Trustee - Legal Specialist

Organisation Overview

The Oxfordshire Discovery College’s purpose is to help children and young people (aged 4 - 25) and their friends and families (parents/ carers, siblings etc.) who are at risk of experiencing or being affected by mental distress and disorder. Our service is to support these beneficiaries to learn about their emotions and learn coping skills or self-help strategies to help them through their difficulties. Our help matters because mental health services throughout the UK are struggling immensely. The government frequently promise extra funding; however, there is still a great need for young people’s support on the ground. This is where the Oxfordshire Discovery College fits in: we help young people of the county through our interventions. Young people are falling through the gaps. This is why our help is needed.

Role Details

Time commitment: 0-5 hours / month on average, but this will likely be more as you establish as you settle into your role on the board.

Attendance: We have monthly board meetings online on Zoom (which most of our other meetings are on around that), with a couple of strategy days in-person at our base in Didcot currently. 

Role Description

We require an experienced legal specialist to join our board to ensure we are the most effective charity that we need to be. We require a diverse range of skills. We need a professional with charity law expertise. You will be working alongside the board of trustees, as well as our CEO. This includes helping us with our strategic direction and being confident in your decisions made at board level – however unpopular. We are an ever-growing charity; therefore, we need your help to ensure our development continues from governance level. 

Required Skills and Experience

We require a professional that has got legal experience. Specifically, we need someone who has a sound knowledge of charity law and compliance, as well as being familiar with the associated policies and procedures. Also, this role would need to be for someone who is able to work as a part of our friendly team, whilst also able to work independently.

To apply for or express an interest in this position, please email bicenquiries@weareadvocate.org.uk