Job Description
We are now seeking to recruit three or more new Trustees to join the Nutritional Wellbeing Foundation. . This is an exciting time to be joining NWF as we develop our strategy and discover how we can best contribute our resources to improve the nutrition and health of people in the UK.
The main duties of the Trustees of NWF are to:
- ensure that NWF complies with its governing document, charity law, company law and any other relevant legislation or regulations
- help shape the strategic direction of NWF
- act as an advocate for NWF and those we fund
- ensure the good financial management of NWF funds and the performance of its investments.
We are keen to hear from candidates who have expertise in these areas:
- Grant making, especially in the field of health inequalities
- Medicine, especially doctors who take an integrated approach
- Nutritional Therapy
- Business and/or Finance
- Research
Please note: due to potential conflicts of interest, it is unlikely that we would consider anyone who works in the pharmaceutical industry or is employed by or paid fees by Cytoplan.
Alongside this we are looking for Trustees who will relish getting involved with NWF from the start and who have:
- a commitment to the aims of NWF
- an ability to work effectively as a member of a team and to take decisions for the good of NWF and those we seek to support
- demonstrate Nolan’s seven principles of public life, namely: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership
- good, independent judgement
- financial acumen
- an ability to think strategically
- a willingness to speak their mind and appropriately challenge other Trustees
- an understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship
- a willingness to meet the minimum time requirement.
We welcome applications from anyone regardless of their age, disability, ethnicity, heritage, sexuality, gender, and socio-economic background.
Commitment
We expect Trustees to attend strategy development meetings and other Board meetings. In the first year there are likely to be 4 meetings in person. The location will depend on the location of newly appointed Trustees but may well be in Bristol or Worcester. Trustees will also be expected to support the Foundation between meetings, for example, reading grant proposals, visiting (or meeting virtually) the organisations we fund and meetings with experts in the field. We estimate the commitment to require around a day each month.
The new Trustees appointed are expected to start in April 2024 for a three-year term, in the first instance.