Vacancies

TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS

Dance Umbrella is looking for two candidates to fill the following roles on its Board of Directors:

• An artistic voice to support DU’s vision and help the Board and Artistic Director set and achieve its artistic goals. Candidates should be a practicing artist in dance or a dance-related field, with knowledge of contemporary dance. They should be supportive of DU’s vision and sympathetic to DU’s goals. They should have an established reputation in their chosen artistic field and be willing and able to represent the organisation.

• An individual to support DU’s development operation and help the organisation maximise its support from all sources, particularly individual donors. This person will chair the Development Board as well as having a seat on the main Board. Candidates should have experience of fundraising either as part of a supporters’ group or as an individual supporter as well as participating in fundraising committees. They should be well-connected to a wide range of potential supporters and be willing and able to represent the organisation.

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Applicants should send their CV by email addressed to the Chairman, together with a brief statement on what skills and experience they are able to bring to the board: admin@danceumbrella.co.uk by midday on Friday 6 June 2008.

DU strives to have a Board that reflects diversity across all social identities: race, religion, gender, sexuality, age, disability and class. At times of recruitment, it will always explicitly welcome applications from social identity groups which are under-represented on the Board.

Supported by Arts Council England.