Responsible to:

• The funders and supporters of the organisation

• The law, Charity Commissioners, Companies House, etc

Responsible for:

• The budget - approving and monitoring
• Understanding accounts and approving them
• Financial management - looking at the overall picture for the current year and longer term
• Funding strategy - planning where to get support, setting up contingency plans
• Constitution - maintenance, amendments
• Work programme agreement, monitoring and amendment
• Management Committee Co-optees
• Equal Opportunity Policy - implementation, monitoring, assessment
• Appointment of representatives to external bodies
• Operational planning and policy - how things are recorded, what is recorded, how the organisation deals with the work
• Key PR/Image decisions - corporate design, presentation of views on issues of concern
• External policies - how the organisation relates to other voluntary statutory organisations
• Premises - maintenance, management, location
• Health and Safety - policy, implementation, record keeping
• Establishment/dis-establishment of paid posts
• Recruitment process
• Involvement in staff discipline grievance process