Volunteer Treasurer for online health and social care charity

What will you be doing?

The Dipex Charity helps millions of individuals and professionals learn about the experience of health and social care. Through our websites healthtalk.org and socialcaretalk.org we publish people’s real stories, as collected by academic researchers. We cover more than 100 different health and social care issues and help people feel less alone and better prepared for what they’re going through. Our resources are also used as teaching resources all over the world and in training professionals working in health, social care and the public sector. You will be joining the charity at an exciting time that sees us expanding our ways of working and developing new revenue streams. We are currently seeking new people to join our trustee board in advance of other board members' terms of office coming to an end. As a Treasurer you will provide support to the small management team in respect of financial accounting and reporting.  In addition, as a Trustee you will provide guidance, expertise and support to the management team and help ensure that the charity continues meeting its charitable aims. There will be opportunities to get involved in discrete projects and you may be asked to provide ad hoc advice or input based on your skillset and experience. Visit our websites healthtalk.org and socialcaretalk.org to find out more about us.

What are we looking for?

·      Legal matters ·      Online health information ·      Charity or non-profit governance ·      Business development ·      Health and social care ·      Academia (particularly qualitative health and social care research) ·      Teaching resources ·      Marketing and communications Please see our other advert for details of other Trustee roles we are recruiting for.

What difference will you make?

You will be joining a small friendly team who punch well above our weight in terms of impact, reaching millions of people every year.  This is a great opportunity to develop your leadership skills and understanding of the charity sector, managing a website and health and social care research.