Join Our Board – Volunteer Opportunity
Counselling Highland is looking for volunteer Board Members to support and guide our work providing vital relationship counselling services across the Highlands.
Our Board plays a key strategic role, offering oversight, governance, and vision—not hands-on involvement. We meet around 3–4 times a year, with additional input depending on your interests and expertise. Meetings are a mix of online and in-person (Inverness).
We’re especially interested in individuals with skills or experience in the following areas:
Business Development
We are committed to sustaining and growing our charity while remaining true to our core purpose. We’re seeking someone with a proven track record in business development who can help us explore new funding opportunities, support ongoing professional development for staff, and ensure long-term sustainability.
Counselling & Mental Health
While we specialise in relationship counselling, we welcome Board Members from a range of therapeutic backgrounds—whether in psychotherapy, coaching, pastoral care, or supervision. You’ll help guide our vision and support service development without delivering counselling yourself.
Digital Marketing
We’ve begun building a social media presence, but we need someone with proven digital marketing experience to shape and drive a strategy. This role is crucial for helping us share our message across the Highlands and engage with communities in remote and rural areas. You’ll also support the development of our outreach services, particularly in online counselling, where we’ve already begun investing in new technology.
Finance & Law
We are currently seeking a Finance Director with strategic expertise in finance, charity law, and company governance. You won’t be required to manage the accounts directly, but to provide oversight and guidance. You’ll be supported by a long-serving and highly experienced volunteer who handles our accounts and offers continuity and backup to the Board.
Learning & Development
We are launching an ambitious training programme—offering CPD workshops and courses for our own team and the wider therapeutic community. We’re looking for someone with hands-on experience in designing and delivering short training courses or events, ideally (though not necessarily) in counselling or a related field.
The Role of Trustee–Director
As a Trustee, you’ll support the charity’s mission, ensure good governance, and act in line with our values and legal obligations under OSCR. As a Company Director, you’ll also help fulfil our responsibilities to Companies House. A full induction is provided, and ongoing support is always available.
Counselling Highland is a registered Scottish Charity and a Company Limited by Guarantee. In the unlikely event of closure with debts, Board members’ liability is limited to £1.
Volunteer With Us
If you have a few hours to spare every few months, and would like to make a lasting impact on mental health and wellbeing in the Highlands, we’d love to hear from you.
Email Fergus at chair@counsellinghighland.org to explore becoming a trustee opportunity.
We are also looking for volunteer Intake Workers and Counselling Ambassadors.
Get in touch with our Service Manager at servicemanager@counsellinghighland.org for more information.