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Charity Trustees - what is needed from an HR prospective?

Penny

I’ve just been appointed as a new trustee for a local charity and have been asked to manage all things HR related. The charity works mainly with volunteers and has just one paid employee. This is the first time I’ve worked in the charity sector as well as my first trustee role - can I ask for some advice on what I should be looking at putting in place from an HR prospective please? 

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  • With just one paid employee, it's hard to know what they're expecting of you in HR terms. I suspect it's more what I would call "HR adjacent" stuff: GDPR, volunteer training, H&S, responding to complaints etc. As the charity has an employee, you should check that you have the minimal policies in place and that the employee has a contract - but that's kind of one-off stuff and won't fill your time as a trustee.
  • in reply to Robey
    Thanks for this.

    What HR info should I be making sure we have for each trustee as a minimum? A rough job/role description, eligibility check, dbs check.......

    I suspect I’ll be mainly be working with the volunteers but it would be good to have things in place in case anymore paid staff are taken on. It’s a relatively small local charity at the moment.
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  • in reply to Robey
    Thanks for this.

    What HR info should I be making sure we have for each trustee as a minimum? A rough job/role description, eligibility check, dbs check.......

    I suspect I’ll be mainly be working with the volunteers but it would be good to have things in place in case anymore paid staff are taken on. It’s a relatively small local charity at the moment.
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