We Are Seeking New Trustees!

About Us

Policy Centre for African Peoples (PCAP www.pcap.org.uk ) is a dynamic and innovative charity working to improve African and disadvantaged people’s lives through education, leadership development and social engagement. We are seeking up to 4 Trustees to help us with management, governance and fundraising.

What Would You Be Doing?

We recently transitioned from a volunteer-run organisation to a charity with a growing team of paid staff. We are, therefore, eager to attract Trustees with:

• The management and governance skills to ensure that we are accountable, transparent and professional;
• Or the fundraising or income generation skills, ideas or contacts that will provide us with the financial means necessary to sustain our long-term growth;
• Or the accountancy and financial skills necessary to help us strengthen our financial management and transparency;
• Or the safeguarding, health and safety skills that will help us protect our young people and vulnerable service-users, as we have grown from a small into a nation-wide charity.

We are seeking candidates with the following competencies:

• Commitment to our mission to improve disadvantaged people’s lives through education, leadership development and social engagement;
• Respect and appreciation for the African cultures and values that underpin our charity;
• Enthusiasm about contributing to the fundraising efforts, development and management of a small charity;
• Strong strategic and critical thinking;
• Ability to identify opportunities and detect potential risks or challenges;
• And willingness to devote the necessary time and efforts to their duties.

We would particularly welcome applications from candidates with one or more of the following experiences:

• Desirable – Experience at management level in a charity;
• Desirable – Experience of fundraising from trusts, foundations and corporations or individual donors for a charity;
• Desirable – Safeguarding, health and safety and governance.

The commitment required is up to 4 hours per month, including quarterly meetings, normally in central London, but via Zoom for the foreseeable future due to COVID-19.

What Are We Looking for?

We are particularly looking for candidates with:

• The governance skills necessary to ensure that we run our charity in an accountable, transparent and professional manners;
• Or the accountancy and financial skills necessary to help us strengthen our financial management and transparency
• Or the fundraising or income generation skills, ideas or contacts that will provide us with the financial means necessary to sustain our long-term growth;
• Or the safeguarding, health and safety expertise necessary to make us adopt good policies and procedures, and protect our service-users and stakeholders.

What Difference Will You Make?

COVID-19 has raised our awareness of the reality that in order to survive and thrive as a charity enabling African and disadvantaged people of all ethnic origins to improve their lives, we need to build a core team of paid personnel. The pandemic has also provided us with irrefutable evidence that the lack of financial resources represents a huge threat to our charity’s capacity to serve its beneficiaries. We have started to remedy this by managing to raise enough funds for the next 12 months. We would like to consolidate this by building up our financial reserves, and by remaining transparent and accountable with the funds entrusted to us by funders. We would also like to strengthen our safeguarding procedures as we grow and serve more people.

In view of this situation, we are seeking Trustees with:

• The governance expertise we need to run our charity in a transparent, professional and effective manner.
• Or the accountancy and financial skills necessary to help us strengthen our financial management and transparency;
• Or the fundraising or income generation skills, ideas or contacts that will provide us with the financial means necessary to sustain our long-term growth;
• Or the management skills that will ensure that we respect safeguarding, health and safety and good practices.

What Is in It for You?

We are a welcoming, dedicated and fast-growing team that is making a very positive difference to the lives of disadvantaged people in the UK through education. Working with us is a uniquely rewarding experience, filled with exciting challenges, innovative thinking and laughter.

We will offer you:

• A values-led culture that will enable you to thrive as a Trustee;
• Many opportunities for growth and development;
• Flexible and remote working – you will be in total control of when and how you work as a Trustee.

To apply, please send a covering letter and CV to our Director: sbradwell@pcap.org.uk by 31st July 2022.

For an informal chat or to discuss what being a Trustee for us involves, please e-mail info@pcap.org.uk to arrange a call with our Director.

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