Chair of Herts Visual Arts

Hvaf; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 20,000 - GBP 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A vibrant organisation is seeking a new Chair to lead their growth and development efforts. The role involves reviewing the organisation's structure and facilitating clear roles and responsibilities to better support a growing membership base. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership and strategic skills, alongside experience in governance or the voluntary sector. The Chair will work closely with the existing leadership team, dedicating time to meetings and advocacy efforts.

Qualifications

• Commitment to HVA’s mission and values.
• Experience in governance, management, or voluntary sector leadership.
• Able to dedicate time to meetings, events, and advocacy.

Responsibilities

• Lead the organisation's structure review.
• Formalise the organisation's set-up.
• Coordinate with the leadership team and volunteers.

Skills

Strong leadership

Strategic development

Communication skills

Facilitation skills

Job description

Our vibrant organisation seeks a new Chair to lead our continuing growth and development, working with the Officers and established volunteers of the Executive Team.

We need to review our structure, roles and activities to meet the demands of our growing membership.

What difference will you make?

A new structure will let us offer better support and more opportunities to our membership which has grown from c300 to >400 in the past 3 years.

Clarity about roles, responsibilities and interfaces will make it easier to find volunteers.

A more formal structure for HVA will enable us to access other funding sources to support future growth and activities.

What are we looking for?

• Commitment to HVA’s mission and values
• Strong leadership, strategic development, communication, and facilitation skills
• Experience in governance, management, or voluntary sector leadership
• Able to dedicate time to meetings, events, and advocacy.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the visual arts sector
• Experience in fundraising, partnership development, or community engagement
• Previous trustee or committee experience.

What will you be doing?

Our current leadership team comprises elected Officers, local group leaders, and others with specialist skills. Meetings are monthly on Zoom/quarterly in person in the evening.

We believe the time is right to

• Review the organisation's structure
• Change and formalise our organisation set-up

Some work has been started to achieve these changes, but we need a new Chair to take things forward.