Charity Support

Trustee Recruitment

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Help Shape Portsmouth’s Future

Trustees and Directors play a vital role in guiding and supporting local charities, Community Interest Companies (CICs) and community organisations – helping to shape their direction, impact and long-term success. Across Portsmouth, many organisations are looking for people like you to join their boards and make a difference. Together with Hive Portsmouth, we’re committed to helping ensure these important vacancies are filled.

Trustees support charities, and Directors support CICs – but both roles are about helping organisations grow, stay focused on their mission, and make a positive impact in the city.

You don’t need specific qualifications or prior board experience to get involved. Community organisations thrive on diversity, people from all walks of life bring fresh perspectives, skills and lived experiences that help communities flourish.

As a Trustee or Director, you’ll:

  • Make a meaningful difference in the lives of others
  • Develop valuable leadership, communication and strategic skills
  • Gain fresh insight into the challenges and opportunities facing our city
  • Strengthen your CV with real board-level experience

Becoming a Trustee or Director is a chance to grow personally and professionally while helping Portsmouth’s community organisations thrive.

Interested?

Get in touch at info@shapingportsmouth.co.uk to express your interest and learn more about available opportunities.

If you’re a charity with a trustee vacancy, please contact tony.mccarthy@hiveportsmouth.org.uk

Featured Vacancies

Number Required:
1

Role(s):
Marketing, Communications and Fundraising

Location:
Portsmouth

Deadline:
–

Connor's Toy Library

Time Commitment:
2-3 hours a month. Monthly Trustee meeting.

Skills:
As a small local charity, we are looking for someone who can help raise us continue to raise our profile, strengthen our communications, support fundraising efforts, and contribute to the long-term sustainability of the organisation. The successful candidate will share our commitment to improving outcomes for children and families and will help us continue developing services that make a meaningful difference across Portsmouth.

Additional Documents / Information:
Website

Number Required:
2

Role(s):
Lar or HR & Charity Fundraising or Grant writing

Location:
Portsmouth

Deadline:
–

Free to Fly

Time Commitment:
8-10 hours per month. Board meeting is on a Monday evening

Skills:
We are keen to encourage those with lived experience of domestic abuse and/or professional experience of DA to apply. The ideal candidates would have links to a Portsmouth church/Christian community, but this is not essential. The charity has a Christian ethos, and any Trustee would therefore need to be in sympathy with this, although it is not a requirement of the role to be a practising Christian.

Additional Documents / Information:
Our mission at Free to Fly is to give expectant mothers who are experiencing domestic abuse during pregnancy a choice about what help and support they receive, and to provide practical, emotional and long-term support so that they can raise their children safe from the trauma of abuse and transform their own lives, as well as break cycles of abuse for their children, their children’s children, and for many more generations to come.

Number Required:
1

Role(s):
Safeguarding Trustee

Location:
Portsmouth

Deadline:
–

Groundlings Theatre

Time Commitment:
1 monthly meeting + some hours between meetings

Skills:
Current or recent experience working in Safeguarding as either an employee or volunteer and knowledge of relevant legislation and advice, good communication and interpersonal skills, demonstrating diplomacy as required, ability to analyse information and challenge constructively, ability to maintain confidentiality on sensitive information.

We are looking to appoint new Trustees ideally with professional backgrounds in the following areas:

  • Finance/Accounting
  • Theatre operations
  • Arts/Creative production
  • Marketing/Fundraising
  • Human resources
  • Board secretary/charity governance
  • Commercial/Business Development

Additional Documents / Information:
More information

Number Required:
2

Role(s):
Charity Accounting
& Legal

Location:
Leigh Park

Deadline:
–

Off The Record

Time Commitment:
4-6 hours per month

Skills:
A genuine interest in the well-being and mental health of young people.

Previous experience as a trustee or in a similar governance role would be advantageous but not essential.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively as part of a team.

Knowledge and understanding of the voluntary sector and charity governance or willingness to learn.

Ability to promote the Charity’s work and values within your networks and wider communities.

Expertise in one or more of the following areas: safeguarding, counselling, mental health, fundraising, finance, marketing, law, or HR would be desirable (but not essential).

Additional Documents / Information:
More information

Number Required:
2

Role(s):
Safeguarding Lead, Treasurer

Location:
Portsmouth

Deadline:
–

Portsmouth Street Pastors / Hope Into Action

Time Commitment:
–

Skills:
Christian background

Additional Documents / Information:
Portsmouth Street Pastors
Hope Into Action

Number Required:
Multiple

Role(s):
HR, Treasurer, Fundraiser

Location:
Southsea

Deadline:
–

Southsea Skatepark

Time Commitment:
2 hours per month

Skills:

  • Accounts
  • Fundraising
  • Project Management

Additional Documents / Information:
More information

Number Required:
2

Role(s):
Various

Location:
Portsmouth

Deadline:
–

SWAN South West Advocacy Network

Time Commitment:
1 day per month

Skills:
Experience and/or expertise in one or more of:

  • Criminal Justice System
  • Children’s or Adults’ Social Care
  • Digital development & IT
  • Fundraising, income generation & marketing
  • Law

Additional Documents / Information:
More information

Number Required:
1

Role(s):
Marketing

Location:
Portsmouth

Deadline:
–

Wymering Manor

Time Commitment:
Monthly meetings, bi-monthly meetings with volunteers

Skills:

Particularly interested in candidates with experience in:

  • historic building conservation practice
  • fundraising, locally, regionally and UK wide
  • Human resources, communications and marketing (website support, and social media)
  • commercial and/or property legal experience.

Additional Documents / Information:
More information

Get in touch at info@shapingportsmouth.co.uk to express your interest and learn more about available opportunities.

If you’re a charity with a trustee vacancy, please contact tony.mccarthy@hiveportsmouth.org.uk