Do you have a passion for helping young people excel? Perhaps you want to donate your time to the Young Achievers Trust, or maybe you just want to see what it is like working for a vibrant youth charity?

Join our Board of Trustees

We are looking for six motivated young people (aged 18 to 25) to join our Board of Trustees. The twelve strong Board of Trustees is responsible for leading the charity, setting our strategic aims and ensuring the organisation is well managed. As we currently operate without staff, each of our twelve trustees takes a lead on a specific area of the Trust’s work.

The roles we currently have available are:

Treasurer: you will oversee the management of the organisation’s finances. This includes monitoring and setting budgets and developing clear financial procedures (for example, for receiving income or paying invoices). The Treasurer is part of the three person organisational development team.

Trustee, Programmes team (2 roles available): you will be part of a team of three trustees who co-ordinate the delivery of the Young Achievers Awards programme. This includes developing the awards and the support package provided to award winners.

Trustee, Marketing & Communications team (1 role available): you will be part of a team of three trustees who manage our communications with the aim of generating nominations to the annual Young Achievers Awards and telling the stories of our exceptional winners. This includes securing media coverage, managing the website, blog & twitter feed, developing our newsletters and creating resources.

Trustee, Fundraising team (2 roles available): you will be part of a team of three trustees who generate funds to pay for our work.

More information about the roles can be found by downloading the role descriptions.

Treasurer role description

Programmes team trustee role description

Marketing and communications team trustee role description

Fundraising team trustee role description

Young Achievers Trust trustee application form

All of our trustees are asked to commit 8 to 10 hours per month to volunteering. This is a flexible volunteering role, which means your volunteering can generally take place at times that suit you and be organised alongside your other commitments.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact for a small charity, and gain experience of how a charity operates.

To apply for the role, please download and complete the application form by 9am on Monday 1st March 2010. Completed application forms should be returned to info@youngachievers.co.uk

If you have any questions, or would like further information, please email Russell Brooks, the Chair of the Young Achievers Trust on info@youngachievers.co.uk