Be our Chair of Trustees
The Chair of Trustees is a crucial leadership position within the Lord’s Taverners, responsible for leading the Board of Trustees and ensuring the charity fulfils its mission. The Chair provides strategic direction, governance oversight, and support to the executive team, ensuring effective operations and compliance with legal and ethical standards.
As Tim Luckhurst's term as Chair of Trustees comes to an end after four and a half years, we are now seeking to appoint the next Chair to lead the board of Trustees.
As Lord’s Taverners approaches the milestone of its 75th anniversary, it is going through a significant period of transformation stretching every opportunity to increase its social return on investment.
In 2024 our headquarters moved into a sector leading charity hub colocated with charities that have a social impact on young people. In 2025 a new set of values will drive our vision, mission and the behaviours we will demonstrate to activate those values. We have increased our capabilities through investment in people and digital systems as well as established new partnerships and strengthened existing ones.
Not only does 2025 hold the opportunity to celebrate the past, it also holds the opportunity to build our sustainable future. Our new Chair will form part of the strategy development team as we build our future strategic plan to take us from 2025 into the future as a strong and reliable charity meeting the needs of our young people facing inequality. It’s a great time to lead the Lord’s Taverners!
Candidate Information
The successful candidate will be able to evidence inclusive leadership, as well as a strong appreciation for the role of governance and the responsibilities of Trustees in the charitable sector. You will be an excellent communicator, with the ability to work collaboratively in a complex multi stakeholder environment and you will bring an empathy for and understanding of the broader culture of Lord’s Taverners and our communities.
We are looking to identify an individual who shares our vision and has the ambition and expertise to help us to continue to deliver on our success as we look to enhance a strong Board of Trustees connected to the communities we serve.
Lord’s Taverners continually assesses the diversity, skills set and capacity of its Board of Trustees. We are governed by our Articles of Association which direct the composition of the Board to include up to nine appointed Trustees and three elected from the Lord’s Taverners Membership. In 2023 four new Trustees were recruited onto the Board with focus areas of Lived Experience, Finance, Membership and Fundraising. Alongside specialists with, Legal, Cricket, Entertainment, EDI and Transformation we have widened our diversity of thought to ensure that we are driven by good governance.
Application Process
If you would like to be considered for the position, please contact Tom Sears, Managing Director of KinseySears on 07775 106670 or at tsears@kinseysears.com for a confidential and informal discussion.
To formally apply for the role please supply the following:
- An up-to-date CV setting out your career history, with responsibilities and achievements and preferred contact details.
- Send to info@kinseysears.com with the reference LT2024
Candidates whose application reflects the requirements of the role will be invited to attend a first stage interview with KinseySears.
The closing date for applications is Thursday 31 October 2024
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