Charity registered in Scotland SC032430
Impact Arts is a leading Scottish creative social enterprise and registered charity. As such we are governed by our Board that comprises up to 13 Trustees. All Trustees including our Chair (Jim Sweeney MBE), are volunteers and from a range of backgrounds. As a result they bring a wealth of experience and skills to the role. In order to take the organisation forward, the Trustees wish to appoint the following:
Trustee Responsibilities
Trustee Duties
As a responsible charity, we take best guidance in upholding our duties and responsibilities as Trustees. The following link provides a full overview: Roles & responsibilities - SCVO
The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) has produced ‘Guidance and Good Practice for Charity Trustees’. The document sets out in detail the duties and responsibilities of charity trustees in Scotland. v10_guidance-and-good-practice-for-charity-trustees.pdf (oscr.org.uk)
Trustee Specification
Our Trustees will uphold and represent our purpose, vision, values and mission in a personal and professional capacity and will come from a range of backgrounds and relevant experience. Our current Board includes Trustees with a range of experiences including youth work, equalities, employability, mental health, social enterprise, placemaking, finance, HR and our youth Trustee with experience of Impact Arts’ projects.
We have a Board skills matrix which helps to identify the mix of experience and knowledge on our Board and also highlights what gaps exist and what priorities we should have for future recruitment.
We are keen to ensure that our Board is representative of those we aim to support through our delivery and as such we particularly welcome applications from people with diverse lived experienceto bring diversity of voice to our Board – being Black, Asian, Mixed Ethnic and/ or a person of colour, LGBTQI, living with a disability, care experience.
Previous Trustee experience is not essential and we are particularly keen to receive applications from Trustees with experience or knowledge of the following areas:
1. Arts/ culture/ creative industries
2. Commercial/ hospitality/ events
3. Digital/ IT/ Technology
In addition, the following skills & experience are beneficial:
This post is not remunerated however reasonable expenses are payable in line with our standard expenses policy.
Full details can be found in the recruitment pack.