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Chair
hertfordshire independent living service
  • Salary
  • Location Letchworth, Hertfordshire, South East (On-site)
  • Job Type Voluntary
  • Category Trustees
  • Sectors Social Welfare
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Job Description

Chair

Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire Independent Living Service (HILS) is a dynamic and innovative charitable business that delivers meals on wheels and other caring services to elderly, frail, disabled, and vulnerable people across Hertfordshire. Winner of both the National and Hertfordshire Business Awards for Social Enterprise of the Year 2014, HILS supports the independence of thousands of people in their homes every year through the provision of a range of preventative services.

HILS is seeking a committed and supportive individual to lead the Board and help realise the strategic ambitions of the business. The successful candidate will lead the Board in supporting the highly motivated executive and wider organisational teams to develop HILS and achieve its aim to serve many more people in need.

The successful candidate will be an experienced strategic leader, a highly effective communicator, and will have broad business experience from a private, public, or third sector perspective.  Commitment to HILS’ values and a passion to enable excellent, personalised, and responsive service provision for vulnerable people will be fundamental, along with a drive to help lead a Social Enterprise that aspires to change the world, starting in Hertfordshire.

This is a very exciting opportunity to join a vibrant organisation that is striving to make a real difference through innovative social business. The role is not remunerated although reasonable expenses will be reimbursed.

Closing date for applications: 1st November 2015

Hertfordshire Independent Living Service is the operating name of Hertfordshire Community Meals, a community benefit society, society number IP30206R and registered as a charity with HMRC registration number XT37228