Board Chair & Chair of the HR Committee (Independent Trustee)

Core responsibilities:

• Provide inclusive leadership and ensure effective governance for the Start Network Board
• Chair the HR committee and play a critical role in fostering a collaborative Board culture
• Work closely with the CEO, CFOO, Company Secretary, and fellow Trustees to guide strategic direction
• Safeguard the organisation's mission, values, and financial integrity while supporting robust risk oversight

This role creates positive change by providing leadership that improves the efficiency, effectiveness and ethics of humanitarian action through system-level change and locally led crisis response.

Required qualifications:

• Prior Board experience with strong strategic oversight and governance capabilities
• Experience in inclusive leadership and effective governance practices
• Ability to represent the organisation externally to key stakeholders
• Capacity to work collaboratively with senior leadership and fellow Trustees

This is an unpaid voluntary role for which reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed, in accordance with Start Network policies. Trustees serve a three-year term, extendable to a maximum of two terms.

START Network's purpose is to be a catalyst for system-level change that improves the efficiency, effectiveness and ethics of humanitarian action by working as a network to develop, test & spread new ways of collaborating and resourcing locally led crisis response and anticipation.