Hours: 4 board meetings per year, plus events
Location: Online except for one in-person meeting per year, normally held in November.
Starcatchers is seeking new trustees to join their board. We are looking for someone with leadership skills, can think strategically and imaginatively, and has a passion for the role creativity plays within child development and education.
As a trustee, you will be responsible for providing overall governance to Starcatchers with the Chair and the rest of the Board, ensuring we are working to our vision and mission, and upholding our values.
Trustees are expected to attend Board meetings, which are held four times a year, currently on Tuesday evenings, usually in February, May, September and November. These are held online, with one in person meeting in Edinburgh (usually November). There is also an annual Board development day that Trustees are expected to attend. Travel, accommodation and childcare expenses are available for all meetings for those who live outwith Edinburgh, as well as support with access requirements and reasonable adjustments.
Our current Board includes volunteers from the arts, children’s wellbeing, children’s rights, and finance backgrounds.As we develop and implement our strategic priorities we are looking to extend and deepen the skills and expertise on our board. We are seeking volunteers who can act as a critical friend to Starcatchers’ executive staff, as well as fulfil the governance role required of a board member.
We have the opportunity to appoint up to four new Trustees to work with the existing board and staff to help us achieve our goals. Although some previous Board experience would be beneficial, we are looking for prospective Trustees, who can demonstrate an interest and commitment to Starcatchers’ purpose and values.
Starcatchers believes that diversity supports excellence, and we are actively recruiting those who identify as being historically excluded from governance roles across all forms of inequality and intersectionality of discriminations. It is our aim to mirror the diversity of Scotland’s children in our governance, management, and artistic teams. We are particularly interested in recruiting board members who are connected to the communities where we work – in Wester Hailes, in Cowdenbeath and Dunfermline in Fife. We are also keen to meet people who have strong finance, fundraising or HR/legal skills.
If you have previously thought that you don’t fit the traditional profile of a board member, but you are inspired to contribute to our work, then we want to hear from you
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