We're on the hunt for a dynamic experienced Chairman to join TYLA Trust's Board! If you’re ready to advise, govern, shape policy, and provide leadership, all while championing our mission, we’d love to hear from you. This is your chance to make a meaningful impact and help steer our organisation toward a brighter future!

About us: TYLA is an early intervention youth development trust Established in 1996. Our mission is to inspire a movement that validates early intervention as the most effective way of creating enduring, transformational and sustained change in our most vulnerable youth. We operate two sites – Avondale and Ōtara – serving communities in South and Central West Auckland through catered mentoring programmes.

Major responsibilities:

• Chair all board meetings.
• Prepare meeting agendas.
• Ensure that the Trust is upholding their commitment to Te Tiriti O Waitangi.
• Work with the Board Secretary to ensure that each board member has an induction, and a personnel file created that includes a Ministry of Justice criminal check (vetting) and understands their role and responsibilities, and TYLA policies.
• To ensure the sustainability of the board, ensure that there is succession planning and recruitment to ensure the board has a fair representation of the diversity of the community and has people with skill sets such as HR, finance, legal.
• Carry out reference checks of new board members when required.
• Hold responsibilities as per the Trust’s Constitution.
• Read and present monitoring reports to the Board from Oranga Tamariki. Make a plan to address any issues raised.
• Organisational leadership and advisement.
• Organisation of the Board, officers, and committees.
• Formulation and oversight of health, financial and governance policies and procedures, the Codes of Practice, Ethics and Behaviour, and any HR policies relating to the General Manager/s.
• Recruitment of the Management position.
• Regular contact and support of the General Manager.
• Oversight of the annual budget with support from the Treasurer.
• An understanding of the boundaries of management and governance
• Completing an annual personnel appraisal and professional development plan with the Manager/s.
• Ensuring that the Strategic Plan is current and relevant by regular review, and strategic planning days as required.
• Ensure that the manager presents an annual business plan to the Board on how the strategic goals will be carried out, and the manager provides progress updates.
• Ensuring the Board undertake an annual appraisal of themselves.
• Promotion of the organisation.
• Fundraising and outreach.

Length of term: Ongoing (preferably a minimum of a 3 year commitment)

Meetings and time commitment: The board meets monthly at present but in future will likely meet bi-monthly. Board members are asked to attend no more than two special events or meetings per year, as they are determined.

Expectations of board members: Attend and participate in meetings on a regular basis, and special events as able.

Salary: Please note that this is an unpaid volunteer position.

Location: We are based in Auckland, New Zealand and are only looking at applicants from this location at this time. While many of the meetings are held remotely, there are certain events and meetings where in-person attendance will be required.