Mosaik Trustee 2024

This is a chance to join the board of a progressive and dynamic NGO at a crucial moment in its development.

Since 2018, Mosaik Education has been helping more refugees into tertiary education. This year we’ve set ourselves a new strategy, expanding our existing programming with young people to include more work with university partners as well as a new advocacy strand. We remain deeply committed to investing in refugee leadership in all our work, and in experimenting with technologies to increase its scale.

We’re now looking for up to four new trustees to join our board to help support this mission. In particular, we warmly encourage applications from people with lived experience of displacement.

About Mosaik

Today, just 7% of refugees access university, compared with a global average enrolment rate of 42% at this level. For young displaced people, being barred from reaching their full potential through higher study severely limits their adult life and contribution to society. This includes their place in their host community, but also their ability to help rebuild their home, if and when they return.

Mosaik’s mission is to close this gap. We do this by working directly with young refugees through access programmes designed and led by their peers, as well as by partnering with universities and others to build more opportunities for young displaced people to enrol.

As an organisation, we value community-led innovation, inclusivity, co-design with young people, and learning. We are passionate about improving access to higher education. We also think it’s important to tackle inequitable power dynamics in the aid and social impact sector.

Since 2018, we have reached thousands of refugees and displaced young people in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, Uganda and Ukraine. You can learn more about us here: Mosaik.ngo

About The Role

While a voluntary role, being a trustee is an active commitment. In return for your time, advice and expertise, we offer you the opportunity to get involved at an exciting moment for Mosaik and its work.

All trustees are expected to take part in quarterly board meetings, including one face to face gathering per year. We also place trustees into smaller groups to work more closely with the executive team on a range of topics. You can expect to be asked to take part in one or two of these, where you’ll provide more hands-on advice, and report back to the rest of the board from time to time.

Less frequently, you may be asked to take on a special, time bound project, depending on your skills, experience and availability, and the needs of the organisation. As a guide, you should plan to give around half a day of your time each month.

All Mosaik trustees serve a fixed three year term, with the option to renew for a second term.

About You

We are looking for up to four new trustees to augment our board and help us deliver on our new strategy. We have identified a range of skills and experience that we wish to recruit for. A successful applicant will have one or more of the following:

• Corporate or charity governance and financial management and operations of nonprofits or charities
• Knowledge of the tertiary education sector in the UK and more broadly, partnerships in the higher education sector
• Experience in securing major grants from philanthropies, corporates, and agencies
• Experience and knowledge of delivering and leading advocacy and communications to influence change
• Lived experience of displacement and/or challenges of accessing education in the geographies we work in We are keen to draw trustees from a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. Direct experience of humanitarian or development and aid space is not a prerequisite. We are just as keen to hear from you if you have something else to offer, and are interested in supporting Mosaik’s mission.

How to apply

Please send your CV and a covering email that explains briefly why you want to get involved, and what you feel you can offer Mosaik to Vicky@mosaik.ngo by 5 January 2024. We will evaluate applications on a rolling basis, so encourage you to apply early. Please include Mosaik Trustee 2024 in the subject line of your email.

If you want to learn more to help you decide, we are open to organising short pre-application calls for small groups of potential applicants. Email Vicky@mosaik.ngo to arrange this.