Job Description

We are recruiting for Directors 

For nearly seven years, Healthwatch Brighton and Hove has been the watchdog for health and social care issues for people of this city. We have been successful in influencing and shaping services and bringing user and public views to debates and decisions about local services. We are now wanting to refresh our Board as some Directors six year tenures are finishing. 

Do you have the urge and the time to be a Director of Healthwatch Brighton and Hove? 

Do you have the knowledge, skills and expertise or personal experience to make a difference to local health and care services?

We would like to hear from you.

If you have a BAME background or you are a younger person, we are particularly interested. We are also interested in people with links into the voluntary sector and with finance expertise and digital inclusion.

Directors are volunteers, unpaid but with reasonable expenses being met. Directors are appointed for 3 years, with an opportunity of a second 3 years. 

If you want a chance to influence this agenda, please send a CV and a statement as to why you would like to become a Director of Healthwatch Brighton and Hove. A role description and person specification is attached and additional information including what we do, is available on our website

To discuss this role please contact David Liley, Chief Officer, Healthwatch Brighton and Hove, 

Closing date 4pm Monday 19th April 2021

Healthwatch Brighton and Hove is a statutory organisation. We are a Community Interest Company with an asset lock. We are non political.