Chair of the Board of Trustees

South Hill Park Arts Centre


Job: Chair of the Board of Trustees

Job: Chair of the Board of Trustees

Organisation: South Hill Park Arts Centre

Postcode: RG12 7PA

  • Job Title: Chair of the Board of Trustees
  • Salary: Unpaid
  • Hours:
    Full time
  • Artform: Combined arts
  • Role: Finance
  • Contract: Contract
  • Closing date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025

  • Location:

    South East

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Job Description

Professional Development
Serving as a Trustee can enhance your strategic thinking and leadership skills. You will be engaged in high-level decision-making processes, gain insights into governance and compliance, and understand the intricacies of managing an organisation. These experiences are invaluable in broadening perspective and improving ability to navigate complex business environments.

Strategic Leadership
As an executive trustee, you will contribute to setting the strategic direction of the charity. This involves evaluating and shaping policies, ensuring that the organisation’s mission and goals align with its activities and resources. This experience in strategic leadership is a significant asset, demonstrating ability to influence and guide organisational success.

Governance and Compliance
Trustees are responsible for ensuring the charity’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. This responsibility equips professionals with a good understanding of governance structures and the importance of transparency and accountability. Mastery of these areas is increasingly valued in business roles, where adherence to ethical standards and legal frameworks is crucial.

Resource Management
An arts charity often operates with limited resources, making effective resource management essential. You will learn to maximize the impact of these resources, whether they are financial, human, or material. This skill is directly transferable to management, where optimising resource allocation is a key aspect of the job.

Networking Opportunities
Volunteering as a trustee opens doors to extensive networking opportunities. You will interact with a diverse group of individuals, including other trustees, charity staff, volunteers, and stakeholders from various sectors. These connections can lead to new opportunities, partnerships, and collaborations.

Job Requirements

The role of Chair is demanding and requires that they display several key qualities in carrying out the role:

  • demonstrate a strong and visible passion and commitment to the Charity, its strategic objectives and cause
  • strong inter-personal and relationship building abilities and be comfortable in an ambassadorial role
  • demonstrate tact and diplomacy, with the ability to listen and engage effectively
  • show leadership by word and deed
  • grasp complicated issues, distil from them the most important elements and identify the areas for decision-making.
  • obtain the best from the team of Trustees, ensuring that each can contribute fully
  • build relationships within the organisation and the community
  • be challenging of but empathetic towards the Executive team
  • encourage debate and discussion of the key areas, making decision-making more robust and conclusions more satisfactory
  • experienced in commercial business and ideally with previous experience of a relevant role

Job Responsibilities

Six Board meetings per year. The Chair is also expected to have regular meetings with the Chief Executive and represent SHPT at various events and meetings with key stakeholders. They may be required to sit on sub committees and have occasional additional meetings with other Board or staff Members.

The Board is collectively responsible for the success of the Charity, as the leader of the Board the Chair plays a pivotal role; the effectiveness of the Board is a reflection, in large part, of his/her performance.

The Chair is responsible for leading the Board and for ensuring it deals effectively with all aspects of its role and Board business.

The Chair will support, and, where appropriate, challenge the Executive and ensure that the Board functions as a unit and works closely with the entire Executive of the Charity to achieve agreed objectives.

The Chair will act as an ambassador and the public face of the Charity in partnership with the Executive.

How to Apply

Please send a copy of your CV and a covering letter to Craig Titley-Rawson.

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