Trustee
Buglife
Join us in our mission to protect invertebrate species and promote a wildlife-rich planet. We are seeking Trustees to join our board.
About Buglife
Buglife is Europe’s only charity dedicated to the conservation of all invertebrates. We aim to stop the extinction of these vital species and foster sustainable populations through habitat protection, species recovery, and advocacy.
Role overview
As a Trustee, you will play a crucial role in overseeing the organisation’s management and administration, contributing to strategic decisions that support our vision of a thriving natural world.
Please see the Trustee Recruitment Pack for more details on our website.
Skills specification
We are looking for a diverse range of skills to enrich our board. While previous trusteeship experience is not required, any of the following areas of expertise would be valuable:
- Change management: Revising and recreating strategies; changes in leadership, restructuring organisations; globalisation.
- Community engagement: Engaging communities in rural and urban areas; developing memberships.
- Conservation: Studies and/or practical experience of conservation in the UK, particularly invertebrates.
- Digital communications: Digital communications and/or marketing; social media growth; digital campaigns.
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI): Lived experience of an identity marginalised in the UK; developing or contributing to better EDI practice both internally within an organisation and/or wider engagement and communications.
- HR: HR management and expertise; organisational procedures; employment law.
- Legal: Legal duties of trustees and best practice in governance; charity law and compliance.
Role commitment
- Attend three half-day meetings and one full-day meeting per year, along with preparation time for board materials.
- Participate in occasional additional meetings and committees.
Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to attracting a diverse board and encourage applications from young people, people of colour, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and people with disabilities.
As part of our commitment to attracting and considering a diverse pool of candidates, we are operating a Guaranteed Interview Scheme which means that all candidates who are people of colour and/or people with disabilities, who share this information with us via the candidate survey and opt in to the scheme will be met for a first stage interview if they have experience or training in any of the skills specified. This will be a 15-minute online interview with one of the recruitment team.
We are also specifically looking for young people (18-30) interested in trusteeship and have created two shadow trusteeship roles. The successful candidates will help us shape the shadow trusteeships in terms of the time commitment they can make to the board and the areas of governance they would like to be more engaged in. This will be discussed during the interview. As a new initiative, we will be trialling the shadow trusteeship programme for one year, after which the shadow trustees can decide to become full members of the board.
Webinar
We will be holding a webinar to talk to interested candidates and answer your questions about trusteeship on 10 November, online at 6-7pm BST, before the application deadline 17 November 11.59pm BST. This will be an opportunity to ask us questions about Buglife and trusteeship and figure out if we would be a good fit for you.
Register for the webinar here.
If you cannot make this webinar but would still like to find out more before applying, please email us and we will do our best to arrange an alternative opportunity.
Expenses
While this role is unpaid, Buglife will cover travel expenses to meetings, overnight accommodation, and other necessary costs incurred while fulfilling trustee duties.
Join Us
Help us save the small things that run the planet. Your expertise can make a significant difference in conservation efforts.
Please see the Trustee Recruitment Pack on our website for more details.
For any questions or to request further information, please contact us at [email protected]
We look forward to hearing from you!
About Buglife
Buglife is the only organisation in Europe devoted to the conservation of all invertebrates. We’re actively working to save our rarest little animals, everything from bees to beetles, worms to woodlice and jumping spiders to jellyfish.
Buglife’s aim is to halt the extinction of invertebrate species and to achieve sustainable populations of invertebrates.
Buglife is the only organisation in Europe devoted to the conservation of all invertebrates. We’re actively working to save our rarest little animals, everything from bees to beetles, worms to woodlice and jumping spiders to jellyfish. Buglife’s aim is to halt the extinction of invertebrate species and to achieve sustainable populations of invertebrates.
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