Finance Trustee

Join the Board of the UK’s leading charity helping people to thrive after brain injury and shape rehabilitation that supports a life well lived.

• Location: Board meetings take place in Central London
• Salary: Reasonable expenses paid
• Closing date: Rolling applications

Who we are

Brainkind exists to ensure that life after brain injury can be a life well lived. As the UK’s largest not for profit provider of specialist brain injury rehabilitation and neurological services, we support more than 750 people each year across our network of hospitals, assessment and rehabilitation centres, and community services in England, Scotland and Wales.

We are at a pivotal moment. Having completed a significant period of reshaping, we are now laying the foundations for our next strategic cycle, investing in new revenue streams, deepening research and fundraising partnerships and harnessing technology and data to improve the services we deliver and the organisation’s sustainability. The people joining our Board now will help to shape that direction.

The Opportunity

We are looking to appoint a Trustee to join a refreshed and energised board at this critical juncture in Brainkind’s development.

This is governance with a genuine purpose. Our Board Members are not passive overseers, they are strategic partners, bringing expertise, networks and challenge to help an ambitious organisation deliver even greater impact for the people it exists to serve.

Who we are looking for

We are seeking a Trustee to join the Board and bring complementary skills and perspectives to help Brainkind deliver on its ambitions.

We are particularly interested in a person with finance expertise to strengthen the Board’s financial oversight and support our work on long-term sustainability with the aim of succeeding as Committee Chair for the Finance & Investment Committee.

We are as interested in lived experience and personal connection to the cause as we are in formal professional credentials. If you care deeply about what happens to people after brain injury, and you have something distinctive to offer a board at a formative moment, we would very much like to hear from you.

Why join us?

Brain injury touches the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the UK every year. It is sudden, life-altering, and often poorly understood. Brainkind exists precisely for this: to ensure that the journey from crisis to recovery to independent living is supported at every step with compassion, expertise, and an unflinching commitment to the individual.

You will be joining an organisation with strong foundations, clinical credibility, national reach, services that consistently receive excellent external ratings and a board that is genuinely motivated to push further. There is a real opportunity here to shape strategy, to help build the infrastructure that will sustain long-term impact, and to be part of a governance team.

As a Trustee, you will play a pivotal role in helping us:

• Expand and enhance our services for people affected by brain injuries and complex neurological conditions.
• Strengthen partnerships and identify gaps in the current support systems.
• Advocate for policy change to improve the lives of those living with brain injuries, as seen in our groundbreaking research report on domestic abuse, Too Many to Count.
• Drive innovation in rehabilitation services, from our work in the prison system to new service acquisitions and site developments.

Time commitment

Trustees: equivalent of one day per month.

This is inclusive of ad hoc conversations with board members, the executive and the following:

• Four Board meetings per year (typically up to four hours, in person)
• One of these meetings is our annual Board strategy away day (usually two consecutive days).
• Sub-committee participation as appropriate to your area of expertise, usually these meet six times a year online.
• Occasional site visits to Brainkind services across England, Scotland and Wales.

To view the role description and person specification, please go to the ‘How to Apply’ tab above, fill in your details and download the candidate pack. For further information or to arrange a confidential discussion, please contact our advising consultant at Peridot Partners:

Jennifer Horan | jennifer@peridotpartners.co.uk | 07519 070 497