Healthwatch Bedford Borough are recruiting a new Chair.
Purpose of the role
As Chair, you will lead and work with the HAB in setting the strategic plan and work programme for Healthwatch Bedford Borough, leading and ensuring the service lives up to its shared vision, aims, and values. In addition to attending and leading formal board meetings, the Chair will ensure that the service’s strategic direction is clearly communicated and provide support and advice to the staff and management team.
The Chair will:
Be responsible for supporting the Advisory Board to agree the Healthwatch Bedford Borough annual work programme and have subsequent oversight ensuring local people’s voices are heard in NHS health and social care.
Be a key spokesperson for Healthwatch Bedford Borough and have the necessary knowledge, skills, and experience to be perceived by partners and the public as a credible figurehead for a professional, responsive and evidence-based organisation.
Lead the Advisory Board in supporting Healthwatch Bedford Borough to enable all people and communities in Bedford Borough to have their voices heard.
Promote volunteering and the opportunities it brings to enable people to make a difference within their own communities.
Ensure they and the other Advisory Board Members, staff team, and volunteers operate in line with Healthwatch values.
Be an active ambassador for Healthwatch Bedford Borough across the borough.
Commitment and remuneration
We anticipate the time commitment will be approximately four to five days per month. An honorarium of £3,000 pa for the role will be paid in recognition of the time commitment. All remuneration is taxable and subject to Class 1 NI contributions, but it is not pensionable. Reasonable out-of-pocket expenses will also be reimbursed in line with organisational policy.
Who can apply:
You need to be 18 or above and live, work or study, within the boundary of Bedford Borough.
Download the Chair recruitment pack.
For full details of the role including your responsibilities and tasks and a person specification, download the recruitment pack below.
Downloads
If you would like an informal chat about the roles, please contact Elizabeth Learoyd either by phone or text at 07776090003 (answerphone outside office hours) or email: elizabeth.learoyd@weareecs.co.uk
