Trustees

0-5 hours / month or 1-3 hours / week Approximately 6 hours per month. Meetings are online for 1.5 hours every other month. Try to have 2 face-to-face meetings in London a year if possible, Raising Futures Kenya is looking for an enthusiastic, committed Trustee, with a passion for supporting our small, but mighty, international NGO through a journey of shifting power to our partner NGO.

What will you be doing?

Raising Futures Kenya supports young people in Kenya to become self-reliant and live free from poverty, through technical vocational training and business skills courses, and specialised support such as counselling.

We are a small, award-winning charity who are actively shifting power to our Kenyan partner NGO. With three Trustees coming to the end of their term this year we are looking for skilled, enthusiast, committed individuals who are passionate about what we do, to become part of our team.

We are particularly looking for individuals with experience in corporate networking, developing partnerships, mental health and wellbeing, HR or in technical vocational training and entrepreneurship/business skills training or lived experience of Kenya, East Africa or technical vocational training/entrepreneurship training. Passion for the cause is our number one recruitment factor, so if you're interested in coming on Board please get in touch.

The purpose of a Trustee is to oversee the charity and ensure it is meeting, and advancing, its charitable purpose and strategic aims.

We are in Year 2 of our 5 year Strategic Plan, where the focus is on shifting the decision making power to our partner NGO in Kenya. Ultimately our long-term goal is to not be needed, but we realise the funding landscape is a long way off that at the moment.

If you're passionate about being part of an organisation who has the respect and wellbeing of the students we work alongside at the core of everything we do, then we look forward to hearing from you., As one of our Trustees you'll be part of an award-winning small charity who is leading the way in ethical development, primarily by actively shifting power and decision making to our incredible partner NGO in Kenya. We're a small charity but we definitely have a big impact and want to share our learning and knowledge with other NGOs who want to follow the same path of shifting power. We don't just talk about what we want to do, we get it done., Please send to our CEO, Kirsty Erridge via the Reach Volunteering platform by 9am Wednesday 8th May.

We look forward to hearing from you.
About Raising Futures Kenya
Causes

• Children / families


• Education


• International development


• Poverty relief


• Training / employment support


• Young people
  
  A commitment to the organisation, and willingness to devote approximately 6 hours a month and attend Board meetings.


• Understanding of the regulatory responsibilities of a Charity Incorporated Organisation.


• A willingness to speak your mind with respect, tact and diplomacy.


• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.


• Honesty and integrity. We're a values led organisation and want to ensure that everyone who joins us shares our values of honesty and integrity.


• Teamwork and commitment. We're a small organisation and rely on each other to lean in and play a part in achieving our objectives. We believe in getting the work done, but having fun along the way so our meetings are often light-hearted.


• Passionate about furthering the impact of our work, in whatever way you can. For example utilising your networks to share the work we do or to seek donations.


• Competent in understanding finances.


• Experience of raising funds or securing partnerships.


• Expertise: Familiarity with areas such as education, mental health, youth empowerment, and agriculture.


• Lived Experience: Experience in Kenya, East Africa, or technical vocational training.


We are committed to a culture of inclusivity. We are able to grow and learn better if we have a diverse organisation formed of the collective sum of individual differences, lived experiences, knowledge and self-expression. We don't want to exist in an echo chamber. In recruiting for our team we welcome the unique perspectives you can bring in terms of culture, education, opinions, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity, values, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, beliefs, nation of origin and languages spoken.