Chair / Trustee

We are pleased to be able to advertise the voluntary position of Chair/Trustee of Relationships Scotland - Counselling Highland. This is a wonderful opportunity to join us, and support the organisation to fulfil its vision and assist with its mission to reach out to people across the Highlands who may be experiencing relationship challenges. We believe strong and meaningful relationships build resilience in individuals and enhance communities. Our Vision is to build accessible, Highland-wide counselling services to enable couples and individuals to build healthy relationships. Our Mission is that our not-for-profit company will focus on sustainability and resilience through the development of income streams and partnerships, in order to build client-centred services across the Highlands. Job Purpose: To further the work of Relationships Scotland Counselling Highland in line with its charitable objectives. Main Tasks: To lead the Board in ensuring that it fulfils its responsibilities for the governance of the organisation. To line manage and work in partnership with the Management Team to achieve the mission of Relationships Scotland - Counselling Highland and the Relationships Scotland Network. To optimise the relationship between the Board and the staff team. Main Duties relating to: 1. Ensuring the Board fulfils its responsibilities: To chair meetings of the Board and ensure that it functions effectively and carries out its duties. To ensure that Board members set overall strategy and policy objectives. To ensure that the Board sets overall strategy and policy objectives To ensure that the organisation s financial dealings are prudently and systematically accounted for, audited and publicly available. To monitor that decisions taken at meetings are implemented. With the Manager and Trustees, to develop appropriate and relevant agendas for meetings. In close consultation with Management make recommendations on the composition of the Board, and future chairs of the Board (with a view to succession). To work in consultation with Management to recruit board members and co-optees with specific/relevant expertise. To ensure that the Board annually reviews its structure, role, relationship to staff and implements agreed changes as necessary. To define and keep under review selection and performance criteria for board members. With Management to ensure that all board members receive appropriate advice, training and information relating to their role. To serve as an additional spokesperson for or promoter of the charity. 2. Helping Management to achieve the organisation s mission To ensure that the board members develop a long-term strategy for the organisation together with the Management, with objectives that can be monitored. To monitor progress of the Relationships Scotland -Counselling Highland Strategic Development Plan To ensure that the appropriate resources (personnel, financial, material) are secured with which to achieve the outcomes of the strategy. To ensure that the Management Team delivers the annual plan and budget. To support, and monitor review the work of the Manager To lead the appraisal of all Board Members and the Manager To promote the organisation to a wider audience of potential donors and benefactors. 3. Optimising the relationship between board and staff, working with the Manager To ensure that the organisation has appropriate procedures To comply with the current employment and equal opportunities legislation and good practice To receive regular informal progress reports of the organisation s work through the Manager To reflect to the board any concerns staff have in regard to the role of the board, it s sub-committees or members; to relate the concerns of the board and other constituencies to the Manager In consultation with the Manager, to agree an annual calendar of meetings of the members of the board and major events for the organisation. NOTE: Some of the duties listed above may be delegated to other board members. For more information, please contact Anita Parker, Chair at chair@counsellinghighland.org. counsellinghighland.org, None specified

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Counselling Highland is a Scottish Charity SC001163 and part of the national network that is Relationships Scotland. While our network provides a great range of services for individuals, couples and families, Counselling Highland specialises in couple counselling, and individual counselling where relevant to relationships.