Help Ensure a Future with Forests!
Size of Wales is seeking a new Chair to lead the Board of Trustees (of which there are currently 11) to help steer and guide our charity at a time when climate change is the most critical issue facing our planet. It is also a time when we will be forming a new 5-year strategy, and the Chair will be at the forefront of this.
This is an exciting leadership and change-making opportunity for people from all walks of life and backgrounds who want to do something significant about the climate crisis. You will become a member of and lead the Board of Trustees and work together, collectively, bringing your lived experience, thoughts and wisdom to the role. The Board is a welcoming collective of people, ready and willing to support one another and the team.
We celebrate diversity of thought and lived experience, recognising the strength and dynamism this brings. We particularly welcome applications from people from ethnically diverse backgrounds, the LGBTQ+ community, and disabled people as we seek to improve the diversity of our Board. Size of Wales is committed to, and on an active journey to become a truly inclusive and antiracist charity.
Position: Size of Wales Chair of Board of Trustees
Remuneration: Voluntary with reasonable expenses covered e.g. travel expenses
Time commitment: Three days a month (on average) with flexibility
Standard term of office: Three years renewable for a further term
Application Deadline: 9am on Tuesday 29th April 2025
Size of Wales is a charity that is making Wales part of the global solution to climate change. For decades, the “size of Wales” was used as a unit of measurement for the destruction of our most precious natural habitats. Since 2010, we have brought our nation together to turn this on its head.
Together, we
(i) work with Indigenous and local communities worldwide to grow millions of trees and protect at least 2 million hectares of tropical forests – an area the size of Wales.
(ii) educate and inspire people in Wales, especially young people, to recognise the critical role tropical forests play in tackling the climate and nature emergency and how we must support Indigenous and local communities to protect the climate, biodiversity, and livelihoods.
(iii) campaign to drive policy change and call for Wales to become the world’s first Deforestation Free Nation to protect tropical forests overseas.
Our vision is to help create a future where forest communities can thrive alongside healthy tropical forests – to make our nation part of the solution rather than a measure of the problem.
Find out more about the culture we are committed to nurturing at Size of Wales by reading our Guiding Principles here. These inform the ways we interact, the decisions we make and the work we do.
Application Timelines and Summary
Please fill out the attached Equity Diversity and Inclusion form and see the guaranteed interview information in the separate document if you are either ethnically diverse or a person living with a disability.
The interview may be online or in person, depending on preferences.
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