Advisory Board Members Wanted

Following vacancies arising in our current board, St Helens Library Service is now seeking a small number of Advisory Board members that can bring one or more of the following skillsets: 

• A marketing and /or audience development specialist, particularly someone with experience of attracting and developing audiences in areas of disadvantage. 
• A funding specialist or someone who may have knowledge of external fundraising. Someone with knowledge of environmental issues and how they connect to the arts.
• A young person who may have an ambition to become a future arts leader or to work in the creative arts and would like the opportunity to learn how an arts organisation operates.
• Someone who may have knowledge of St Helens and especially someone who has experience of working with, or lived experience of, our specific target audiences -these being, young people, D/deaf and/or disabled people or residents living in areas of disadvantage within St Helens.
• Someone who may be a Library user and/or understands the possibilities that working in a library can bring.
• A creative practitioner who may be interested in learning about how an arts organisation operates, in being involved in arts governance and keen to contribute experience from the perspective of a creative practitioner. We are particularly interested in individuals from a performing arts discipline.

We are committed to broadening the diversity of our Advisory Board and although we welcome all applications, the Board is under-represented in relation to the profile of the borough, and we would encourage people from the following areas of protected characteristic groups to consider applying: LGBTQI+/ Age (particularly under 26)/ ethnicity/disability and people with financial /economic barriers. We would particularly welcome applications from people from across these groups to bring a wider perspective to the development of our programme and engagement work.

The board has a strategic, non-executive function and Board membership is voluntary. 

Reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed if required.

The board meets four times per year, usually online and there will be occasional other meetings or activities that we undertake,and our board members will be expected to come along to occasional performances activities within the programme.

How to Apply:

If you would like to apply to join the Advisory Board, please complete this MS Form application here

The closing date for this round of applications is Friday 3rd January after which the Arts in Libraries Team and a board member will review the applications. 

Interviews will take place via an informal discussion in Mid-January and successful individuals will be invited to attend the next board meeting taking place on Tuesday 29th January 2025 as an observer to give you the chance to see if this is an opportunity that interests you. Please note, if you are unable to make this date, please do not let it prevent you from applying.

Candidates interesting in being a Board Member that are unable to apply on this occasion are welcome to register interest for future recruitment. Please email: andrewcave@sthelens.gov.uk.

If you have any queries about the application process or would like to discuss the role in more detail, please do not hesitate to contact Andy Cave, Senior Arts in Libraries Officer via andrewcave@sthelens.gov.uk or by telephone on 07745 739322.

Full recruitment pack can be downloaded Board Members Recruitment Pack ed1 (PDF, 176 KB)

Deadline for applications: Friday 3rd January 2025