Role of Board
The role of the Board is to provide oversight of the organisation, ensuring that VAS fulfils its duties and delivers on its vision, mission and strategic objectives. The Board will work closely with the operational team, who are responsible for achieving Board objectives.
What’s involved?
The positions on the Board are voluntary and unpaid. Directors are expected to attend Board meetings, currently every six weeks in the evenings (approx. two hrs), attend the AGM and be willing to represent VAS at occasional events. There is no set term of office but we aim to have Directors serve for at least one informal term of three years to allow for continuity. While our organisation needs a robust governance framework in place to guide its activities, being a member of the Board is not intended to be overly burdensome in either time or resource commitment.
General Responsibilities
The Board of Directors are both jointly and individually responsible for the overall governance and strategic direction of the organisation, its financial health, its operational delivery, and for developing the organisation’s aims, objectives and goals in accordance with the governing document, legal and regulatory guidelines.
The essential criteria is a commitment to positively contributing to the development of Voluntary Action Shetland and to adhere to the principles of honesty, integrity, objectivity and accountability. All Directors must live in Shetland and must be aged 16 or over. We want the Board to represent the diversity of people in the area, so gender or your area of experience is no barrier to involvement. Any board director will need to become a member of Voluntary Action Shetland. For more information on VAS membership, please click HERE
For more information about this role and to request an application pack please contact Lynn Tulloch on 01595 743901 or e-mail: [email protected]
