Vacancies

Board of Trustees (Voluntary Position)

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Key Details

Expected Commitment: 4 meetings per year plus progressing pieces of work in between.

Term: Ideally 2-3 years.

Location: working from home, Glasgow City. 

Fee: Voluntary, appropriate expenses reimbursed in line with policy.

Deadline & Interviews: Deadline for applications is Thursday 16th April, informal interviews will be arranged with successful candidates after this.

The role

Boom! Community Arts are currently seeking new volunteers to join our Board of Trustees.  

In line with our new 2026-2029 strategy, and following a skills audit of the current board, we would be particularly interested to talk to those with any of the following skills & experience:

  • Developing membership programmes

  • Community / Participatory Arts (practice or management, including regulatory framework)

  • Social enterprise models / non-grant-related income generation 

  • Marketing

  • Organisational growth

In addition, experience of comms, data management/data protection, finance, and a connection to North Glasgow would also be of value.

More information can be found in the collapsible sections below.

  • Boom! is a small charity working primarily in the North of Glasgow, delivering community art workshops and engaging in local events.  Our mission, to “engage with communities to deliver creative, exciting, and accessible arts projects that enrich lives and strengthen communities” is underpinned by our values: Creativity, Working Together, Respect, Fun, and Quality.

    We engage a small pool of freelance artists to deliver this work, which currently centres around three regular workshop strands (for both adults and young people), and participation in community events.  Our freelance administrative staff (total 0.6 FTE) work to support delivery, fundraise, and contribute to our drive to develop new earned income streams. 

    • Our existing Board of four are committed, engaged, and have been with the charity since its inception in 2017; we recognise the need for, and welcome, fresh eyes and perspectives.  As a small charity which has grown organically and with an eye toward sustainability, we are at a key point in our development as we seek to grow the reach and capacity of the organisation.

  • Board meetings take place either in-person in North Glasgow or online, four times per year, and board members also contribute to or oversee other ongoing areas of work including finance, policy and strategy development, safeguarding, and project ideation.  Our Chair is regularly an Elf in our annual Santa’s Saunter.  

    We hope that any potential candidates could commit to a 2-3 year term, and could be involved in progressing pieces of work between board meetings.  

If you’re interested in applying, please email sara@boomcommunityarts.com with a CV and 1-2 page covering letter by Thursday 16th April (minimum font size 11), following which we’ll set up informal interviews.  

If you have any questions, or would like a chat before applying, please drop sara@boomcommunityarts.com an email.  

Details of our current team can be found here: https://www.boomcommunityarts.com/who-we-are