Chair
Mental Health Matters
National, with meetings in London, York and Sunderland
Unremunerated
Founded in 1984, Mental Health Matters (MHM) is a leading UK charity providing life-changing support to individuals experiencing mental health challenges. Our comprehensive services, delivered both face-to-face and digitally, include NHS Talking Therapies, crisis support, employment services, mental health helpline and community based mental health support services. We operate in communities across England, helping 15,000 people each month to overcome adversity and regain independence.
THE ROLE
Our current Chair comes to the end of her term of office shortly so we are now seeking a new Chair to lead our Board and support our organisational development as we navigate our next exciting phase of growth. You will be an experienced leader, although you need not have chaired a Board before. Your strategic and ambitious approach to delivering impact will be key and you will have a strong focus on building on our robust and effective governance to ensure that we retain the highest standards of performance. We expect that you will bring some experience of working within the charitable sector either in an executive or non-executive role previously and your insight into the complexities that the sector faces will be valuable here.
We are a diverse Board with a broad range of skills, backgrounds and experiences and we have a strong executive team, headed by our Chief Executive Jane Hughes. You will champion a collegiate and supportive relationship between the executive and non-executive teams. Whatever your area of professional expertise and background, you will be an experienced non-executive leader with highly tuned influencing skills and the ability to balance diverse perspectives and foster collaboration around shared goals.
Being our Chair at Mental Health Matters is very much about a commitment to improving mental health services and ensuring outstanding governance and bringing strategic insight to ensure that our team can deliver exceptional outcomes for everyone experiencing mental ill health. You will bring the highest levels of personal integrity and a commitment to promoting diversity in its broadest possible sense.
If you believe you have the personal qualities, skills and experience we are looking for, we very much look forward to hearing from you.
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 supporting statement (no more than two sides) that sets out why you think this role is the right move for you and how you meet the knowledge and experience criteria.
Closing date
Friday 15th November 2024
Informal conversations with Starfish Search
w/c Monday 25th November 2024
Final Panel interviews
Thursday 19th December 2024
