Trustee – Christian Charity

Could you use your skills, experience and Christian faith to help people with convictions rebuild their lives through employment and a fresh start?

Position: Trustee – Board of Trustees
Salary: Voluntary, unpaid position
Location: Remote, with one annual face-to-face meeting
Hours: Quarterly board meetings and additional involvement as required
Closing date: Reviewed on a rolling basis 

We are seeking passionate and committed individuals to join the Board of Trustees of Clean Sheet, a Christian charity helping people with convictions find meaningful employment, rebuild their confidence and create a brighter future.

This is an opportunity to use your professional expertise, personal experience and faith to make a lasting difference, supporting a charity that believes everyone deserves a second chance.

About the Role

As a Trustee, you will help shape the charity's future, providing strategic direction, good governance and support to the Chief Executive and wider team.

Working collaboratively with fellow trustees, you will:

• Contribute to the charity's strategic direction, development and long-term sustainability.
• Provide constructive challenge, guidance and support to the leadership team.
• Help identify opportunities to strengthen fundraising, partnerships and community engagement.
• Support effective governance, safeguarding, risk management and financial oversight.
• Champion the charity's mission and help raise its profile among employers, funders and Christian communities.
• Attend quarterly board meetings, usually held remotely, and one annual face-to-face meeting.

Trustees are also encouraged to attend an annual team away day.

About You

We are particularly interested in hearing from individuals who can bring experience or knowledge in one or more of the following areas:

• Charity fundraising, income generation or grant funding.
• Criminal justice, rehabilitation or supporting people with convictions into employment.
• Christian churches, networks and community engagement.
• Strategic leadership, governance or organisational development.
• Lived experience of prison, rehabilitation or rebuilding life following a conviction.

You will bring sound judgement, a collaborative approach and a genuine commitment to helping people overcome barriers to employment.

As a Christian charity, applicants must be able to subscribe and adhere to Clean Sheet's Statement of Beliefs, in both belief and lifestyle, in accordance with its constitution.

About the Organisation

Clean Sheet is an award-winning Christian charity dedicated to helping people with convictions find work and reintegrate into society.

Over the past five years, the charity has helped more than 1,000 people access employment or training, empowering individuals to realise their potential and build more positive futures.

Recognised with the Queen's Award for Enterprise in 2022 for promoting opportunity through social mobility, Clean Sheet believes employment can transform lives, strengthen communities and help break the cycle of reoffending.

Joining the Board means becoming part of a compassionate, faith-led organisation committed to second chances and lasting change.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Charity Trustee, Board Member, Non-Executive Director, Charity Director, Fundraising Trustee, Governance Trustee, Criminal Justice Trustee, Faith-Based Charity Trustee or Community Trustee.

To apply: Please submit your CV and a covering letter to sam@cleansheet.org.uk outlining your interest in becoming a Trustee and the experience you could bring to the Board.