Trustee

  • Contract
  • Remote

Wessex Museums


  • Job Title: Trustee
  • Salary: Unpaid
  • Hours:
    Part time
  • Artform: Museums
  • Role: Human Resources
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Closing date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025

  • Location:

    Remote

Job Summary

Wessex Museums Trust is seeking a new independent Trustee to join the Board. This is an opportunity to contribute to the leadership and future direction of the charity.

Job Description

As a Trustee, you will play a key role in shaping the future of Wessex Museums Trust. The Board of Trustees holds strategic responsibility for governance, ensuring financial stability and compliance with regulations.

We are also looking for someone who could potentially fulfil the role of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Lead on our Board. The role involves centering EDI in the work of the WMT Board to support us to fulfil the commitments in our EDI framework and action plan.

Our mission is to support museums to connect, inspire and add value to people’s lives.

Wessex Museums comprises of seven museums which tell the stories of Dorset and Wiltshire from prehistoric times to present day, together we form the charity Wessex Museums Trust, which exists to build the resilience and relevance of our partner museums.

Job Responsibilities

Main duties include:

  • Ensuring that the organisation pursues its objectives.
  • Contributing actively to the Board of Trustees’ role in giving firm strategic direction to the organisation, setting overall policy, defining goals and setting targets and evaluating performance against agreed targets.
  • Ensuring the financial stability of the organisation.
  • Protecting and manage the property of the organisation and to ensure the proper investment of the organisation’s funds.

How to Apply

Applications should be sent via email to [email protected]

Please send:

CV outlining relevant experience (no more than two sides of A4)
Equal Opportunities form
An expression of interest to the trustee role to include what knowledge, skills, and experience you would bring to the role and what you personally hope to gain by becoming a trustee of Wessex Museums Trust. This can take the form of:
– A written letter (no more than two sides of A4)
– A film or audio recording (up to five minutes long)
– A visual representation (this could be a collage, PowerPoint, etc.)
If sending an audio of video file please send via WeTransfer to the above address.

Deadlines for applications

10am, Monday 30 June 2025.

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