Volunteer Hon Secretary to the Board of Trustees | Religions for Peace United Kingdom

Religions for Peace UK; Edgware; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Volunteer Hon Secretary to support the Board of Trustees. This ongoing volunteer role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the smooth operation and compliance of a charity focused on promoting peace and multi-faith initiatives. Responsibilities include preparing meeting agendas, taking minutes, and ensuring compliance with charity regulations. If you have a passion for governance and compliance in the charity sector, this is a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful impact while gaining valuable experience in the field.

Benefits

Work from home

Expenses paid

Qualifications

• 5+ years of UK charity law experience required.
• Experience in drafting contracts and compliance implementation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Prepare agendas and arrange meetings for the Board of Trustees.
• Take minutes and ensure actions from previous meetings are completed.
• Monitor committee member action points and correspondence.

Skills

Charity law knowledge

Employment law knowledge

Contract drafting

HR management

Research collaboration

Job description

Volunteer Hon Secretary to the Board of Trustees | Religions for Peace United Kingdom

Religions for Peace UK is looking for a Secretary as a volunteer to the Board of Trustees. This is an ongoing volunteer position, with the possibility to join as Trustee in the future.

What difference will you make?
Your service to help us with our meetings and follow up work will help ensure the smooth operation and compliance of charity regulations for our charity. Your abilities in drafting contracts and agreements will also be a great asset to our administration work.

What are we looking for?
The following additional capabilities would be advantageous:

1. Knowledge and experience in charity law and compliance implementation
2. Knowledge and experience in employment law, contract drafting and review
3. Ability to draft operating policies, procedures and contracts
4. HR management and employment record keeping
5. Ability to research partnership collaboration possibilities

What will you be doing?

• Preparing agendas in consultation with the chair, and circulating them and any supporting papers in good time for AGM and committee meetings
• Making all the arrangements for meetings (booking the room, arranging for equipment and refreshments, organising facilities for those with special needs, etc)
• Receiving agenda items from other trustees/staff
• Checking that a quorum is present
• Taking minutes (or being responsible for them being taken) and circulating draft minutes to all trustees
• Ensuring that the minutes are signed by the chair once they have been approved
• Checking that trustees and staff have carried out actions agreed at a previous meeting
• Circulating agendas and minutes of the annual general meeting and any special or extraordinary general meetings (where required)
• Fulfilling the functions of a company secretary
• Sitting on appraisal, recruitment and disciplinary panels as required
• Monitoring committee member action points
• Accurately recording decisions and actions in the minutes and reporting to the next committee meeting on the progress of actions and the result of decisions
• Dealing with correspondence, writing letters/emails as agreed at committee meetings
• Keeping friends/members records up-to-date as appropriate

Requirements:
At least 5 years of UK charity law experience.

Salary: Unpaid role, expenses paid
Location: Work from home and possible face to face meetings
Job Type: Voluntary
Category: Secretarial, Governance, Compliance
Sectors: Religion, Multi-faith, Peace