Trustee with Chair Experience

Helplink Mental Health; Munster; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A mental health charity in Ireland is looking to recruit a new trustee for its Board of Directors. The ideal candidate should have prior Chair experience and will be expected to attend Board meetings, mentor management and newer Board members, and participate actively in strategic decisions. This is a voluntary position, with opportunities for significant impact within the organization.

Qualifications

• Prior Chair experience required.
• Ability to provide governance, risk management, and strategy guidance.
• Experience mentoring newer Board members.

Responsibilities

• Attend Board meetings regularly and share knowledge.
• Commit to strategic assignments.
• Work with the current Chair for succession planning.

Job description

We are seeking suitably qualified candidates located in the West of Ireland to facilitate engagement with management and periodic in-person Board meetings.

Helplink Mental Health (www.helplink.ie) provides a range of accessible counselling, information and educational mental health services. In addition to offering a comprehensive online counselling service, we provide in-person mental health counselling services via a panel of qualified professional counsellors in Galway & Mayo. In 2024, we delivered over 9,000 counselling sessions under a variety of headings including couples, youth, addiction, bereavement and general counselling. As well as play and art therapy.

The Role

Helplink is now looking to expand its Board of Directors and in particular to deepen its succession planning by recruiting a new trustee with prior Chair experience.

The Board roles are voluntary and expectations of Board members / Trustees are as follows:

• Members are required to become Directors of the Company.
• You will regularly attend Board meetings – sharing your knowledge and skill. Board meetings are 10 times a year + AGM and are a mix of in-person and remote.
• You will commit to participating actively in committees including initiating and accepting strategic assignments, and will build effective relationships with other Board Members to ensure the successful operation of the Board.

Responsibilities

We are seeking someone with prior Chair experience to add to the experience of our existing Board of Trustees and deepen our succession planning pool.

In addition to more general board responsibilities, the successful candidate will be expected to offer general guidance / mentoring to the Charity's management and newer Board members in the areas of governance, risk management and strategy formulation.

The successful candidate will also be expected to work closely with the current Chair, with a view to succession.