Volunteer

We are currently recruiting for new trustees with a diverse range of skills and experience to join our board, bringing energy and enthusiasm towards our ambitious goal of building a national milk bank service.

Contract: Trustees serve for 3 year terms
Pay rate: Voluntary, with reasonable expenses reimbursed
Location: Must be based in the UK.

Time commitment: We meet formally once every two months with a remote meeting of up to 2 hours, with a one-hour update call on alternative months when required. While most meetings can be conducted virtually, a small number of meetings each year will be held face-to-face.

We have a number of roles available and are particularly looking for trustees with experience in medicine, campaigning, health policy, finance, law, human rights and HR.

For more information and an informal chat please email gillian@humanmilkfoundation.org

Role: Trustee

Key responsibilities

• To ensure that the organisation complies with its governing document, charity law, and any other relevant legislation or regulations.
• To ensure that the organisation pursues its objects as defined in its governing document, using its resources exclusively in pursuance of its objects.
• To contribute actively to board meetings in giving strategic direction to the organisation, setting policy, defining goals and evaluating performance against agreed targets.
• To help to identify, recruit and induct new board members and the chair.
• To safeguard the good name and values of the organisation.
• To ensure the financial stability of the organisation.
• To uphold any policies and procedures relevant to the trustee role including confidentiality, safeguarding and data protection.
• To appoint the chief executive officer and through the chair, monitor his/her performance.

Role: Secretary to the Board of Trustees

Key responsibilities

• Plan and prepare trustee meetings and the AGM including arranging meeting dates, venues, virtual meeting details, reminders, minutes, and other documents.

• Create meeting agendas together with the chair and senior leadership team and circulate.

• Minute committee meetings or ensure another minute taker is available.

• Specifically record decisions and actions in the minutes and report to the next committee meeting on the progress of actions and the result of decisions.

• Make arrangements for the annual report from trustees.

Would you like to volunteer with the HMF?

HMF is an exciting place to volunteer and we are always looking for people to give a helping hand in the work of our charity. We place great value on the involvement of volunteers, who help with a range of different activities and tasks from collecting and delivering donor milk, helping out at fundraising events, designing / coding, office administration and finance to decision and policy making in committees.

Our volunteers enhance the quality of services provided by the HMF by contributing their time, skills, knowledge and experience. Some volunteers provide regular support, whilst others help on a more ad hoc basis. There are always new ideas and projects going on that you could get involved in.

Our volunteers come from all walks of life. We are very happy to talk to anyone who would like to give something back to the community, including sixth formers or gap year students who would like to gain valuable work experience, those who are unemployed or between jobs, part-time workers or those who have retired.

If you have some spare time and would like to get involved and gain useful skills please get in touch on info@humanmilkfoundation.org for more information.
To see our upcoming events please take a look at our events page.