Trustees - Nesta Foundation
Recruiter: Nesta Foundation
Location: London (Greater)
Salary: Unremunerated - 1 day per month
Posted: 23 Jun 2017
Closes: 24 Jul 2017
Job Function: Trustees
Industry: Charities
Nesta is an innovation foundation with a mission to back new ideas to tackle the big challenges of our time. We seek out, spark and shape powerful new ideas, joining with others to address challenges ranging from healthcare and future skills, to democracy and the arts.
Our primary focus is in the UK but we have an international outlook, working in dozens of countries in Europe and further afield so we can learn from others and achieve a greater impact through partnerships. We intend to grow this global presence – using our new building in London as a hub for sparking ideas and convening people.
We judge ourselves against many measures: from the direct impact of the programmes we fund to our influence on public policy; from the growth of firms and social ventures we invest in to how much value people have gained from our events and publications. But our main aim is to provide people and organisations with tools which help them generate and use new ideas more effectively, and to remind people that the future is something we make, not something that happens to us.
Having recently launched our new strategy 2017-2020 which focuses on 5 key areas – Health, Education, the Arts and the Creative Economy, Government Policy and Innovation Policy – we are seeking to appoint up to four new Trustees, drawn from a range of backgrounds that support these key areas, with the skills and expertise to contribute broadly to our Board, and lead the strategic direction of the organisation.
We are seeking people who can help us think long term and strategically, with strong communication skills and the ability to influence key stakeholders within your sphere of expertise and more widely within the UK and internationally.
We need people of integrity with a strong commitment to our aims and a collaborative approach. You will be joining a highly motivated, high performing board with a genuine desire to make a difference.
For further details please visit www.gatenbysanderson.com/job/GSe34775. For an informal, confidential discussion about the roles please contact our advising consultants Katy Giddens or Rebecca O’Connor (0207 426 3982) at GatenbySanderson.
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