About the organisation
Impact was founded in 1978, to resolve issues communities were facing at the time. Since then we have grown and developed extensively to ensure we respond to the needs of Sussex communities and individuals today.
Impact’s Central team provide expertise in Finance, HR, IT and facilities, health and safety and business development. This ensures each of our specialist teams can focus on excellence in service delivery and ongoing development of their services. Sharing this expertise ensures more funding goes directly into service delivery and brings financial stability across the organisation.
Our mission is to support individuals and communities in Sussex to live healthy, fulfilling, and happy lives. We achieve this by offering the appropriate support at the right time and by collaborating to design and deliver the services that best meet their diverse needs.
Impact lead on providing services and support for older people through a significant contract with Brighton and Hove City Council, sub contracting to nine other organisations.
We deliver support for children and young people through our Young People's Centre where we also rent space for offices and service delivery to other local young peoples organisations. We have eleven houses providing a home and support for young women and work with people with disabilities through advocacy and employment support.
We provide Safeguarding training for businesses and organisations and Lived Experience training by autistic people and people with learning difficulties for local authorities and businesses.
All our work aligns with our values -
We are dedicated to being inclusive and empowering. We work collaboratively and creatively to fulfill our mission, acting with integrity in all that we do.
About the role
The core requirements of Impact's trustees are -
- Eligible and willing to act as a trustee of a UK charity, in line with Charity Commission guidance
- Ability to act in the best interests of the charity, balancing opportunity, risk, and sustainability
- Willingness to give adequate time to prepare for and attend board and committee meetings (approx 3-4 hours a quarter)
- Commitment to collective decision-making, shared accountability, and respectful challenge
Trustees are required as a minimum to commit to reading reports prior to attending quarterly in person Board meetings and the Annual General Meeting (AGM), however occasionally further meetings are called to discuss urgent matters which we encourage all trustees to attend. We also have a Finance Committe who meet online quarterly 2 weeks prior to the full Board meeting which the person in this role would be required to attend and possibly lead, once a full understanding of the organisation has been gained.
The role of trustee is not permanent. Impact Trustees serve for a period of four years, at the end of which they may stand for re-election. (They may resign prior to the end of the initial four years)
Being a trustee is a form of volunteering. Our trustees are not paid and may not receive any personal financial gain from their role. However, they should also not be out of pocket for the work they do and can receive payment to cover any expenses.
Our ideal candidate
Trustee (Finance Focus)
Impact Initiatives is seeking a trustee with financial expertise to join our Board at an exciting time of growth and innovation. This is an opportunity to support a values-driven charity working creatively to address complex social issues.
About You
You will share our commitment to being inclusive and empowering, working collaboratively and creatively, and acting with integrity in all that we do. You will be comfortable supporting responsible innovation, recognising that delivering impactful services sometimes involves proportionate and well-governed risk.
What You Will Bring
- Experience in finance, accounting, or financial management
- Ability to review and constructively challenge budgets, management accounts, cashflow forecasts, and annual accounts
- Confidence assessing the financial implications of new or innovative service models
- A strong understanding of financial controls, risk management, and sustainability
- Ability to communicate financial information clearly and accessibly, contributing to an inclusive board culture
Supported Housing and Regulation (Preferable)
- Experience of supported housing finance, or a willingness to learn
- Awareness of financial and compliance risks, including property arrangements, maintenance and safety, and local authority commissioning
- Ability to apply regulatory frameworks pragmatically and proportionately
As a Trustee, You Will
- Contribute to long-term financial planning and resilience in a changing funding environment
- Ask the right questions at the right time, helping the Board understand risks, explore options, and make well-balanced decisions
- Support responsible innovation that aligns with Impact Initiatives’ values and risk appetite
Personal Qualities
- Honest, curious, and analytical, with the confidence to offer constructive challenge
- Comfortable with complexity and ambiguity
- Collaborative, respectful, and committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion
We actively encourage applications from people with lived experience and from communities currently under-represented on charity boards.
What’s in it for you
Being an Impact trustee is a great way to
- · support a cause you believe in
- · develop new skills,
- · enhance your CV
- · work with a wide range of people,
- · gain work experience
- · give yourself a new challenge
- use skills for for purposes other than financial gain
Being an Impact trustee is an opportunity to learn and to work with a motivated committed team to make a positive difference to thousands of peoples lives each year. Our current trustees are a mix of long standing and newer members which provides long standing and in depth understanding of the charity and its work alongside new oversight and views which supports genuine comprehensively informed joint decision making
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