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TRUSTEE VACANCIES

Are you passionate about the arts, bringing people together, and ensuring that every young artist in Suffolk gets the chance to shine?
 

Join us as a Trustee!

​We are currently looking for people to join us in the following roles:  
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  • Do you have a background in marketing or communications?  

  • Are you great at generating social media interest and followers?  

  • Do you like to think strategically about how we reach our target audience with impactful messaging?  â€‹

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We need your skills as our Social Media & Publicity Trustee:

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  • Help us run an engaging and inspiring brand.  

  • Help connect us with new members, potential donors, potential grant applicants, and organisations working in youth arts in Suffolk and beyond

  • By doing this you will enable more young people in Suffolk to access arts opportunities and grow a thriving membership of arts alumni from Suffolk.

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  • Are you organised, and good with administration?  

  • Do you have experience in governance?  

 

We need your skills as our General Secretary:

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  • Help us maintain SMART as a well-governed charity and enable us to grow our impact.

  • Help set up and minute our meetings, circulate agendas, and keep us compliant with Charity Commission and other legal requirements. 

  • Your work will enable more young people in Suffolk to access arts opportunities and grow a thriving membership of arts alumni from Suffolk.

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  • Are you aged over 16 and a current member of a Suffolk youth arts organisation?  â€‹

  • Are you willing to speak up from the perspective of young people currently experiencing arts opportunities in Suffolk?​ 

  • Do you want to gain experience of helping to run an organisation that is making an impact in your community?

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We need you as a Youth Trustee:

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  • Help us ​raise the profile of SMART with young people in Suffolk, and bring in new members.  

  • Contribute ideas and bring your perspective to SMART meetings​ so we can ensure that young people's voices are central to our work.  

  • Support the other trustees with social media and publicity, and putting on events for members ​and fundraising.

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For more information on each of these roles, please see the role descriptions linked on this page.

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We appreciate that you may not have had previous experience with a charity or as a trustee.  SMART can support new Trustees with training (from current Trustees, and from external training providers) to help you ensure that you understand and accept the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship.

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If you are interested in any of these vacancies (or someone you know is interested) please contact our Co-Chairs, Clare and Becci, for more information: admin@suffolksmart.org

Social Media & Publicity Trustee

General Secretary

Youth Trustee (2 vacancies)

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