Volunteer Trustee | Opoka CIO

You will contribute actively to Opoka CIO board by providing strategic direction, setting policy, defining goals, and evaluating performance against agreed targets, meeting the needs of our service users.

What difference will you make?

You will contribute to the strategic direction and growth of for Opoka which sits in a group of subsidiaries providing a range of supporting services including addiction recovery, counselling, specialised supported housing, helping to make a difference to our service users, tenants and clients lives enabling them to live as independent a life as they are able.

What are we looking for?

You should have a passion to assist others feel to safe in their own home, supported appropriately and able to operate in a Group structure liaising with our other boards whilst being prepared to develop areas of expertise within the sector as well as bringing your own skills a contributing to future growth. We are especially interested in trustees with experience in the Domestic Violence and Abuse field. If you have experience working with vulnerable women groups or have a governance, legal or a financial background with a passion for helping those we support, we would welcome to hear from you.

What will you be doing?

You will have a passion for helping vulnerable women and children who are escaping domestic violence and abuse. You will help ensure that Opoka complies with its overall governance document, charity law, company law and any other relevant legislation or regulations and keep up to date with internal and external factors that could impact Opoka’s activities. You will also help to ensure the effective and efficient administration and financial stability of Opoka. We operate across the Bristol and Southwest region whereby we support women and children fleeing domestic violence. We have two safehouses in the area but we also support and provide advice to our service users. By providing accommodation for those escaping domestic violence. We support our service users by providing guidance, advice and support enabling them to eventually be housed and life their lives safely. This is an unpaid role but we offer a programme of board development to all trustees and paid expenses. *(Female only applicants) OPOKA service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9 and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 applies. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.