Experience/Skills
- An interest in visual arts and collections.
- Experience of setting up new organisations or working in a start-up environment.
- Experience either of chairing an organisation or acting as a senior Non-Executive member of a company or Board.
- Acknowledged success in leading complex organisations effectively through periods of significant change.
- Financial acumen and commercially astute, strategically adept and experience of managing risk.
- The ability to achieve consensus through balanced discussion at a Board which allows a diversity of opinion.
- A track record of championing diversity and inclusion.
- An understanding of the charity and publicly-funded context in which the Collection works.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills to deal effectively with internal and external relationships.
- A persuasive communicator, who can represent the organisation publicly.
- Well-networked with a willingness to use contacts for the benefit of the Collection.
- Proven track record in ethical decision making and handling difficult issues with diligence, authority and confidence.
- Having the resilience to chair an organisation with challenging financial objectives.
- Approachable and with an ability to collaborate and get the best out of people.
- Knowledge of and connection with the Midlands is desirable.
Time Commitment and Eligibility
The post of Chair is a part-time, temporarily paid, non-executive appointment. This will be a paid appointment until the application to the Charity Commission is submitted and the Director of the new organisation has been appointed and in post. The post of Chair will then revert to a part-time, non-executive appointment.
The time commitment will be 6 – 8 days per month in the initial set up phase. Once the Charity Commission application is submitted and the Director is in post, the time commitment will equate to 2 days per month with the ability to flex upwards should the need arise plus attendance at relevant artistic events.
Applications are welcomed regardless of gender, age, marital status, disability, religion, ethnic origin, political opinion, sexual orientation, or whether or not you have dependents.
Appointments are made on merit, following a fair and transparent process.
This will be a paid appointment until the application to the Charity Commission is submitted and the Director of the new organisation has been appointed and in post. The post of Chair will then revert to a part-time, non-executive appointment. During this ‘launch-phase’ and until the Director is in post, the role is paid and requires a time commitment of 2 days a week. We anticipate that the ‘launch-phase’ will last 6-months, and the payment for this 6-month period will be £8,750 (£1458.33 per month).