Location: Sheffield

Accountable to: Chair of the Board

Contract: Voluntary

Trustee

MESH is seeking a volunteer with a background in fundraising and grants management to join our dynamic Board of Trustees.

The Board of Trustees is responsible for making sure the organisation is adhering to MESH’s mission, purpose and charitable objectives. The Board of Trustees leads the organisation, and plays an active role in organisational management including make decisions about how the organisation is run, and strategic and financial oversight. As MESH is a small charity, the board also retains some operational responsibilities, including people management and quality control.

The MESH trustee board is currently comprised of six trustees, which you can find on our website. This will be a new position on the Board of Trustees (bringing our total to seven). The new trustee will be expected to act as a mentor our new fundraising associate.

  • Extensive fundraising experience

  • Experience in the charitable sector

  • Experience of writing contract or fundraising bids

  • Experience developing donor relationships

Person specification

The person appointed will demonstrate the following:

Essential

  • Experience working in the charitable sector

  • Experience on a trustee board

  • Experience working with funding bodies or the public sector

Desirable

MESH is a charity dedicated to improving local lives and communities through mediation and conflict resolution. Our mission is to lead people through conflict to resolution, and to impart skills to avoid conflict in future, giving us all the best chance of health, happiness and progress.

Our small team of outstanding mediators guide people out of family and relationship disputes, conflict in the workplace, or with neighbours and even across whole communities. MESH is also a recognised centre of excellence in mediator training. This includes training volunteers and frontline service providers in neighbour mediation skills and practices, giving them the skills to negotiate, deal with difficult people and situations.

We work with a range of partners, including local councils in South Yorkshire, charitable organisations, and schools. Learn more about us.

About MESH

The closing date is rolling.

If you are interested and would like more information please email opportunities@meshccs.org.uk.

To apply, please send a CV and covering letter outlining your relevant qualifications and experience to opportunities@meshccs.org.uk.

Application Process