We are pleased to announce a job opening with Parity Charity for the Honorary Secretary job vacancy

Location: Online / Central London For Trustees and AGM Meetings Only.

Position: Voluntary Non Paid

Job Reference: PCHS001

Closing Date: 15th December 2025

View Full Job Description Here.

About Parity Charity:

PARITY was first formed in 1986 as the Campaign for Equal State Pension Ages (CESPA), a wholly voluntary organisation concerned with the equal rights of men and women, and we achieved charitable status in January 2005 making us one of the longest established sex equality charities.

Our objects are currently those set out in the constitution, namely:

to promote and protect the equal rights of men and women to the enjoyment of all civil, political, economic social and cultural rights under the law;

to institute proceedings in the UK or appropriate European Courts for the purpose of establishing or protecting any such equal rights.

PARITY 2023.

PARITY is a national non-party charity having no paid staff or public funding.

Because PARITY seeks changes in the law to redress statutory sex discrimination, it has been deemed in the past to be “political” and thus been denied charitable status. Its funding therefore depends entirely on subscriptions and donations from members and sympathetic individuals and organisation.

What You Will Be Doing:

Overall:

• The charity secretary is primarily responsible for the smooth and efficient running of meetings of the trustee board and any sub-committees, providing assistance and support to the chair of the board of trustees.
• The charity secretary is responsible for keeping the ‘conscience’ of the charity, by way of ensuring that the trustees continue to take decisions and act in line with the governing document and comply with the relevant legislative and regulatory requirements the charity is subject to and ensures that other meetings such as AGM, and events are properly administered.
• The charity secretary is also closely involved in:
• monitoring the requirements affecting the charity and its activities.
• Ensuring that the trustees’ decisions are acted upon.
• Ensuring that all decisions made by the trustees are in accordance with the governing document, reflect the objects of the charity, and continue to provide public benefit.
• Monitoring committee member action points.

Specifics:

• To have good listening, oral and literacy skills. To plan and prepare committee meetings and the AGM with others as appropriate.
• Plan meeting dates, book rooms, send out notifications, minutes and other papers.
• Draw up agendas together with the Chair. Minute committee meetings or ensure another minute taker is available.
• Accurately record decisions and actions in the minutes and report to the next committee meeting on the progress of actions and the result of decisions.
• Deal with correspondence, writing letters, emails as agreed at committee meetings, summarizing correspondence/emails, received at the next committee meetings and drafting replies as appropriate.
• Making arrangements for any necessary reporting to be done, for example the annual report to members.
• Ensuring that trustee decisions are implemented in accordance with the charity’s governing document or other internal operational procedures.
• Knowledge of Charity law and the voluntary sector.

Qualities:

• To be organized and methodical.
• Able to take good minutes.
• Able to work as a team and be committed to the charity values.
• Able to keep accurate records.
• Relevant skills to organise a meeting well.

If you think you are a good fit for the role advertised and our organisation, please feel free to email us with your application.

We welcome all applications.

Please send your application to secretary@parity-uk.org with your cover letter and CV.

Any questions or queries about the role, please email at: secretary@parity-uk.org.

We do not accept any agencies unfortunately.

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October 2025.