Are you interested in helping to steer a successful advice
centre through change, in the role of chairperson?
St Pauls Advice Centre provides free and independent legal advice services to the
people of St Pauls and east Bristol. We have been community based, with our main
office in the heart of St Pauls, for 40 years. Following a period of rapid change and
expansion, we have launched a new strategic plan to help us meet the challenges
of the next five years. We now seek a new chair from outside the organisation to
help us implement it.
You will be enthusiastic about community legal advice, perhaps looking for a new
outlet for your skills, eager to work co-operatively with a range of people, and able
to make a commitment of three years. We are a friendly and active management
committee, currently expanding and ready to try new ways of working.
Responsibilities
• Providing leadership in setting strategy and policy
• Guiding the execution of our strategic plan
• Planning management committee meetings and setting the agendas with the
manager
• Chairing and facilitating the meetings
• Monitoring that MC decisions are implemented
• Representing SPAC at appropriate events and meetings
• Acting as spokesperson for SPAC where appropriate
• Liaising with the manager to co-ordinate strategy and operations, and to
provide support
• Reviewing and appraising the manager’s performance
• Sitting on recruitment panels as required
• Acting as final stage adjudicator for disciplinary and grievance procedures
• Attending and joining other committees or working groups in role of chair
146 Grosvenor Road, St Pauls, Bristol BS2 8YA Email [email protected]
Tel 0117 955 2981 Fax 0117 940 5407 Web www.stpaulsadvice.org.uk
Qualities – essential
• Understanding and commitment to free legal advice in the community
• Leadership ability and strategic vision
• Integrity
• Willingness to devote the necessary time to chairing SPAC, roughly 10 to 15
hours a month, with considerable variation from week to week
• Good, independent judgement
• Good communication skills
• Tact and diplomacy
• Willingness to speak one’s mind and to listen to the views of others
• Ability to work well as a member of a team
• Understanding of the legal responsibilities of a charity trustee
Qualities – desirable
• Experience of being a trustee and / or committee work
• Some knowledge of civil legal aid
• Involvement in or support for the voluntary sector
For an informal chat, please contact Steve Woodcock, Manager, on 0117 955 2981
or [email protected]. If willing to proceed, we will ask you to write a
letter covering the points listed above and to attend a meeting.
We look forward to meeting you.
146 Grosvenor Road, St Pauls, Bristol BS2 8YA Email [email protected]
Tel 0117 955 2981 Fax 0117 940 5407 Web www.stpaulsadvice.org.uk