Community and Voluntary Board Member

Organisation:

Theatre for Change Galway CLG is a community-based theatre company in Galway. The company uses the practices of Forum Theatre Applied Drama, and works with people in a range of community and educational settings. The practices of Applied Drama provide opportunities for cultural education, creative engagement and intercultural dialogue regarding issues related to social disadvantage and injustice. Through applied drama techniques, such as those of Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed, participants are facilitated to engage in various forms of creative expression. Through these forms of expression, participants develop capacity-building skills and skills in self-advocacy which can catalyse both personal and societal change.

Recruitment and General Roles & Responsibilities of Board Directors

The company wishes to recruit people to its Board of Directors with recent and relevant experience/background in a number of the following areas: activist theatre including Theatre of the Oppressed, the community & voluntary sector, community arts and the wider arts sector, arts funding, governance and Social Enterprise,

The general responsibilities/roles of a company director include:

• Comply with the company’s Constitution
• Act in the best interest of the company
• Act with reasonable care and skill
• Manage the assets of the company in a prudent manner
• Provide input to the strategic direction of the company
• Contribute to a fundraising and marketing strategy that will allow the company fulfil its mission and aims
• Contribute to policy formation and implementation
• Be an authorised signatory of the company as required.

Essential Skills/Qualities required of Board directors:

• A deep appreciation and knowledge of the community and voluntary sector, the community arts sector and the wider arts sector
• An understanding of, and commitment to, the mission and values of Theatre for Change Galway
• Commitment to highest levels of corporate governance.
• A knowledge of Social Enterprise will be a distinct benefit to Theatre for Change Galway.

Board Meetings: Board meetings are held quarterly, sometimes in person and sometimes online.