Vacancies
Trustee with Legal Experience
About
Our 50 volunteers, and one part-time staff member, offer the following services and activities:
- Teaching people to ride and maintain a cycle
- Wheels for All, enabling people who find two-wheelers difficult to enjoy cycling, using adapted cycles
- Organising led rides in Harrow around beyond
- Providing information on obtaining, riding and maintaining cycles
- Working in partnership with other organisations who share our aims
We plan to do more of the following as resources allow:
- Repairing donated cycles and teaching people to repair them
- Advising local authorities and employers on ways to enable more people to cycle
Harrow Cycle Hub is a multicultural organisation which welcomes all people irrespective of ethnicity, culture, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability or sexual orientation. We rely heavily on volunteers and seek to follow best practice in all that we do. As a charity, as well as raising money by selling repaired cycles, we need grant funding; impeccable charity governance is required in order both to manage the charity and to raise funds.
Duties of the Trustee with Legal Experience
• In addition to general trustee duties, to be a member of the Development Committee and support its work
• To advise on, help to develop and supervise relationships with legal advisors
Statutory Duties of a Trustee
• To ensure that the organisation pursues its objectives as defined in its Constitution
• To support, and help develop, its current Vision and Mission
• To contribute actively to the Board of Trustees' role in setting overall policy, giving strategic direction to the organisation, defining goals and setting targets, and evaluating performance against agreed targets
• To safeguard the good name, values and resources of the organisation
• To ensure the effective administration and financial stability of the organisation Qualities of the Trustee with Legal Skills
Essential
• Commitment to the vision and mission of Harrow Cycle Hub
• Qualification as a solicitor or barrister
• Analytical and evaluation skills, demonstrating good judgment and strategic vision
• Acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship
• Good communication skills
• A team-oriented approach to problem solving
• Willing to speak their mind, even on a difficult topic
• Committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of the charity’s work
Desirable
• Willing to act as the charity’s public face to external bodies, charities and companies
• Skills and experience in other relevant areas e.g. strategic planning; business, public
sector or charity management; organisation development; HR and volunteering; IT;
marketing; fundraising; legal; cycle mechanics; disability and inclusion
To find out more and arrange an informal chat, please email chair@harrowcyclehub.org