Extraordinary Us CIC
Job Summary
Job Description
Board of Directors (Trustees) – Extraordinary Us CiC
Work with us to outrageously elevate the ordinary. Because perfection is completely over-rated.
Extraordinary Us is an arts production company based in Coventry that empowers people, shifts perceptions of personal significance, and celebrates the big and small contributions we all make to the world around us.
We uncover the “extra” in ordinary and make a fuss out of “us”.
We are currently looking for volunteer Trustees to become Company Directors and form our first formal board. Over the next three years, you will help us to ambitiously champion the ordinary and redefine what “significance” looks like in a world obsessed with unrealistic perfection.
We are all imperfectly perfect, and we welcome your imperfectly perfect application.
Website: http://www.extraordinaryus.co.uk – www.extraordinaryus.co.uk
Our Projects
This board will support a bold portfolio of work, including [but not at all limited to]:
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www.themuseumofme.co.uk – The Museum of Me: A public museum dedicated to the life of a single community resident.
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www.autumnisqueer.co.uk – Autumn is Queer: A cultural movement transforming how we celebrate identity and seasonal change.
- The Weight of War: An international partnership (including partners across Rwanda, Kosovo, USA, Northern Ireland and South Korea) exploring the Weight of War upon those too young to live through it – initiated by our Cov Kid Paul O’Donnell… who was born 51 years after the Coventry Blitz but still feels completely crafted by it.
Who We Are Looking For
In this primary development of our board our initial interests are broad, we’re starting afresh but we want to know that you can compliment and challenge our leadership teams expertise. Loosely…
Paul: Creative, partnership building, idea creation, project development and realisation.
Bev: HR, policy development and financial oversight.
We are interested in individuals with a wide range of skills and with a passionate heart for the power of a fiercely unified community.
Job Requirements
What We Ask Of You
As a new organisation in a challenging sector, we are seeking a board of Directors to advocate for our work, support our development, and steer our strategic journey.
Drawing upon the expertise of Paul O’Donnell and Bev Shephard, we need varied individuals to help form structural plans for our ambitious future.
We are particularly keen to hear from those with experience in:
- Financial Strategies that work for varied, dynamic and multifaceted organisations.
- Marketing and Communications: particularly in engaging marginalised individuals, communities or identities.
- Community Engagement and Organising: bringing multiple people, parties and agendas together with a united vision to push forward local, social, cultural and political aspirations.
- Commercial Outputs: our work is ready for commercial outputs, can you help us engage new outputs and possibilities.
- Knowledge of External Structures: outside of the direct cultural sector systems or approaches.
Job Overview
- Job Title: Extraordinary Trustees for Extraordinary Us
- Salary: Unpaid
- Hours:
Full time - Role: Admin, Secretarial & PA
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026
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Location:
Remote
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