Coopted Member – People Committee

Empowering

Inclusive

Committed

Location London

Salary Unpaid/voluntary

Time commitment: approx three hours each Quarter

This is a Permanent, Part time vacancy that will close in 19 days at 23:59 GMT.

About The Role

St Mungo’s is a leading homelessness charity with a clear purpose: to end homelessness and rebuild lives. As homelessness continues to rise—with close to 5,000 people sleeping rough across England every night and over 80,000 households at risk—our work is more vital than ever.

We deliver services that help people move away from the streets, provide accommodation for those who have found themselves homeless, and offer support to help people recover from homelessness for good. Our outcomes are both life-saving and life-changing. With nearly 2,000 colleagues and volunteers, our passion and commitment are tangible.

As part of our ongoing succession planning, we are seeking to appoint a Coopted Member – People Committee to bring additional senior People and Culture expertise to the Committee. 

As a Committee member, you will contribute to strategic oversight of organisational culture, people policies, workforce planning, equity, diversity and inclusion, and organisational development. You will work closely with Trustees, the Chief People Officer and Executive Team, helping us to continuously improve and ensure our people practices support our mission to end homelessness.

This is a valuable opportunity for someone who wants to use their professional expertise to support good governance, constructive challenge and fresh thinking at a strategic level.

You will bring: 

• Senior professional experience in HR/People leadership (including culture, organisational design and development, ED&I, employee relations and related areas) 
• A proven track record of developing and implementing People/HR strategy and delivering positive culture change 
• An outstanding commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion 
• An inclusive, collaborative approach and a genuine passion for our purpose 

We particularly welcome applications from individuals from the Global Majority and women, who are currently under-represented on our Board.

This is a voluntary, unremunerated nonexecutive position. Reasonable out-of-pocket expenses will be reimbursed.

Time commitment is approximately 3 hours per Quarter, including preparation and attendance at quarterly People Committee meetings, which usually take place online.

If you are excited by this opportunity and passionate about what we do, we would love to hear from you. You can read more in the candidate pack available in the Documents section at the bottom of this advert.

To apply 

Please click the Apply Now button. You will need to upload a CV and a supporting statement (maximum 2 pages) outlining why you are a great match. 

Closing date: 11.59pm on 11 February 2026 

Interviews are expected to take place in late February/early March 2026.

About Us

Our purpose is to end homelessness and rebuild lives. It drives everything that we do. For the past 55 years, we have been on the ground every day and every night, supporting people to recover from homelessness and advocating for change. We support around 28,000 people each year and our work means that more than 2,700 people have somewhere safe to stay each night.

What We Offer

We are working hard to create a diverse and fully inclusive culture where all colleagues feel valued, and we welcome applications from all under-represented groups. We believe that equity, diversity and inclusion improves the health, wellbeing and development of our colleagues and helps to ensure everyone feels valued. We know that when diversity, inclusion and wellbeing are prioritised, we are happier, healthier and can ultimately achieve better outcomes for our clients.

Below are some of our key focus areas to improve both our candidate and colleague experience:

• A growing number of diversity networks including LGBTQ+, Womens Action, Lived Experience and Anti-Racist networks.
• Increasing visibility by ensuring that all interview panels across the organisation are diversely represented to ensure fair and balanced decision making during the recruitment process.
• A safe and supportive working environment championing positive action via various internal schemes such as upward mentoring and a Steps into Management programme.
• Mandatory Diversity & Inclusion training for all staff, unconscious bias training for managers, and a range of other courses such as Trans awareness and Autism Awareness.
• In recognition of the importance of transparency, we publish our employee diversity statistics and pay gap reports on our website.

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We offer a comprehensive package of benefits to our colleagues to ensure wellbeing remains a key priority. Maintaining a good work life balance can be tricky, but with family friendly policies, flexible and agile working options and an incremental annual leave allowance, we are committed to making sure you have the options available as and when you need them.

These include:

• Agile working model for suitable roles.
• Supportive flexitime and toil arrangements.
• 28 days annual leave rising to 31 after five years’ service.
• Family friendly leave policies including - maternity, adoption and parental leave. Carers leave, and fertility treatment leave.
• Financial wellbeing platform offering loans, advances and saving options.
• Auto-enrolment to pension scheme after six months service with an employer contribution of 6%.
• Employee Assistance Programme and access to SmartHealth app – 24/7 GP appointments, health checks and nutrition advice.
• Cycle to Work scheme and interest free season ticket loans.
• Discount vouchers including gym, retail, food & drink, travel, electricals and more.

Want to find out more? Want to find out more? Click here to visit our Work For Us page.

At St Mungo’s we are committed to providing development opportunities for all our colleagues. We welcome people with a wide range of experiences and value transferable skills so that we can provide the best support for people experiencing homelessness. That’s why we have a robust induction, training and development programme that supports colleagues throughout their career at St Mungo’s.

These include:

• Highly praised internal training courses and access to external learning to build your skills and meet your professional development goals.
• Steps into Management programme to support colleague progression.
• Commitment to continued professional development with access to career development forums, internal mentoring and internal secondment opportunities.

Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.

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