The roles
Treasurer (Chair, Audit & Finance Committee)

Purpose: To lead the Board's oversight of Bible Society's financial strategy, controls, risk management and compliance, and to chair the Audit & Finance Committee, which currently meets four times a year.

Key responsibilities

  • Provide the Board with assurance on financial strategy, planning, controls and risk management across a complex, multi-entity structure - Bible Society and its wholly owned trading subsidiary operate under separate accounts

  • Chair Audit & Finance Committee meetings and present the Committee's findings and recommendations to the full Board

  • Work closely with the Chief Executive, Chief Financial Officer and executive team on budgeting, statutory accounts, external audit and financial risk

  • Oversee investment and reserves policy, and going concern considerations

  • Ensure robust financial controls and compliance with charity and company law

  • Shadow the outgoing Committee chair ahead of the current chair's planned retirement, supporting continuity of financial oversight

  • Contribute fully to the Board's wider strategic and governance responsibilities as a Trustee

Person specification

  • A qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

  • Substantial senior experience of financial compliance, risk management and governance

  • Experience of complex financial structures, ideally spanning charitable and commercial or trading entities

  • Confidence to interpret and constructively challenge statutory accounts, audit findings and financial risk reporting

  • Board-level or senior leadership experience, ideally including audit or finance committee chairing or membership

  • Commercial acumen combined with sensitivity to the particular financial and reporting requirements of the charity sector

Chair of the People & Remuneration Committee

Purpose: To lead the Board's oversight of Bible Society's people strategy, organisational culture and remuneration, and to chair the People & Remuneration Committee, which currently meets twice a year.

Key responsibilities

  • Chair the People & Remuneration Committee, overseeing people strategy, culture, talent and succession planning, and remuneration policy for senior staff

  • Provide the Board with assurance on staff wellbeing, employee engagement and organisational culture, including oversight of employee listening activity such as staff surveys and the actions that follow from them

  • Work closely with the Chief Executive and Director of People and Culture on people-related risk, policy and major organisational change

  • Support the Chief Executive and Leadership Team in navigating people and culture challenges, offering both challenge and support

  • Oversee remuneration policy and practice for senior staff, ensuring fairness, market relevance and alignment with Bible Society's values

  • Shadow the outgoing Committee chair ahead of taking on the role, supporting continuity

  • Contribute fully to the Board's wider strategic and governance responsibilities as a Trustee

Person specification

  • Significant organisational leadership experience, with hands-on experience of people and culture management at a senior level; formal HR qualifications are not required

  • A genuine passion for people, with the confidence to both challenge and support the organisation

  • Experience of leading through organisational change, culture change or transformation

  • Understanding of good practice in remuneration, talent management and governance of people-related risk

  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to build trust with the Chief Executive, Leadership Team and fellow Trustees

Trustee - Digital, AI & Innovation

Purpose: To bring expertise in technology, artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship to the Board, helping Bible Society make wise, confident and ethical use of digital opportunities in pursuit of its mission, and supporting the Board's oversight of technology-related strategy and risk.

Key responsibilities

  • Help the Board understand and respond to developments in technology and AI, and their implications for how people discover and engage with the Bible

  • Provide constructive challenge and support to the Chief Executive and Leadership Team on digital strategy, innovation and new ways of reaching audiences

  • Support the Board's oversight of technology-related risk, including data protection, cyber security and the responsible and ethical use of AI

  • Bring an entrepreneurial perspective to new initiatives, partnerships and income opportunities, balancing ambition with sound governance

  • Contribute fully to the Board's wider strategic and governance responsibilities as a Trustee

Person specification

  • Significant senior experience in technology, digital or data-led organisations, or in leading digital transformation

  • A strong working understanding of AI and emerging technologies, including their opportunities, limitations and ethical considerations

  • An entrepreneurial track record, for example founding, scaling or leading a business, venture or new initiative

  • The ability to translate technical and commercial thinking into clear, strategic insight for a non-specialist Board

  • Board-level, advisory or senior leadership experience, with an understanding of the difference between governance and management