Trustees, Trustee Treasurer, and Trustee Chair

DataKind UK is a small charity with a vision for a strong, thriving third sector that embraces data use to become more impactful. We connect third sector organisations with data professionals to improve their decision making, problem solving, and working practices, by applying data science approaches to sector-wide challenges.

We’re looking for enthusiastic and supportive individuals to fuel our mission and direction by providing oversight of our operations, supporting with major decision-making, and advocating for our work and cause.

We want to appoint a minimum of four new trustees this year, including a new Chair and Treasurer, to help expand the skills and capacity of our board. You’ll join an existing team with diverse interests, so to complement this, we are particularly interested in hearing from candidates who have a background in, or working knowledge of:

• Legal expertise, such as charity law and regulation, company law and regulation, or health, safety & wellbeing.
• Financial management and accounting, or managing investments.Volunteer management.
• Cybersecurity or data protection.
• PR and media relations.

Being a trustee is a great way to give your time to a cause you care about, broaden your network, and develop your strategy and governance skills and knowledge. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian, and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, and candidates with disabilities, as we would like to increase the representation of these groups in our community.

Please apply via Charity Job – https://www.charityjob.co.uk/volunteer-jobs/datakind-uk/trustees-trustee-treasurer-and-trustee-chair/1016038?tsId=36 – by sending a 1-2 page cover letter voutlining what you would bring to the role based on the skills outlined, especially highlighting if you are interested in the Chair or Treasurer role, along with your CV, by Monday 2 June. We use the Charity Job platform to anonymise candidates in order to make recruitment decisions based only on the quality of the application.

Initial screening calls will take place during the week commencing Monday 9 June.

Interviews will take place on the 17, 18, and 19 June 2025, with the aim of new members being recruited and onboarded for the following board meeting in August.