Job Description

This is a voluntary, unpaid role with reimbursed expenses and a structured induction programme.

We are seeking a passionate and committed individual with clinical expertise to join our Board of Trustees. The person would share our values and vision and help to drive strategic decision-making towards our continued success - making a positive impact on supporting disabled people to live with greater independence.

Designability is a national charity that, for over 50 years, has created equality of opportunity for disabled people by removing barriers to independence, enabling them to live the life they choose.

Following a person-centred design approach, and by including disabled people at each point of the design process, we ensure their ideas and lived experiences are taken on board and that what we create reflects peoples' needs, as well as products and services they want to use. We are best known for the iconic Wizzybug powered wheelchairs for very young disabled children. To date, they have been loaned to over 1,400 children, typically aged between 14 months and 5 years, across the UK completely free of charge, thanks to the support of our generous donors.

Our Trustees actively contribute to the Board of Trustees by giving firm strategic direction to Designability, setting overall policy, defining goals, setting targets, and evaluating performance against agreed targets.

We are recruiting a new trustee to bring further clinical excellence to our Board.

We would welcome candidates with experience in any of the following areas:

A leadership role, relating to clinical delivery, or clinical trials and research involving medical devices. Assessing organisational risk and accountability, and implementation of mitigations in a clinical setting. Delivery of strategy or change management in a clinical setting. Significant experience of working with disabled people, including experience gained through a senior position in occupational therapy, physiotherapy, rehabilitation engineering or rehabilitation medicine. Experience in Early Years Powered Mobility, wheelchair services or provision of medical devices. Experience of clinical governance.
You will be joining an independent, national charity based in Bath. Our creative and inspiring team includes engineers, technicians, product designers, occupational therapists, fundraisers and administrators. We are led by strong values: we are creative, inclusive and practical, with our vision being to create a future where every disabled person has the products they want, to live the life they choose.

To find out more about Designability, visit designability.org.uk

To request a Trustee Recruitment Pack or for an informal conversation about this role, please email HR@designability.org.uk

To apply: Please submit a CV and covering letter/statement to HR@designability.org.uk, detailing why you wish to apply and how your skills and experience meet the criteria for the role.

Closing Date for applications: 28th November 2025

Interview date: Successful applicants will be offered a mutually convenient interview date, following the closing date.

Job Type: Volunteer

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bath

Application deadline: 28/11/2025
Reference ID: JS9679