Job overview
Non-Executive Director – Audit Chair
The Non-Executive Director will work with the Chair and other Executive and Non-Executive colleagues as a voting member of the Board. They will partner with the Council of Governors who hold the Directors to account for the performance of the Board of Directors.
Responsibilities
- Commit to working to, and encouraging within the Trust, the highest standards of probity, integrity and governance and contribute to ensuring that the Trust's internal governance arrangements conform with best practice and statutory requirements;
- Provide independent judgment and advice on strategy, vision, performance, resources, and standards of conduct, and constructively challenge, influence and help the Executive Team develop proposals on such strategies;
- Monitor the performance and conduct of management in meeting agreed goals and objectives and statutory responsibilities, including preparation of annual reports, accounts, quality reports and other statutory duties;
- Obtain comfort that financial information is accurate and that financial controls and risk management systems are robust and defensible;
- Obtain comfort that information about the quality and safety of services is accurate and that the associated systems are robust and defensible;
- Contribute to the determination of appropriate levels of remuneration for Executive Directors and other senior managers;
- Participate in and, if required, chair the Trust committees, and act in other committees established by the Board of Directors to exercise delegated responsibility;
- As a member of board committees, appoint, remove, support, encourage and, where appropriate, mentor senior executives;
- Bring independent judgment and experience from outside the Trust to benefit stakeholders and the wider community;
- Assist fellow Directors in setting the Trust's strategic aims, ensuring resources are in place and performance is effectively monitored and reviewed;
- Assist fellow Directors in providing entrepreneurial leadership within a framework of prudent and effective controls, enabling risk assessment and management;
- Assist fellow Directors in setting the Trust's values and standards and ensure obligations to stakeholders and the wider community are understood and fairly balanced at all times;
- Engage positively and collaboratively in board discussions of agenda items and act as an ambassador for the Trust in engagement with stakeholders, including local community and media when appropriate.
Qualifications
- Governance, Financial Expertise and Audit Committee Leadership experience;
- Strategic Leadership Experience;
- Commitment to Public Service Values;
- Independence and Constructive Challenge;
- Demonstrable experience in mergers, acquisitions or complex commercial transactions, with ability to provide strategic insight and challenge in relation to organisational partnerships, structural change and commercial development.
Person Specification
- Strong financial background;
- Appropriate professional qualification.
Equal opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating an environment where everyone is treated with dignity, feels respected and is able to thrive.
