Open Recruitment for Trustee with Financial Qualifications

APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 12 NOON ON SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER 2025

Our trustees lead our organisation, by setting our strategy and agreeing assurance processes for delivery with our Executive team.  They then receive regular reporting on progress. Trustees achieve this work through attendance at regular Board (at least 6 per year) and Committee meetings (at least 6 per year). There are also other bespoke meetings (about 6 per year) and varied events.

Our trustees are appointed in three different ways: 

• Openly recruited 
• Nominated by a member organisation 
• Nominated by RBKC 

The successful candidate will be formally nominated by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) to fill one of the three places on the Board currently reserved for RBKC-nominated trustees. The detail of this arrangement can be discussed further at interview stage.

Skills and experience:

You must hold a senior professional financial qualification, backed up by considerable relevant professional experience, to apply for this role. Anybody not meeting this essential criterion will not be considered for interview.

In addition, the successful candidate will ideally bring the following:

• Experience in leadership and strategic planning in a relevant sector, such as the charity sector, business, or public service.
• Knowledge of governance and risk management, preferably in a charity setting.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, and to build effective relationships with other trustees and senior staff.
• Willingness to participate in self-development.
• Commitment to acting with probity and in the best interests of the Trust and the community at all times, including through declaring any actual or potential conflicts of interest at the earliest opportunity.

Anybody living in the North Kensington area who holds the necessary financial qualification is strongly encouraged to apply for this role.

Applicants should be familiar with the following important documents:

• Westway Trust’s Horizon Plan 2022-2025 (a new Horizon Plan has now been launched for the 3 years to March 2028 and will be available shortly)
• Trustee Code of Conduct
• Tutu Review into Institutional Racism at Westway Trust
• Progress Report: Implementing the recommendations of the Review into Institutional Racism at Westway Trust