Charity Fundraiser Opportunity
ActionAid is seeking an experienced senior fundraiser to join our board.
About ActionAid
ActionAid works with women and children who are excluded and live in poverty, as they take the lead in claiming their human rights, and changing the systems in society so that they can live safe lives and access food, education and healthcare. We also work together to hold governments and international institutions to account, campaigning side by side to achieve meaningful long-term change to create a more just world.
ActionAid is a member of the ActionAid International federation. The federation works globally for a world free from poverty and injustice. We want to see a just, fair and sustainable world, in which everybody enjoys the right to a life of dignity, and freedom from poverty and oppression. We work to achieve social justice and gender equality, and to eradicate poverty.
Our Ambition
ActionAid has an ambitious goal that shapes our work in Ireland and globally, and prioritises women's leadership, agency and rights. Our latest Annual Report is available online.
Trustee Responsibilities
1. Commit time to the role of Trustee.
2. Share ActionAid's values and passionately support its mission and strategy.
3. Work at a strategic governance level.
4. Function effectively within a diverse group.
5. Ask probing questions and hold management to account.
6. Bring diversity to the Board in terms of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, background, or age.
7. Contribute actively to the Board of Directors' role in working on the strategic direction to the charity with the senior management team, setting overall strategy and policy, setting targets and evaluating performance against agreed targets.
8. Ensure the financial stability of the organization and the proper investment of the Charity's funds as relevant.
Time Commitments
Six Board meetings a year in February, May, June, July, October and November, including reading papers in advance.
Board away days and strategy sessions where required.
Participation in email discussions with Trustees and staff between meetings.