Join us as a Trustee – help shape the future of hospice care
We're looking for passionate individuals to join our Hospice Board of Trustees. This is a unique opportunity to influence strategy and governance at one of the most loved charities in Hastings and Rother, ensuring exceptional palliative and end-of-life care for generations to come.
What you'll do
- Provide strategic leadership and oversight, ensuring the Hospice delivers on its vision and charitable purpose.
- Act as a guardian of our values and assets, supporting high standards of governance.
- Contribute expertise and insight to help shape how the organisation operates.
- Work collaboratively with a supportive Board and ambitious Leadership Team.
What we're looking for
- Commitment to our mission and values: kindness, respect, inclusivity, innovation.
- Sound judgement, integrity, and ability to think strategically.
- Experience in areas such as volunteer impact and contribution, health and safety, property and facilities management, digital transformation, or campaigning, influencing and advocacy. We also welcome experience in other areas relevant to our work.
- We particularly encourage applications from women and people who identify as women, young people, and people from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
- No prior board experience required.
Why join us?
Make a real difference in your community, gain leadership experience, and help shape the future of palliative and end of life care.
This is a voluntary role requiring around two to three days every 3 months for Board meetings, sub-committees, and site visits. Reasonable expenses reimbursed.
Help us build a community where everyone can live well with dying, death, and loss.
Important Information
How to Apply
If you have any initial questions, please contact our Chief Executive, Dr Karen Clarke, kclarke@stmichaelshospice.com or phone 01424 456366.
To apply, please send:
- your CV, and
- a covering email
addressed to Chief Executive, Dr Karen Clarke or by post to the address on our Contact Us page, marked confidential and addressed to Karen Clarke.
Application deadline: 5pm on Monday 9th February.
