Chair
Involve
Voluntary basis
The role requires approximately 12 days per year.
We’re the UK’s leading public participation charity. Our mission is to lead the UK in making participation and deliberation an everyday, integral part of democracy, to help meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Our purpose is to change the system to shift power in practice, to create a better democracy with people more involved in setting the agenda of power. And this will help bring about our vision; a vibrant democracy where everyone can shape a society that works for us all.
THE ROLE
Involve has an important opportunity for strategic impact – embedding institutionalised participation and deliberation at national, devolved and local levels.
In recent years Involve has developed to meet this opportunity. While it was always respected, it has become more influential. We have explicitly grown our advocacy and capacity building skills, and begun to work at grass roots levels as well as with institutional commissioners. We have a new impact framework which draws attention to the mindsets and capacities needed, and shows how our high quality projects create change in institutions and in democratic norms.
Our Board of Trustees has shown visionary leadership and helped the charity step up into a leadership role for the UK. We are looking for a new Chair, with outstanding leadership skills and an interest in participatory decision making, who would like to take us on the next step of this journey.
Join us, and steward a confident, maturing organisation looking to grow its impact significantly. Help us to shift power in practice, foreground the voices of those systemically undervalued, and move the UK to a place where deliberative and participatory approaches are a normal, everyday part of democracy.
How to apply
To make an application, please click on the apply now button below, with the following prepared:
- Your CV (no more than three sides).
- A covering letter that sets out your motivation for the role and describes the specific experience you can bring to the appointment.
Closing date
Friday 24th January 2025
Preliminary interviews
Likely to be w/c 3rd February 2025
Final Panel interviews
Likely to be w/c 17th February 2025
