Trustee - Volunteer

Supporting Healthcare Heroes UK; Aylesbury; On-site; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible commitment

Opportunity to influence key decisions

Engagement with a growing charity

Job summary

Supporting Healthcare Heroes UK is seeking dedicated trustees to provide strategic oversight and ensure effective support for healthcare workers affected by Long Covid. This role offers a significant opportunity to shape the charity's direction and enhance its advocacy and support efforts.

Applicants should be passionate about healthcare issues, and while prior trustee experience is not essential, skills in social media, communications, or healthcare are highly valued. Trustees will contribute to a mission that directly impacts the lives of healthcare professionals across the UK.

Qualifications

• Commitment to SHH-UK’s vision, values and objectives.
• Understanding of charity trustee responsibilities.
• Ability to think strategically and contribute to long-term planning.
• Good judgement and decision-making skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Team collaboration and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Help develop and oversee charity strategy and priorities.
• Ensure effective and ethical operational practices.
• Monitor progress and support continuous improvement.
• Oversee financial sustainability and risk management.
• Act as an ambassador for SHH-UK and raise awareness.

Skills

Social media and digital engagement

Communications, marketing or public relations

Website development, management or digital content

Fundraising, income generation or grant applications

Volunteer recruitment, management and support

Current clinical experience within healthcare

Job description

Help shape the future of Supporting Healthcare Heroes UK. As a trustee, you’ll provide strategic oversight, support good governance, and help ensure the charity delivers meaningful support and advocacy for healthcare workers affected by Long Covid.

What difference will this role make?

Supporting Healthcare Heroes UK (SHH-UK) exists to support healthcare workers whose lives have been affected by Long Covid. Since our launch, we have provided peer support, shared evidence-based information, amplified the voices of healthcare workers, and advocated for improvements in workplace support, healthcare access, and infection prevention measures.

As a trustee, your contribution will directly influence our ability to continue and expand this work. By providing strategic oversight, expertise and guidance, you will help ensure the charity remains sustainable, effective and focused on delivering meaningful impact for the healthcare workers we support.

Your involvement will help SHH-UK:

• Reach more healthcare workers living with Long Covid through our support groups, resources and communications.
• Strengthen our advocacy work, helping to influence policy and practice at local and national levels.
• Raise awareness of the ongoing impact of Long Covid on healthcare workers and their families.
• Develop and maintain high-quality information, resources and educational materials.
• Build partnerships with healthcare organisations, charities, researchers and policymakers.
• Secure the funding and volunteer capacity needed to sustain and grow our services.
• Ensure the charity is well governed and positioned for long‑term success.

We are a small charity with ambitious goals, so trustees have the opportunity to make a visible and meaningful contribution. Whether your expertise lies in communications, digital development, fundraising, volunteer management, social media or clinical practice, your skills can help us strengthen our reach, increase our impact and improve the support available to healthcare workers across the UK.

Most importantly, by helping SHH-UK grow and thrive, you will be contributing to a future where healthcare workers affected by Long Covid are listened to, supported, and able to access the practical, financial, occupational and healthcare support they need. Your work as a trustee will help ensure that the experiences of healthcare workers continue to inform policy, practice and public understanding, while also supporting efforts to prevent others from experiencing similar harm.

This is an opportunity to use your skills and experience to make a lasting difference to a community that has given so much in caring for others.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for people who are passionate about our mission and committed to helping Supporting Healthcare Heroes UK (SHH-UK) make a positive difference to healthcare workers affected by Long Covid.

You do not need previous trustee experience to apply. We welcome applications from people with a range of professional and lived experiences who can bring fresh perspectives, skills and ideas to our board.

We are particularly interested in individuals with experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Social media and digital engagement
• Communications, marketing or public relations
• Website development, management or digital content
• Fundraising, income generation or grant applications
• Volunteer recruitment, management and support
• Current clinical experience within healthcare

We are looking for people who can demonstrate:

• A commitment to SHH-UK’s vision, values and objectives.
• An understanding of, or willingness to learn about, the responsibilities of being a charity trustee.
• The ability to think strategically and contribute to long‑term planning.
• Good judgement and the ability to make balanced decisions in the best interests of the charity.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• A willingness to work collaboratively as part of a team.
• Reliability and a commitment to preparing for and attending meetings.
• An appreciation of the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Integrity, accountability and a commitment to high standards of governance.

We particularly welcome applications from healthcare workers, people with lived experience of Long Covid, and individuals from communities that are currently underrepresented on charity boards. We believe that diverse experiences and perspectives strengthen decision‑making and help us better represent and support the people we serve.

As a small charity, we value trustees who are willing to contribute not only at a strategic level but, where appropriate, by sharing their expertise, supporting projects, making connections, and helping us develop new opportunities. Enthusiasm, commitment and a genuine desire to make a difference are just as important as professional experience.

If you share our commitment to supporting healthcare workers and want to use your skills to help shape the future of a growing national charity, we would love to hear from you.

Remote

What will you be doing?

Trustees play a key role in guiding and supporting Supporting Healthcare Heroes UK (SHH-UK). As a trustee, you will work with fellow board members to help shape the charity’s future, ensure it is well governed, and support its mission to improve the lives of healthcare workers affected by Long Covid.

Key responsibilities include:

• Helping to develop and oversee the charity’s strategy and priorities.
• Ensuring the charity operates effectively, ethically and in line with its charitable objectives.
• Monitoring progress against our goals and supporting continuous improvement.
• Overseeing financial sustainability, budgets and risk management.
• Contributing to board discussions and decision‑making.
• Acting as an ambassador for SHH-UK and helping to raise awareness of our work.
• Sharing your skills, knowledge and experience to strengthen the organisation.
• Supporting specific projects, committees or initiatives where appropriate.

As a small, volunteer‑led charity, trustees often take a hands‑on approach. This may include reviewing documents, contributing to campaigns, attending events, supporting volunteers, advising on new initiatives, or helping develop partnerships and funding opportunities.

Who are we looking for?

We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and sectors who are passionate about our mission and bring fresh perspectives to our board.

We are particularly keen to hear from people with experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Social media – experience using social media professionally to build engagement, raise awareness or support campaigns.
• Communications and marketing – developing content, managing communications, media relations or storytelling.
• Website development and management – website design, maintenance, user experience or digital content management.
• Fundraising – experience securing grants, corporate partnerships, individual giving, events or other fundraising activities.
• Volunteer management – recruiting, supporting and developing volunteers.
• Current clinical experience – healthcare professionals who can bring up‑to‑date knowledge of clinical practice and the challenges facing today’s healthcare workforce.

Previous trustee experience is not essential. We are looking for people who share our values, are willing to contribute their time and expertise, and are committed to helping SHH-UK grow its impact and support more healthcare workers across the UK.