The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)

Every day of the year, people of all backgrounds get into danger in the water. It’s a problem we’re here to tackle. Every year, our volunteer lifeboat crews and lifeguards help and rescue thousands of people and have saved over 143,000 lives since 1824.

Our strength lies in operating through local teams, centrally supported and resourced. But the RNLI’s work is broad and varied – we’re more than a rescue service. We influence, supervise and educate people too.

As we draw close to our 200th anniversary, it is important that the RNLI is prepared for future challenges, and ready to sustain the charity for the next two centuries. One of our major focuses will be securing a future volunteer workforce. Engaging young people, and utilising digital tools, technology and new forms of communication will be key to this. We also need to ensure that we are inclusively connecting with a diverse audience, conscious of the hugely diverse communities we work with and support every day.

We are now looking to find our next Chair, a passionate, collaborate and future-focused leader to join this complex organisation and support the vital work we do every day, in an environment of change.

The RNLI is committed to supporting diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from individuals from the widest possible backgrounds.

Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to the RNLI on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit www.saxbam.com/appointments using reference ULNI. Alternatively telephone +44 (0)20 7227 0880 (during office hours). Applications should be received by noon on 27^th April 2022.