Trustees for a Life Saving Charity

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A charitable organization in the UK seeks a Trustee to join their Board. The successful candidate will help shape the strategic direction, support management, and ensure compliance with regulations. Ideal applicants should have experience in Human Resources, Digital Transformation, Finance, or Marketing. This is a voluntary role with an expected commitment of 7 to 10 hours monthly.

Qualifications

• Experience in Organisational Development, Employment Law, and Change Management.
• Knowledge of IT and database systems procurement and management.
• Awareness of charity finance practices, training available.
• Expertise in marketing to individuals and organizations.

Responsibilities

• Shape and influence the strategic direction of MedicAlert.
• Ensure the charity complies with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Support and challenge the management team in achieving goals.

Skills

Human Resources experience

Digital Transformation skills

Finance management experience

Marketing and Communications

Job description

MedicAlert is an emergency medical information charity dedicated to saving and mproving the lives of our members. We provide a comprehensive medical identity service that operates 24/7, every day of the year, from anywhere in the world. Our mission is to give peace of mind to anyone across the nation living with a medical condition, allergy or other health need, by providing access to their vital personal medical information in an emergency.

MedicAlert is the UK’s first and only charity provider of medical IDs. We place our members at the heart of everything we do. We believe everyone deserves to feel safe and secure, regardless of their medical circumstances. With MedicAlert, you can feel confident knowing that we are always here to support you.

Looking ahead, our ambitions are bold. We are focused on broadening representation, sustaining active engagement, and raising the visibility of the organisation across the sector and beyond.

Our Trustees provide vision, direction and leadership to advance the charity’s mission and uphold its values. They support and challenge the management team to achieve agreed goals and objectives.

Joining our Board, our new Trustees will help directly shape and influence the organisation's strategic direction to ensure alignment with its mission and long‑term goals. They will also ensure the charity fulfils its charitable purpose and complies with all legal and regulatory requirements.

What are we looking for?

To help us achieve our ambitions, we are seeking to strengthen our Board by welcoming individuals with diverse skills, experiences and perspectives, outlined in the Person Specification. We are particularly interested in people who share our passion for improving lives and who are willing to actively contribute to MedicAlert’s continued growth and development.

As we seek to ensure that MedicAlert is in the strongest possible position, we particularly require applications from candidates with knowledge and experience of one of the following:

• Human Resources (and in particular, individuals with experience of Organisational Development, Employment Law and Change Management
• Digital Transformation and the procurement, development and management of IT and database systems
• Finance management experience, either as a Board member or reporting to a Board. Ideally, this would include a working knowledge of charity finance but this is not an essential as training and guidance will be provided
• Marketing (both to individuals and to organisations) and Communications

These are voluntary & unpaidpositions with reasonable expenses covered.Prior Trustee experience is not an essential and full induction will provided.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences and are committed to fostering an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.We are actively working to ensure that intersecting identities are recognised, valued and represented across both the Trustee Board and the wider organisation. This includes, but is not limited to, people of colour, young people, LGBTQ+, and those with lived experience of socio‑economic inequality.

Time commitment

The overall expected time commitment is 7 to 10 hours per month on average, though this can vary depending on the organisation's needs.

Before you apply

The TrusteeWorks team at Reach Volunteering are supporting MedicAlert with theirTrustee recruitment. Questions and applications should be submitted via TrusteeWorks in the first instance. To apply please submit your CV along with a Cover Letter stating the following:

• Why you are interested in becoming a Trustee at MedicAlert? Your relevant skills and experience (see both the Role and Person specification) Any information you wish to share with us regarding your background or identity that pertains to our aim of increasing the diversity of our Board.

At MedicAlert, we are committed to meeting the aims set out in our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) policies. As part of this commitment, we invite you to complete an anonymous and voluntary EDI monitoring form contained in the attached candidate pack.

Please send applications and enquiries to theTrusteeWorks team at the email address provided.
The closing date for applications isFriday 12 December 2025.

Interviews will take place onFriday 16 January 2026(with the possibility of alternative arrangements being made dependent on circumstance and availability)