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Recruitment processes and plans

1. Sample Board Recruitment Process

2. Example recruitment plan: Well Women Centre

Working out what you need on your board

1. Getting on Board 
audit of the skills, knowledge and experience you have on your board.

2. Reach Skills Audit 

3. Prospect-US Skills Audit 

What to include in your advert

1. Template trustee advert

2. Example advert: TLC

3. Example advert: Well Women

4. Example advert: Community Action Norfolk

5. Example advert: First Give

6. Example advert: Heart UK

7. Example advert: Peer Power

8. Example advert: Sandwell African Caribbean Mental Health Foundation

9. Example advert: Trust Links

10. Example advert: Young Citizens

11. Example advert: Canaan Project

Tailoring adverts for specific skills

1. Example tailored advert (fundraiser): Heart UK

2. Example tailored advert (treasurer): Well Women

Role and person specs

1. Reach role description templates

2. Template role description and person spec

3. Example role description and person spec

4. Example treasurer spec: Heart UK

5. Example person spec: NCVO

Recruitment packs

1. Template recruitment pack

2. Example recruitment pack: Community Action Norfolk

3. Example recruitment pack: Trust Links

4. Example recruitment pack: Well Women Centre

5. Example recruitment pack:  Young Citizens

6. Example recruitment pack: Getting on Board

Targeting your advertising

1. Ideas for useful links for trustee recruitment

2. Some ways to use LinkedIn for trustee recruitment

Shortlisting

Shortlisting template

Interviewing

1. Interview question template

2. Getting on Board Interview questions

3. Prospect-US interview questions

4. Reach interview questions

5. Email notifying unsuccessful candidates

Appointment

1. Template reference request

2. Template appointment letter

Induction

1. Example induction pack: Well Women Centre

2. Example Trustee Handbook: Heart UK

Board operations

1. Directors Codes of Conduct,
example 1, 
example 2, 
example 3

2. Board objectives

3. Board terms of reference