson where appropriate.
• Promoting HSW and identifying opportunities to raise its profile and secure funding through relationships and engagement.

People & Culture

• Supporting the Director, offering guidance and maintaining oversight of operations, while fostering trust and collaboration.
• Ensuring safeguarding policies are upheld at board level and risks are appropriately monitored.
• Ensuring the Director has clear objectives, regular performance reviews, and support.
• Participating in staff appointment or disciplinary panels, as appropriate, with objectivity.
• Supporting change and addressing any board or organisational conflict.