Board of Directors Trustee

The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) is seeking a suitable person to join its board of trustees and directors, to add skills and diversity to the organisation. This is a non-executive, unpaid post. Applications close on 6 January 2025.

PACTS is registered as a charity and a limited company; therefore, every Trustee is also a Director of the company with legal responsibilities. As part of the Board, members are key to the overall leadership of the organisation and are essential in ensuring compliance with delivery of the mission, vision, values, and strategic objectives of the organisation. The Board is also responsible for setting a positive culture, with a strong focus on equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Strategic - defining and approving the organisation's strategy and values, the strategic objectives arising from these, and arriving at appropriate policy decisions to take them forward;
• Stewardship - to have responsibility for the organisation's assets, their presentation and exploitation, and assessing risks;
• Monitoring - to oversee the effective management of the organisation and its service delivery, selecting and supporting the Executive Director, and ensuring that good human resources practice is pursued for its paid staff;
• Promotion of and advocacy for the organisation to external clients/partners/stakeholders;
• Governance - ensuring that the Board's business is effectively conducted and that the Charity Code of Governance is followed and Charity Commission requirements are met;
• Contribute to, and share responsibility for, the Board's decisions, including its duty to exercise reasonable care, skill, and independent judgement;
• Understand and support the organisation's mission, goals, policies, programmes, services, strengths, and needs;
• Focus on strategic issues for the organisation rather than detailed management decisions;
• Support the majority decision on issues decided by the Board;
• Assist the organisation where appropriate by attracting potential income streams through personal contact with others (individuals, organisations, companies, etc.);
• Attend meetings regularly, prepare for them (including reading the papers), and participate actively;
• Maintain independence and objectivity, and act with a sense of fairness and personal integrity;
• Maintain the confidentiality of confidential details of the organisation's business and of Board meetings;
• Show appropriate respect to other trustees, staff, members, and stakeholders of the organisation;
• Be fully aware of the Charity Commission Codes of Governance and use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that the business of the organisation is conducted in the way required by it;
• Avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest and disclose any possible conflicts to the Board in a timely fashion and in accordance with the Conflicts of Interest Policy.
• All Board members report directly to the Chair.
• Board members should be prepared to serve on one or more of the subcommittees of the Board.