Trustee Vacancies – About the roles

We are currently recruiting for two Board roles, an Honorary Treasurer and a Trustee.

Our trustees are the people that have overall oversight of the charity.  They are not involved in running the charity on a day-to-day basis as we have a team of staff and volunteers that do this. However, our Board of Trustees collectively makes decisions about the approach that Foothold will take and its future direction.

They make sure that, as an organisation, we have the policies and procedures we need to ensure we’re complying with our legal obligations. They provide support, ideas and constructive challenge to our staff team to test our thinking and help Foothold to achieve the best it can for our service users and demonstrate the difference that we make.

The Charity Commission describes the role of trustees as follows:

“Trustees have overall control of a charity and are responsible for making sure it’s doing what it was set up to do. They may be known by other titles, such as: directors; board members; governors; committee members. Whatever they are called, trustees are the people who lead the charity and decide how it is run.”

Honorary Treasurer

Our Honorary Treasurer will also be Chair of the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee, and will have the expertise to ensure the strategic oversight of Foothold’s finances and to support appropriate decisions and good governance by the Board. This includes:

• overseeing and presenting budgets, management accounts and annual financial statements;
• providing advice and information to the Trustees on their financial responsibilities;
• leading in the Board’s duty to ensure that proper accounting records are kept and financial resources are properly managed, controlled and invested, in line with good governance, legal and regulatory requirements;
• acting as the link between the Trustees and the management on financial matters;
• keeping under review the effectiveness of all internal control systems, including financial operational and compliance controls;
• liaising through the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee with staff, including CEO and Head of Business and Volunteering and with Foothold’s accountants and independent auditor.

For full details, please visit our ‘Work with us’ page where you can find full detail, recruitment pack, and application form for each of the roles.

For more information about being a Trustee go to: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-essential-trustee-what-you-need-to-know-cc3

How to apply

Please submit your application form, CV, and a supporting statement of no more than two pages explaining your interest in this post, and how you meet the points in the person specification, via the vacancy page on our website: Work with us – Foothold

Informal Conversations: these can be arranged with our CEO Jane Petit by emailing: [email protected]

Closing date: applications should be submitted by 12 midday on Tuesday 4th November 2025 – we will let shortlisted candidates know by 5 pm on Thursday 13 November 2025

Interviews: will be held on Friday 21st November in person at a central London location.

Reasonable travel and subsistence expenses can be reimbursed.