Fundraising Trustee Role Profile

FUNDRAISING TRUSTEE ROLE PROFILE

About Just a Drop

Just a Drop is an international water aid charity with a very simple plan: to give people clean, safe water and suitable sanitation. It was founded in 1998 by Fiona Jeffery OBE when she learned that just £1 could provide water to a child for 10 years. The main premise was that if people can be encouraged to give a little then collectively we can make a huge difference. The charity:

Provides clean water and sanitation facilities to some of the poorest communities around the world through theconstruction of hand-dug and borehole wells, pipelines, hand pumps and latrines
Encourages the establishment of health, hygiene and sanitation training programmes
Operates with a handful of full-time staff and an army of volunteers, many of whom are retired military officers and water engineers with experience on global water development projects
To date, has carried out over 130 projects across 31 countries, reaching an estimated 1.5 million people from Afghanistan to Zambia
Has a team of three in the fundraising and communications function: Head of Fundraising and Communications, Fundraising and Communications Manager and Events and Administration Manager
There are six members of the Board of Trustees with a broad range of experience and skills

The Role of a Trustee

Charity Trustees are people who form the governing body of a charity. Trustees are responsible for controlling the management and administration of a charity. Trustees serve as volunteers, and receive no payment (other than to repay necessary out-of-pocket expenses incurred). Trustees should work together as a team, and have collective responsibility for the charity.

Trustees have, and must accept, ultimate responsibility for directing the affairs of their charity, ensuring that it is solvent and well-run, and delivering the charitable outcomes for the benefit of the public for which it was set up. You need to keep in mind the following areas of responsibility.

The Statutory Duties of a Trustee

To ensure that the organisation compiles with its governing document, charity law, company law and other any other relevant legislation or regulations

To ensure that the organisation pursues its objects as defined in its governing document (Articles of Association and Memorandum of Association)

To ensure the organisation uses its resources exclusively in pursuance of its objects: the charity must not spend money on activities which are not included in its own objects, no matter how worthwhile or charitable those are

To contribute actively to the Board of Trustees role in giving firm strategic direction to the organisation, setting overall policy, defining goals and setting targets and evaluating performance against agreed targets

To safeguard the good name and values of the organisation

To ensure the effective and efficient administration of the organisation

To ensure the financial stability of the organisation

To attend and input into quarterly Trustee meetings (usually in Richmond, Surrey)

To appoint the Chief Executive Officer and monitor his/her performance

Other Duties

In addition to the above statutory duties, each Trustee should use specific skills, knowledge or experience they have to help the Board of Trustees reach sounds decisions. For the Trustee with a specialism in fundraising this will involve:

Advising the board and supporting the Head of Fundraising and Communications on the effective development and implementation of the fundraising and communications strategy

Supporting the Head of Fundraising and Communications and team on identifying and securing new sources of income

Giving practical support and advice in order that these new sources of income are secured in most effective way possible

Supporting the charity through the step-change that is required in the fundraising function

Fundraising Trustee Person Specification

Fundraising Director level experience for a minimum of five years

Experience of working in an international charity (Desirable)

Experience of trust and foundation fundraising/major donor fundraising and/or

Experience of public fundraising and fundraising communications (particularly in direct marketing and public campaigns)

Proven success in driving an organisation to reach stretch targets

Experience in making a significant step-change in fundraising income

Strategic vision and experience on guiding teams to develop and implement effective fundraising strategies

Commitment to the organisation

Willingness to devote the necessary time and effort to support the fundraising and communications team in getting required results

Good, independent judgement

Ability to apply learnings from own experience to the particular fundraising set-up of Just a Drop

Willingness and confidence to speak their mind but also to be open-minded and balance tact with candour

Presence and confidence to influence to particular courses of action when these are in the best interests of charity

Understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibility and liabilities of trusteeship

Ability to work effectively as a member of the Board of Trustees team and with the fundraising and communications team

Trustee – Fundraising Page 127/09/2018