Trustee Director, Pensions Board (Voluntary)

NATIONAL TRUST; City Of London; Remote; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent conservation charity is seeking a Trustee Director for its Pension Board. This voluntary role involves overseeing a pension scheme with assets of approximately £560m, providing strategic direction, and ensuring proper administration of the scheme. Ideal candidates should have experience in pension management and be committed to supporting the charity's mission. The position is mostly remote, requiring occasional in-person meetings in London.

Qualifications

• Sound understanding of sizeable defined benefit pension schemes.
• Expertise in investment management.
• Charity sector knowledge is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction to the Pension Scheme investment.
• Ensure the scheme is administered in members' interests.
• Attend meetings and contribute to the Investment Sub-Committee.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Pension investment knowledge

Experience as a Trustee or advisor

Job description

The National Trust is looking to appoint a key non-executive to its Defined Benefit Pension Scheme. We’re looking for a Trustee Director to join our Pension Board (with pensions investment responsibility of approximately £560m assets). The role is voluntary and in exchange for your skills and commitment, will mean you work side-by-side with talented professionals as you see the impact of your work.

As a non-executive volunteer, you’ll be an active part of Europe’s largest conservation charity. It’s a unique opportunity and genuinely rewarding. Reasonable expenses are paid for these voluntary roles.

Trustee Director of the Pension Fund Board

This is a vital role where you’ll work alongside high performing Pension Trustee Directors to use your pension and investment knowledge to provide direction to the Scheme which has assets in excess of £560m. You’ll help make sure the Scheme is administered correctly and in the interests of its members.

We need a strategic thinker with sound understanding of sizeable defined benefit pension schemes and expertise across a range of complex matters, including investment expertise and with prior experience as a Trustee of or as advisor to a scheme. Charity sector knowledge is an advantage but not essential.

The appointment is for an initial term of three years and expected time commitment is approximately 15-20 days a year split between meetings and activities, including being a member of the Investment Sub-Committee for the Pension Scheme. This time commitment may be slightly higher in the first year.

Location:

This role is voluntary and mostly remote, with a commitment to attend occasional meetings in person. For the Pensions Board – three meetings per year are usually online, and with one held at the Trust’s Savoy Hill House offices (WC2R 0BU).

Application deadline:

Please ensure your application includes which role you are applying for and reaches us by 30 November 2025.

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• Which role you are applying for
• An application which explains your interest and how you are suited to the role applied for and includes the names and contact details of two referees
• A full CV

Upon receipt of your application, you’ll be invited to complete an equality and diversity monitoring form.

We wish to be fully inclusive and fair to all candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments to submit your application, please let us know.

Interviews

In-person interviews will be held in central London on 16th January 2026