Join our Board of Trustees!
12 August 2022
National Ugly Mugs (NUM) are seeking people with a passion for sex workers’ rights and safety to join our Board of Trustees!
Our trustees play a vital role in our work, helping to lead, shape and guide NUM towards our mission of ending all forms of violence against sex workers. We are looking for people who believe in NUM’s work, and who want to help us continue this!
We are looking for people who have:
- Some experience in leadership, governance or finance, particularly as part of the third sector; who understand the nature of work within a charity and can bring their ideas and expertise to support NUM’s work
- A strong commitment to the mission and core values of NUM
- A high degree of integrity
- The ability to think strategically and plan for the future with good judgement
- Critical thinking skills
- Creativity
- The ability to work well as part of a team to collectively make decisions surrounding NUM’s future work, vision and strategy
- A willingness to undertake any necessary training
- An understanding of safeguarding
- An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of being a charity trustee
We are keen to receive applications from people of colour; disabled people; LGBTQ+ people; people who identify as working class; and those who have past or present sex work experience.
Please note that trustees are volunteer roles. Any reasonable expenses incurred as part of the role will be reimbursed.
Responsibilities
The responsibilities of trustees at NUM include:
- Attend four regular board meetings a year (online and/or in person)
- Advise on, and help develop, organisational strategy and delivery, including policies that fall within your expertise
- Ensure compliance with governing documents and the law
- Ensure accountability to funders, NUM members and wider movement
- Maintain proper fiscal oversight, signing off and scrutinising reporting against budgets
- Oversee the management of risks to NUM’s funding, reputation and delivery
- Exemplify NUM’s values and culture through ways of working and interacting
- Maintain effective board performance (including appointing new board members)
- Effectively work with, and respect the expertise of the NUM staff and volunteer team
Ultimately, the key responsibility of a trustee is to help NUM work towards its vision, purpose and goals, and to help shape these.
We ask that all applicants be able to meet the minimum time requirements for the role in attending quarterly meetings, with some degree of responsiveness between these.
The standard length of time to hold a Trustee position is 3 years.
How to apply
Please send your CV and a covering letter of no more than 500 words to admin@nationaluglymugs.org, or apply via the CharityJobs website. We would love to hear about what skills and experiences you hold that you would like to bring to NUM’s Board of Trustees!
Recruitment for these roles will stay open until all positions have been filled. We will interview selected candidates at a time by mutual agreement.
If you are interested in the role and would like to find out more, please get in touch with sian@nationaluglymugs.org with any questions you might have.