We’re searching for a new Associate Non-Executive Director. You will share our passion for community health services, and our vision and values, and bring the specific skills and perspectives we need to keep moving forward.
The Associate Non-Executive Director role is used to prioritise particular skills and experience and support Board succession strategy. The role can provide development opportunities, aimed at attracting potential Non-Executive Director candidates who do not yet have sufficient Board-level experience, or currently do not have the required availability, but who do have valuable skills and experience, and the potential to succeed in a Trust Board-level role. Whilst non-voting, the Associate Non-Executive Director will undertake the rest of the range of Non Executive Director activity, governing and leading as part of the Board team.
** Applications for this role must be submitted to Anna Hilditch, Deputy Trust Secretary – anna.hilditch@ghc.nhs.uk by 5pm on Monday 6th July 2026. **
To make an application, please prepare and send the following documents:
• your CV or equivalent biographical information;
• a covering letter (maximum two sides) that sets out your motivation for applying for this appointment, and why you think your skills and experience make you suitable
• A completed Monitoring Form (please complete and return this form alongside your application – a copy can be found in the Documents to Download section).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The specific role of the Associate Non-Executive Director (ANED) is to:
• Bring independence, external perspectives, skills, and challenge to strategy development
• Hold the executive to account for the delivery of strategy
• Offer purposeful, constructive scrutiny and challenge
• Participate as a member of key committees that support accountability
• Account individually and collectively to the Council of Governors for the effectiveness of the Board
• Actively support and promote a healthy culture for the organisation and reflect this in their own behaviours
• Provide visible leadership in developing a healthy culture so that our colleagues believe Associate and other Non-Executive Directors provide a safe point of access to the board for raising concerns
• Satisfy themselves of the integrity of financial and quality intelligence including triangulating with direct experience by getting out and about, observing and talking to services users, carers and staff
• Ensure the board acts in the best interests of service users and the public
• Show commitment to supporting the work of the Council of Governors
• To be aware of and contribute to system wide collaboration and strategic thinking
Please email Anna Hilditch, Deputy Trust Secretary – anna.hilditch@ghc.nhs.uk with any queries.
