Openly Recruited Trustee

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 

Candidate Specification

The successful candidate will ideally:

• Currently live, work or study in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) or adjacent boroughs that make up our Area of Benefit.
• Have lived experience of the challenges faced by the residents of North Kensington.
• Help to maintain or broaden the diversity of our Board in line with our commitment to ensuring that our Board overall is reflective of the diversity of North Kensington.

The successful candidate will join the Board of Trustees to collectively and individually:

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for the charity.
• Ensure that the charity is governed effectively and operates in accordance with its governing documents, legal and regulatory requirements, and best practice.
• Ensure that the charity is using its resources effectively to achieve its charitable objectives.
• Ensure there is a robust methodology to identify and manage risks to the charity, including appropriate risk management policies and procedures are in place.
• Monitor the charity’s performance against its strategic objectives and key performance indicators and to take appropriate action to address any issues.

Skills and experience

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.

Applicants should be familiar with the following important documents:

• Westway Trust’s Horizon Plan 2025-2028
• 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

How to apply

Please submit your applicaiton via our online application form. You will be requried to submit a comprehensive CV and a supporting statement, alongside completing our Diversity Monitoring form.

Applications close at 5pm on 30 April 2026.

Your supporting statement should set out in compelling terms why you would like to be part of the continuing journey of transformation at Westway Trust. You should specifically address in your statement how you believe your skills and experience would be a good fit with our requirements and expectations as set out in this brief.

Westway Trust is committed to celebrating diversity and ensuring equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and we aim for our board and organisation to reflect our community. Applicants will be asked to complete an equality and diversity monitoring form to help us monitor the effectiveness of our recruitment practices in respect of equality.

We currently expect that interviews with shortlisted candidates will take place in the week commencing 18 May 2026, with further stages of the selection process, including a community panel exercise, following in late May and early June for those candidates scoring the highest at interview. Exact dates will be confirmed in due course but for now you may wish to note this expected timeframe if you are thinking of applying.

If you have any questions about the role of a trustee or about Westway Trust in advance of submitting your application, please contact the Trust’s Head of Governance and Organisational Development Martin Parker

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