Trustee

6 days ago


Christchurch, New Zealand Sheffield Full time

**Christchurch Based**:

- **Rewarding Governance opportunity with leading NGO**:

- **Work strategically and collaboratively to change lives**

**About The Role**:
The Nova Trust Board is seeking to appoint a new Trustee to complement and augment the existing team and work strategically and collaboratively with the Board and Chief Executive to achieve Nova’s vision.

**Skills & Experience**:
We seek interest in this rewarding position from individuals who have:

- Well-developed level of business/commercial acumen
- A specialist background/skillset in finance/accounting
- Ideally - previous knowledge and experience of working at a governance level
- Experience in governance audit and risk would be an advantage
- Passion for improving lives
- An empathy for the services that Nova provides.

The ability to add to the diversity of the Board, in terms of gender, ethnicity, age or other factors is also sought.

**About the Company**:
Nova is a leading New Zealand NGO and Social Enterprise making life better for those affected by alcohol, drugs and other life challenges, since 1981.

As a charitable community trust and registered charity, the Trustees oversee the direction and management of the charity.

Based in Canterbury, Nova operates services from its main site, in a rural setting on the outskirts of Christchurch and works with both male and female adult service-users, who can be referred from across Aotearoa New Zealand.

Nova Trust currently manages five distinct services:

- **Nova Recovery **is a recovery-oriented service and programme providing treatment, rehabilitation and supported accommodation for those affected by addiction.
- **Nova STAR **improves the health and wellbeing of individuals placed under the Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017
- **Nova Res:pite **offers a supportive, safe and secure environment for service-users to engage in or re-establish their recovery from addiction.
- **Nova Fresh **is a well-established and thriving horticulture and farming business that offers tangata whai ora the opportunity to develop life and employment skills as part of recovery.
- **Nova Natives** is a nursery social enterprise that works alongside the treatment and recovery programmes, preparing service-users and tangata whai ora for life beyond treatment, through the development of life and employment skills. The nursery enterprise produces an array of native plants, trees and grasses works with commercial customers, communities and partners, to support the re-establishment and re-development of our natural landscape.

**Commitment required**:
Board meetings are held monthly at Nova’s Templeton premises with meetings usually lasting 2 hours. There are 11 meetings per year.

**Benefits**:

- Make a real impact
- Change lives
- Not-for-profit governance opportunity


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