Non-Executive Roles and Board Opportunities

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Featured Role

As our new Chair, you’ll provide inspirational strategic leadership to the Board, ensuring strong, forward‑looking governance that supports SHG’s long‑term success. Working closely with the Board, the Council and our partners, you’ll support and challenge our Executive team as we deliver our mission and strategic ambitions. You’ll lead and develop the Board, fostering high‑quality debate and clear communication, while building a constructive partnership with the Council’s leadership. As a prominent ambassador, you’ll represent SHG with enthusiasm and champion our values and purpose.

You’ll bring:

• A deep understanding of the social housing regulatory environment and the ability to navigate it confidently.
• The ability to foster strong, trusting relationships with customers, colleagues, partners and Council leaders alike.
• A positive, visible and collaborative leadership style that inspires confidence and engagement.
• A track record of strategic leadership within complex, multi‑stakeholder organisations.
• An inclusive and empowering chairing style that enables high‑quality decision‑making.
• A commitment to our values of ambition, social responsibility, passion, innovation, respect and excellence.

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Reporting to the Chair, the INED will be required to work with the other Directors of the Board to:

• Support PGAAC to deliver on its mission through a period of continued change.
• Contributes and, where appropriate, leads the discussion around strategy and forward thinking actions with the ultimate aim of have a clear plan and framework in place which enables focus for all involved and gives opportunity to measure success
• Ensure that PGAAC is run in a transparent and equitable manner and operates in line with accepted best practice in corporate governance.
• Reviewing the output of the audits of boys’ Academies undertaken by PGAAC staff
• Evaluate and assess that output in order to determine whether an Academy should be awarded or maintain its licence to operate as such, and make recommendations accordingly.
• Where appropriate, consider, advise on and make recommendations regarding systemic areas of quality, risk and developmental need in the male and female elite talent pathway.
• Offer check and challenge to the Chair, General Manager and PGAAC staff.

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Essential requirements

• Experience of strategic leadership within a social enterprise or people focused / social / health or education related organisation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Experience of participation on a senior leadership board.
• Recognised financial qualifications (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA).
• Understanding of financial reporting, audit processes, and accounting standards (IFRS/UK GAAP).
• Experience in (1) Budgeting and forecasting (2) Cash flow management and (3) Financial risk management
• Knowledge of corporate governance frameworks
• Respect for confidential information.

Desirable requirements

• Previous non-executive or trustee board level experience.
• Experience relating to speech, language and communication needs and neurodiversity.
• Change and growth management.
• Knowledge or experience with mergers and acquisitions
• Technology, Data and Cyber Risk Awareness.
• Wide professional networks.
• Have the required technical ability to participate in virtual meetings.
• Based in the northwest of England or ability to travel for meetings approximately 3x per year.

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Board Members

As we expand our Board, we are seeking individuals who can bring fresh perspectives, constructive challenge and a shared commitment to our mission.

We are particularly looking to extend and strengthen the board in the following skills areas:

• Homelessness and supported housing/ CQC-regulated services/trauma-informed approaches/safeguarding
• Fundraising, marketing or communications
• Asset management and compliance

While prior board experience is not essential, we welcome applicants with lived experience of supported housing and/or homelessness and individuals who are eager to help shape Arc’s strategic direction, provide effective oversight and champion client-focused services.

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Chair

Our current Chair, Karen Ayling will step down in September after completing her full term and we are now seeking an exceptional experienced individual to build on this strong foundation.

As Chair, you will be a bold and passionate advocate for supported housing and homelessness, driving local awareness and championing collaboration. You will ensure Arc remains truly client-led, recognising that our challenges cannot be solved by any one organisation alone.

We will look to you to:

• Provide inclusive, values-led leadership to the Board
• Champion our new Corporate Strategy
• Steer the Board through the final stages of achieving Registered Provider status and lead Arc into its next phase of growth, innovation and impact
• Ensure strong governance, accountability and effective decision-making
• Represent Arc externally, helping to build key partnerships that promote meaningful social impact.

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The Role:

The Chair will lead and steward an engaged, forward-thinking Board to support the CEO and senior team as the Museum consolidates recent gains and secures long-term resilience. You will ensure excellent governance, provide constructive challenge and support to the CEO, strengthen relationships with funders and partners, champion the Museum’s commitment to equity and community co-curation, and be an ambassador for the organisation locally and nationally.

Key responsibilities:

• Set strategic direction: Lead the Board in shaping, approving and monitoring delivery of the CEO’s strategy to meet the Museum’s mission and 2030 ambitions.
• Own governance & risk: Ensure high standards of governance, legal and regulatory compliance, and effective oversight of the risk register.
• Build board capability: Drive trustee recruitment, induction, appraisal and succession planning to secure the skills, diversity and lived experience needed.
• Partner with the CEO: Line-manage and support the CEO – offering constructive challenge, guidance on operations and people matters, and ensuring strong executive accountability.
• Champion income & profile: Use networks to open doors to major funders, partners and donors, and actively raise the Museum’s profile.
• Ensure financial stewardship: Oversee budgets, reserves and trading activity with the Finance Committee and trustees, and scrutinise financial reporting.
• Lead effective meetings: Chair Board meetings, encourage robust discussion, ensure timely decisions and follow-through on agreed actions.
• Represent and advocate: Act as an ambassador to civic partners, funders, media and diverse local communities.
• Steward the estate: Support oversight of the CEO’s strategies for capital, maintenance and estate priorities for the Museum’s Victorian building.

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The new Chair will play a central role in shaping a confident, well-functioning board that provides effective oversight, strategic challenge, and long-term stewardship of the Foundation’s mission. You will work closely with the Founder, who continues to lead delivery and vision, while ensuring that governance, decision-making, and accountability are appropriately balanced.

Over the next 12–24 months, the Foundation expects to focus on:

• Strengthening governance structures and board processes
• Improving financial oversight and planning to support grant funding and sustainability
• Supporting programme growth while managing capacity and risk responsibly
• Refreshing and expanding the trustee board to bring in complementary experience

The Chair will help guide the board through these priorities, ensuring meetings are purposeful, well-structured, and focused on the right issues. This includes setting agendas, facilitating constructive discussion, and helping trustees engage at the right strategic level rather than drifting into operational detail.

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We welcome applications from individuals who share our values, bring fresh perspectives, and are passionate about making a meaningful difference. We are seeking candidates with particular experience or expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Finance – strong financial literacy, audit, risk management, investment, or corporate financial leadership.
• Governance – expertise in regulatory frameworks, compliance, organisational assurance, or board level governance.
• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) – shaping inclusive cultures, reducing inequality, and championing representation and accessibility.
• Customer Experience – understanding customer insight, service design, complaints, engagement, and servicequality oversight.
• IT & Cyber Security – strategic oversight of digital transformation, data protection, cyber risk management, and technological innovation.

Ideally, you’ll have had affordable housing experience before, either in a senior role in a housing association or development partner organisation or as a Board member. Just as important as anything else is your ability to process complex information, ask challenging questions, make strategic decisions and be an advocate for our customers, ensuring their voice has influence.

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