Trustee - Marine Conservation

The Marine Conservation Society is seeking volunteer Trustees from across the UK, especially those underrepresented in charity leadership. Candidates should have expertise in marine conservation, environmental knowledge, and experience in policy or legislation. The organization aims to protect ocean health and seeks diverse perspectives on its Board. This is a full-time, volunteer position with no remuneration, and applications are open until June 7, 2024.
"What does a volunteer Trustee look like?

Look in the mirror!

Right now, less than 3% of charity Trustees are under 30, 8% are people of colour and 36% are women. We are looking for people from across the UK and are keen to recruit trustees from all nations in the UK.

We value the many skills and experiences that you can bring to the Marine Conservation Society. We are committed to a Board culture that enables everyone to be their authentic selves and to enjoy the Trustee experience.

We believe that becoming a Trustee with us will be a rewarding journey for you – we want you to share your experience, your fresh perspectives, and we will listen to your views.

It’s a critical time for our ocean. There is not a moment to waste. Our goal is to recover the health of our ocean so it can help with healing our climate; to make seas protected in law to be protected in practice; and to stop the tide of plastic that’s getting into our waters.

Our Board needs people with a range of backgrounds, life stages, experiences, and skills who come together as a team to offer challenge and energy to one another, and to boost our ability to deliver for our ocean.

By joining as a volunteer Trustee, you will help navigate us through the risks and opportunities that we meet.

We want our organisation and Board to be reflective of our society. We recognise that we should all have the opportunity to take responsibility to protect our ocean for the future, so we are particularly interested in applications from groups which are typically under-represented on Boards.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for people to join our Board with expertise in Marine Conservation and you might have:

- environmental knowledge, ideally specific to the marine environment
- policy and/or practical experience of conservation
- knowledge on developments in conservation legislation and advocacy
- a network of contacts across the marine sector, particularly within business or government, would be an advantage

What you can bring to our Board can be just as interesting as where you’ve been working. You do not need to have previous charity trustee experience, but you will need to be comfortable participating at a senior level with complex discussions and the need to be comfortable making pragmatic but key decisions.

Closing date for applications is 7th June 2024.
Please note that this is a volunteer position and no remuneration is offered.

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency."