Young Enterprise Trustee

Young Enterprise Trustee

6 meetings per year

Unpaid role

Young Enterprise is a national enterprise and financial education charity that works directly with young people and their educators to develop vital skills and mindsets needed to maximise future opportunities and make a positive contribution to communities and wider society.

We believe that meaningful opportunities, combined with appropriate support, help young people develop and apply an enterprising mindset and skills, and can change their futures. That’s why we created our ambitious four-year No Time Like The Future Strategy to help advance social mobility.

Our vision is that every young person has the opportunity to apply learning in real and relevant contexts in order to develop the transferable skills and enterprising mindsets that will enable them to navigate future pathways to success.

At the end of 2021, two years into our 4 year No Time the Future Strategy, we have worked together with 14,816 volunteers, alumni and educators to create 572,525 meaningful opportunities, accessed by 448,904 young people.

Our Trustee Role Specification is attached. We are currently looking to recruit a trustee with Education experience at a senior level e.g. current inspirational Headteacher/recently retired Headteacher/Principal/Thought-leader

This is an exciting time for YE, and the successful candidate will work with fellow Board members and our CEO & the YE team to deliver on the remaining 2 years of our No Time Like The Future Strategy and contribute to our longer term social mobility related ambitions. 

In addition, next year we celebrate our 60th anniversary!

We are looking for someone  who shares our vision and our values.  We’re here to help young people build successful futures.  If that drives you and if you believe you have skills and experience that will make a difference then we would love to hear from you.

We are seeking applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds, reflecting the geography (we cover England & Wales) and demographic make-up of the young people we support.

The successful candidate will need to attend 6 board meetings per year. This is an unpaid role but reasonable out of pocket expenses will be reimbursed. All Trustees are required to undergo a DBS check and Safeguarding training.

If you’d like to apply to join the charity at this exciting time, please send a CV and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role (no more than two sides of A4) addressed to our Nominations Committee Chair, Helen Nixseaman, at hr@y-e.org.uk by midday on Friday 10th June.

We anticipate first interviews will take place on Friday 22nd July 2022 via Microsoft Teams, and applicants should be available to interview on that day.